SOUTH AFRICA VS IRAN: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	IRAN		SOUTH AFRICA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	63,808	3	32,739	+ 31,069
Stroke	2	25,117	4	30,693	- 5,576
Road Traffic Accidents	3	12,174	11	13,014	- 840
Hypertension	4	11,225	12	12,789	- 1,563
Diabetes Mellitus	5	9,512	5	30,188	- 20,675
Kidney Disease	6	8,076	9	15,302	- 7,225
Lung Disease	7	7,802	13	11,895	- 4,093
Influenza and Pneumonia	8	7,689	2	39,341	- 31,652
Alzheimers & Dementia	9	7,554	22	4,676	+ 2,878
Stomach Cancer	10	6,717	39	1,535	+ 5,182
Lung Cancers	11	4,639	15	7,705	- 3,066
Liver Disease	12	4,539	14	9,013	- 4,475
Low Birth Weight	13	3,324	16	6,250	- 2,926
Congenital Anomalies	14	3,312	25	4,351	- 1,038
Colon-Rectum Cancers	15	3,129	28	3,587	- 458
Suicide	16	2,964	10	13,774	- 10,810
Other Injuries	17	2,768	17	6,014	- 3,245
Leukemia	18	2,712	40	1,464	+ 1,249
Breast Cancer	19	2,555	23	4,533	- 1,978
Liver Cancer	20	2,540	33	2,383	+ 157
Prostate Cancer	21	2,450	24	4,374	- 1,924
Asthma	22	2,298	18	5,966	- 3,668
Lymphomas	23	1,971	31	2,818	- 847
Falls	24	1,929	42	1,399	+ 530
Birth Trauma	25	1,870	30	3,004	- 1,133
Parkinson's Disease	26	1,740	46	1,077	+ 663
Violence	27	1,734	7	21,000	- 19,266
HIV/AIDS	28	1,724	1	71,996	- 70,272
Pancreas Cancer	29	1,654	35	2,007	- 353
Oesophagus Cancer	30	1,621	29	3,486	- 1,864
Drug Use	31	1,533	53	770	+ 764
Endocrine Disorders	32	1,431	19	5,890	- 4,459
Diarrhoeal diseases	33	1,256	8	15,843	- 14,588
Fires	34	1,246	27	3,618	- 2,371
Inflammatory/Heart	35	1,102	21	5,408	- 4,307
Bladder Cancer	36	964	52	829	+ 135
Peptic Ulcer Disease	37	852	36	1,894	- 1,042
Rheumatic Heart Disease	38	681	47	1,015	- 334
Ovary Cancer	39	641	51	951	- 310
Drownings	40	636	32	2,403	- 1,767
Tuberculosis	41	603	6	21,965	- 21,362
War	42	580	64	66	+ 514
Poisonings	43	558	50	975	- 418
Epilepsy	44	491	37	1,870	- 1,378
Oral Cancer	45	448	41	1,406	- 958
Meningitis	46	439	26	3,660	- 3,222
Skin Cancers	47	355	48	993	- 638
Cervical Cancer	48	343	20	5,555	- 5,213
Hepatitis B	49	291	61	139	+ 151
Multiple Sclerosis	50	277	62	113	+ 164
Uterin Cancer	51	243	54	512	- 269
Maternal Conditions	52	195	38	1,700	- 1,505
Alcohol	53	173	49	987	- 814
Encephalitis	54	168	59	234	- 66
Skin Disease	55	162	45	1,101	- 939
Malnutrition	56	107	34	2,381	- 2,274
Appendicitis	57	106	56	274	- 168
Other Neoplasms	58	76	58	267	- 190
Rheumatoid Arthritis	59	55	55	376	- 321
Pertussis	60	51	43	1,142	- 1,091
Syphilis	61	36	44	1,130	- 1,094
Tetanus	62	25	65	38	- 13
Upper Respiratory	63	11	60	223	- 212
Leishmaniasis	64	5	77	0	+ 5
Chlamydia	65	3	68	18	- 16
Schistosomiasis	66	2	66	35	- 33
Ascariasis	67	2	71	3	- 1
Measles	68	2	57	270	- 269
Hepatitis C	69	1	70	8	- 7
Diphtheria	70	1	69	16	- 16
Otitis Media	71	0	67	19	- 19
Leprosy	72	0	75	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	73	0	74	0	- 0
Dengue	74	0	73	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	75	0	72	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	76	0	79	0	- 0
Malaria	77	0	63	83	- 83
Chagas disease	78	0	78	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	79	0	76	0	- 0
Depression	80	0	83	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	81	0	80	0	- 0
Anemia	82	0	82	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	83	0	81	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	84	0	85	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	85	0	86	0	- 0
Oral conditions	86	0	84	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to SOUTH AFRICA

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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.