SINGAPORE VS IRAN: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	IRAN		SINGAPORE		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	6,364	1	5,292	+ 1,072
Stroke	2	2,505	3	1,559	+ 947
Road Traffic Accidents	3	1,214	26	121	+ 1,093
Hypertension	4	1,120	8	732	+ 388
Diabetes Mellitus	5	949	28	108	+ 841
Kidney Disease	6	806	6	1,028	- 223
Lung Disease	7	778	14	383	+ 395
Influenza and Pneumonia	8	767	2	5,189	- 4,422
Alzheimers & Dementia	9	753	36	32	+ 721
Stomach Cancer	10	670	12	405	+ 265
Lung Cancers	11	463	4	1,540	- 1,078
Liver Disease	12	453	20	209	+ 243
Low Birth Weight	13	332	41	25	+ 306
Congenital Anomalies	14	330	31	80	+ 251
Colon-Rectum Cancers	15	312	5	1,203	- 890
Suicide	16	296	9	650	- 355
Other Injuries	17	276	32	79	+ 197
Leukemia	18	271	17	249	+ 21
Breast Cancer	19	255	10	605	- 351
Liver Cancer	20	253	7	746	- 492
Prostate Cancer	21	244	16	303	- 58
Asthma	22	229	35	37	+ 192
Lymphomas	23	197	13	397	- 200
Falls	24	192	18	218	- 25
Birth Trauma	25	187	55	3	+ 183
Parkinson's Disease	26	174	29	90	+ 84
Violence	27	173	46	15	+ 158
HIV/AIDS	28	172	45	18	+ 154
Pancreas Cancer	29	165	11	537	- 372
Oesophagus Cancer	30	162	24	137	+ 25
Drug Use	31	153	44	19	+ 134
Endocrine Disorders	32	143	37	30	+ 112
Diarrhoeal diseases	33	125	39	28	+ 98
Fires	34	124	49	7	+ 117
Inflammatory/Heart	35	110	19	215	- 105
Bladder Cancer	36	96	27	120	- 24
Peptic Ulcer Disease	37	85	33	69	+ 16
Rheumatic Heart Disease	38	68	43	22	+ 46
Ovary Cancer	39	64	21	204	- 140
Drownings	40	63	38	29	+ 34
Tuberculosis	41	60	40	26	+ 35
War	42	58	59	2	+ 56
Poisonings	43	56	60	1	+ 55
Epilepsy	44	49	42	25	+ 24
Oral Cancer	45	45	15	317	- 272
Meningitis	46	44	48	8	+ 36
Skin Cancers	47	35	34	56	- 21
Cervical Cancer	48	34	30	85	- 51
Hepatitis B	49	29	52	4	+ 25
Multiple Sclerosis	50	28	57	3	+ 25
Uterin Cancer	51	24	23	147	- 123
Maternal Conditions	52	19	53	3	+ 16
Alcohol	53	17	47	10	+ 7
Encephalitis	54	17	61	0	+ 17
Skin Disease	55	16	25	136	- 120
Malnutrition	56	11	63	0	+ 11
Appendicitis	57	11	50	6	+ 5
Other Neoplasms	58	8	22	195	- 188
Rheumatoid Arthritis	59	5	58	2	+ 3
Pertussis	60	5	62	0	+ 5
Syphilis	61	4	65	0	+ 4
Tetanus	62	2	73	0	+ 2
Upper Respiratory	63	1	54	3	- 2
Leishmaniasis	64	1	76	0	+ 1
Chlamydia	65	0	70	0	+ 0
Schistosomiasis	66	0	78	0	+ 0
Ascariasis	67	0	67	0	+ 0
Measles	68	0	72	0	+ 0
Hepatitis C	69	0	56	3	- 3
Diphtheria	70	0	64	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	71	0	79	0	+ 0
Leprosy	72	0	80	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	73	0	69	0	- 0
Dengue	74	0	66	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	75	0	68	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	76	0	71	0	- 0
Malaria	77	0	75	0	- 0
Chagas disease	78	0	74	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	79	0	77	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	82	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	85	0	51	6	- 6
Oral conditions	86	0	81	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to SINGAPORE

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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.