MOLDOVA VS IRAN: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	IRAN		MOLDOVA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	3,800	1	14,292	- 10,492
Stroke	2	1,496	2	5,878	- 4,382
Road Traffic Accidents	3	725	20	293	+ 432
Hypertension	4	669	4	2,287	- 1,619
Diabetes Mellitus	5	566	16	407	+ 160
Kidney Disease	6	481	18	307	+ 174
Lung Disease	7	465	9	752	- 287
Influenza and Pneumonia	8	458	6	1,042	- 584
Alzheimers & Dementia	9	450	32	163	+ 287
Stomach Cancer	10	400	12	518	- 118
Lung Cancers	11	276	5	1,131	- 854
Liver Disease	12	270	3	2,869	- 2,598
Low Birth Weight	13	198	39	90	+ 108
Congenital Anomalies	14	197	27	190	+ 7
Colon-Rectum Cancers	15	186	7	1,030	- 844
Suicide	16	176	10	593	- 417
Other Injuries	17	165	8	772	- 607
Leukemia	18	162	34	140	+ 21
Breast Cancer	19	152	11	592	- 440
Liver Cancer	20	151	13	514	- 363
Prostate Cancer	21	146	19	295	- 149
Asthma	22	137	48	26	+ 111
Lymphomas	23	117	22	230	- 113
Falls	24	115	33	149	- 34
Birth Trauma	25	111	47	37	+ 74
Parkinson's Disease	26	104	55	6	+ 98
Violence	27	103	31	167	- 63
HIV/AIDS	28	103	28	189	- 86
Pancreas Cancer	29	98	15	427	- 329
Oesophagus Cancer	30	97	38	105	- 9
Drug Use	31	91	43	59	+ 33
Endocrine Disorders	32	85	46	40	+ 45
Diarrhoeal diseases	33	75	59	4	+ 71
Fires	34	74	40	70	+ 4
Inflammatory/Heart	35	66	14	476	- 410
Bladder Cancer	36	57	29	181	- 124
Peptic Ulcer Disease	37	51	24	219	- 168
Rheumatic Heart Disease	38	41	41	68	- 28
Ovary Cancer	39	38	35	123	- 85
Drownings	40	38	30	179	- 141
Tuberculosis	41	36	26	197	- 161
War	42	35	67	1	+ 34
Poisonings	43	33	23	220	- 187
Epilepsy	44	29	44	46	- 17
Oral Cancer	45	27	17	375	- 348
Meningitis	46	26	49	17	+ 10
Skin Cancers	47	21	36	121	- 99
Cervical Cancer	48	20	25	212	- 192
Hepatitis B	49	17	58	4	+ 13
Multiple Sclerosis	50	17	52	9	+ 7
Uterin Cancer	51	14	37	108	- 93
Maternal Conditions	52	12	54	7	+ 4
Alcohol	53	10	21	233	- 223
Encephalitis	54	10	60	3	+ 7
Skin Disease	55	10	45	45	- 35
Malnutrition	56	6	64	1	+ 5
Appendicitis	57	6	51	10	- 4
Other Neoplasms	58	5	42	65	- 60
Rheumatoid Arthritis	59	3	57	5	- 2
Pertussis	60	3	70	0	+ 3
Syphilis	61	2	68	0	+ 2
Tetanus	62	1	72	0	+ 1
Upper Respiratory	63	1	62	2	- 2
Leishmaniasis	64	0	82	0	+ 0
Chlamydia	65	0	73	0	+ 0
Schistosomiasis	66	0	80	0	+ 0
Ascariasis	67	0	74	0	+ 0
Measles	68	0	69	0	+ 0
Hepatitis C	69	0	63	1	- 1
Diphtheria	70	0	71	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	71	0	61	2	- 2
Leprosy	72	0	79	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	73	0	77	0	- 0
Dengue	74	0	76	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	75	0	75	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	76	0	78	0	- 0
Malaria	77	0	84	0	- 0
Chagas disease	78	0	81	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	79	0	83	0	- 0
Depression	80	0	86	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	81	0	65	1	- 1
Anemia	82	0	66	1	- 1
Vitamin A Deficiency	83	0	85	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	84	0	56	6	- 6
Prostatic Hypertrophy	85	0	50	12	- 12
Oral conditions	86	0	53	8	- 8
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to MOLDOVA

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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.