GAMBIA VS IRAN: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	IRAN		GAMBIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	2,664	3	1,007	+ 1,657
Stroke	2	1,049	4	802	+ 246
Road Traffic Accidents	3	508	6	695	- 187
Hypertension	4	469	22	172	+ 297
Diabetes Mellitus	5	397	15	290	+ 107
Kidney Disease	6	337	16	266	+ 72
Lung Disease	7	326	19	206	+ 120
Influenza and Pneumonia	8	321	1	1,340	- 1,019
Alzheimers & Dementia	9	315	28	89	+ 226
Stomach Cancer	10	280	47	14	+ 267
Lung Cancers	11	194	38	34	+ 160
Liver Disease	12	189	14	323	- 134
Low Birth Weight	13	139	8	662	- 523
Congenital Anomalies	14	138	11	383	- 245
Colon-Rectum Cancers	15	131	52	11	+ 120
Suicide	16	124	25	113	+ 11
Other Injuries	17	116	21	194	- 79
Leukemia	18	113	59	2	+ 111
Breast Cancer	19	107	40	26	+ 80
Liver Cancer	20	106	12	377	- 271
Prostate Cancer	21	102	43	21	+ 82
Asthma	22	96	24	134	- 38
Lymphomas	23	82	51	12	+ 71
Falls	24	81	29	83	- 2
Birth Trauma	25	78	5	754	- 676
Parkinson's Disease	26	73	37	34	+ 38
Violence	27	72	20	195	- 123
HIV/AIDS	28	72	2	1,125	- 1,053
Pancreas Cancer	29	69	53	6	+ 63
Oesophagus Cancer	30	68	54	5	+ 62
Drug Use	31	64	39	28	+ 36
Endocrine Disorders	32	60	17	230	- 170
Diarrhoeal diseases	33	52	9	626	- 573
Fires	34	52	31	67	- 15
Inflammatory/Heart	35	46	32	59	- 13
Bladder Cancer	36	40	56	4	+ 36
Peptic Ulcer Disease	37	36	33	56	- 21
Rheumatic Heart Disease	38	28	41	24	+ 5
Ovary Cancer	39	27	61	2	+ 25
Drownings	40	27	30	69	- 42
Tuberculosis	41	25	10	445	- 420
War	42	24	69	0	+ 24
Poisonings	43	23	36	42	- 19
Epilepsy	44	21	35	43	- 22
Oral Cancer	45	19	71	0	+ 18
Meningitis	46	18	18	229	- 210
Skin Cancers	47	15	68	0	+ 15
Cervical Cancer	48	14	23	145	- 131
Hepatitis B	49	12	46	14	- 2
Multiple Sclerosis	50	12	58	3	+ 9
Uterin Cancer	51	10	66	1	+ 9
Maternal Conditions	52	8	13	345	- 337
Alcohol	53	7	50	12	- 5
Encephalitis	54	7	48	14	- 6
Skin Disease	55	7	44	19	- 12
Malnutrition	56	4	26	110	- 105
Appendicitis	57	4	55	5	- 0
Other Neoplasms	58	3	57	3	+ 0
Rheumatoid Arthritis	59	2	62	2	+ 0
Pertussis	60	2	27	99	- 97
Syphilis	61	1	34	55	- 53
Tetanus	62	1	45	18	- 17
Upper Respiratory	63	0	64	2	- 1
Leishmaniasis	64	0	60	2	- 2
Chlamydia	65	0	70	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	66	0	42	23	- 23
Ascariasis	67	0	63	2	- 2
Measles	68	0	49	13	- 13
Hepatitis C	69	0	65	1	- 1
Diphtheria	70	0	67	0	- 0
Otitis Media	71	0	72	0	- 0
Leprosy	72	0	76	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	674	- 674
Chagas disease	78	0	77	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	79	0	78	0	- 0
Depression	80	0	86	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	81	0	85	0	- 0
Anemia	82	0	83	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	83	0	84	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	84	0	81	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	85	0	80	0	- 0
Oral conditions	86	0	82	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to GAMBIA

Iran

Gambia

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.