RWANDA VS IRAN: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	IRAN		RWANDA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	14,382	4	3,605	+ 10,776
Stroke	2	5,661	2	5,060	+ 601
Road Traffic Accidents	3	2,744	3	3,718	- 974
Hypertension	4	2,530	14	1,357	+ 1,173
Diabetes Mellitus	5	2,144	11	1,858	+ 286
Kidney Disease	6	1,820	15	1,206	+ 615
Lung Disease	7	1,758	13	1,555	+ 204
Influenza and Pneumonia	8	1,733	1	5,280	- 3,547
Alzheimers & Dementia	9	1,703	25	657	+ 1,045
Stomach Cancer	10	1,514	20	780	+ 734
Lung Cancers	11	1,046	39	234	+ 811
Liver Disease	12	1,023	8	2,548	- 1,525
Low Birth Weight	13	749	9	2,193	- 1,444
Congenital Anomalies	14	747	12	1,777	- 1,031
Colon-Rectum Cancers	15	705	28	591	+ 114
Suicide	16	668	24	704	- 36
Other Injuries	17	624	17	944	- 320
Leukemia	18	611	35	317	+ 294
Breast Cancer	19	576	27	600	- 24
Liver Cancer	20	573	23	706	- 134
Prostate Cancer	21	552	32	396	+ 156
Asthma	22	518	22	717	- 199
Lymphomas	23	444	30	450	- 5
Falls	24	435	31	412	+ 23
Birth Trauma	25	422	10	1,888	- 1,467
Parkinson's Disease	26	392	47	146	+ 246
Violence	27	391	29	548	- 157
HIV/AIDS	28	389	7	2,826	- 2,437
Pancreas Cancer	29	373	43	214	+ 159
Oesophagus Cancer	30	365	44	213	+ 152
Drug Use	31	346	60	45	+ 301
Endocrine Disorders	32	322	41	219	+ 103
Diarrhoeal diseases	33	283	6	3,121	- 2,838
Fires	34	281	38	270	+ 11
Inflammatory/Heart	35	248	34	347	- 99
Bladder Cancer	36	217	62	35	+ 182
Peptic Ulcer Disease	37	192	33	362	- 170
Rheumatic Heart Disease	38	154	48	136	+ 18
Ovary Cancer	39	144	53	92	+ 52
Drownings	40	143	36	285	- 141
Tuberculosis	41	136	26	625	- 489
War	42	131	69	3	+ 128
Poisonings	43	126	40	220	- 94
Epilepsy	44	111	45	191	- 80
Oral Cancer	45	101	37	272	- 171
Meningitis	46	99	19	847	- 748
Skin Cancers	47	80	50	113	- 33
Cervical Cancer	48	77	18	941	- 863
Hepatitis B	49	66	55	68	- 3
Multiple Sclerosis	50	62	66	7	+ 55
Uterin Cancer	51	55	56	58	- 4
Maternal Conditions	52	44	21	722	- 679
Alcohol	53	39	49	125	- 86
Encephalitis	54	38	61	39	- 1
Skin Disease	55	37	52	103	- 66
Malnutrition	56	24	16	1,168	- 1,144
Appendicitis	57	24	54	70	- 46
Other Neoplasms	58	17	64	16	+ 1
Rheumatoid Arthritis	59	12	63	23	- 11
Pertussis	60	12	42	218	- 206
Syphilis	61	8	46	173	- 165
Tetanus	62	6	58	53	- 47
Upper Respiratory	63	2	57	58	- 56
Leishmaniasis	64	1	77	0	+ 1
Chlamydia	65	1	70	2	- 2
Schistosomiasis	66	0	51	111	- 111
Ascariasis	67	0	67	5	- 4
Measles	68	0	59	51	- 51
Hepatitis C	69	0	65	12	- 12
Diphtheria	70	0	71	1	- 1
Otitis Media	71	0	68	4	- 4
Leprosy	72	0	76	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	73	0	73	0	- 0
Dengue	74	0	72	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	75	0	74	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	76	0	75	0	- 0
Malaria	77	0	5	3,298	- 3,298
Chagas disease	78	0	79	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	79	0	78	0	- 0
Depression	80	0	84	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	81	0	83	0	- 0
Anemia	82	0	86	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	83	0	85	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	84	0	81	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	85	0	80	0	- 0
Oral conditions	86	0	82	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to RWANDA

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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.