SAUDI ARABIA VS IRAN: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	IRAN		SAUDI ARABIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	38,579	1	39,037	- 458
Stroke	2	15,186	2	16,793	- 1,607
Road Traffic Accidents	3	7,361	3	12,317	- 4,956
Hypertension	4	6,787	22	834	+ 5,953
Diabetes Mellitus	5	5,751	9	3,890	+ 1,861
Kidney Disease	6	4,883	4	9,051	- 4,168
Lung Disease	7	4,717	10	2,842	+ 1,875
Influenza and Pneumonia	8	4,649	5	6,132	- 1,483
Alzheimers & Dementia	9	4,567	11	2,442	+ 2,125
Stomach Cancer	10	4,061	36	389	+ 3,672
Lung Cancers	11	2,805	26	775	+ 2,030
Liver Disease	12	2,744	7	4,931	- 2,187
Low Birth Weight	13	2,010	18	989	+ 1,021
Congenital Anomalies	14	2,003	12	2,307	- 305
Colon-Rectum Cancers	15	1,892	14	1,630	+ 262
Suicide	16	1,792	13	2,046	- 254
Other Injuries	17	1,674	8	4,004	- 2,330
Leukemia	18	1,640	19	925	+ 715
Breast Cancer	19	1,545	20	908	+ 637
Liver Cancer	20	1,536	21	845	+ 691
Prostate Cancer	21	1,481	50	148	+ 1,333
Asthma	22	1,389	17	1,168	+ 222
Lymphomas	23	1,191	28	716	+ 476
Falls	24	1,167	6	5,340	- 4,174
Birth Trauma	25	1,131	37	343	+ 788
Parkinson's Disease	26	1,052	25	776	+ 276
Violence	27	1,048	30	646	+ 403
HIV/AIDS	28	1,042	47	192	+ 850
Pancreas Cancer	29	1,000	31	526	+ 474
Oesophagus Cancer	30	980	44	229	+ 751
Drug Use	31	927	33	491	+ 436
Endocrine Disorders	32	865	15	1,447	- 582
Diarrhoeal diseases	33	759	35	457	+ 303
Fires	34	754	23	825	- 72
Inflammatory/Heart	35	666	16	1,342	- 676
Bladder Cancer	36	583	46	214	+ 369
Peptic Ulcer Disease	37	515	41	275	+ 240
Rheumatic Heart Disease	38	412	39	280	+ 132
Ovary Cancer	39	387	42	247	+ 140
Drownings	40	385	24	821	- 437
Tuberculosis	41	365	27	752	- 387
War	42	350	65	3	+ 347
Poisonings	43	337	40	279	+ 58
Epilepsy	44	297	29	694	- 397
Oral Cancer	45	271	34	465	- 194
Meningitis	46	265	45	227	+ 39
Skin Cancers	47	214	55	55	+ 160
Cervical Cancer	48	207	49	157	+ 50
Hepatitis B	49	176	53	57	+ 119
Multiple Sclerosis	50	168	56	49	+ 119
Uterin Cancer	51	147	38	323	- 176
Maternal Conditions	52	118	48	172	- 55
Alcohol	53	105	51	128	- 24
Encephalitis	54	102	43	234	- 133
Skin Disease	55	98	32	516	- 418
Malnutrition	56	65	52	79	- 15
Appendicitis	57	64	58	35	+ 30
Other Neoplasms	58	46	57	40	+ 6
Rheumatoid Arthritis	59	33	62	9	+ 24
Pertussis	60	31	54	56	- 25
Syphilis	61	22	59	33	- 11
Tetanus	62	15	61	16	- 0
Upper Respiratory	63	7	70	1	+ 6
Leishmaniasis	64	3	67	1	+ 2
Chlamydia	65	2	71	0	+ 1
Schistosomiasis	66	1	60	25	- 24
Ascariasis	67	1	66	1	- 0
Measles	68	1	68	1	+ 0
Hepatitis C	69	0	64	7	- 7
Diphtheria	70	0	69	1	- 0
Otitis Media	71	0	72	0	+ 0
Leprosy	72	0	73	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	73	0	78	0	- 0
Dengue	74	0	63	9	- 9
Hookworm Disease	75	0	79	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	76	0	77	0	- 0
Malaria	77	0	75	0	- 0
Chagas disease	78	0	76	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	79	0	74	0	- 0
Depression	80	0	83	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	81	0	84	0	- 0
Anemia	82	0	85	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	83	0	86	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	84	0	80	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	85	0	81	0	- 0
Oral conditions	86	0	82	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to SAUDI ARABIA

Iran

Saudi Arabia

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.