KENYA VS IRAN: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	IRAN		KENYA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	61,489	9	11,972	+ 49,517
Stroke	2	24,205	4	15,895	+ 8,309
Road Traffic Accidents	3	11,732	6	14,883	- 3,151
Hypertension	4	10,817	17	4,418	+ 6,400
Diabetes Mellitus	5	9,166	14	5,651	+ 3,515
Kidney Disease	6	7,783	16	4,464	+ 3,319
Lung Disease	7	7,518	20	4,280	+ 3,238
Influenza and Pneumonia	8	7,409	1	22,571	- 15,162
Alzheimers & Dementia	9	7,279	31	1,827	+ 5,452
Stomach Cancer	10	6,473	28	2,010	+ 4,463
Lung Cancers	11	4,470	47	669	+ 3,802
Liver Disease	12	4,374	7	13,405	- 9,031
Low Birth Weight	13	3,203	11	9,562	- 6,359
Congenital Anomalies	14	3,192	12	6,115	- 2,924
Colon-Rectum Cancers	15	3,015	32	1,477	+ 1,538
Suicide	16	2,856	23	3,214	- 358
Other Injuries	17	2,668	19	4,336	- 1,668
Leukemia	18	2,614	35	1,327	+ 1,286
Breast Cancer	19	2,462	25	2,658	- 196
Liver Cancer	20	2,448	34	1,351	+ 1,097
Prostate Cancer	21	2,361	37	1,292	+ 1,069
Asthma	22	2,214	26	2,300	- 86
Lymphomas	23	1,899	29	1,931	- 32
Falls	24	1,859	33	1,465	+ 394
Birth Trauma	25	1,802	10	9,957	- 8,155
Parkinson's Disease	26	1,677	50	470	+ 1,207
Violence	27	1,671	24	2,942	- 1,272
HIV/AIDS	28	1,661	2	20,885	- 19,224
Pancreas Cancer	29	1,594	46	716	+ 877
Oesophagus Cancer	30	1,562	18	4,373	- 2,810
Drug Use	31	1,478	62	113	+ 1,364
Endocrine Disorders	32	1,379	44	831	+ 548
Diarrhoeal diseases	33	1,210	5	15,420	- 14,210
Fires	34	1,201	36	1,316	- 115
Inflammatory/Heart	35	1,062	40	1,121	- 60
Bladder Cancer	36	929	57	318	+ 611
Peptic Ulcer Disease	37	821	41	1,089	- 267
Rheumatic Heart Disease	38	656	53	408	+ 249
Ovary Cancer	39	618	45	795	- 177
Drownings	40	613	39	1,200	- 587
Tuberculosis	41	581	3	19,655	- 19,074
War	42	559	65	89	+ 469
Poisonings	43	538	38	1,269	- 731
Epilepsy	44	474	43	832	- 359
Oral Cancer	45	431	30	1,842	- 1,411
Meningitis	46	423	15	5,364	- 4,941
Skin Cancers	47	342	48	638	- 297
Cervical Cancer	48	330	22	3,389	- 3,059
Hepatitis B	49	280	49	522	- 242
Multiple Sclerosis	50	267	68	39	+ 228
Uterin Cancer	51	234	56	323	- 88
Maternal Conditions	52	188	13	5,651	- 5,464
Alcohol	53	167	55	355	- 189
Encephalitis	54	162	60	189	- 27
Skin Disease	55	156	51	455	- 299
Malnutrition	56	103	21	4,212	- 4,109
Appendicitis	57	102	58	240	- 138
Other Neoplasms	58	74	67	60	+ 13
Rheumatoid Arthritis	59	53	66	84	- 31
Pertussis	60	50	42	1,014	- 964
Syphilis	61	34	52	449	- 415
Tetanus	62	24	27	2,129	- 2,105
Upper Respiratory	63	10	64	95	- 84
Leishmaniasis	64	5	59	194	- 189
Chlamydia	65	3	70	10	- 8
Schistosomiasis	66	2	54	370	- 368
Ascariasis	67	2	71	9	- 7
Measles	68	2	63	103	- 102
Hepatitis C	69	1	61	152	- 152
Diphtheria	70	1	69	13	- 12
Otitis Media	71	0	72	7	- 7
Leprosy	72	0	76	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	73	0	75	0	- 0
Dengue	74	0	73	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	75	0	74	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	76	0	77	0	- 0
Malaria	77	0	8	12,652	- 12,652
Chagas disease	78	0	79	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	79	0	78	0	- 0
Depression	80	0	80	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	81	0	83	0	- 0
Anemia	82	0	82	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	83	0	81	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 KENYA

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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.