INDIA VS IRAN: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	IRAN		INDIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	1,487,582	1	1,520,034	- 32,452
Stroke	2	585,572	3	697,038	- 111,466
Road Traffic Accidents	3	283,825	12	212,596	+ 71,229
Hypertension	4	261,703	19	108,050	+ 153,653
Diabetes Mellitus	5	221,760	7	271,495	- 49,736
Kidney Disease	6	188,291	11	222,903	- 34,612
Lung Disease	7	181,887	2	879,732	- 697,846
Influenza and Pneumonia	8	179,250	6	392,425	- 213,175
Alzheimers & Dementia	9	176,108	17	126,593	+ 49,515
Stomach Cancer	10	156,587	24	81,058	+ 75,529
Lung Cancers	11	108,149	21	88,276	+ 19,873
Liver Disease	12	105,815	8	268,580	- 162,765
Low Birth Weight	13	77,490	9	238,739	- 161,249
Congenital Anomalies	14	77,220	23	82,769	- 5,549
Colon-Rectum Cancers	15	72,944	25	77,368	- 4,424
Suicide	16	69,094	14	173,347	- 104,253
Other Injuries	17	64,538	15	149,570	- 85,032
Leukemia	18	63,231	35	33,383	+ 29,848
Breast Cancer	19	59,564	22	82,821	- 23,257
Liver Cancer	20	59,219	39	30,369	+ 28,850
Prostate Cancer	21	57,120	38	30,945	+ 26,175
Asthma	22	53,567	13	196,051	- 142,483
Lymphomas	23	45,942	33	40,159	+ 5,783
Falls	24	44,980	10	225,755	- 180,776
Birth Trauma	25	43,605	20	102,819	- 59,213
Parkinson's Disease	26	40,575	32	43,398	- 2,823
Violence	27	40,418	27	51,767	- 11,348
HIV/AIDS	28	40,186	31	44,406	- 4,220
Pancreas Cancer	29	38,554	37	32,812	+ 5,743
Oesophagus Cancer	30	37,801	34	38,898	- 1,097
Drug Use	31	35,750	52	11,747	+ 24,003
Endocrine Disorders	32	33,354	47	15,264	+ 18,089
Diarrhoeal diseases	33	29,273	4	670,315	- 641,042
Fires	34	29,059	42	23,265	+ 5,794
Inflammatory/Heart	35	25,681	49	12,651	+ 13,030
Bladder Cancer	36	22,473	48	14,081	+ 8,393
Peptic Ulcer Disease	37	19,870	26	68,108	- 48,237
Rheumatic Heart Disease	38	15,880	18	126,079	- 110,200
Ovary Cancer	39	14,941	44	21,947	- 7,006
Drownings	40	14,833	28	48,774	- 33,941
Tuberculosis	41	14,060	5	435,882	- 421,822
War	42	13,513	67	890	+ 12,623
Poisonings	43	13,005	61	3,540	+ 9,465
Epilepsy	44	11,457	40	30,307	- 18,851
Oral Cancer	45	10,435	16	134,187	- 123,752
Meningitis	46	10,228	36	33,337	- 23,108
Skin Cancers	47	8,266	60	5,054	+ 3,212
Cervical Cancer	48	7,986	30	45,319	- 37,334
Hepatitis B	49	6,778	56	8,184	- 1,406
Multiple Sclerosis	50	6,459	63	2,328	+ 4,131
Uterin Cancer	51	5,663	59	6,841	- 1,178
Maternal Conditions	52	4,543	41	25,917	- 21,375
Alcohol	53	4,031	43	23,097	- 19,066
Encephalitis	54	3,922	29	48,080	- 44,159
Skin Disease	55	3,785	45	17,857	- 14,072
Malnutrition	56	2,495	55	8,626	- 6,131
Appendicitis	57	2,469	53	11,245	- 8,776
Other Neoplasms	58	1,779	62	2,968	- 1,190
Rheumatoid Arthritis	59	1,278	50	11,931	- 10,653
Pertussis	60	1,199	54	10,094	- 8,895
Syphilis	61	831	64	2,007	- 1,177
Tetanus	62	583	58	7,093	- 6,509
Upper Respiratory	63	251	68	584	- 333
Leishmaniasis	64	126	66	973	- 847
Chlamydia	65	61	69	379	- 318
Schistosomiasis	66	45	76	0	+ 45
Ascariasis	67	43	70	126	- 83
Measles	68	39	51	11,923	- 11,884
Hepatitis C	69	19	65	1,364	- 1,345
Diphtheria	70	15	72	65	- 49
Otitis Media	71	2	71	68	- 66
Leprosy	72	0	73	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	73	0	74	0	- 0
Dengue	74	0	46	17,546	- 17,546
Hookworm Disease	75	0	75	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	76	0	79	0	- 0
Malaria	77	0	57	7,705	- 7,705
Chagas disease	78	0	77	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	79	0	78	0	- 0
Depression	80	0	82	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	81	0	83	0	- 0
Anemia	82	0	81	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	83	0	80	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	84	0	85	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	85	0	86	0	- 0
Oral conditions	86	0	84	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to INDIA

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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.