FINLAND VS IRAN: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	IRAN		FINLAND		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	5,940	2	9,831	- 3,891
Stroke	2	2,338	3	4,115	- 1,777
Road Traffic Accidents	3	1,133	33	215	+ 918
Hypertension	4	1,045	5	2,030	- 985
Diabetes Mellitus	5	885	22	418	+ 468
Kidney Disease	6	752	26	342	+ 410
Lung Disease	7	726	8	1,289	- 563
Influenza and Pneumonia	8	716	21	436	+ 279
Alzheimers & Dementia	9	703	1	11,120	- 10,417
Stomach Cancer	10	625	19	447	+ 178
Lung Cancers	11	432	4	2,312	- 1,880
Liver Disease	12	423	10	1,068	- 646
Low Birth Weight	13	309	48	26	+ 283
Congenital Anomalies	14	308	35	192	+ 116
Colon-Rectum Cancers	15	291	6	1,433	- 1,142
Suicide	16	276	15	846	- 570
Other Injuries	17	258	20	437	- 179
Leukemia	18	252	24	371	- 119
Breast Cancer	19	238	12	948	- 710
Liver Cancer	20	236	16	545	- 309
Prostate Cancer	21	228	11	970	- 742
Asthma	22	214	40	85	+ 129
Lymphomas	23	183	14	851	- 667
Falls	24	180	7	1,325	- 1,146
Birth Trauma	25	174	56	8	+ 166
Parkinson's Disease	26	162	13	853	- 691
Violence	27	161	43	64	+ 97
HIV/AIDS	28	160	59	6	+ 155
Pancreas Cancer	29	154	9	1,247	- 1,093
Oesophagus Cancer	30	151	27	320	- 169
Drug Use	31	143	30	269	- 126
Endocrine Disorders	32	133	31	257	- 123
Diarrhoeal diseases	33	117	52	15	+ 102
Fires	34	116	45	62	+ 54
Inflammatory/Heart	35	103	17	518	- 415
Bladder Cancer	36	90	28	308	- 219
Peptic Ulcer Disease	37	79	36	151	- 72
Rheumatic Heart Disease	38	63	50	19	+ 44
Ovary Cancer	39	60	25	344	- 285
Drownings	40	59	37	106	- 47
Tuberculosis	41	56	46	32	+ 24
War	42	54	65	1	+ 53
Poisonings	43	52	49	25	+ 27
Epilepsy	44	46	38	104	- 58
Oral Cancer	45	42	34	207	- 165
Meningitis	46	41	55	9	+ 31
Skin Cancers	47	33	29	297	- 264
Cervical Cancer	48	32	44	62	- 30
Hepatitis B	49	27	63	2	+ 25
Multiple Sclerosis	50	26	42	80	- 54
Uterin Cancer	51	23	32	225	- 202
Maternal Conditions	52	18	64	2	+ 17
Alcohol	53	16	18	464	- 448
Encephalitis	54	16	66	0	+ 15
Skin Disease	55	15	47	27	- 12
Malnutrition	56	10	57	7	+ 3
Appendicitis	57	10	54	10	+ 0
Other Neoplasms	58	7	23	377	- 370
Rheumatoid Arthritis	59	5	41	83	- 78
Pertussis	60	5	69	0	+ 5
Syphilis	61	3	67	0	+ 3
Tetanus	62	2	70	0	+ 2
Upper Respiratory	63	1	62	2	- 1
Leishmaniasis	64	1	75	0	+ 1
Chlamydia	65	0	84	0	+ 0
Schistosomiasis	66	0	77	0	+ 0
Ascariasis	67	0	81	0	+ 0
Measles	68	0	72	0	+ 0
Hepatitis C	69	0	60	5	- 5
Diphtheria	70	0	71	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	71	0	68	0	- 0
Leprosy	72	0	83	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	73	0	79	0	- 0
Dengue	74	0	82	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	75	0	80	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	76	0	73	0	- 0
Malaria	77	0	74	0	- 0
Chagas disease	78	0	76	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	79	0	78	0	- 0
Depression	80	0	86	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	81	0	39	93	- 93
Anemia	82	0	58	6	- 6
Vitamin A Deficiency	83	0	85	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	84	0	51	17	- 17
Prostatic Hypertrophy	85	0	53	11	- 11
Oral conditions	86	0	61	4	- 4
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to FINLAND

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Finland

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.