LATVIA VS IRAN: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	IRAN		LATVIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	1,902	1	8,099	- 6,198
Stroke	2	749	2	5,893	- 5,144
Road Traffic Accidents	3	363	27	154	+ 209
Hypertension	4	335	3	1,194	- 859
Diabetes Mellitus	5	283	8	529	- 246
Kidney Disease	6	241	17	356	- 116
Lung Disease	7	233	18	346	- 114
Influenza and Pneumonia	8	229	9	501	- 272
Alzheimers & Dementia	9	225	7	664	- 438
Stomach Cancer	10	200	11	470	- 269
Lung Cancers	11	138	4	956	- 818
Liver Disease	12	135	15	365	- 229
Low Birth Weight	13	99	56	11	+ 88
Congenital Anomalies	14	99	43	46	+ 52
Colon-Rectum Cancers	15	93	6	722	- 629
Suicide	16	88	14	384	- 295
Other Injuries	17	82	16	362	- 280
Leukemia	18	81	25	186	- 105
Breast Cancer	19	76	10	472	- 396
Liver Cancer	20	76	26	157	- 81
Prostate Cancer	21	73	12	464	- 391
Asthma	22	68	46	42	+ 27
Lymphomas	23	59	19	245	- 187
Falls	24	57	23	201	- 144
Birth Trauma	25	56	55	12	+ 44
Parkinson's Disease	26	52	35	125	- 74
Violence	27	52	37	94	- 43
HIV/AIDS	28	51	39	74	- 23
Pancreas Cancer	29	49	13	436	- 387
Oesophagus Cancer	30	48	32	131	- 83
Drug Use	31	46	48	41	+ 5
Endocrine Disorders	32	43	41	59	- 16
Diarrhoeal diseases	33	37	54	14	+ 24
Fires	34	37	36	103	- 66
Inflammatory/Heart	35	33	5	921	- 888
Bladder Cancer	36	29	20	228	- 199
Peptic Ulcer Disease	37	25	31	142	- 116
Rheumatic Heart Disease	38	20	47	41	- 21
Ovary Cancer	39	19	24	196	- 177
Drownings	40	19	34	127	- 108
Tuberculosis	41	18	40	71	- 53
War	42	17	68	0	+ 17
Poisonings	43	17	49	23	- 7
Epilepsy	44	15	45	44	- 30
Oral Cancer	45	13	22	214	- 201
Meningitis	46	13	52	15	- 2
Skin Cancers	47	11	30	144	- 134
Cervical Cancer	48	10	33	128	- 117
Hepatitis B	49	9	63	3	+ 6
Multiple Sclerosis	50	8	50	20	- 12
Uterin Cancer	51	7	29	148	- 140
Maternal Conditions	52	6	60	5	+ 1
Alcohol	53	5	21	227	- 222
Encephalitis	54	5	69	0	+ 5
Skin Disease	55	5	38	76	- 72
Malnutrition	56	3	64	2	+ 1
Appendicitis	57	3	59	5	- 2
Other Neoplasms	58	2	28	153	- 150
Rheumatoid Arthritis	59	2	51	20	- 18
Pertussis	60	2	70	0	+ 1
Syphilis	61	1	65	1	- 0
Tetanus	62	1	71	0	+ 1
Upper Respiratory	63	0	62	4	- 3
Leishmaniasis	64	0	77	0	+ 0
Chlamydia	65	0	75	0	+ 0
Schistosomiasis	66	0	78	0	+ 0
Ascariasis	67	0	84	0	+ 0
Measles	68	0	72	0	+ 0
Hepatitis C	69	0	42	53	- 53
Diphtheria	70	0	67	1	- 1
Otitis Media	71	0	66	1	- 1
Leprosy	72	0	74	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	73	0	81	0	- 0
Dengue	74	0	83	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	75	0	82	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	76	0	73	0	- 0
Malaria	77	0	79	0	- 0
Chagas disease	78	0	80	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	79	0	76	0	- 0
Depression	80	0	86	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	81	0	57	7	- 7
Anemia	82	0	53	14	- 14
Vitamin A Deficiency	83	0	85	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	84	0	58	7	- 7
Prostatic Hypertrophy	85	0	44	45	- 45
Oral conditions	86	0	61	4	- 4
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to LATVIA

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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.