ESTONIA VS IRAN: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	IRAN		ESTONIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	1,260	1	3,009	- 1,749
Stroke	2	496	3	1,116	- 620
Road Traffic Accidents	3	240	35	59	+ 181
Hypertension	4	222	2	2,700	- 2,479
Diabetes Mellitus	5	188	19	146	+ 42
Kidney Disease	6	160	17	176	- 17
Lung Disease	7	154	13	229	- 75
Influenza and Pneumonia	8	152	6	349	- 197
Alzheimers & Dementia	9	149	12	229	- 80
Stomach Cancer	10	133	9	290	- 157
Lung Cancers	11	92	4	657	- 566
Liver Disease	12	90	7	328	- 239
Low Birth Weight	13	66	55	7	+ 59
Congenital Anomalies	14	65	43	25	+ 40
Colon-Rectum Cancers	15	62	5	527	- 465
Suicide	16	59	16	197	- 139
Other Injuries	17	55	20	141	- 87
Leukemia	18	54	22	126	- 72
Breast Cancer	19	50	11	260	- 209
Liver Cancer	20	50	26	107	- 57
Prostate Cancer	21	48	8	298	- 250
Asthma	22	45	44	24	+ 21
Lymphomas	23	39	15	213	- 174
Falls	24	38	24	119	- 80
Birth Trauma	25	37	57	5	+ 32
Parkinson's Disease	26	34	29	82	- 48
Violence	27	34	42	28	+ 6
HIV/AIDS	28	34	39	40	- 6
Pancreas Cancer	29	33	10	268	- 236
Oesophagus Cancer	30	32	27	99	- 66
Drug Use	31	30	31	75	- 45
Endocrine Disorders	32	28	33	66	- 38
Diarrhoeal diseases	33	25	53	8	+ 17
Fires	34	25	38	41	- 16
Inflammatory/Heart	35	22	14	217	- 195
Bladder Cancer	36	19	21	126	- 107
Peptic Ulcer Disease	37	17	36	55	- 38
Rheumatic Heart Disease	38	13	45	22	- 8
Ovary Cancer	39	13	28	87	- 75
Drownings	40	13	40	30	- 17
Tuberculosis	41	12	47	16	- 5
War	42	11	64	0	+ 11
Poisonings	43	11	52	8	+ 3
Epilepsy	44	10	37	45	- 35
Oral Cancer	45	9	25	110	- 102
Meningitis	46	9	54	7	+ 1
Skin Cancers	47	7	30	79	- 72
Cervical Cancer	48	7	32	68	- 61
Hepatitis B	49	6	65	0	+ 6
Multiple Sclerosis	50	5	48	16	- 11
Uterin Cancer	51	5	34	60	- 55
Maternal Conditions	52	4	61	1	+ 3
Alcohol	53	3	18	148	- 145
Encephalitis	54	3	63	0	+ 3
Skin Disease	55	3	41	29	- 25
Malnutrition	56	2	79	0	+ 2
Appendicitis	57	2	59	2	+ 0
Other Neoplasms	58	2	23	123	- 122
Rheumatoid Arthritis	59	1	46	17	- 16
Pertussis	60	1	83	0	+ 1
Syphilis	61	1	62	1	- 0
Tetanus	62	0	81	0	+ 0
Upper Respiratory	63	0	66	0	+ 0
Leishmaniasis	64	0	69	0	+ 0
Chlamydia	65	0	78	0	+ 0
Schistosomiasis	66	0	72	0	+ 0
Ascariasis	67	0	74	0	+ 0
Measles	68	0	84	0	+ 0
Hepatitis C	69	0	58	4	- 4
Diphtheria	70	0	82	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	71	0	67	0	+ 0
Leprosy	72	0	68	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	73	0	77	0	- 0
Dengue	74	0	75	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	75	0	76	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	76	0	80	0	- 0
Malaria	77	0	73	0	- 0
Chagas disease	78	0	71	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	79	0	70	0	- 0
Depression	80	0	86	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	81	0	56	6	- 6
Anemia	82	0	51	9	- 9
Vitamin A Deficiency	83	0	85	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	84	0	50	10	- 10
Prostatic Hypertrophy	85	0	49	12	- 12
Oral conditions	86	0	60	2	- 2
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to ESTONIA

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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.