LUXEMBOURG VS IRAN: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	IRAN		LUXEMBOURG		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	709	1	655	+ 54
Stroke	2	279	4	257	+ 22
Road Traffic Accidents	3	135	30	25	+ 110
Hypertension	4	125	19	54	+ 71
Diabetes Mellitus	5	106	17	61	+ 45
Kidney Disease	6	90	9	91	- 1
Lung Disease	7	87	5	242	- 156
Influenza and Pneumonia	8	85	8	111	- 26
Alzheimers & Dementia	9	84	2	298	- 214
Stomach Cancer	10	75	22	51	+ 23
Lung Cancers	11	52	3	260	- 208
Liver Disease	12	50	12	75	- 25
Low Birth Weight	13	37	49	3	+ 34
Congenital Anomalies	14	37	37	10	+ 26
Colon-Rectum Cancers	15	35	6	131	- 96
Suicide	16	33	13	69	- 36
Other Injuries	17	31	10	88	- 58
Leukemia	18	30	20	53	- 23
Breast Cancer	19	28	7	113	- 85
Liver Cancer	20	28	25	49	- 20
Prostate Cancer	21	27	15	64	- 36
Asthma	22	26	45	5	+ 21
Lymphomas	23	22	14	64	- 43
Falls	24	21	18	61	- 39
Birth Trauma	25	21	59	1	+ 20
Parkinson's Disease	26	19	16	62	- 43
Violence	27	19	48	3	+ 16
HIV/AIDS	28	19	52	2	+ 17
Pancreas Cancer	29	18	11	82	- 63
Oesophagus Cancer	30	18	28	32	- 14
Drug Use	31	17	39	9	+ 8
Endocrine Disorders	32	16	21	53	- 37
Diarrhoeal diseases	33	14	42	6	+ 8
Fires	34	14	51	3	+ 11
Inflammatory/Heart	35	12	23	49	- 37
Bladder Cancer	36	11	26	44	- 33
Peptic Ulcer Disease	37	9	41	7	+ 3
Rheumatic Heart Disease	38	8	34	19	- 11
Ovary Cancer	39	7	27	35	- 28
Drownings	40	7	54	2	+ 5
Tuberculosis	41	7	55	2	+ 5
War	42	6	67	0	+ 6
Poisonings	43	6	56	1	+ 5
Epilepsy	44	5	35	17	- 11
Oral Cancer	45	5	33	19	- 14
Meningitis	46	5	58	1	+ 4
Skin Cancers	47	4	31	22	- 18
Cervical Cancer	48	4	38	10	- 6
Hepatitis B	49	3	60	1	+ 3
Multiple Sclerosis	50	3	46	4	- 1
Uterin Cancer	51	3	36	16	- 13
Maternal Conditions	52	2	63	0	+ 2
Alcohol	53	2	29	25	- 23
Encephalitis	54	2	65	0	+ 2
Skin Disease	55	2	44	5	- 4
Malnutrition	56	1	32	19	- 18
Appendicitis	57	1	62	0	+ 1
Other Neoplasms	58	1	24	49	- 48
Rheumatoid Arthritis	59	1	53	2	- 2
Pertussis	60	1	68	0	+ 1
Syphilis	61	0	66	0	+ 0
Tetanus	62	0	69	0	+ 0
Upper Respiratory	63	0	61	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	64	0	83	0	+ 0
Chlamydia	65	0	72	0	+ 0
Schistosomiasis	66	0	80	0	+ 0
Ascariasis	67	0	76	0	+ 0
Measles	68	0	70	0	+ 0
Hepatitis C	69	0	47	4	- 4
Diphtheria	70	0	71	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	71	0	74	0	+ 0
Leprosy	72	0	75	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	73	0	78	0	- 0
Dengue	74	0	79	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	75	0	77	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	76	0	73	0	- 0
Malaria	77	0	81	0	- 0
Chagas disease	78	0	82	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	79	0	84	0	- 0
Depression	80	0	85	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	81	0	43	6	- 6
Anemia	82	0	40	8	- 8
Vitamin A Deficiency	83	0	86	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	84	0	50	3	- 3
Prostatic Hypertrophy	85	0	57	1	- 1
Oral conditions	86	0	64	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to LUXEMBOURG

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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.