NICARAGUA VS IRAN: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	IRAN		NICARAGUA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	7,049	1	5,843	+ 1,205
Stroke	2	2,775	3	2,225	+ 550
Road Traffic Accidents	3	1,345	8	1,109	+ 236
Hypertension	4	1,240	9	1,103	+ 137
Diabetes Mellitus	5	1,051	4	2,068	- 1,017
Kidney Disease	6	892	2	3,533	- 2,641
Lung Disease	7	862	5	1,570	- 708
Influenza and Pneumonia	8	849	7	1,152	- 302
Alzheimers & Dementia	9	834	33	149	+ 685
Stomach Cancer	10	742	14	478	+ 264
Lung Cancers	11	512	23	274	+ 239
Liver Disease	12	501	6	1,203	- 702
Low Birth Weight	13	367	13	490	- 122
Congenital Anomalies	14	366	11	571	- 205
Colon-Rectum Cancers	15	346	18	315	+ 30
Suicide	16	327	19	285	+ 43
Other Injuries	17	306	17	358	- 52
Leukemia	18	300	24	227	+ 73
Breast Cancer	19	282	20	283	- 1
Liver Cancer	20	281	12	509	- 228
Prostate Cancer	21	271	15	386	- 115
Asthma	22	254	38	105	+ 149
Lymphomas	23	218	29	164	+ 54
Falls	24	213	22	276	- 63
Birth Trauma	25	207	25	198	+ 9
Parkinson's Disease	26	192	42	67	+ 126
Violence	27	192	10	619	- 427
HIV/AIDS	28	190	35	139	+ 51
Pancreas Cancer	29	183	27	178	+ 5
Oesophagus Cancer	30	179	47	42	+ 137
Drug Use	31	169	46	50	+ 119
Endocrine Disorders	32	158	28	164	- 6
Diarrhoeal diseases	33	139	36	122	+ 16
Fires	34	138	57	16	+ 121
Inflammatory/Heart	35	122	34	139	- 18
Bladder Cancer	36	106	52	28	+ 79
Peptic Ulcer Disease	37	94	40	85	+ 9
Rheumatic Heart Disease	38	75	54	20	+ 55
Ovary Cancer	39	71	44	61	+ 10
Drownings	40	70	32	157	- 87
Tuberculosis	41	67	37	115	- 48
War	42	64	70	1	+ 63
Poisonings	43	62	55	18	+ 44
Epilepsy	44	54	41	74	- 20
Oral Cancer	45	49	43	64	- 15
Meningitis	46	48	51	29	+ 20
Skin Cancers	47	39	45	59	- 20
Cervical Cancer	48	38	16	374	- 336
Hepatitis B	49	32	62	5	+ 27
Multiple Sclerosis	50	31	61	7	+ 24
Uterin Cancer	51	27	48	39	- 12
Maternal Conditions	52	22	39	88	- 67
Alcohol	53	19	21	279	- 260
Encephalitis	54	19	58	10	+ 8
Skin Disease	55	18	31	162	- 144
Malnutrition	56	12	30	163	- 151
Appendicitis	57	12	49	32	- 20
Other Neoplasms	58	8	26	192	- 184
Rheumatoid Arthritis	59	6	50	31	- 25
Pertussis	60	6	67	3	+ 3
Syphilis	61	4	60	9	- 5
Tetanus	62	3	79	0	+ 3
Upper Respiratory	63	1	72	1	+ 1
Leishmaniasis	64	1	76	0	+ 1
Chlamydia	65	0	74	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	66	0	84	0	+ 0
Ascariasis	67	0	69	1	- 1
Measles	68	0	78	0	+ 0
Hepatitis C	69	0	68	1	- 1
Diphtheria	70	0	77	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	71	0	75	0	- 0
Leprosy	72	0	71	1	- 1
Trichuriasis	73	0	81	0	- 0
Dengue	74	0	64	4	- 4
Hookworm Disease	75	0	80	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	76	0	73	0	- 0
Malaria	77	0	83	0	- 0
Chagas disease	78	0	65	4	- 4
Trypanosomiasis	79	0	82	0	- 0
Depression	80	0	86	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	81	0	66	3	- 3
Anemia	82	0	53	28	- 28
Vitamin A Deficiency	83	0	85	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	84	0	59	10	- 10
Prostatic Hypertrophy	85	0	56	17	- 17
Oral conditions	86	0	63	5	- 5
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to NICARAGUA

Iran

Nicaragua

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.