JAMAICA VS IRAN: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	IRAN		JAMAICA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	2,981	3	1,726	+ 1,255
Stroke	2	1,173	1	2,415	- 1,241
Road Traffic Accidents	3	569	12	444	+ 125
Hypertension	4	524	8	651	- 126
Diabetes Mellitus	5	444	2	2,077	- 1,633
Kidney Disease	6	377	6	793	- 416
Lung Disease	7	364	11	452	- 87
Influenza and Pneumonia	8	359	15	393	- 34
Alzheimers & Dementia	9	353	9	587	- 234
Stomach Cancer	10	314	19	231	+ 83
Lung Cancers	11	217	10	472	- 256
Liver Disease	12	212	21	155	+ 57
Low Birth Weight	13	155	18	241	- 85
Congenital Anomalies	14	155	23	139	+ 16
Colon-Rectum Cancers	15	146	13	436	- 290
Suicide	16	138	35	70	+ 68
Other Injuries	17	129	31	91	+ 39
Leukemia	18	127	26	129	- 2
Breast Cancer	19	119	14	413	- 294
Liver Cancer	20	119	29	101	+ 18
Prostate Cancer	21	114	5	883	- 769
Asthma	22	107	36	65	+ 42
Lymphomas	23	92	17	251	- 159
Falls	24	90	33	82	+ 8
Birth Trauma	25	87	37	65	+ 22
Parkinson's Disease	26	81	25	132	- 51
Violence	27	81	4	1,484	- 1,403
HIV/AIDS	28	81	7	757	- 677
Pancreas Cancer	29	77	27	119	- 41
Oesophagus Cancer	30	76	34	74	+ 2
Drug Use	31	72	48	13	+ 59
Endocrine Disorders	32	67	20	176	- 109
Diarrhoeal diseases	33	59	42	35	+ 24
Fires	34	58	46	16	+ 43
Inflammatory/Heart	35	51	24	133	- 82
Bladder Cancer	36	45	38	60	- 15
Peptic Ulcer Disease	37	40	32	82	- 43
Rheumatic Heart Disease	38	32	44	27	+ 5
Ovary Cancer	39	30	30	97	- 67
Drownings	40	30	51	10	+ 19
Tuberculosis	41	28	54	8	+ 20
War	42	27	61	1	+ 27
Poisonings	43	26	57	2	+ 24
Epilepsy	44	23	41	46	- 23
Oral Cancer	45	21	39	59	- 38
Meningitis	46	20	47	16	+ 5
Skin Cancers	47	17	52	10	+ 7
Cervical Cancer	48	16	16	358	- 342
Hepatitis B	49	14	59	1	+ 13
Multiple Sclerosis	50	13	56	3	+ 10
Uterin Cancer	51	11	28	106	- 95
Maternal Conditions	52	9	43	35	- 25
Alcohol	53	8	55	7	+ 1
Encephalitis	54	8	49	13	- 5
Skin Disease	55	8	22	145	- 138
Malnutrition	56	5	40	48	- 43
Appendicitis	57	5	53	9	- 4
Other Neoplasms	58	4	45	19	- 15
Rheumatoid Arthritis	59	3	50	11	- 9
Pertussis	60	2	67	0	+ 2
Syphilis	61	2	60	1	+ 1
Tetanus	62	1	63	0	+ 1
Upper Respiratory	63	1	65	0	+ 0
Leishmaniasis	64	0	71	0	+ 0
Chlamydia	65	0	62	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	66	0	74	0	+ 0
Ascariasis	67	0	66	0	+ 0
Measles	68	0	77	0	+ 0
Hepatitis C	69	0	64	0	- 0
Diphtheria	70	0	68	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	71	0	69	0	- 0
Leprosy	72	0	70	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	73	0	78	0	- 0
Dengue	74	0	58	1	- 1
Hookworm Disease	75	0	79	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	76	0	76	0	- 0
Malaria	77	0	72	0	- 0
Chagas disease	78	0	73	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	79	0	75	0	- 0
Depression	80	0	86	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	81	0	85	0	- 0
Anemia	82	0	83	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	83	0	84	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	84	0	82	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	85	0	81	0	- 0
Oral conditions	86	0	80	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to JAMAICA

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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.