NORWAY VS IRAN: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	IRAN		NORWAY		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	5,816	1	5,321	+ 496
Stroke	2	2,290	4	2,475	- 186
Road Traffic Accidents	3	1,110	42	114	+ 996
Hypertension	4	1,023	28	230	+ 793
Diabetes Mellitus	5	867	16	560	+ 308
Kidney Disease	6	736	14	611	+ 125
Lung Disease	7	711	3	2,723	- 2,012
Influenza and Pneumonia	8	701	6	1,797	- 1,096
Alzheimers & Dementia	9	689	2	4,464	- 3,776
Stomach Cancer	10	612	22	343	+ 269
Lung Cancers	11	423	5	2,320	- 1,897
Liver Disease	12	414	30	214	+ 200
Low Birth Weight	13	303	52	23	+ 280
Congenital Anomalies	14	302	34	136	+ 166
Colon-Rectum Cancers	15	285	7	1,787	- 1,501
Suicide	16	270	13	633	- 363
Other Injuries	17	252	15	583	- 331
Leukemia	18	247	21	354	- 107
Breast Cancer	19	233	11	698	- 465
Liver Cancer	20	232	26	259	- 28
Prostate Cancer	21	223	8	1,172	- 949
Asthma	22	209	43	85	+ 125
Lymphomas	23	180	12	646	- 466
Falls	24	176	9	777	- 602
Birth Trauma	25	170	54	17	+ 153
Parkinson's Disease	26	159	17	554	- 396
Violence	27	158	50	32	+ 126
HIV/AIDS	28	157	61	10	+ 147
Pancreas Cancer	29	151	10	770	- 619
Oesophagus Cancer	30	148	27	248	- 100
Drug Use	31	140	25	264	- 124
Endocrine Disorders	32	130	19	359	- 228
Diarrhoeal diseases	33	114	37	128	- 13
Fires	34	114	48	45	+ 69
Inflammatory/Heart	35	100	29	221	- 121
Bladder Cancer	36	88	20	356	- 268
Peptic Ulcer Disease	37	78	33	160	- 82
Rheumatic Heart Disease	38	62	46	61	+ 1
Ovary Cancer	39	58	24	309	- 251
Drownings	40	58	45	65	- 7
Tuberculosis	41	55	56	15	+ 40
War	42	53	68	1	+ 52
Poisonings	43	51	57	14	+ 36
Epilepsy	44	45	40	119	- 74
Oral Cancer	45	41	32	168	- 127
Meningitis	46	40	58	14	+ 26
Skin Cancers	47	32	18	407	- 375
Cervical Cancer	48	31	39	125	- 94
Hepatitis B	49	27	63	3	+ 23
Multiple Sclerosis	50	25	41	119	- 94
Uterin Cancer	51	22	36	134	- 112
Maternal Conditions	52	18	66	1	+ 17
Alcohol	53	16	31	205	- 189
Encephalitis	54	15	70	0	+ 15
Skin Disease	55	15	38	128	- 113
Malnutrition	56	10	35	135	- 125
Appendicitis	57	10	59	12	- 2
Other Neoplasms	58	7	23	324	- 317
Rheumatoid Arthritis	59	5	47	60	- 55
Pertussis	60	5	64	1	+ 3
Syphilis	61	3	67	1	+ 2
Tetanus	62	2	69	0	+ 2
Upper Respiratory	63	1	60	12	- 11
Leishmaniasis	64	0	81	0	+ 0
Chlamydia	65	0	77	0	+ 0
Schistosomiasis	66	0	83	0	+ 0
Ascariasis	67	0	76	0	+ 0
Measles	68	0	72	0	+ 0
Hepatitis C	69	0	55	17	- 17
Diphtheria	70	0	71	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	71	0	65	1	- 1
Leprosy	72	0	78	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	73	0	73	0	- 0
Dengue	74	0	75	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	75	0	74	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	76	0	79	0	- 0
Malaria	77	0	84	0	- 0
Chagas disease	78	0	80	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	79	0	82	0	- 0
Depression	80	0	86	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	81	0	53	23	- 23
Anemia	82	0	44	75	- 75
Vitamin A Deficiency	83	0	85	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	84	0	51	27	- 27
Prostatic Hypertrophy	85	0	49	32	- 32
Oral conditions	86	0	62	9	- 9
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to NORWAY

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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.