SWITZERLAND VS IRAN: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	IRAN		SWITZERLAND		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	9,354	1	10,713	- 1,359
Stroke	2	3,682	3	3,918	- 236
Road Traffic Accidents	3	1,785	34	193	+ 1,592
Hypertension	4	1,646	6	2,471	- 826
Diabetes Mellitus	5	1,394	17	1,022	+ 373
Kidney Disease	6	1,184	13	1,261	- 77
Lung Disease	7	1,144	5	2,902	- 1,758
Influenza and Pneumonia	8	1,127	8	1,949	- 822
Alzheimers & Dementia	9	1,107	2	7,192	- 6,085
Stomach Cancer	10	985	24	614	+ 371
Lung Cancers	11	680	4	3,520	- 2,839
Liver Disease	12	665	21	677	- 12
Low Birth Weight	13	487	43	105	+ 382
Congenital Anomalies	14	486	31	305	+ 180
Colon-Rectum Cancers	15	459	7	1,995	- 1,536
Suicide	16	434	14	1,249	- 815
Other Injuries	17	406	30	410	- 4
Leukemia	18	398	22	671	- 274
Breast Cancer	19	375	11	1,577	- 1,202
Liver Cancer	20	372	19	805	- 433
Prostate Cancer	21	359	10	1,579	- 1,220
Asthma	22	337	46	95	+ 242
Lymphomas	23	289	15	1,131	- 842
Falls	24	283	9	1,919	- 1,636
Birth Trauma	25	274	52	32	+ 242
Parkinson's Disease	26	255	18	857	- 602
Violence	27	254	51	42	+ 212
HIV/AIDS	28	253	54	29	+ 224
Pancreas Cancer	29	242	12	1,486	- 1,243
Oesophagus Cancer	30	238	28	491	- 253
Drug Use	31	225	36	176	+ 49
Endocrine Disorders	32	210	25	593	- 383
Diarrhoeal diseases	33	184	35	186	- 2
Fires	34	183	55	21	+ 161
Inflammatory/Heart	35	161	16	1,027	- 865
Bladder Cancer	36	141	23	669	- 528
Peptic Ulcer Disease	37	125	41	122	+ 3
Rheumatic Heart Disease	38	100	48	78	+ 22
Ovary Cancer	39	94	29	457	- 363
Drownings	40	93	50	49	+ 44
Tuberculosis	41	88	56	21	+ 67
War	42	85	67	1	+ 84
Poisonings	43	82	60	13	+ 69
Epilepsy	44	72	39	159	- 86
Oral Cancer	45	66	26	500	- 435
Meningitis	46	64	57	20	+ 44
Skin Cancers	47	52	27	493	- 441
Cervical Cancer	48	50	42	105	- 55
Hepatitis B	49	43	63	5	+ 38
Multiple Sclerosis	50	41	38	160	- 119
Uterin Cancer	51	36	33	224	- 188
Maternal Conditions	52	29	64	4	+ 24
Alcohol	53	25	32	229	- 204
Encephalitis	54	25	68	1	+ 24
Skin Disease	55	24	40	129	- 105
Malnutrition	56	16	47	84	- 68
Appendicitis	57	16	59	15	+ 1
Other Neoplasms	58	11	20	681	- 670
Rheumatoid Arthritis	59	8	49	68	- 60
Pertussis	60	8	73	0	+ 7
Syphilis	61	5	65	2	+ 4
Tetanus	62	4	70	0	+ 3
Upper Respiratory	63	2	61	11	- 9
Leishmaniasis	64	1	71	0	+ 0
Chlamydia	65	0	79	0	+ 0
Schistosomiasis	66	0	72	0	- 0
Ascariasis	67	0	82	0	+ 0
Measles	68	0	75	0	+ 0
Hepatitis C	69	0	58	15	- 15
Diphtheria	70	0	74	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	71	0	69	0	- 0
Leprosy	72	0	80	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	73	0	84	0	- 0
Dengue	74	0	81	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	75	0	83	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	76	0	66	1	- 1
Malaria	77	0	77	0	- 0
Chagas disease	78	0	76	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	79	0	78	0	- 0
Depression	80	0	85	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	81	0	45	96	- 96
Anemia	82	0	44	102	- 102
Vitamin A Deficiency	83	0	86	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	84	0	37	170	- 170
Prostatic Hypertrophy	85	0	53	32	- 32
Oral conditions	86	0	62	8	- 8
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to SWITZERLAND

Iran

Switzerland

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.