GUYANA VS IRAN: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	IRAN		GUYANA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	838	1	1,335	- 497
Stroke	2	330	2	1,022	- 692
Road Traffic Accidents	3	160	11	175	- 15
Hypertension	4	147	4	320	- 173
Diabetes Mellitus	5	125	3	579	- 454
Kidney Disease	6	106	8	233	- 127
Lung Disease	7	103	13	174	- 71
Influenza and Pneumonia	8	101	6	302	- 200
Alzheimers & Dementia	9	99	38	23	+ 76
Stomach Cancer	10	88	31	34	+ 54
Lung Cancers	11	61	29	38	+ 23
Liver Disease	12	60	9	197	- 137
Low Birth Weight	13	44	22	89	- 46
Congenital Anomalies	14	44	23	69	- 25
Colon-Rectum Cancers	15	41	25	59	- 17
Suicide	16	39	5	315	- 276
Other Injuries	17	36	14	167	- 131
Leukemia	18	36	39	21	+ 14
Breast Cancer	19	34	19	96	- 62
Liver Cancer	20	33	34	29	+ 4
Prostate Cancer	21	32	17	123	- 91
Asthma	22	30	36	25	+ 5
Lymphomas	23	26	32	32	- 6
Falls	24	25	48	11	+ 14
Birth Trauma	25	25	24	64	- 40
Parkinson's Disease	26	23	49	9	+ 14
Violence	27	23	10	194	- 171
HIV/AIDS	28	23	7	256	- 234
Pancreas Cancer	29	22	42	19	+ 3
Oesophagus Cancer	30	21	51	8	+ 13
Drug Use	31	20	45	16	+ 5
Endocrine Disorders	32	19	12	174	- 156
Diarrhoeal diseases	33	16	27	48	- 31
Fires	34	16	41	19	- 3
Inflammatory/Heart	35	14	20	92	- 77
Bladder Cancer	36	13	50	8	+ 5
Peptic Ulcer Disease	37	11	26	54	- 43
Rheumatic Heart Disease	38	9	47	13	- 4
Ovary Cancer	39	8	43	18	- 9
Drownings	40	8	15	145	- 136
Tuberculosis	41	8	16	137	- 129
War	42	8	64	1	+ 7
Poisonings	43	7	65	1	+ 7
Epilepsy	44	6	37	24	- 17
Oral Cancer	45	6	40	20	- 14
Meningitis	46	6	44	17	- 12
Skin Cancers	47	5	55	5	- 0
Cervical Cancer	48	5	21	91	- 87
Hepatitis B	49	4	59	2	+ 2
Multiple Sclerosis	50	4	61	1	+ 2
Uterin Cancer	51	3	46	13	- 10
Maternal Conditions	52	3	35	28	- 26
Alcohol	53	2	57	3	- 1
Encephalitis	54	2	53	7	- 5
Skin Disease	55	2	56	3	- 1
Malnutrition	56	1	30	37	- 36
Appendicitis	57	1	54	6	- 5
Other Neoplasms	58	1	28	40	- 39
Rheumatoid Arthritis	59	1	63	1	- 0
Pertussis	60	1	73	0	+ 1
Syphilis	61	0	71	0	+ 0
Tetanus	62	0	72	0	+ 0
Upper Respiratory	63	0	66	1	- 0
Leishmaniasis	64	0	83	0	+ 0
Chlamydia	65	0	80	0	+ 0
Schistosomiasis	66	0	84	0	+ 0
Ascariasis	67	0	74	0	+ 0
Measles	68	0	77	0	+ 0
Hepatitis C	69	0	69	0	- 0
Diphtheria	70	0	75	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	71	0	76	0	- 0
Leprosy	72	0	68	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	73	0	78	0	- 0
Dengue	74	0	60	2	- 2
Hookworm Disease	75	0	79	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	76	0	85	0	- 0
Malaria	77	0	33	30	- 30
Chagas disease	78	0	81	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	79	0	82	0	- 0
Depression	80	0	86	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	81	0	62	1	- 1
Anemia	82	0	18	99	- 99
Vitamin A Deficiency	83	0	70	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	84	0	58	3	- 3
Prostatic Hypertrophy	85	0	52	8	- 8
Oral conditions	86	0	67	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to GUYANA

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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.