MAURITANIA VS IRAN: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	IRAN		MAURITANIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	4,569	4	1,636	+ 2,933
Stroke	2	1,799	6	1,307	+ 492
Road Traffic Accidents	3	872	8	1,158	- 287
Hypertension	4	804	22	286	+ 518
Diabetes Mellitus	5	681	12	594	+ 87
Kidney Disease	6	578	15	555	+ 24
Lung Disease	7	559	23	275	+ 284
Influenza and Pneumonia	8	551	1	2,756	- 2,205
Alzheimers & Dementia	9	541	24	251	+ 290
Stomach Cancer	10	481	32	132	+ 349
Lung Cancers	11	332	44	60	+ 272
Liver Disease	12	325	13	586	- 261
Low Birth Weight	13	238	2	2,014	- 1,776
Congenital Anomalies	14	237	10	665	- 428
Colon-Rectum Cancers	15	224	37	110	+ 115
Suicide	16	212	30	141	+ 71
Other Injuries	17	198	19	343	- 145
Leukemia	18	194	55	22	+ 172
Breast Cancer	19	183	28	189	- 6
Liver Cancer	20	182	21	312	- 130
Prostate Cancer	21	175	34	118	+ 57
Asthma	22	165	29	170	- 5
Lymphomas	23	141	43	65	+ 76
Falls	24	138	31	140	- 2
Birth Trauma	25	134	7	1,204	- 1,071
Parkinson's Disease	26	125	41	69	+ 56
Violence	27	124	16	491	- 367
HIV/AIDS	28	123	25	231	- 107
Pancreas Cancer	29	118	51	39	+ 80
Oesophagus Cancer	30	116	54	30	+ 86
Drug Use	31	110	40	71	+ 39
Endocrine Disorders	32	102	27	197	- 95
Diarrhoeal diseases	33	90	3	1,656	- 1,567
Fires	34	89	33	123	- 34
Inflammatory/Heart	35	79	36	110	- 31
Bladder Cancer	36	69	50	42	+ 27
Peptic Ulcer Disease	37	61	38	83	- 22
Rheumatic Heart Disease	38	49	52	34	+ 15
Ovary Cancer	39	46	49	43	+ 3
Drownings	40	46	35	116	- 71
Tuberculosis	41	43	9	717	- 673
War	42	42	70	2	+ 40
Poisonings	43	40	42	67	- 28
Epilepsy	44	35	39	75	- 39
Oral Cancer	45	32	48	45	- 13
Meningitis	46	31	18	357	- 326
Skin Cancers	47	25	46	50	- 24
Cervical Cancer	48	25	20	333	- 309
Hepatitis B	49	21	56	22	- 1
Multiple Sclerosis	50	20	63	5	+ 15
Uterin Cancer	51	17	57	17	+ 0
Maternal Conditions	52	14	11	639	- 625
Alcohol	53	12	58	16	- 4
Encephalitis	54	12	53	33	- 21
Skin Disease	55	12	47	47	- 36
Malnutrition	56	8	17	462	- 455
Appendicitis	57	8	60	9	- 1
Other Neoplasms	58	5	62	7	- 2
Rheumatoid Arthritis	59	4	64	4	- 0
Pertussis	60	4	14	574	- 571
Syphilis	61	3	26	204	- 201
Tetanus	62	2	45	58	- 56
Upper Respiratory	63	1	68	3	- 2
Leishmaniasis	64	0	69	2	- 2
Chlamydia	65	0	71	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	66	0	59	14	- 14
Ascariasis	67	0	66	3	- 3
Measles	68	0	61	9	- 9
Hepatitis C	69	0	67	3	- 3
Diphtheria	70	0	65	3	- 3
Otitis Media	71	0	72	0	- 0
Leprosy	72	0	77	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	73	0	75	0	- 0
Dengue	74	0	73	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	75	0	74	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	76	0	76	0	- 0
Malaria	77	0	5	1,423	- 1,423
Chagas disease	78	0	78	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	79	0	79	0	- 0
Depression	80	0	83	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	81	0	86	0	- 0
Anemia	82	0	84	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	83	0	85	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 MAURITANIA

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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.