NEPAL VS IRAN: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	IRAN		NEPAL		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	32,855	2	19,677	+ 13,179
Stroke	2	12,933	4	12,909	+ 25
Road Traffic Accidents	3	6,269	9	4,654	+ 1,614
Hypertension	4	5,780	18	2,092	+ 3,688
Diabetes Mellitus	5	4,898	14	2,929	+ 1,969
Kidney Disease	6	4,159	10	4,284	- 125
Lung Disease	7	4,017	1	27,027	- 23,010
Influenza and Pneumonia	8	3,959	6	6,237	- 2,278
Alzheimers & Dementia	9	3,890	19	2,022	+ 1,868
Stomach Cancer	10	3,458	25	1,379	+ 2,079
Lung Cancers	11	2,389	12	3,586	- 1,197
Liver Disease	12	2,337	5	6,383	- 4,046
Low Birth Weight	13	1,711	11	3,822	- 2,111
Congenital Anomalies	14	1,705	21	1,949	- 243
Colon-Rectum Cancers	15	1,611	26	1,167	+ 444
Suicide	16	1,526	16	2,571	- 1,045
Other Injuries	17	1,425	22	1,655	- 229
Leukemia	18	1,397	36	668	+ 729
Breast Cancer	19	1,316	27	1,038	+ 277
Liver Cancer	20	1,308	46	256	+ 1,052
Prostate Cancer	21	1,262	58	85	+ 1,176
Asthma	22	1,183	8	5,930	- 4,747
Lymphomas	23	1,015	32	768	+ 247
Falls	24	993	13	3,321	- 2,328
Birth Trauma	25	963	15	2,676	- 1,712
Parkinson's Disease	26	896	33	760	+ 136
Violence	27	893	35	704	+ 189
HIV/AIDS	28	888	34	737	+ 151
Pancreas Cancer	29	852	41	445	+ 406
Oesophagus Cancer	30	835	38	491	+ 344
Drug Use	31	790	57	93	+ 696
Endocrine Disorders	32	737	45	257	+ 479
Diarrhoeal diseases	33	647	7	6,071	- 5,424
Fires	34	642	50	184	+ 458
Inflammatory/Heart	35	567	48	217	+ 350
Bladder Cancer	36	496	44	325	+ 172
Peptic Ulcer Disease	37	439	49	191	+ 248
Rheumatic Heart Disease	38	351	17	2,320	- 1,969
Ovary Cancer	39	330	37	585	- 255
Drownings	40	328	23	1,505	- 1,178
Tuberculosis	41	311	3	16,535	- 16,224
War	42	298	65	24	+ 274
Poisonings	43	287	39	474	- 186
Epilepsy	44	253	30	874	- 621
Oral Cancer	45	230	24	1,389	- 1,158
Meningitis	46	226	43	377	- 151
Skin Cancers	47	183	42	400	- 217
Cervical Cancer	48	176	20	1,969	- 1,793
Hepatitis B	49	150	56	117	+ 33
Multiple Sclerosis	50	143	63	38	+ 104
Uterin Cancer	51	125	60	56	+ 69
Maternal Conditions	52	100	28	977	- 877
Alcohol	53	89	52	168	- 79
Encephalitis	54	87	29	882	- 795
Skin Disease	55	84	67	17	+ 67
Malnutrition	56	55	31	845	- 790
Appendicitis	57	55	47	220	- 166
Other Neoplasms	58	39	61	50	- 10
Rheumatoid Arthritis	59	28	51	173	- 145
Pertussis	60	26	40	453	- 426
Syphilis	61	18	54	134	- 116
Tetanus	62	13	53	134	- 122
Upper Respiratory	63	6	66	24	- 18
Leishmaniasis	64	3	62	39	- 36
Chlamydia	65	1	68	5	- 4
Schistosomiasis	66	1	73	0	+ 1
Ascariasis	67	1	69	4	- 3
Measles	68	1	59	60	- 59
Hepatitis C	69	0	64	29	- 28
Diphtheria	70	0	71	1	- 1
Otitis Media	71	0	70	4	- 4
Leprosy	72	0	76	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	73	0	77	0	- 0
Dengue	74	0	55	120	- 120
Hookworm Disease	75	0	78	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	76	0	79	0	- 0
Malaria	77	0	72	0	- 0
Chagas disease	78	0	74	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	79	0	75	0	- 0
Depression	80	0	83	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	81	0	84	0	- 0
Anemia	82	0	86	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 NEPAL

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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.