LESOTHO VS IRAN: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	IRAN		LESOTHO		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	2,352	5	2,101	+ 251
Stroke	2	926	3	2,817	- 1,891
Road Traffic Accidents	3	449	16	678	- 230
Hypertension	4	414	11	990	- 576
Diabetes Mellitus	5	351	6	2,000	- 1,649
Kidney Disease	6	298	10	1,015	- 717
Lung Disease	7	288	9	1,102	- 814
Influenza and Pneumonia	8	283	2	3,214	- 2,931
Alzheimers & Dementia	9	278	29	194	+ 84
Stomach Cancer	10	248	60	11	+ 237
Lung Cancers	11	171	43	51	+ 120
Liver Disease	12	167	14	792	- 625
Low Birth Weight	13	122	12	957	- 834
Congenital Anomalies	14	122	19	389	- 267
Colon-Rectum Cancers	15	115	48	40	+ 76
Suicide	16	109	7	1,539	- 1,430
Other Injuries	17	102	18	533	- 431
Leukemia	18	100	49	39	+ 61
Breast Cancer	19	94	34	97	- 3
Liver Cancer	20	94	39	71	+ 23
Prostate Cancer	21	90	35	81	+ 10
Asthma	22	85	17	678	- 593
Lymphomas	23	73	36	78	- 5
Falls	24	71	31	128	- 57
Birth Trauma	25	69	15	717	- 648
Parkinson's Disease	26	64	41	55	+ 9
Violence	27	64	13	924	- 860
HIV/AIDS	28	64	1	4,767	- 4,704
Pancreas Cancer	29	61	58	12	+ 49
Oesophagus Cancer	30	60	37	73	- 14
Drug Use	31	57	50	32	+ 25
Endocrine Disorders	32	53	27	235	- 182
Diarrhoeal diseases	33	46	4	2,354	- 2,308
Fires	34	46	26	269	- 223
Inflammatory/Heart	35	41	23	305	- 264
Bladder Cancer	36	36	61	10	+ 26
Peptic Ulcer Disease	37	31	25	279	- 247
Rheumatic Heart Disease	38	25	32	126	- 100
Ovary Cancer	39	24	53	24	- 1
Drownings	40	23	28	200	- 176
Tuberculosis	41	22	8	1,208	- 1,186
War	42	21	68	0	+ 21
Poisonings	43	21	33	111	- 91
Epilepsy	44	18	30	143	- 125
Oral Cancer	45	16	42	52	- 35
Meningitis	46	16	22	318	- 302
Skin Cancers	47	13	46	46	- 33
Cervical Cancer	48	13	20	372	- 360
Hepatitis B	49	11	51	27	- 16
Multiple Sclerosis	50	10	63	6	+ 4
Uterin Cancer	51	9	54	23	- 15
Maternal Conditions	52	7	24	292	- 285
Alcohol	53	6	38	71	- 64
Encephalitis	54	6	57	14	- 7
Skin Disease	55	6	40	70	- 64
Malnutrition	56	4	21	357	- 353
Appendicitis	57	4	52	25	- 21
Other Neoplasms	58	3	62	9	- 6
Rheumatoid Arthritis	59	2	56	18	- 16
Pertussis	60	2	44	51	- 49
Syphilis	61	1	45	50	- 49
Tetanus	62	1	47	45	- 44
Upper Respiratory	63	0	55	18	- 18
Leishmaniasis	64	0	75	0	+ 0
Chlamydia	65	0	65	2	- 1
Schistosomiasis	66	0	76	0	+ 0
Ascariasis	67	0	67	1	- 1
Measles	68	0	59	12	- 12
Hepatitis C	69	0	64	2	- 2
Diphtheria	70	0	69	0	- 0
Otitis Media	71	0	66	1	- 1
Leprosy	72	0	74	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	73	0	71	0	- 0
Dengue	74	0	70	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	75	0	72	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	76	0	73	0	- 0
Malaria	77	0	79	0	- 0
Chagas disease	78	0	78	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	79	0	77	0	- 0
Depression	80	0	80	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	81	0	81	0	- 0
Anemia	82	0	83	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	83	0	82	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 LESOTHO

Iran

Lesotho

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.