LIBERIA VS IRAN: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	IRAN		LIBERIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	5,740	7	1,885	+ 3,855
Stroke	2	2,259	11	1,578	+ 681
Road Traffic Accidents	3	1,095	5	1,920	- 825
Hypertension	4	1,010	23	371	+ 639
Diabetes Mellitus	5	856	15	650	+ 206
Kidney Disease	6	727	16	609	+ 118
Lung Disease	7	702	26	294	+ 408
Influenza and Pneumonia	8	692	2	2,693	- 2,001
Alzheimers & Dementia	9	680	29	235	+ 445
Stomach Cancer	10	604	37	122	+ 483
Lung Cancers	11	417	44	66	+ 351
Liver Disease	12	408	13	858	- 450
Low Birth Weight	13	299	8	1,652	- 1,353
Congenital Anomalies	14	298	14	833	- 535
Colon-Rectum Cancers	15	281	40	90	+ 192
Suicide	16	267	30	220	+ 47
Other Injuries	17	249	22	380	- 131
Leukemia	18	244	58	23	+ 221
Breast Cancer	19	230	27	246	- 16
Liver Cancer	20	229	20	439	- 211
Prostate Cancer	21	220	25	297	- 77
Asthma	22	207	31	200	+ 7
Lymphomas	23	177	39	93	+ 84
Falls	24	174	33	155	+ 18
Birth Trauma	25	168	9	1,601	- 1,433
Parkinson's Disease	26	157	43	72	+ 84
Violence	27	156	18	477	- 321
HIV/AIDS	28	155	6	1,919	- 1,764
Pancreas Cancer	29	149	53	38	+ 111
Oesophagus Cancer	30	146	60	16	+ 130
Drug Use	31	138	50	42	+ 96
Endocrine Disorders	32	129	28	245	- 117
Diarrhoeal diseases	33	113	10	1,592	- 1,479
Fires	34	112	34	153	- 41
Inflammatory/Heart	35	99	38	115	- 16
Bladder Cancer	36	87	59	19	+ 68
Peptic Ulcer Disease	37	77	36	126	- 49
Rheumatic Heart Disease	38	61	49	50	+ 11
Ovary Cancer	39	58	47	50	+ 7
Drownings	40	57	35	127	- 70
Tuberculosis	41	54	1	2,766	- 2,712
War	42	52	70	1	+ 52
Poisonings	43	50	41	82	- 32
Epilepsy	44	44	42	81	- 37
Oral Cancer	45	40	48	50	- 10
Meningitis	46	39	17	552	- 513
Skin Cancers	47	32	46	51	- 19
Cervical Cancer	48	31	19	474	- 443
Hepatitis B	49	26	52	39	- 13
Multiple Sclerosis	50	25	63	4	+ 21
Uterin Cancer	51	22	55	28	- 7
Maternal Conditions	52	18	12	870	- 852
Alcohol	53	16	57	25	- 10
Encephalitis	54	15	56	27	- 12
Skin Disease	55	15	51	41	- 27
Malnutrition	56	10	24	353	- 344
Appendicitis	57	10	61	12	- 3
Other Neoplasms	58	7	62	6	+ 1
Rheumatoid Arthritis	59	5	64	4	+ 1
Pertussis	60	5	32	197	- 193
Syphilis	61	3	21	394	- 391
Tetanus	62	2	54	31	- 29
Upper Respiratory	63	1	67	3	- 2
Leishmaniasis	64	0	77	0	+ 0
Chlamydia	65	0	69	1	- 0
Schistosomiasis	66	0	45	51	- 51
Ascariasis	67	0	66	4	- 4
Measles	68	0	3	2,554	- 2,554
Hepatitis C	69	0	65	4	- 4
Diphtheria	70	0	68	1	- 1
Otitis Media	71	0	71	0	- 0
Leprosy	72	0	75	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	73	0	73	0	- 0
Dengue	74	0	72	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	75	0	74	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	76	0	79	0	- 0
Malaria	77	0	4	2,428	- 2,428
Chagas disease	78	0	78	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	79	0	76	0	- 0
Depression	80	0	81	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	81	0	80	0	- 0
Anemia	82	0	83	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	83	0	82	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	84	0	85	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	85	0	84	0	- 0
Oral conditions	86	0	86	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to LIBERIA

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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.