SOMALIA VS IRAN: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	IRAN		SOMALIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	13,742	7	7,233	+ 6,509
Stroke	2	5,409	6	8,595	- 3,186
Road Traffic Accidents	3	2,622	11	4,231	- 1,609
Hypertension	4	2,418	18	2,643	- 226
Diabetes Mellitus	5	2,049	16	2,888	- 839
Kidney Disease	6	1,739	21	2,051	- 312
Lung Disease	7	1,680	19	2,442	- 762
Influenza and Pneumonia	8	1,656	1	21,712	- 20,056
Alzheimers & Dementia	9	1,627	32	647	+ 980
Stomach Cancer	10	1,447	49	310	+ 1,137
Lung Cancers	11	999	54	233	+ 766
Liver Disease	12	978	13	3,917	- 2,939
Low Birth Weight	13	716	8	6,250	- 5,534
Congenital Anomalies	14	713	15	3,410	- 2,697
Colon-Rectum Cancers	15	674	38	546	+ 128
Suicide	16	638	27	1,219	- 581
Other Injuries	17	596	14	3,602	- 3,005
Leukemia	18	584	35	562	+ 23
Breast Cancer	19	550	26	1,232	- 681
Liver Cancer	20	547	53	256	+ 291
Prostate Cancer	21	528	52	285	+ 243
Asthma	22	495	23	1,878	- 1,383
Lymphomas	23	424	34	605	- 180
Falls	24	416	37	548	- 132
Birth Trauma	25	403	5	9,573	- 9,171
Parkinson's Disease	26	375	56	184	+ 191
Violence	27	373	29	828	- 455
HIV/AIDS	28	371	33	610	- 239
Pancreas Cancer	29	356	62	108	+ 249
Oesophagus Cancer	30	349	40	516	- 167
Drug Use	31	330	65	54	+ 276
Endocrine Disorders	32	308	44	406	- 98
Diarrhoeal diseases	33	270	2	15,363	- 15,092
Fires	34	268	30	810	- 542
Inflammatory/Heart	35	237	39	521	- 284
Bladder Cancer	36	208	61	149	+ 58
Peptic Ulcer Disease	37	184	36	559	- 375
Rheumatic Heart Disease	38	147	41	446	- 299
Ovary Cancer	39	138	50	295	- 157
Drownings	40	137	25	1,272	- 1,135
Tuberculosis	41	130	4	10,261	- 10,131
War	42	125	24	1,318	- 1,193
Poisonings	43	120	31	758	- 638
Epilepsy	44	106	43	419	- 313
Oral Cancer	45	96	46	328	- 231
Meningitis	46	94	9	5,381	- 5,287
Skin Cancers	47	76	57	164	- 87
Cervical Cancer	48	74	28	883	- 809
Hepatitis B	49	63	48	315	- 252
Multiple Sclerosis	50	60	71	8	+ 52
Uterin Cancer	51	52	64	78	- 26
Maternal Conditions	52	42	12	4,127	- 4,085
Alcohol	53	37	59	151	- 114
Encephalitis	54	36	63	91	- 55
Skin Disease	55	35	58	151	- 116
Malnutrition	56	23	10	4,825	- 4,802
Appendicitis	57	23	55	188	- 165
Other Neoplasms	58	16	70	12	+ 4
Rheumatoid Arthritis	59	12	66	35	- 23
Pertussis	60	11	20	2,054	- 2,043
Syphilis	61	8	45	378	- 370
Tetanus	62	5	17	2,648	- 2,643
Upper Respiratory	63	2	47	326	- 323
Leishmaniasis	64	1	51	290	- 289
Chlamydia	65	1	72	5	- 4
Schistosomiasis	66	0	42	435	- 435
Ascariasis	67	0	69	30	- 29
Measles	68	0	3	11,576	- 11,575
Hepatitis C	69	0	67	34	- 34
Diphtheria	70	0	60	150	- 149
Otitis Media	71	0	68	32	- 32
Leprosy	72	0	77	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	73	0	75	0	- 0
Dengue	74	0	73	1	- 1
Hookworm Disease	75	0	74	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	76	0	76	0	- 0
Malaria	77	0	22	1,942	- 1,942
Chagas disease	78	0	79	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	79	0	78	0	- 0
Depression	80	0	80	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	81	0	81	0	- 0
Anemia	82	0	83	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	83	0	82	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	84	0	85	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	85	0	84	0	- 0
Oral conditions	86	0	86	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to SOMALIA

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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.