GHANA VS IRAN: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	IRAN		GHANA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	36,515	3	14,103	+ 22,412
Stroke	2	14,374	2	15,163	- 789
Road Traffic Accidents	3	6,967	7	7,808	- 841
Hypertension	4	6,424	19	2,231	+ 4,193
Diabetes Mellitus	5	5,443	12	5,929	- 486
Kidney Disease	6	4,622	13	4,161	+ 460
Lung Disease	7	4,465	15	3,120	+ 1,345
Influenza and Pneumonia	8	4,400	1	16,262	- 11,862
Alzheimers & Dementia	9	4,323	29	1,294	+ 3,029
Stomach Cancer	10	3,844	33	870	+ 2,973
Lung Cancers	11	2,655	55	237	+ 2,417
Liver Disease	12	2,597	11	6,053	- 3,456
Low Birth Weight	13	1,902	8	6,662	- 4,760
Congenital Anomalies	14	1,895	14	3,935	- 2,040
Colon-Rectum Cancers	15	1,791	34	803	+ 988
Suicide	16	1,696	21	1,993	- 297
Other Injuries	17	1,584	18	2,433	- 848
Leukemia	18	1,552	45	340	+ 1,212
Breast Cancer	19	1,462	25	1,937	- 475
Liver Cancer	20	1,454	17	2,851	- 1,398
Prostate Cancer	21	1,402	31	1,031	+ 371
Asthma	22	1,315	23	1,979	- 664
Lymphomas	23	1,128	32	875	+ 253
Falls	24	1,104	30	1,168	- 64
Birth Trauma	25	1,070	10	6,194	- 5,124
Parkinson's Disease	26	996	43	387	+ 609
Violence	27	992	27	1,857	- 865
HIV/AIDS	28	986	4	13,565	- 12,579
Pancreas Cancer	29	946	46	334	+ 612
Oesophagus Cancer	30	928	49	285	+ 643
Drug Use	31	878	39	630	+ 247
Endocrine Disorders	32	819	24	1,965	- 1,146
Diarrhoeal diseases	33	719	9	6,538	- 5,820
Fires	34	713	37	729	- 16
Inflammatory/Heart	35	630	28	1,615	- 984
Bladder Cancer	36	552	53	245	+ 306
Peptic Ulcer Disease	37	488	48	321	+ 167
Rheumatic Heart Disease	38	390	52	256	+ 134
Ovary Cancer	39	367	38	698	- 332
Drownings	40	364	36	740	- 376
Tuberculosis	41	345	6	10,214	- 9,869
War	42	332	64	29	+ 303
Poisonings	43	319	40	522	- 202
Epilepsy	44	281	47	329	- 48
Oral Cancer	45	256	42	483	- 227
Meningitis	46	251	16	2,983	- 2,732
Skin Cancers	47	203	58	214	- 11
Cervical Cancer	48	196	20	2,161	- 1,965
Hepatitis B	49	166	62	101	+ 65
Multiple Sclerosis	50	159	61	113	+ 46
Uterin Cancer	51	139	57	219	- 80
Maternal Conditions	52	112	22	1,991	- 1,879
Alcohol	53	99	54	244	- 145
Encephalitis	54	96	44	357	- 261
Skin Disease	55	93	50	264	- 171
Malnutrition	56	61	26	1,868	- 1,807
Appendicitis	57	61	59	146	- 85
Other Neoplasms	58	44	63	48	- 4
Rheumatoid Arthritis	59	31	67	16	+ 15
Pertussis	60	29	35	744	- 715
Syphilis	61	20	41	483	- 462
Tetanus	62	14	56	220	- 206
Upper Respiratory	63	6	66	16	- 10
Leishmaniasis	64	3	77	0	+ 3
Chlamydia	65	1	70	3	- 2
Schistosomiasis	66	1	51	257	- 256
Ascariasis	67	1	68	12	- 11
Measles	68	1	60	135	- 134
Hepatitis C	69	0	65	28	- 27
Diphtheria	70	0	69	4	- 4
Otitis Media	71	0	72	0	- 0
Leprosy	72	0	73	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	73	0	74	0	- 0
Dengue	74	0	71	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	75	0	75	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	76	0	79	0	- 0
Malaria	77	0	5	11,162	- 11,162
Chagas disease	78	0	76	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	79	0	78	0	- 0
Depression	80	0	80	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	81	0	81	0	- 0
Anemia	82	0	83	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	83	0	82	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	84	0	84	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	85	0	85	0	- 0
Oral conditions	86	0	86	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to GHANA

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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.