ITALY VS IRAN: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	IRAN		ITALY		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	64,359	1	97,116	- 32,757
Stroke	2	25,334	2	62,633	- 37,299
Road Traffic Accidents	3	12,279	30	3,221	+ 9,059
Hypertension	4	11,322	6	29,931	- 18,609
Diabetes Mellitus	5	9,594	8	19,836	- 10,242
Kidney Disease	6	8,146	11	12,726	- 4,579
Lung Disease	7	7,869	5	32,382	- 24,513
Influenza and Pneumonia	8	7,755	9	16,339	- 8,583
Alzheimers & Dementia	9	7,619	3	41,445	- 33,825
Stomach Cancer	10	6,775	14	10,252	- 3,478
Lung Cancers	11	4,679	4	34,152	- 29,474
Liver Disease	12	4,578	23	5,559	- 981
Low Birth Weight	13	3,353	51	357	+ 2,995
Congenital Anomalies	14	3,341	37	1,443	+ 1,898
Colon-Rectum Cancers	15	3,156	7	21,254	- 18,098
Suicide	16	2,989	26	4,042	- 1,053
Other Injuries	17	2,792	12	12,112	- 9,320
Leukemia	18	2,736	21	6,728	- 3,993
Breast Cancer	19	2,577	10	13,868	- 11,291
Liver Cancer	20	2,562	17	9,620	- 7,058
Prostate Cancer	21	2,471	20	8,409	- 5,938
Asthma	22	2,318	47	494	+ 1,824
Lymphomas	23	1,988	16	9,670	- 7,683
Falls	24	1,946	25	4,222	- 2,276
Birth Trauma	25	1,887	59	140	+ 1,746
Parkinson's Disease	26	1,755	19	8,428	- 6,672
Violence	27	1,749	50	409	+ 1,340
HIV/AIDS	28	1,739	46	520	+ 1,219
Pancreas Cancer	29	1,668	13	12,095	- 10,427
Oesophagus Cancer	30	1,635	34	2,045	- 410
Drug Use	31	1,547	45	654	+ 893
Endocrine Disorders	32	1,443	18	8,431	- 6,988
Diarrhoeal diseases	33	1,266	36	1,622	- 355
Fires	34	1,257	56	271	+ 986
Inflammatory/Heart	35	1,111	24	5,531	- 4,420
Bladder Cancer	36	972	22	6,711	- 5,738
Peptic Ulcer Disease	37	860	43	690	+ 170
Rheumatic Heart Disease	38	687	32	2,216	- 1,529
Ovary Cancer	39	646	28	3,282	- 2,635
Drownings	40	642	52	344	+ 298
Tuberculosis	41	608	53	336	+ 272
War	42	585	66	6	+ 578
Poisonings	43	563	58	154	+ 409
Epilepsy	44	496	39	1,337	- 841
Oral Cancer	45	451	27	3,343	- 2,892
Meningitis	46	443	60	128	+ 315
Skin Cancers	47	358	29	3,239	- 2,881
Cervical Cancer	48	345	40	1,154	- 808
Hepatitis B	49	293	54	334	- 41
Multiple Sclerosis	50	279	44	677	- 397
Uterin Cancer	51	245	33	2,198	- 1,953
Maternal Conditions	52	197	67	6	+ 191
Alcohol	53	174	55	277	- 103
Encephalitis	54	170	68	5	+ 165
Skin Disease	55	164	38	1,440	- 1,276
Malnutrition	56	108	41	775	- 668
Appendicitis	57	107	61	49	+ 58
Other Neoplasms	58	77	15	9,984	- 9,907
Rheumatoid Arthritis	59	55	42	701	- 646
Pertussis	60	52	73	1	+ 51
Syphilis	61	36	69	4	+ 32
Tetanus	62	25	63	22	+ 4
Upper Respiratory	63	11	64	20	- 9
Leishmaniasis	64	5	70	3	+ 2
Chlamydia	65	3	84	0	+ 3
Schistosomiasis	66	2	78	0	+ 2
Ascariasis	67	2	80	0	+ 2
Measles	68	2	71	1	+ 0
Hepatitis C	69	1	31	2,451	- 2,450
Diphtheria	70	1	76	0	+ 1
Otitis Media	71	0	65	16	- 16
Leprosy	72	0	74	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	73	0	82	0	- 0
Dengue	74	0	81	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	75	0	83	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	76	0	75	0	- 0
Malaria	77	0	79	0	- 0
Chagas disease	78	0	72	1	- 1
Trypanosomiasis	79	0	77	0	- 0
Depression	80	0	86	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	81	0	49	424	- 424
Anemia	82	0	35	1,672	- 1,672
Vitamin A Deficiency	83	0	85	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	84	0	48	481	- 481
Prostatic Hypertrophy	85	0	57	241	- 241
Oral conditions	86	0	62	47	- 47
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to ITALY

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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.