ROMANIA VS IRAN: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	IRAN		ROMANIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	19,159	1	71,810	- 52,652
Stroke	2	7,542	2	49,707	- 42,166
Road Traffic Accidents	3	3,655	20	1,992	+ 1,663
Hypertension	4	3,370	3	11,007	- 7,637
Diabetes Mellitus	5	2,856	18	2,230	+ 626
Kidney Disease	6	2,425	9	5,175	- 2,750
Lung Disease	7	2,343	7	7,359	- 5,017
Influenza and Pneumonia	8	2,309	5	9,357	- 7,048
Alzheimers & Dementia	9	2,268	15	2,839	- 571
Stomach Cancer	10	2,017	12	3,457	- 1,440
Lung Cancers	11	1,393	4	10,113	- 8,721
Liver Disease	12	1,363	6	8,920	- 7,557
Low Birth Weight	13	998	41	317	+ 681
Congenital Anomalies	14	995	38	367	+ 628
Colon-Rectum Cancers	15	939	8	6,835	- 5,896
Suicide	16	890	21	1,886	- 997
Other Injuries	17	831	19	2,139	- 1,308
Leukemia	18	814	26	1,342	- 528
Breast Cancer	19	767	11	3,851	- 3,083
Liver Cancer	20	763	13	3,114	- 2,351
Prostate Cancer	21	736	16	2,449	- 1,713
Asthma	22	690	45	225	+ 465
Lymphomas	23	592	25	1,385	- 793
Falls	24	579	24	1,504	- 925
Birth Trauma	25	562	57	38	+ 523
Parkinson's Disease	26	523	31	741	- 218
Violence	27	521	44	255	+ 265
HIV/AIDS	28	518	47	219	+ 299
Pancreas Cancer	29	497	14	2,935	- 2,438
Oesophagus Cancer	30	487	30	755	- 268
Drug Use	31	460	40	346	+ 114
Endocrine Disorders	32	430	48	193	+ 237
Diarrhoeal diseases	33	377	46	223	+ 154
Fires	34	374	36	421	- 47
Inflammatory/Heart	35	331	10	4,433	- 4,102
Bladder Cancer	36	289	23	1,715	- 1,426
Peptic Ulcer Disease	37	256	33	531	- 275
Rheumatic Heart Disease	38	205	35	440	- 236
Ovary Cancer	39	192	27	1,109	- 916
Drownings	40	191	32	596	- 405
Tuberculosis	41	181	28	1,015	- 834
War	42	174	65	2	+ 172
Poisonings	43	167	39	366	- 199
Epilepsy	44	148	42	314	- 167
Oral Cancer	45	134	17	2,290	- 2,155
Meningitis	46	132	54	76	+ 55
Skin Cancers	47	106	29	1,003	- 897
Cervical Cancer	48	103	22	1,870	- 1,767
Hepatitis B	49	87	59	30	+ 57
Multiple Sclerosis	50	83	55	66	+ 17
Uterin Cancer	51	73	34	522	- 449
Maternal Conditions	52	59	58	35	+ 23
Alcohol	53	52	37	409	- 357
Encephalitis	54	51	62	6	+ 45
Skin Disease	55	49	53	97	- 49
Malnutrition	56	32	50	142	- 110
Appendicitis	57	32	60	21	+ 11
Other Neoplasms	58	23	43	289	- 266
Rheumatoid Arthritis	59	16	85	0	+ 16
Pertussis	60	15	69	0	+ 15
Syphilis	61	11	66	1	+ 9
Tetanus	62	8	67	1	+ 6
Upper Respiratory	63	3	63	3	+ 1
Leishmaniasis	64	2	70	0	+ 2
Chlamydia	65	1	78	0	+ 1
Schistosomiasis	66	1	74	0	+ 1
Ascariasis	67	1	82	0	+ 1
Measles	68	1	61	7	- 7
Hepatitis C	69	0	52	98	- 98
Diphtheria	70	0	71	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	71	0	68	1	- 1
Leprosy	72	0	72	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	73	0	80	0	- 0
Dengue	74	0	81	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	75	0	79	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	76	0	73	0	- 0
Malaria	77	0	75	0	- 0
Chagas disease	78	0	76	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	79	0	77	0	- 0
Depression	80	0	84	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	81	0	51	103	- 103
Anemia	82	0	56	59	- 59
Vitamin A Deficiency	83	0	83	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	84	0	86	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	85	0	49	143	- 143
Oral conditions	86	0	64	2	- 2
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to ROMANIA

Iran

Romania

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.