JORDAN VS IRAN: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	IRAN		JORDAN		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	11,796	1	4,856	+ 6,940
Stroke	2	4,643	2	2,908	+ 1,735
Road Traffic Accidents	3	2,251	3	1,717	+ 534
Hypertension	4	2,075	5	1,532	+ 544
Diabetes Mellitus	5	1,758	4	1,684	+ 75
Kidney Disease	6	1,493	6	1,494	- 1
Lung Disease	7	1,442	15	444	+ 998
Influenza and Pneumonia	8	1,421	8	937	+ 484
Alzheimers & Dementia	9	1,396	11	706	+ 690
Stomach Cancer	10	1,242	17	365	+ 877
Lung Cancers	11	858	7	1,059	- 201
Liver Disease	12	839	14	494	+ 346
Low Birth Weight	13	614	10	857	- 243
Congenital Anomalies	14	612	9	934	- 322
Colon-Rectum Cancers	15	578	13	616	- 38
Suicide	16	548	28	165	+ 383
Other Injuries	17	512	19	294	+ 218
Leukemia	18	501	16	370	+ 132
Breast Cancer	19	472	12	686	- 214
Liver Cancer	20	470	25	186	+ 284
Prostate Cancer	21	453	33	131	+ 322
Asthma	22	425	35	114	+ 310
Lymphomas	23	364	18	323	+ 41
Falls	24	357	24	191	+ 166
Birth Trauma	25	346	20	271	+ 75
Parkinson's Disease	26	322	27	169	+ 153
Violence	27	321	21	269	+ 52
HIV/AIDS	28	319	63	2	+ 317
Pancreas Cancer	29	306	22	245	+ 60
Oesophagus Cancer	30	300	42	63	+ 237
Drug Use	31	283	34	115	+ 169
Endocrine Disorders	32	264	26	180	+ 84
Diarrhoeal diseases	33	232	30	152	+ 80
Fires	34	230	29	153	+ 78
Inflammatory/Heart	35	204	38	74	+ 129
Bladder Cancer	36	178	23	213	- 34
Peptic Ulcer Disease	37	158	40	67	+ 91
Rheumatic Heart Disease	38	126	50	22	+ 104
Ovary Cancer	39	118	32	139	- 21
Drownings	40	118	36	107	+ 11
Tuberculosis	41	111	53	12	+ 99
War	42	107	59	6	+ 101
Poisonings	43	103	47	47	+ 56
Epilepsy	44	91	46	49	+ 42
Oral Cancer	45	83	31	143	- 60
Meningitis	46	81	37	78	+ 3
Skin Cancers	47	66	49	38	+ 28
Cervical Cancer	48	63	41	64	- 0
Hepatitis B	49	54	60	4	+ 50
Multiple Sclerosis	50	51	54	12	+ 39
Uterin Cancer	51	45	39	74	- 29
Maternal Conditions	52	36	44	53	- 16
Alcohol	53	32	55	11	+ 21
Encephalitis	54	31	52	14	+ 17
Skin Disease	55	30	48	42	- 12
Malnutrition	56	20	51	15	+ 5
Appendicitis	57	20	58	8	+ 12
Other Neoplasms	58	14	57	9	+ 5
Rheumatoid Arthritis	59	10	61	4	+ 6
Pertussis	60	10	43	55	- 45
Syphilis	61	7	45	52	- 45
Tetanus	62	5	56	11	- 6
Upper Respiratory	63	2	69	0	+ 2
Leishmaniasis	64	1	66	0	+ 1
Chlamydia	65	0	70	0	+ 0
Schistosomiasis	66	0	62	3	- 2
Ascariasis	67	0	68	0	+ 0
Measles	68	0	65	1	- 0
Hepatitis C	69	0	64	1	- 1
Diphtheria	70	0	67	0	- 0
Otitis Media	71	0	71	0	+ 0
Leprosy	72	0	76	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	73	0	74	0	- 0
Dengue	74	0	72	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	75	0	73	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	76	0	75	0	- 0
Malaria	77	0	77	0	- 0
Chagas disease	78	0	78	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	79	0	79	0	- 0
Depression	80	0	80	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	81	0	81	0	- 0
Anemia	82	0	82	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	83	0	83	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	84	0	84	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	85	0	85	0	- 0
Oral conditions	86	0	86	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to JORDAN

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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.