LIBYA VS IRAN: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	IRAN		LIBYA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	7,771	1	6,610	+ 1,161
Stroke	2	3,059	2	2,603	+ 456
Road Traffic Accidents	3	1,483	3	1,444	+ 39
Hypertension	4	1,367	6	915	+ 452
Diabetes Mellitus	5	1,158	8	803	+ 355
Kidney Disease	6	984	4	1,186	- 202
Lung Disease	7	950	12	607	+ 343
Influenza and Pneumonia	8	936	9	744	+ 193
Alzheimers & Dementia	9	920	10	743	+ 177
Stomach Cancer	10	818	33	134	+ 684
Lung Cancers	11	565	13	592	- 27
Liver Disease	12	553	11	630	- 77
Low Birth Weight	13	405	18	359	+ 46
Congenital Anomalies	14	403	14	493	- 90
Colon-Rectum Cancers	15	381	16	427	- 46
Suicide	16	361	19	304	+ 57
Other Injuries	17	337	15	432	- 95
Leukemia	18	330	22	217	+ 114
Breast Cancer	19	311	25	190	+ 121
Liver Cancer	20	309	28	153	+ 157
Prostate Cancer	21	298	39	96	+ 203
Asthma	22	280	20	297	- 17
Lymphomas	23	240	26	189	+ 51
Falls	24	235	24	204	+ 31
Birth Trauma	25	228	34	132	+ 95
Parkinson's Disease	26	212	27	159	+ 53
Violence	27	211	30	145	+ 66
HIV/AIDS	28	210	21	224	- 14
Pancreas Cancer	29	201	23	209	- 7
Oesophagus Cancer	30	197	49	33	+ 165
Drug Use	31	187	17	371	- 184
Endocrine Disorders	32	174	29	153	+ 22
Diarrhoeal diseases	33	153	40	92	+ 61
Fires	34	152	36	115	+ 36
Inflammatory/Heart	35	134	37	107	+ 27
Bladder Cancer	36	117	31	136	- 18
Peptic Ulcer Disease	37	104	38	99	+ 5
Rheumatic Heart Disease	38	83	46	49	+ 34
Ovary Cancer	39	78	42	75	+ 3
Drownings	40	77	43	74	+ 4
Tuberculosis	41	73	7	812	- 739
War	42	71	5	1,055	- 984
Poisonings	43	68	45	56	+ 12
Epilepsy	44	60	44	67	- 7
Oral Cancer	45	55	41	81	- 26
Meningitis	46	53	47	41	+ 12
Skin Cancers	47	43	51	20	+ 23
Cervical Cancer	48	42	32	135	- 93
Hepatitis B	49	35	48	34	+ 1
Multiple Sclerosis	50	34	52	20	+ 14
Uterin Cancer	51	30	60	8	+ 21
Maternal Conditions	52	24	35	124	- 100
Alcohol	53	21	50	22	- 0
Encephalitis	54	20	53	19	+ 1
Skin Disease	55	20	54	17	+ 3
Malnutrition	56	13	57	11	+ 2
Appendicitis	57	13	56	15	- 2
Other Neoplasms	58	9	58	10	- 1
Rheumatoid Arthritis	59	7	62	4	+ 2
Pertussis	60	6	55	17	- 11
Syphilis	61	4	61	6	- 1
Tetanus	62	3	64	1	+ 2
Upper Respiratory	63	1	67	0	+ 1
Leishmaniasis	64	1	63	2	- 1
Chlamydia	65	0	69	0	+ 0
Schistosomiasis	66	0	59	9	- 8
Ascariasis	67	0	66	0	+ 0
Measles	68	0	72	0	+ 0
Hepatitis C	69	0	65	1	- 1
Diphtheria	70	0	68	0	- 0
Otitis Media	71	0	70	0	+ 0
Leprosy	72	0	71	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	73	0	73	0	- 0
Dengue	74	0	74	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	75	0	75	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	76	0	79	0	- 0
Malaria	77	0	76	0	- 0
Chagas disease	78	0	77	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	79	0	78	0	- 0
Depression	80	0	85	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	81	0	86	0	- 0
Anemia	82	0	84	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	83	0	83	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	84	0	81	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	85	0	80	0	- 0
Oral conditions	86	0	82	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to LIBYA

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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.