EL SALVADOR VS IRAN: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	IRAN		EL SALVADOR		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	6,998	1	5,814	+ 1,184
Stroke	2	2,755	5	1,595	+ 1,159
Road Traffic Accidents	3	1,335	8	1,347	- 12
Hypertension	4	1,231	31	146	+ 1,085
Diabetes Mellitus	5	1,043	7	1,385	- 342
Kidney Disease	6	886	3	4,726	- 3,840
Lung Disease	7	856	6	1,493	- 637
Influenza and Pneumonia	8	843	4	2,418	- 1,575
Alzheimers & Dementia	9	828	18	320	+ 509
Stomach Cancer	10	737	11	702	+ 35
Lung Cancers	11	509	23	290	+ 219
Liver Disease	12	498	10	797	- 299
Low Birth Weight	13	365	19	317	+ 47
Congenital Anomalies	14	363	14	449	- 86
Colon-Rectum Cancers	15	343	20	315	+ 29
Suicide	16	325	15	391	- 65
Other Injuries	17	304	38	95	+ 208
Leukemia	18	297	21	312	- 14
Breast Cancer	19	280	22	291	- 11
Liver Cancer	20	279	16	355	- 77
Prostate Cancer	21	269	17	328	- 60
Asthma	22	252	35	122	+ 130
Lymphomas	23	216	28	186	+ 30
Falls	24	212	24	243	- 31
Birth Trauma	25	205	37	121	+ 84
Parkinson's Disease	26	191	44	70	+ 121
Violence	27	190	2	5,485	- 5,295
HIV/AIDS	28	189	9	842	- 653
Pancreas Cancer	29	181	29	161	+ 21
Oesophagus Cancer	30	178	41	80	+ 97
Drug Use	31	168	43	74	+ 95
Endocrine Disorders	32	157	25	223	- 66
Diarrhoeal diseases	33	138	27	199	- 61
Fires	34	137	54	21	+ 115
Inflammatory/Heart	35	121	42	78	+ 43
Bladder Cancer	36	106	49	42	+ 64
Peptic Ulcer Disease	37	93	30	157	- 64
Rheumatic Heart Disease	38	75	65	6	+ 69
Ovary Cancer	39	70	40	93	- 23
Drownings	40	70	33	137	- 67
Tuberculosis	41	66	46	60	+ 6
War	42	64	70	1	+ 63
Poisonings	43	61	57	15	+ 46
Epilepsy	44	54	48	50	+ 3
Oral Cancer	45	49	39	94	- 45
Meningitis	46	48	51	36	+ 13
Skin Cancers	47	39	47	60	- 21
Cervical Cancer	48	38	13	451	- 414
Hepatitis B	49	32	66	5	+ 27
Multiple Sclerosis	50	30	64	7	+ 24
Uterin Cancer	51	27	50	39	- 13
Maternal Conditions	52	21	53	26	- 5
Alcohol	53	19	12	648	- 629
Encephalitis	54	18	63	7	+ 11
Skin Disease	55	18	36	121	- 103
Malnutrition	56	12	26	214	- 203
Appendicitis	57	12	56	18	- 6
Other Neoplasms	58	8	32	145	- 137
Rheumatoid Arthritis	59	6	59	14	- 8
Pertussis	60	6	52	32	- 27
Syphilis	61	4	58	14	- 10
Tetanus	62	3	60	11	- 9
Upper Respiratory	63	1	62	9	- 7
Leishmaniasis	64	1	73	0	+ 1
Chlamydia	65	0	79	0	+ 0
Schistosomiasis	66	0	82	0	+ 0
Ascariasis	67	0	72	0	+ 0
Measles	68	0	76	0	+ 0
Hepatitis C	69	0	75	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	70	0	74	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	71	0	77	0	+ 0
Leprosy	72	0	78	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	73	0	84	0	- 0
Dengue	74	0	61	9	- 9
Hookworm Disease	75	0	83	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	76	0	71	0	- 0
Malaria	77	0	80	0	- 0
Chagas disease	78	0	55	18	- 18
Trypanosomiasis	79	0	81	0	- 0
Depression	80	0	86	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	81	0	67	4	- 4
Anemia	82	0	34	131	- 131
Vitamin A Deficiency	83	0	85	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	84	0	69	1	- 1
Prostatic Hypertrophy	85	0	45	64	- 64
Oral conditions	86	0	68	2	- 2
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to EL SALVADOR

Iran

El Salvador

THE INTELLECTUAL EXERCISE

The point of this intellectual exercise is to measure what would happen if two countries shared the same leading causes of death. To make these comparisons possible we equalized the population and used total deaths for each country's top 10 causes to simulate an "Exchange." Use the chart on the left to sort by the country name and use the summary plus and minus column to measure the differences in total deaths.

Life Expectancy statistics are calculated the same way everywhere in the world, but what we die from can be very different depending upon where we live. Despite these differences, with rare exception, the top 10 causes of death for any given country will represent between 70-80% of their total deaths. This is an intellectual exercise only, not a comparison of which country is healthier or to challenge existing life expectancy rankings. If you prefer to see total deaths for over 80 causes and choose your own countries to compare go here: https://www.globallifeexpectancy.com/world-rankings-total-deaths

ABOUT OUR DATA

All meaningful comparisons between countries should be made using the same data source and year. The most reliable source for International comparisons is the World Health Organization because it is standardized for cross cultural comparisons. It is also reviewed annually, which often makes it more current than individual country data that can take years to compile. The WHO data includes individual country "projections," that are calculated based upon an annual consultation with each country before it is published. There are differences however, such as WHO data separates different forms of heart disease and cancer and combines Alzheimer's with Dementia. In this top 10 comparison WHO data for both countries was used.