NAMIBIA VS IRAN: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	IRAN		NAMIBIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	2,960	5	1,221	+ 1,739
Stroke	2	1,165	4	1,333	- 168
Road Traffic Accidents	3	565	6	868	- 304
Hypertension	4	521	12	428	+ 93
Diabetes Mellitus	5	441	7	724	- 283
Kidney Disease	6	375	15	322	+ 53
Lung Disease	7	362	10	461	- 99
Influenza and Pneumonia	8	357	2	1,464	- 1,108
Alzheimers & Dementia	9	350	21	176	+ 175
Stomach Cancer	10	312	45	33	+ 279
Lung Cancers	11	215	35	59	+ 156
Liver Disease	12	211	14	336	- 125
Low Birth Weight	13	154	9	516	- 362
Congenital Anomalies	14	154	16	283	- 130
Colon-Rectum Cancers	15	145	36	54	+ 91
Suicide	16	137	17	243	- 105
Other Injuries	17	128	19	207	- 78
Leukemia	18	126	49	24	+ 102
Breast Cancer	19	119	24	121	- 3
Liver Cancer	20	118	41	45	+ 73
Prostate Cancer	21	114	31	94	+ 19
Asthma	22	107	20	200	- 94
Lymphomas	23	91	40	46	+ 46
Falls	24	89	34	62	+ 27
Birth Trauma	25	87	13	345	- 258
Parkinson's Disease	26	81	42	43	+ 37
Violence	27	80	11	450	- 369
HIV/AIDS	28	80	1	2,928	- 2,848
Pancreas Cancer	29	77	53	18	+ 59
Oesophagus Cancer	30	75	52	21	+ 54
Drug Use	31	71	46	32	+ 39
Endocrine Disorders	32	66	33	73	- 7
Diarrhoeal diseases	33	58	8	645	- 587
Fires	34	58	28	109	- 51
Inflammatory/Heart	35	51	22	162	- 111
Bladder Cancer	36	45	54	16	+ 29
Peptic Ulcer Disease	37	40	32	76	- 36
Rheumatic Heart Disease	38	32	44	33	- 1
Ovary Cancer	39	30	50	23	+ 6
Drownings	40	30	26	110	- 80
Tuberculosis	41	28	3	1,416	- 1,388
War	42	27	67	0	+ 26
Poisonings	43	26	39	46	- 20
Epilepsy	44	23	38	49	- 26
Oral Cancer	45	21	30	100	- 79
Meningitis	46	20	27	109	- 88
Skin Cancers	47	16	29	108	- 91
Cervical Cancer	48	16	23	133	- 117
Hepatitis B	49	13	63	4	+ 9
Multiple Sclerosis	50	13	64	2	+ 11
Uterin Cancer	51	11	56	11	- 0
Maternal Conditions	52	9	25	110	- 101
Alcohol	53	8	48	28	- 20
Encephalitis	54	8	59	8	- 0
Skin Disease	55	8	47	31	- 23
Malnutrition	56	5	18	224	- 219
Appendicitis	57	5	58	9	- 4
Other Neoplasms	58	4	60	8	- 4
Rheumatoid Arthritis	59	3	57	9	- 7
Pertussis	60	2	37	54	- 52
Syphilis	61	2	43	35	- 33
Tetanus	62	1	62	6	- 5
Upper Respiratory	63	0	61	6	- 6
Leishmaniasis	64	0	79	0	+ 0
Chlamydia	65	0	68	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	66	0	55	14	- 14
Ascariasis	67	0	69	0	- 0
Measles	68	0	65	2	- 2
Hepatitis C	69	0	66	1	- 1
Diphtheria	70	0	71	0	- 0
Otitis Media	71	0	70	0	- 0
Leprosy	72	0	72	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	73	0	75	0	- 0
Dengue	74	0	74	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	75	0	76	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	76	0	73	0	- 0
Malaria	77	0	51	22	- 22
Chagas disease	78	0	78	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	79	0	77	0	- 0
Depression	80	0	85	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	81	0	86	0	- 0
Anemia	82	0	83	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	83	0	84	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	84	0	81	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	85	0	82	0	- 0
Oral conditions	86	0	80	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to NAMIBIA

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Namibia

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.