SRI LANKA VS IRAN: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	IRAN		SRI LANKA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	23,206	1	26,304	- 3,098
Stroke	2	9,135	6	6,805	+ 2,330
Road Traffic Accidents	3	4,428	9	4,200	+ 228
Hypertension	4	4,083	20	1,055	+ 3,027
Diabetes Mellitus	5	3,459	2	12,460	- 9,001
Kidney Disease	6	2,937	5	6,858	- 3,921
Lung Disease	7	2,837	3	9,456	- 6,619
Influenza and Pneumonia	8	2,796	8	5,117	- 2,320
Alzheimers & Dementia	9	2,747	4	6,939	- 4,191
Stomach Cancer	10	2,443	16	1,321	+ 1,122
Lung Cancers	11	1,687	12	1,775	- 88
Liver Disease	12	1,651	17	1,303	+ 348
Low Birth Weight	13	1,209	29	536	+ 673
Congenital Anomalies	14	1,205	22	989	+ 215
Colon-Rectum Cancers	15	1,138	24	911	+ 226
Suicide	16	1,078	10	2,977	- 1,900
Other Injuries	17	1,007	14	1,529	- 523
Leukemia	18	986	18	1,155	- 168
Breast Cancer	19	929	15	1,383	- 454
Liver Cancer	20	924	19	1,090	- 167
Prostate Cancer	21	891	30	507	+ 384
Asthma	22	836	7	6,471	- 5,635
Lymphomas	23	717	21	1,027	- 311
Falls	24	702	23	964	- 262
Birth Trauma	25	680	44	193	+ 487
Parkinson's Disease	26	633	45	168	+ 465
Violence	27	631	31	499	+ 131
HIV/AIDS	28	627	55	39	+ 588
Pancreas Cancer	29	601	43	214	+ 388
Oesophagus Cancer	30	590	13	1,544	- 954
Drug Use	31	558	40	257	+ 301
Endocrine Disorders	32	520	32	462	+ 58
Diarrhoeal diseases	33	457	28	605	- 148
Fires	34	453	41	239	+ 215
Inflammatory/Heart	35	401	35	425	- 24
Bladder Cancer	36	351	34	432	- 81
Peptic Ulcer Disease	37	310	56	38	+ 272
Rheumatic Heart Disease	38	248	53	49	+ 198
Ovary Cancer	39	233	37	281	- 48
Drownings	40	231	27	731	- 499
Tuberculosis	41	219	25	769	- 550
War	42	211	38	280	- 69
Poisonings	43	203	49	93	+ 110
Epilepsy	44	179	39	269	- 91
Oral Cancer	45	163	11	2,893	- 2,731
Meningitis	46	160	46	146	+ 14
Skin Cancers	47	129	52	58	+ 71
Cervical Cancer	48	125	26	762	- 638
Hepatitis B	49	106	62	6	+ 100
Multiple Sclerosis	50	101	69	2	+ 98
Uterin Cancer	51	88	42	218	- 130
Maternal Conditions	52	71	48	96	- 25
Alcohol	53	63	51	82	- 19
Encephalitis	54	61	61	10	+ 51
Skin Disease	55	59	36	293	- 234
Malnutrition	56	39	54	43	- 5
Appendicitis	57	39	64	5	+ 33
Other Neoplasms	58	28	50	86	- 58
Rheumatoid Arthritis	59	20	60	11	+ 9
Pertussis	60	19	59	15	+ 4
Syphilis	61	13	58	15	- 2
Tetanus	62	9	57	27	- 18
Upper Respiratory	63	4	66	5	- 1
Leishmaniasis	64	2	73	0	+ 2
Chlamydia	65	1	84	0	+ 1
Schistosomiasis	66	1	81	0	+ 1
Ascariasis	67	1	72	0	+ 0
Measles	68	1	77	0	+ 1
Hepatitis C	69	0	75	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	70	0	74	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	71	0	76	0	+ 0
Leprosy	72	0	63	6	- 6
Trichuriasis	73	0	79	0	- 0
Dengue	74	0	47	131	- 131
Hookworm Disease	75	0	71	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	76	0	78	0	- 0
Malaria	77	0	80	0	- 0
Chagas disease	78	0	83	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	79	0	82	0	- 0
Depression	80	0	86	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	81	0	65	5	- 5
Anemia	82	0	33	445	- 445
Vitamin A Deficiency	83	0	85	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	84	0	67	3	- 3
Prostatic Hypertrophy	85	0	70	2	- 2
Oral conditions	86	0	68	3	- 3
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to SRI LANKA

Iran

Sri Lanka

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.