GABON VS IRAN: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	IRAN		GABON		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	2,592	3	1,019	+ 1,573
Stroke	2	1,020	5	896	+ 124
Road Traffic Accidents	3	495	8	518	- 24
Hypertension	4	456	11	412	+ 44
Diabetes Mellitus	5	386	6	643	- 256
Kidney Disease	6	328	12	384	- 56
Lung Disease	7	317	16	215	+ 102
Influenza and Pneumonia	8	312	4	966	- 654
Alzheimers & Dementia	9	307	19	152	+ 155
Stomach Cancer	10	273	48	32	+ 240
Lung Cancers	11	188	29	87	+ 101
Liver Disease	12	184	10	416	- 232
Low Birth Weight	13	135	9	494	- 359
Congenital Anomalies	14	135	15	285	- 151
Colon-Rectum Cancers	15	127	37	43	+ 84
Suicide	16	120	18	183	- 62
Other Injuries	17	112	22	140	- 27
Leukemia	18	110	57	17	+ 93
Breast Cancer	19	104	27	92	+ 12
Liver Cancer	20	103	35	53	+ 51
Prostate Cancer	21	100	32	80	+ 20
Asthma	22	93	28	90	+ 3
Lymphomas	23	80	49	32	+ 48
Falls	24	78	30	84	- 6
Birth Trauma	25	76	13	362	- 287
Parkinson's Disease	26	71	36	47	+ 23
Violence	27	70	17	184	- 113
HIV/AIDS	28	70	2	1,128	- 1,058
Pancreas Cancer	29	67	53	21	+ 47
Oesophagus Cancer	30	66	44	35	+ 31
Drug Use	31	62	45	34	+ 28
Endocrine Disorders	32	58	25	98	- 40
Diarrhoeal diseases	33	51	14	318	- 267
Fires	34	51	39	39	+ 12
Inflammatory/Heart	35	45	24	101	- 57
Bladder Cancer	36	39	43	35	+ 4
Peptic Ulcer Disease	37	35	41	36	- 2
Rheumatic Heart Disease	38	28	54	20	+ 8
Ovary Cancer	39	26	51	27	- 1
Drownings	40	26	38	42	- 16
Tuberculosis	41	24	1	1,819	- 1,794
War	42	24	65	3	+ 21
Poisonings	43	23	50	28	- 5
Epilepsy	44	20	40	37	- 17
Oral Cancer	45	18	34	69	- 51
Meningitis	46	18	23	113	- 95
Skin Cancers	47	14	46	34	- 19
Cervical Cancer	48	14	26	96	- 82
Hepatitis B	49	12	62	7	+ 5
Multiple Sclerosis	50	11	67	2	+ 10
Uterin Cancer	51	10	55	19	- 10
Maternal Conditions	52	8	21	145	- 137
Alcohol	53	7	56	19	- 12
Encephalitis	54	7	60	7	- 0
Skin Disease	55	7	52	22	- 15
Malnutrition	56	4	33	78	- 73
Appendicitis	57	4	61	7	- 2
Other Neoplasms	58	3	64	5	- 2
Rheumatoid Arthritis	59	2	63	6	- 4
Pertussis	60	2	31	81	- 79
Syphilis	61	1	47	33	- 31
Tetanus	62	1	59	8	- 7
Upper Respiratory	63	0	66	3	- 2
Leishmaniasis	64	0	76	0	+ 0
Chlamydia	65	0	71	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	66	0	58	14	- 14
Ascariasis	67	0	70	0	- 0
Measles	68	0	20	146	- 146
Hepatitis C	69	0	68	1	- 1
Diphtheria	70	0	69	0	- 0
Otitis Media	71	0	72	0	- 0
Leprosy	72	0	78	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	73	0	74	0	- 0
Dengue	74	0	73	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	75	0	75	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	76	0	79	0	- 0
Malaria	77	0	7	540	- 540
Chagas disease	78	0	77	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	79	0	42	35	- 35
Depression	80	0	80	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	81	0	81	0	- 0
Anemia	82	0	82	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	83	0	83	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	84	0	86	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	85	0	85	0	- 0
Oral conditions	86	0	84	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to GABON

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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.