MALAWI VS IRAN: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	IRAN		MALAWI		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	22,975	7	4,929	+ 18,046
Stroke	2	9,044	5	5,939	+ 3,105
Road Traffic Accidents	3	4,384	4	6,221	- 1,838
Hypertension	4	4,042	17	1,797	+ 2,245
Diabetes Mellitus	5	3,425	14	2,267	+ 1,158
Kidney Disease	6	2,908	19	1,567	+ 1,341
Lung Disease	7	2,809	21	1,340	+ 1,469
Influenza and Pneumonia	8	2,768	2	7,739	- 4,970
Alzheimers & Dementia	9	2,720	25	782	+ 1,938
Stomach Cancer	10	2,418	45	206	+ 2,212
Lung Cancers	11	1,670	51	131	+ 1,540
Liver Disease	12	1,634	10	3,259	- 1,625
Low Birth Weight	13	1,197	8	4,339	- 3,142
Congenital Anomalies	14	1,193	13	2,509	- 1,317
Colon-Rectum Cancers	15	1,127	44	234	+ 892
Suicide	16	1,067	23	1,007	+ 60
Other Injuries	17	997	22	1,266	- 269
Leukemia	18	977	56	82	+ 895
Breast Cancer	19	920	27	600	+ 320
Liver Cancer	20	915	38	317	+ 598
Prostate Cancer	21	882	40	271	+ 612
Asthma	22	827	26	705	+ 122
Lymphomas	23	710	24	839	- 129
Falls	24	695	28	562	+ 133
Birth Trauma	25	673	9	3,563	- 2,889
Parkinson's Disease	26	627	46	200	+ 427
Violence	27	624	32	406	+ 218
HIV/AIDS	28	621	1	12,839	- 12,218
Pancreas Cancer	29	595	60	38	+ 558
Oesophagus Cancer	30	584	16	1,842	- 1,258
Drug Use	31	552	59	48	+ 505
Endocrine Disorders	32	515	42	257	+ 259
Diarrhoeal diseases	33	452	6	5,782	- 5,330
Fires	34	449	34	380	+ 69
Inflammatory/Heart	35	397	35	370	+ 26
Bladder Cancer	36	347	33	388	- 41
Peptic Ulcer Disease	37	307	39	280	+ 27
Rheumatic Heart Disease	38	245	49	154	+ 91
Ovary Cancer	39	231	48	158	+ 73
Drownings	40	229	30	458	- 229
Tuberculosis	41	217	11	2,992	- 2,775
War	42	209	71	2	+ 206
Poisonings	43	201	37	325	- 124
Epilepsy	44	177	41	260	- 83
Oral Cancer	45	161	43	251	- 90
Meningitis	46	158	18	1,792	- 1,634
Skin Cancers	47	128	36	331	- 203
Cervical Cancer	48	123	12	2,876	- 2,753
Hepatitis B	49	105	55	88	+ 17
Multiple Sclerosis	50	100	66	9	+ 91
Uterin Cancer	51	87	62	23	+ 65
Maternal Conditions	52	70	15	1,854	- 1,784
Alcohol	53	62	52	114	- 51
Encephalitis	54	61	58	48	+ 13
Skin Disease	55	58	53	101	- 43
Malnutrition	56	39	20	1,499	- 1,461
Appendicitis	57	38	54	94	- 56
Other Neoplasms	58	27	63	17	+ 11
Rheumatoid Arthritis	59	20	61	29	- 9
Pertussis	60	19	31	436	- 418
Syphilis	61	13	29	480	- 467
Tetanus	62	9	47	178	- 169
Upper Respiratory	63	4	57	60	- 56
Leishmaniasis	64	2	74	0	+ 2
Chlamydia	65	1	70	3	- 2
Schistosomiasis	66	1	50	143	- 143
Ascariasis	67	1	69	4	- 4
Measles	68	1	67	6	- 6
Hepatitis C	69	0	64	15	- 14
Diphtheria	70	0	72	2	- 2
Otitis Media	71	0	68	5	- 5
Leprosy	72	0	76	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	73	0	78	0	- 0
Dengue	74	0	65	9	- 9
Hookworm Disease	75	0	79	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	76	0	77	0	- 0
Malaria	77	0	3	6,308	- 6,308
Chagas disease	78	0	75	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	79	0	73	0	- 0
Depression	80	0	83	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	81	0	80	0	- 0
Anemia	82	0	81	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 MALAWI

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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.