IRELAND VS IRAN: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	IRAN		IRELAND		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	5,525	1	4,762	+ 763
Stroke	2	2,175	5	1,770	+ 405
Road Traffic Accidents	3	1,054	33	153	+ 901
Hypertension	4	972	29	175	+ 797
Diabetes Mellitus	5	824	16	414	+ 410
Kidney Disease	6	699	10	566	+ 133
Lung Disease	7	676	4	1,915	- 1,240
Influenza and Pneumonia	8	666	6	1,298	- 633
Alzheimers & Dementia	9	654	2	3,209	- 2,555
Stomach Cancer	10	582	17	357	+ 225
Lung Cancers	11	402	3	1,916	- 1,514
Liver Disease	12	393	19	279	+ 114
Low Birth Weight	13	288	44	56	+ 232
Congenital Anomalies	14	287	32	153	+ 134
Colon-Rectum Cancers	15	271	7	1,095	- 824
Suicide	16	257	14	470	- 213
Other Injuries	17	240	30	171	+ 69
Leukemia	18	235	20	274	- 39
Breast Cancer	19	221	8	760	- 538
Liver Cancer	20	220	18	318	- 98
Prostate Cancer	21	212	9	585	- 373
Asthma	22	199	41	58	+ 141
Lymphomas	23	171	13	513	- 342
Falls	24	167	25	247	- 80
Birth Trauma	25	162	56	10	+ 152
Parkinson's Disease	26	151	12	530	- 379
Violence	27	150	47	38	+ 112
HIV/AIDS	28	149	57	9	+ 141
Pancreas Cancer	29	143	11	530	- 387
Oesophagus Cancer	30	140	15	419	- 278
Drug Use	31	133	31	167	- 34
Endocrine Disorders	32	124	24	249	- 125
Diarrhoeal diseases	33	109	45	53	+ 56
Fires	34	108	48	30	+ 78
Inflammatory/Heart	35	95	26	240	- 144
Bladder Cancer	36	83	22	256	- 172
Peptic Ulcer Disease	37	74	38	67	+ 7
Rheumatic Heart Disease	38	59	46	50	+ 9
Ovary Cancer	39	55	21	273	- 217
Drownings	40	55	43	57	- 2
Tuberculosis	41	52	50	23	+ 29
War	42	50	65	0	+ 50
Poisonings	43	48	53	14	+ 34
Epilepsy	44	43	36	85	- 42
Oral Cancer	45	39	28	183	- 144
Meningitis	46	38	58	7	+ 31
Skin Cancers	47	31	23	252	- 221
Cervical Cancer	48	30	35	103	- 73
Hepatitis B	49	25	59	6	+ 19
Multiple Sclerosis	50	24	37	83	- 59
Uterin Cancer	51	21	34	126	- 105
Maternal Conditions	52	17	61	3	+ 14
Alcohol	53	15	39	64	- 49
Encephalitis	54	15	66	0	+ 14
Skin Disease	55	14	42	58	- 44
Malnutrition	56	9	63	2	+ 8
Appendicitis	57	9	60	3	+ 6
Other Neoplasms	58	7	27	218	- 211
Rheumatoid Arthritis	59	5	40	59	- 54
Pertussis	60	4	67	0	+ 4
Syphilis	61	3	68	0	+ 3
Tetanus	62	2	81	0	+ 2
Upper Respiratory	63	1	64	1	- 0
Leishmaniasis	64	0	76	0	+ 0
Chlamydia	65	0	69	0	+ 0
Schistosomiasis	66	0	72	0	+ 0
Ascariasis	67	0	77	0	+ 0
Measles	68	0	83	0	+ 0
Hepatitis C	69	0	52	19	- 19
Diphtheria	70	0	82	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	71	0	71	0	+ 0
Leprosy	72	0	70	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	73	0	79	0	- 0
Dengue	74	0	78	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	75	0	80	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	76	0	84	0	- 0
Malaria	77	0	75	0	- 0
Chagas disease	78	0	73	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	79	0	74	0	- 0
Depression	80	0	86	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	81	0	55	12	- 12
Anemia	82	0	49	29	- 29
Vitamin A Deficiency	83	0	85	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	84	0	51	20	- 20
Prostatic Hypertrophy	85	0	54	14	- 14
Oral conditions	86	0	62	2	- 2
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to IRELAND

Iran

Ireland

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.