PORTUGAL VS IRAN: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	IRAN		PORTUGAL		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	10,775	1	12,878	- 2,102
Stroke	2	4,242	2	12,339	- 8,098
Road Traffic Accidents	3	2,056	27	838	+ 1,218
Hypertension	4	1,896	14	1,880	+ 16
Diabetes Mellitus	5	1,606	8	3,601	- 1,995
Kidney Disease	6	1,364	9	2,803	- 1,439
Lung Disease	7	1,318	7	4,286	- 2,968
Influenza and Pneumonia	8	1,298	4	6,851	- 5,553
Alzheimers & Dementia	9	1,276	3	7,191	- 5,915
Stomach Cancer	10	1,134	10	2,532	- 1,398
Lung Cancers	11	783	5	4,406	- 3,623
Liver Disease	12	766	22	1,126	- 359
Low Birth Weight	13	561	52	79	+ 483
Congenital Anomalies	14	559	40	196	+ 363
Colon-Rectum Cancers	15	528	6	4,389	- 3,861
Suicide	16	500	19	1,172	- 671
Other Injuries	17	467	13	1,937	- 1,470
Leukemia	18	458	24	1,015	- 557
Breast Cancer	19	431	12	1,997	- 1,565
Liver Cancer	20	429	18	1,270	- 841
Prostate Cancer	21	414	11	2,124	- 1,710
Asthma	22	388	43	146	+ 242
Lymphomas	23	333	16	1,608	- 1,275
Falls	24	326	23	1,033	- 707
Birth Trauma	25	316	60	24	+ 292
Parkinson's Disease	26	294	21	1,139	- 845
Violence	27	293	48	96	+ 196
HIV/AIDS	28	291	35	320	- 29
Pancreas Cancer	29	279	15	1,669	- 1,390
Oesophagus Cancer	30	274	29	623	- 349
Drug Use	31	259	44	128	+ 131
Endocrine Disorders	32	242	17	1,547	- 1,305
Diarrhoeal diseases	33	212	36	231	- 19
Fires	34	210	46	108	+ 102
Inflammatory/Heart	35	186	26	909	- 723
Bladder Cancer	36	163	20	1,171	- 1,008
Peptic Ulcer Disease	37	144	37	229	- 85
Rheumatic Heart Disease	38	115	41	169	- 54
Ovary Cancer	39	108	33	397	- 289
Drownings	40	107	51	79	+ 28
Tuberculosis	41	102	38	213	- 111
War	42	98	69	1	+ 97
Poisonings	43	94	57	29	+ 65
Epilepsy	44	83	31	415	- 332
Oral Cancer	45	76	25	912	- 836
Meningitis	46	74	56	43	+ 31
Skin Cancers	47	60	30	523	- 464
Cervical Cancer	48	58	34	329	- 271
Hepatitis B	49	49	59	26	+ 23
Multiple Sclerosis	50	47	54	56	- 9
Uterin Cancer	51	41	32	406	- 365
Maternal Conditions	52	33	63	7	+ 26
Alcohol	53	29	45	111	- 82
Encephalitis	54	28	67	1	+ 27
Skin Disease	55	27	39	202	- 175
Malnutrition	56	18	53	79	- 61
Appendicitis	57	18	61	21	- 3
Other Neoplasms	58	13	28	652	- 639
Rheumatoid Arthritis	59	9	47	99	- 90
Pertussis	60	9	72	0	+ 9
Syphilis	61	6	64	3	+ 3
Tetanus	62	4	73	0	+ 4
Upper Respiratory	63	2	62	15	- 13
Leishmaniasis	64	1	68	1	- 0
Chlamydia	65	0	76	0	+ 0
Schistosomiasis	66	0	77	0	+ 0
Ascariasis	67	0	83	0	+ 0
Measles	68	0	71	0	+ 0
Hepatitis C	69	0	49	87	- 87
Diphtheria	70	0	74	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	71	0	66	2	- 2
Leprosy	72	0	70	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	73	0	81	0	- 0
Dengue	74	0	84	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	75	0	82	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	76	0	75	0	- 0
Malaria	77	0	78	0	- 0
Chagas disease	78	0	79	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	79	0	80	0	- 0
Depression	80	0	85	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	81	0	55	49	- 49
Anemia	82	0	42	151	- 151
Vitamin A Deficiency	83	0	86	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	84	0	58	29	- 29
Prostatic Hypertrophy	85	0	50	82	- 82
Oral conditions	86	0	65	3	- 3
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to PORTUGAL

Iran

Portugal

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.