SWAZILAND VS IRAN: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	IRAN		SWAZILAND		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	1,201	5	755	+ 447
Stroke	2	473	4	800	- 328
Road Traffic Accidents	3	229	7	384	- 155
Hypertension	4	211	10	292	- 81
Diabetes Mellitus	5	179	3	892	- 713
Kidney Disease	6	152	8	381	- 229
Lung Disease	7	147	12	264	- 118
Influenza and Pneumonia	8	145	2	921	- 776
Alzheimers & Dementia	9	142	27	77	+ 66
Stomach Cancer	10	126	53	7	+ 120
Lung Cancers	11	87	46	17	+ 71
Liver Disease	12	85	11	274	- 188
Low Birth Weight	13	63	14	233	- 170
Congenital Anomalies	14	62	19	160	- 98
Colon-Rectum Cancers	15	59	43	19	+ 40
Suicide	16	56	9	338	- 282
Other Injuries	17	52	17	190	- 138
Leukemia	18	51	47	16	+ 35
Breast Cancer	19	48	35	37	+ 11
Liver Cancer	20	48	37	29	+ 19
Prostate Cancer	21	46	31	45	+ 1
Asthma	22	43	20	150	- 106
Lymphomas	23	37	36	31	+ 6
Falls	24	36	32	41	- 5
Birth Trauma	25	35	18	166	- 131
Parkinson's Disease	26	33	41	24	+ 9
Violence	27	33	16	212	- 180
HIV/AIDS	28	32	1	2,314	- 2,281
Pancreas Cancer	29	31	56	6	+ 25
Oesophagus Cancer	30	31	44	18	+ 12
Drug Use	31	29	38	27	+ 2
Endocrine Disorders	32	27	28	74	- 47
Diarrhoeal diseases	33	24	6	517	- 494
Fires	34	23	26	84	- 60
Inflammatory/Heart	35	21	24	94	- 73
Bladder Cancer	36	18	55	6	+ 12
Peptic Ulcer Disease	37	16	29	51	- 35
Rheumatic Heart Disease	38	13	39	26	- 13
Ovary Cancer	39	12	52	10	+ 2
Drownings	40	12	25	87	- 75
Tuberculosis	41	11	13	256	- 244
War	42	11	71	0	+ 11
Poisonings	43	11	34	37	- 27
Epilepsy	44	9	30	46	- 36
Oral Cancer	45	8	51	10	- 2
Meningitis	46	8	23	97	- 89
Skin Cancers	47	7	42	20	- 13
Cervical Cancer	48	6	15	215	- 208
Hepatitis B	49	5	57	6	- 0
Multiple Sclerosis	50	5	63	1	+ 4
Uterin Cancer	51	5	50	11	- 7
Maternal Conditions	52	4	21	116	- 112
Alcohol	53	3	48	16	- 13
Encephalitis	54	3	59	5	- 2
Skin Disease	55	3	40	25	- 22
Malnutrition	56	2	22	106	- 104
Appendicitis	57	2	54	7	- 5
Other Neoplasms	58	1	61	4	- 3
Rheumatoid Arthritis	59	1	58	5	- 4
Pertussis	60	1	33	39	- 38
Syphilis	61	1	45	17	- 17
Tetanus	62	0	62	4	- 3
Upper Respiratory	63	0	60	4	- 4
Leishmaniasis	64	0	77	0	+ 0
Chlamydia	65	0	69	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	66	0	49	13	- 13
Ascariasis	67	0	66	0	- 0
Measles	68	0	64	1	- 1
Hepatitis C	69	0	65	0	- 0
Diphtheria	70	0	70	0	- 0
Otitis Media	71	0	68	0	- 0
Leprosy	72	0	76	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	73	0	74	0	- 0
Dengue	74	0	72	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	75	0	73	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	76	0	75	0	- 0
Malaria	77	0	67	0	- 0
Chagas disease	78	0	79	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	79	0	78	0	- 0
Depression	80	0	86	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	81	0	83	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 SWAZILAND

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Swaziland

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.