PERU VS IRAN: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	IRAN		PERU		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	34,415	2	13,769	+ 20,646
Stroke	2	13,547	3	7,722	+ 5,826
Road Traffic Accidents	3	6,566	9	4,414	+ 2,152
Hypertension	4	6,055	28	1,061	+ 4,994
Diabetes Mellitus	5	5,130	8	4,437	+ 694
Kidney Disease	6	4,356	4	7,234	- 2,878
Lung Disease	7	4,208	15	2,519	+ 1,689
Influenza and Pneumonia	8	4,147	1	15,326	- 11,180
Alzheimers & Dementia	9	4,074	6	5,811	- 1,737
Stomach Cancer	10	3,623	7	5,072	- 1,449
Lung Cancers	11	2,502	10	3,169	- 667
Liver Disease	12	2,448	5	6,375	- 3,927
Low Birth Weight	13	1,793	24	1,475	+ 318
Congenital Anomalies	14	1,786	19	1,997	- 210
Colon-Rectum Cancers	15	1,688	14	2,642	- 955
Suicide	16	1,598	30	903	+ 696
Other Injuries	17	1,493	13	2,876	- 1,383
Leukemia	18	1,463	22	1,850	- 387
Breast Cancer	19	1,378	20	1,969	- 591
Liver Cancer	20	1,370	16	2,476	- 1,106
Prostate Cancer	21	1,321	11	3,167	- 1,846
Asthma	22	1,239	50	208	+ 1,031
Lymphomas	23	1,063	18	2,254	- 1,191
Falls	24	1,041	25	1,285	- 244
Birth Trauma	25	1,009	37	537	+ 472
Parkinson's Disease	26	939	26	1,270	- 331
Violence	27	935	12	3,013	- 2,078
HIV/AIDS	28	930	31	849	+ 81
Pancreas Cancer	29	892	23	1,607	- 715
Oesophagus Cancer	30	875	42	394	+ 481
Drug Use	31	827	34	635	+ 192
Endocrine Disorders	32	772	40	474	+ 297
Diarrhoeal diseases	33	677	27	1,108	- 431
Fires	34	672	49	239	+ 433
Inflammatory/Heart	35	594	39	494	+ 101
Bladder Cancer	36	520	41	463	+ 57
Peptic Ulcer Disease	37	460	35	609	- 149
Rheumatic Heart Disease	38	367	51	198	+ 169
Ovary Cancer	39	346	33	713	- 368
Drownings	40	343	36	584	- 241
Tuberculosis	41	325	17	2,377	- 2,052
War	42	313	67	3	+ 309
Poisonings	43	301	55	126	+ 175
Epilepsy	44	265	47	262	+ 3
Oral Cancer	45	241	38	519	- 278
Meningitis	46	237	56	118	+ 119
Skin Cancers	47	191	32	786	- 594
Cervical Cancer	48	185	21	1,924	- 1,739
Hepatitis B	49	157	64	10	+ 147
Multiple Sclerosis	50	149	62	35	+ 115
Uterin Cancer	51	131	45	304	- 173
Maternal Conditions	52	105	43	345	- 240
Alcohol	53	93	44	321	- 228
Encephalitis	54	91	46	281	- 190
Skin Disease	55	88	54	156	- 69
Malnutrition	56	58	29	1,006	- 948
Appendicitis	57	57	53	170	- 113
Other Neoplasms	58	41	58	54	- 13
Rheumatoid Arthritis	59	30	57	107	- 78
Pertussis	60	28	48	260	- 233
Syphilis	61	19	52	182	- 163
Tetanus	62	13	60	48	- 34
Upper Respiratory	63	6	63	11	- 5
Leishmaniasis	64	3	76	0	+ 3
Chlamydia	65	1	68	3	- 1
Schistosomiasis	66	1	77	0	+ 1
Ascariasis	67	1	69	2	- 1
Measles	68	1	73	0	+ 1
Hepatitis C	69	0	65	4	- 4
Diphtheria	70	0	70	1	- 1
Otitis Media	71	0	71	0	- 0
Leprosy	72	0	72	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	73	0	74	0	- 0
Dengue	74	0	66	4	- 4
Hookworm Disease	75	0	75	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	76	0	79	0	- 0
Malaria	77	0	61	35	- 35
Chagas disease	78	0	59	49	- 49
Trypanosomiasis	79	0	78	0	- 0
Depression	80	0	80	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	81	0	83	0	- 0
Anemia	82	0	82	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	83	0	81	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	84	0	85	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	85	0	84	0	- 0
Oral conditions	86	0	86	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to PERU

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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.