LITHUANIA VS IRAN: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	IRAN		LITHUANIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	2,775	1	15,329	- 12,555
Stroke	2	1,092	2	5,643	- 4,551
Road Traffic Accidents	3	529	27	225	+ 305
Hypertension	4	488	4	1,289	- 801
Diabetes Mellitus	5	414	14	525	- 112
Kidney Disease	6	351	19	372	- 21
Lung Disease	7	339	16	513	- 174
Influenza and Pneumonia	8	334	7	654	- 320
Alzheimers & Dementia	9	328	8	649	- 320
Stomach Cancer	10	292	10	639	- 347
Lung Cancers	11	202	3	1,329	- 1,127
Liver Disease	12	197	9	644	- 446
Low Birth Weight	13	145	55	9	+ 136
Congenital Anomalies	14	144	41	62	+ 82
Colon-Rectum Cancers	15	136	5	1,074	- 938
Suicide	16	129	6	721	- 593
Other Injuries	17	120	18	416	- 295
Leukemia	18	118	24	284	- 166
Breast Cancer	19	111	11	629	- 518
Liver Cancer	20	110	25	239	- 128
Prostate Cancer	21	107	12	598	- 491
Asthma	22	100	46	45	+ 55
Lymphomas	23	86	21	321	- 236
Falls	24	84	15	518	- 434
Birth Trauma	25	81	53	10	+ 71
Parkinson's Disease	26	76	29	222	- 147
Violence	27	75	36	132	- 56
HIV/AIDS	28	75	51	22	+ 53
Pancreas Cancer	29	72	13	578	- 506
Oesophagus Cancer	30	71	30	219	- 148
Drug Use	31	67	37	122	- 56
Endocrine Disorders	32	62	39	72	- 10
Diarrhoeal diseases	33	55	42	59	- 5
Fires	34	54	43	51	+ 3
Inflammatory/Heart	35	48	17	484	- 436
Bladder Cancer	36	42	23	292	- 251
Peptic Ulcer Disease	37	37	22	313	- 276
Rheumatic Heart Disease	38	30	48	29	+ 0
Ovary Cancer	39	28	26	233	- 205
Drownings	40	28	35	150	- 122
Tuberculosis	41	26	38	119	- 93
War	42	25	67	0	+ 25
Poisonings	43	24	45	46	- 22
Epilepsy	44	21	40	62	- 41
Oral Cancer	45	19	20	338	- 319
Meningitis	46	19	52	19	- 0
Skin Cancers	47	15	32	197	- 181
Cervical Cancer	48	15	28	224	- 209
Hepatitis B	49	13	61	5	+ 8
Multiple Sclerosis	50	12	49	29	- 17
Uterin Cancer	51	11	34	159	- 149
Maternal Conditions	52	8	63	2	+ 6
Alcohol	53	8	33	192	- 184
Encephalitis	54	7	65	2	+ 6
Skin Disease	55	7	44	48	- 41
Malnutrition	56	5	58	7	- 2
Appendicitis	57	5	54	10	- 5
Other Neoplasms	58	3	31	212	- 209
Rheumatoid Arthritis	59	2	47	41	- 39
Pertussis	60	2	69	0	+ 2
Syphilis	61	2	70	0	+ 2
Tetanus	62	1	62	2	- 1
Upper Respiratory	63	0	68	0	+ 0
Leishmaniasis	64	0	77	0	+ 0
Chlamydia	65	0	71	0	+ 0
Schistosomiasis	66	0	78	0	+ 0
Ascariasis	67	0	74	0	+ 0
Measles	68	0	83	0	+ 0
Hepatitis C	69	0	50	23	- 23
Diphtheria	70	0	82	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	71	0	66	1	- 1
Leprosy	72	0	72	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	73	0	73	0	- 0
Dengue	74	0	76	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	75	0	75	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	76	0	84	0	- 0
Malaria	77	0	81	0	- 0
Chagas disease	78	0	79	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	79	0	80	0	- 0
Depression	80	0	86	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	81	0	56	8	- 8
Anemia	82	0	60	5	- 5
Vitamin A Deficiency	83	0	85	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	84	0	59	6	- 6
Prostatic Hypertrophy	85	0	57	8	- 8
Oral conditions	86	0	64	2	- 2
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to LITHUANIA

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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.