SUDAN VS IRAN: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	IRAN		SUDAN		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	53,277	1	43,966	+ 9,311
Stroke	2	20,972	2	20,582	+ 390
Road Traffic Accidents	3	10,165	5	11,459	- 1,293
Hypertension	4	9,373	8	7,287	+ 2,086
Diabetes Mellitus	5	7,942	17	3,070	+ 4,872
Kidney Disease	6	6,744	12	5,095	+ 1,648
Lung Disease	7	6,514	13	4,382	+ 2,133
Influenza and Pneumonia	8	6,420	4	12,619	- 6,199
Alzheimers & Dementia	9	6,307	20	2,584	+ 3,723
Stomach Cancer	10	5,608	51	478	+ 5,130
Lung Cancers	11	3,873	48	545	+ 3,328
Liver Disease	12	3,790	14	4,348	- 558
Low Birth Weight	13	2,775	3	16,036	- 13,261
Congenital Anomalies	14	2,766	11	5,507	- 2,742
Colon-Rectum Cancers	15	2,612	35	1,049	+ 1,564
Suicide	16	2,475	27	1,644	+ 831
Other Injuries	17	2,311	18	2,912	- 601
Leukemia	18	2,265	25	1,828	+ 437
Breast Cancer	19	2,133	16	3,071	- 938
Liver Cancer	20	2,121	37	946	+ 1,175
Prostate Cancer	21	2,046	49	523	+ 1,522
Asthma	22	1,918	19	2,636	- 717
Lymphomas	23	1,645	29	1,533	+ 112
Falls	24	1,611	28	1,559	+ 52
Birth Trauma	25	1,562	7	8,526	- 6,964
Parkinson's Disease	26	1,453	45	705	+ 749
Violence	27	1,448	21	2,478	- 1,030
HIV/AIDS	28	1,439	22	2,331	- 892
Pancreas Cancer	29	1,381	58	272	+ 1,109
Oesophagus Cancer	30	1,354	32	1,126	+ 228
Drug Use	31	1,280	36	1,036	+ 244
Endocrine Disorders	32	1,195	30	1,459	- 264
Diarrhoeal diseases	33	1,048	9	6,277	- 5,229
Fires	34	1,041	31	1,310	- 269
Inflammatory/Heart	35	920	38	839	+ 81
Bladder Cancer	36	805	54	369	+ 436
Peptic Ulcer Disease	37	712	40	775	- 63
Rheumatic Heart Disease	38	569	46	684	- 116
Ovary Cancer	39	535	39	794	- 259
Drownings	40	531	26	1,684	- 1,153
Tuberculosis	41	504	15	4,250	- 3,746
War	42	484	56	336	+ 148
Poisonings	43	466	42	744	- 278
Epilepsy	44	410	43	735	- 324
Oral Cancer	45	374	50	493	- 119
Meningitis	46	366	33	1,092	- 726
Skin Cancers	47	296	55	356	- 60
Cervical Cancer	48	286	41	770	- 484
Hepatitis B	49	243	44	730	- 488
Multiple Sclerosis	50	231	64	54	+ 178
Uterin Cancer	51	203	62	71	+ 132
Maternal Conditions	52	163	23	1,961	- 1,798
Alcohol	53	144	61	84	+ 60
Encephalitis	54	140	57	303	- 163
Skin Disease	55	136	60	112	+ 24
Malnutrition	56	89	34	1,089	- 1,000
Appendicitis	57	88	59	155	- 66
Other Neoplasms	58	64	65	35	+ 29
Rheumatoid Arthritis	59	46	67	20	+ 26
Pertussis	60	43	24	1,899	- 1,856
Syphilis	61	30	47	603	- 574
Tetanus	62	21	53	378	- 357
Upper Respiratory	63	9	70	5	+ 4
Leishmaniasis	64	5	52	448	- 444
Chlamydia	65	2	71	1	+ 1
Schistosomiasis	66	2	63	68	- 67
Ascariasis	67	2	66	21	- 19
Measles	68	1	6	9,301	- 9,300
Hepatitis C	69	1	68	17	- 16
Diphtheria	70	1	69	11	- 11
Otitis Media	71	0	73	0	- 0
Leprosy	72	0	74	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	73	0	77	0	- 0
Dengue	74	0	72	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	75	0	76	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	76	0	75	0	- 0
Malaria	77	0	10	5,614	- 5,614
Chagas disease	78	0	78	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	79	0	79	0	- 0
Depression	80	0	83	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	81	0	86	0	- 0
Anemia	82	0	84	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	83	0	85	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	84	0	81	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	85	0	80	0	- 0
Oral conditions	86	0	82	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to SUDAN

Iran

Sudan

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.