PANAMA VS IRAN: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	IRAN		PANAMA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	4,719	1	2,624	+ 2,095
Stroke	2	1,858	2	2,006	- 148
Road Traffic Accidents	3	900	9	591	+ 309
Hypertension	4	830	10	510	+ 320
Diabetes Mellitus	5	703	4	1,070	- 367
Kidney Disease	6	597	3	1,106	- 509
Lung Disease	7	577	5	815	- 238
Influenza and Pneumonia	8	569	7	697	- 128
Alzheimers & Dementia	9	559	17	296	+ 262
Stomach Cancer	10	497	11	397	+ 100
Lung Cancers	11	343	16	303	+ 40
Liver Disease	12	336	15	325	+ 10
Low Birth Weight	13	246	22	238	+ 8
Congenital Anomalies	14	245	13	378	- 133
Colon-Rectum Cancers	15	231	14	352	- 121
Suicide	16	219	32	121	+ 98
Other Injuries	17	205	35	100	+ 105
Leukemia	18	201	25	189	+ 12
Breast Cancer	19	189	19	279	- 90
Liver Cancer	20	188	27	182	+ 6
Prostate Cancer	21	181	12	390	- 209
Asthma	22	170	43	56	+ 114
Lymphomas	23	146	24	205	- 59
Falls	24	143	37	92	+ 51
Birth Trauma	25	138	36	94	+ 45
Parkinson's Disease	26	129	33	115	+ 14
Violence	27	128	6	730	- 602
HIV/AIDS	28	127	8	653	- 526
Pancreas Cancer	29	122	29	135	- 13
Oesophagus Cancer	30	120	45	52	+ 68
Drug Use	31	113	47	33	+ 81
Endocrine Disorders	32	106	18	279	- 173
Diarrhoeal diseases	33	93	28	163	- 70
Fires	34	92	57	11	+ 81
Inflammatory/Heart	35	81	20	270	- 188
Bladder Cancer	36	71	46	33	+ 38
Peptic Ulcer Disease	37	63	50	30	+ 33
Rheumatic Heart Disease	38	50	53	25	+ 26
Ovary Cancer	39	47	41	64	- 16
Drownings	40	47	34	103	- 56
Tuberculosis	41	45	23	223	- 178
War	42	43	67	0	+ 42
Poisonings	43	41	61	4	+ 37
Epilepsy	44	36	39	66	- 30
Oral Cancer	45	33	38	78	- 45
Meningitis	46	32	52	27	+ 5
Skin Cancers	47	26	44	56	- 30
Cervical Cancer	48	25	26	185	- 159
Hepatitis B	49	22	59	7	+ 14
Multiple Sclerosis	50	20	62	3	+ 18
Uterin Cancer	51	18	40	66	- 48
Maternal Conditions	52	14	48	32	- 18
Alcohol	53	13	49	30	- 17
Encephalitis	54	12	63	3	+ 10
Skin Disease	55	12	30	127	- 115
Malnutrition	56	8	31	122	- 114
Appendicitis	57	8	56	11	- 3
Other Neoplasms	58	6	21	256	- 250
Rheumatoid Arthritis	59	4	55	14	- 10
Pertussis	60	4	74	0	+ 4
Syphilis	61	3	65	1	+ 1
Tetanus	62	2	69	0	+ 1
Upper Respiratory	63	1	54	14	- 13
Leishmaniasis	64	0	70	0	+ 0
Chlamydia	65	0	84	0	+ 0
Schistosomiasis	66	0	80	0	+ 0
Ascariasis	67	0	75	0	+ 0
Measles	68	0	79	0	+ 0
Hepatitis C	69	0	66	1	- 1
Diphtheria	70	0	78	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	71	0	68	0	- 0
Leprosy	72	0	83	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	73	0	76	0	- 0
Dengue	74	0	64	2	- 2
Hookworm Disease	75	0	77	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	76	0	71	0	- 0
Malaria	77	0	81	0	- 0
Chagas disease	78	0	73	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	79	0	82	0	- 0
Depression	80	0	86	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	81	0	58	10	- 10
Anemia	82	0	42	63	- 63
Vitamin A Deficiency	83	0	85	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	84	0	60	4	- 4
Prostatic Hypertrophy	85	0	51	28	- 28
Oral conditions	86	0	72	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to PANAMA

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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.