SYRIA VS IRAN: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	IRAN		SYRIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	25,194	1	28,203	- 3,009
Stroke	2	9,917	2	8,088	+ 1,829
Road Traffic Accidents	3	4,807	5	2,550	+ 2,257
Hypertension	4	4,432	23	707	+ 3,725
Diabetes Mellitus	5	3,756	15	1,534	+ 2,222
Kidney Disease	6	3,189	6	2,329	+ 860
Lung Disease	7	3,080	13	1,601	+ 1,479
Influenza and Pneumonia	8	3,036	4	2,958	+ 77
Alzheimers & Dementia	9	2,983	14	1,551	+ 1,432
Stomach Cancer	10	2,652	22	725	+ 1,927
Lung Cancers	11	1,832	9	2,048	- 216
Liver Disease	12	1,792	11	1,720	+ 72
Low Birth Weight	13	1,312	12	1,652	- 340
Congenital Anomalies	14	1,308	8	2,077	- 770
Colon-Rectum Cancers	15	1,235	16	1,224	+ 12
Suicide	16	1,170	33	333	+ 838
Other Injuries	17	1,093	24	521	+ 572
Leukemia	18	1,071	19	796	+ 275
Breast Cancer	19	1,009	10	1,953	- 944
Liver Cancer	20	1,003	31	366	+ 636
Prostate Cancer	21	967	28	404	+ 563
Asthma	22	907	17	1,052	- 145
Lymphomas	23	778	18	827	- 49
Falls	24	762	29	383	+ 379
Birth Trauma	25	739	21	744	- 6
Parkinson's Disease	26	687	30	367	+ 320
Violence	27	685	25	444	+ 240
HIV/AIDS	28	681	58	15	+ 666
Pancreas Cancer	29	653	27	411	+ 242
Oesophagus Cancer	30	640	47	97	+ 543
Drug Use	31	605	39	249	+ 356
Endocrine Disorders	32	565	26	418	+ 147
Diarrhoeal diseases	33	496	7	2,156	- 1,660
Fires	34	492	43	179	+ 313
Inflammatory/Heart	35	435	32	337	+ 98
Bladder Cancer	36	381	20	757	- 377
Peptic Ulcer Disease	37	337	49	79	+ 257
Rheumatic Heart Disease	38	269	41	197	+ 71
Ovary Cancer	39	253	34	328	- 75
Drownings	40	251	40	215	+ 36
Tuberculosis	41	238	56	23	+ 215
War	42	229	3	7,760	- 7,531
Poisonings	43	220	46	98	+ 122
Epilepsy	44	194	48	92	+ 102
Oral Cancer	45	177	36	289	- 112
Meningitis	46	173	35	295	- 122
Skin Cancers	47	140	38	276	- 136
Cervical Cancer	48	135	42	188	- 53
Hepatitis B	49	115	63	5	+ 110
Multiple Sclerosis	50	109	59	14	+ 95
Uterin Cancer	51	96	44	146	- 50
Maternal Conditions	52	77	45	105	- 28
Alcohol	53	68	53	51	+ 18
Encephalitis	54	66	50	77	- 11
Skin Disease	55	64	61	8	+ 56
Malnutrition	56	42	51	73	- 30
Appendicitis	57	42	54	36	+ 5
Other Neoplasms	58	30	57	21	+ 9
Rheumatoid Arthritis	59	22	62	7	+ 15
Pertussis	60	20	37	289	- 269
Syphilis	61	14	55	31	- 17
Tetanus	62	10	52	57	- 48
Upper Respiratory	63	4	66	3	+ 1
Leishmaniasis	64	2	65	5	- 3
Chlamydia	65	1	69	1	+ 0
Schistosomiasis	66	1	60	11	- 11
Ascariasis	67	1	67	1	- 0
Measles	68	1	70	0	+ 0
Hepatitis C	69	0	68	1	- 1
Diphtheria	70	0	64	5	- 5
Otitis Media	71	0	71	0	+ 0
Leprosy	72	0	75	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	76	0	- 0
Malaria	77	0	79	0	- 0
Chagas disease	78	0	78	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	79	0	77	0	- 0
Depression	80	0	80	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	81	0	81	0	- 0
Anemia	82	0	83	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	83	0	82	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	84	0	84	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	85	0	85	0	- 0
Oral conditions	86	0	86	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to SYRIA

Iran

Syria

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.