GUATEMALA VS IRAN: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	IRAN		GUATEMALA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	19,272	1	9,825	+ 9,447
Stroke	2	7,586	6	4,849	+ 2,738
Road Traffic Accidents	3	3,677	8	4,026	- 349
Hypertension	4	3,390	26	679	+ 2,711
Diabetes Mellitus	5	2,873	3	6,932	- 4,059
Kidney Disease	6	2,439	4	6,277	- 3,837
Lung Disease	7	2,356	13	1,901	+ 455
Influenza and Pneumonia	8	2,322	2	9,245	- 6,923
Alzheimers & Dementia	9	2,281	12	1,957	+ 325
Stomach Cancer	10	2,029	17	1,570	+ 458
Lung Cancers	11	1,401	35	391	+ 1,010
Liver Disease	12	1,371	5	5,684	- 4,314
Low Birth Weight	13	1,004	16	1,658	- 655
Congenital Anomalies	14	1,000	18	1,517	- 516
Colon-Rectum Cancers	15	945	31	464	+ 481
Suicide	16	895	22	1,039	- 144
Other Injuries	17	836	10	2,466	- 1,630
Leukemia	18	819	27	601	+ 218
Breast Cancer	19	772	28	495	+ 276
Liver Cancer	20	767	15	1,765	- 998
Prostate Cancer	21	740	24	846	- 106
Asthma	22	694	36	335	+ 359
Lymphomas	23	595	43	229	+ 366
Falls	24	583	20	1,371	- 789
Birth Trauma	25	565	19	1,466	- 901
Parkinson's Disease	26	526	34	393	+ 133
Violence	27	524	7	4,411	- 3,887
HIV/AIDS	28	521	21	1,173	- 652
Pancreas Cancer	29	499	38	282	+ 217
Oesophagus Cancer	30	490	48	144	+ 346
Drug Use	31	463	40	272	+ 192
Endocrine Disorders	32	432	29	486	- 53
Diarrhoeal diseases	33	379	9	2,617	- 2,238
Fires	34	376	45	207	+ 169
Inflammatory/Heart	35	333	44	225	+ 107
Bladder Cancer	36	291	55	57	+ 234
Peptic Ulcer Disease	37	257	23	1,029	- 772
Rheumatic Heart Disease	38	206	54	62	+ 144
Ovary Cancer	39	194	50	133	+ 61
Drownings	40	192	32	463	- 271
Tuberculosis	41	182	37	301	- 119
War	42	175	68	2	+ 173
Poisonings	43	168	39	275	- 107
Epilepsy	44	148	33	463	- 314
Oral Cancer	45	135	49	142	- 7
Meningitis	46	133	41	271	- 139
Skin Cancers	47	107	46	195	- 88
Cervical Cancer	48	103	25	808	- 704
Hepatitis B	49	88	65	2	+ 85
Multiple Sclerosis	50	84	60	21	+ 63
Uterin Cancer	51	73	59	27	+ 46
Maternal Conditions	52	59	30	468	- 410
Alcohol	53	52	14	1,799	- 1,747
Encephalitis	54	51	51	104	- 53
Skin Disease	55	49	42	232	- 183
Malnutrition	56	32	11	1,981	- 1,948
Appendicitis	57	32	47	164	- 132
Other Neoplasms	58	23	56	42	- 19
Rheumatoid Arthritis	59	17	52	82	- 65
Pertussis	60	16	53	70	- 54
Syphilis	61	11	64	3	+ 8
Tetanus	62	8	62	10	- 2
Upper Respiratory	63	3	57	34	- 31
Leishmaniasis	64	2	69	1	+ 1
Chlamydia	65	1	67	2	- 1
Schistosomiasis	66	1	75	0	+ 1
Ascariasis	67	1	63	7	- 7
Measles	68	1	72	0	+ 1
Hepatitis C	69	0	66	2	- 2
Diphtheria	70	0	71	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	71	0	70	0	- 0
Leprosy	72	0	77	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	73	0	79	0	- 0
Dengue	74	0	58	33	- 33
Hookworm Disease	75	0	78	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	76	0	76	0	- 0
Malaria	77	0	74	0	- 0
Chagas disease	78	0	61	19	- 19
Trypanosomiasis	79	0	73	0	- 0
Depression	80	0	81	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	81	0	80	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 GUATEMALA

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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.