TANZANIA VS IRAN: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	IRAN		TANZANIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	71,218	9	13,215	+ 58,004
Stroke	2	28,034	7	16,894	+ 11,141
Road Traffic Accidents	3	13,588	5	18,054	- 4,465
Hypertension	4	12,529	17	5,209	+ 7,320
Diabetes Mellitus	5	10,617	15	6,247	+ 4,370
Kidney Disease	6	9,014	19	4,547	+ 4,467
Lung Disease	7	8,708	22	3,051	+ 5,657
Influenza and Pneumonia	8	8,582	2	26,028	- 17,446
Alzheimers & Dementia	9	8,431	27	2,048	+ 6,383
Stomach Cancer	10	7,497	39	1,190	+ 6,306
Lung Cancers	11	5,178	61	159	+ 5,019
Liver Disease	12	5,066	13	6,586	- 1,520
Low Birth Weight	13	3,710	10	12,173	- 8,463
Congenital Anomalies	14	3,697	11	9,791	- 6,094
Colon-Rectum Cancers	15	3,492	33	1,567	+ 1,925
Suicide	16	3,308	24	2,474	+ 834
Other Injuries	17	3,090	20	4,270	- 1,180
Leukemia	18	3,027	47	416	+ 2,611
Breast Cancer	19	2,852	37	1,285	+ 1,567
Liver Cancer	20	2,835	36	1,413	+ 1,422
Prostate Cancer	21	2,735	28	1,819	+ 915
Asthma	22	2,565	30	1,700	+ 864
Lymphomas	23	2,199	41	805	+ 1,394
Falls	24	2,153	34	1,533	+ 620
Birth Trauma	25	2,088	8	15,086	- 12,998
Parkinson's Disease	26	1,943	45	513	+ 1,429
Violence	27	1,935	18	4,713	- 2,778
HIV/AIDS	28	1,924	1	27,402	- 25,478
Pancreas Cancer	29	1,846	62	158	+ 1,688
Oesophagus Cancer	30	1,810	25	2,247	- 437
Drug Use	31	1,712	48	404	+ 1,307
Endocrine Disorders	32	1,597	29	1,778	- 181
Diarrhoeal diseases	33	1,401	6	17,587	- 16,185
Fires	34	1,391	35	1,424	- 33
Inflammatory/Heart	35	1,229	38	1,227	+ 2
Bladder Cancer	36	1,076	44	667	+ 409
Peptic Ulcer Disease	37	951	46	462	+ 489
Rheumatic Heart Disease	38	760	50	401	+ 360
Ovary Cancer	39	715	53	337	+ 378
Drownings	40	710	32	1,642	- 932
Tuberculosis	41	673	4	20,269	- 19,596
War	42	647	67	30	+ 617
Poisonings	43	623	40	1,170	- 547
Epilepsy	44	549	43	707	- 158
Oral Cancer	45	500	31	1,646	- 1,146
Meningitis	46	490	21	3,188	- 2,699
Skin Cancers	47	396	42	744	- 349
Cervical Cancer	48	382	14	6,424	- 6,041
Hepatitis B	49	324	60	168	+ 156
Multiple Sclerosis	50	309	68	27	+ 283
Uterin Cancer	51	271	57	218	+ 53
Maternal Conditions	52	217	12	6,835	- 6,618
Alcohol	53	193	56	270	- 77
Encephalitis	54	188	59	199	- 11
Skin Disease	55	181	52	359	- 178
Malnutrition	56	119	16	5,574	- 5,455
Appendicitis	57	118	58	218	- 99
Other Neoplasms	58	85	64	58	+ 28
Rheumatoid Arthritis	59	61	63	81	- 20
Pertussis	60	57	23	2,774	- 2,717
Syphilis	61	40	26	2,115	- 2,075
Tetanus	62	28	49	402	- 374
Upper Respiratory	63	12	54	299	- 287
Leishmaniasis	64	6	77	0	+ 6
Chlamydia	65	3	71	9	- 6
Schistosomiasis	66	2	51	371	- 369
Ascariasis	67	2	65	56	- 54
Measles	68	2	55	295	- 293
Hepatitis C	69	1	66	40	- 39
Diphtheria	70	1	70	11	- 10
Otitis Media	71	0	69	17	- 17
Leprosy	72	0	76	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	73	0	74	0	- 0
Dengue	74	0	73	2	- 2
Hookworm Disease	75	0	75	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	76	0	79	0	- 0
Malaria	77	0	3	21,758	- 21,758
Chagas disease	78	0	78	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	79	0	72	3	- 3
Depression	80	0	81	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	81	0	80	0	- 0
Anemia	82	0	82	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	83	0	83	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	84	0	85	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	85	0	86	0	- 0
Oral conditions	86	0	84	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to TANZANIA

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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.