NEW ZEALAND VS IRAN: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	IRAN		NEW ZEALAND		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	5,449	1	5,095	+ 353
Stroke	2	2,145	3	2,378	- 233
Road Traffic Accidents	3	1,040	16	458	+ 582
Hypertension	4	959	20	327	+ 632
Diabetes Mellitus	5	812	8	769	+ 44
Kidney Disease	6	690	17	432	+ 258
Lung Disease	7	666	5	1,815	- 1,149
Influenza and Pneumonia	8	657	7	920	- 264
Alzheimers & Dementia	9	645	2	3,032	- 2,387
Stomach Cancer	10	574	22	323	+ 251
Lung Cancers	11	396	4	1,873	- 1,477
Liver Disease	12	388	32	158	+ 230
Low Birth Weight	13	284	38	78	+ 205
Congenital Anomalies	14	283	30	176	+ 107
Colon-Rectum Cancers	15	267	6	1,495	- 1,228
Suicide	16	253	15	528	- 275
Other Injuries	17	236	28	218	+ 18
Leukemia	18	232	18	391	- 159
Breast Cancer	19	218	10	737	- 519
Liver Cancer	20	217	24	288	- 71
Prostate Cancer	21	209	9	739	- 530
Asthma	22	196	36	91	+ 106
Lymphomas	23	168	13	608	- 440
Falls	24	165	11	627	- 462
Birth Trauma	25	160	54	15	+ 145
Parkinson's Disease	26	149	19	353	- 204
Violence	27	148	42	57	+ 91
HIV/AIDS	28	147	57	10	+ 137
Pancreas Cancer	29	141	14	543	- 402
Oesophagus Cancer	30	138	25	279	- 141
Drug Use	31	131	40	69	+ 62
Endocrine Disorders	32	122	21	325	- 202
Diarrhoeal diseases	33	107	37	81	+ 26
Fires	34	106	53	17	+ 90
Inflammatory/Heart	35	94	23	313	- 219
Bladder Cancer	36	82	26	267	- 184
Peptic Ulcer Disease	37	73	39	70	+ 3
Rheumatic Heart Disease	38	58	35	113	- 54
Ovary Cancer	39	55	29	207	- 152
Drownings	40	54	44	54	- 0
Tuberculosis	41	51	52	17	+ 34
War	42	49	68	1	+ 49
Poisonings	43	48	58	9	+ 38
Epilepsy	44	42	43	55	- 13
Oral Cancer	45	38	31	164	- 125
Meningitis	46	37	59	9	+ 28
Skin Cancers	47	30	12	612	- 581
Cervical Cancer	48	29	41	61	- 32
Hepatitis B	49	25	56	14	+ 11
Multiple Sclerosis	50	24	47	43	- 20
Uterin Cancer	51	21	33	145	- 124
Maternal Conditions	52	17	63	5	+ 12
Alcohol	53	15	45	51	- 37
Encephalitis	54	14	66	1	+ 14
Skin Disease	55	14	34	118	- 104
Malnutrition	56	9	55	14	- 5
Appendicitis	57	9	62	6	+ 3
Other Neoplasms	58	7	27	245	- 238
Rheumatoid Arthritis	59	5	46	47	- 42
Pertussis	60	4	65	1	+ 4
Syphilis	61	3	70	0	+ 3
Tetanus	62	2	69	0	+ 2
Upper Respiratory	63	1	64	4	- 3
Leishmaniasis	64	0	80	0	+ 0
Chlamydia	65	0	71	0	+ 0
Schistosomiasis	66	0	77	0	+ 0
Ascariasis	67	0	76	0	+ 0
Measles	68	0	82	0	+ 0
Hepatitis C	69	0	48	30	- 30
Diphtheria	70	0	83	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	71	0	67	1	- 1
Leprosy	72	0	72	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	73	0	74	0	- 0
Dengue	74	0	75	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	75	0	73	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	76	0	84	0	- 0
Malaria	77	0	78	0	- 0
Chagas disease	78	0	79	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	79	0	81	0	- 0
Depression	80	0	86	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	81	0	60	8	- 8
Anemia	82	0	51	17	- 17
Vitamin A Deficiency	83	0	85	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	84	0	49	24	- 24
Prostatic Hypertrophy	85	0	50	22	- 22
Oral conditions	86	0	61	8	- 8
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to NEW ZEALAND

Iran

New Zealand

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.