THAILAND VS IRAN: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	IRAN		THAILAND		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	73,814	1	51,305	+ 22,508
Stroke	2	29,056	2	50,273	- 21,217
Road Traffic Accidents	3	14,083	7	22,428	- 8,345
Hypertension	4	12,986	34	2,179	+ 10,806
Diabetes Mellitus	5	11,004	10	18,776	- 7,772
Kidney Disease	6	9,343	4	26,822	- 17,479
Lung Disease	7	9,025	9	19,474	- 10,449
Influenza and Pneumonia	8	8,894	3	31,289	- 22,395
Alzheimers & Dementia	9	8,739	6	22,851	- 14,113
Stomach Cancer	10	7,770	27	3,451	+ 4,319
Lung Cancers	11	5,366	8	22,296	- 16,930
Liver Disease	12	5,251	11	17,596	- 12,346
Low Birth Weight	13	3,845	40	1,548	+ 2,298
Congenital Anomalies	14	3,832	35	2,107	+ 1,724
Colon-Rectum Cancers	15	3,620	13	9,908	- 6,289
Suicide	16	3,428	16	6,147	- 2,718
Other Injuries	17	3,202	21	4,869	- 1,667
Leukemia	18	3,138	26	3,902	- 765
Breast Cancer	19	2,956	17	6,053	- 3,097
Liver Cancer	20	2,938	5	23,883	- 20,944
Prostate Cancer	21	2,834	30	3,013	- 178
Asthma	22	2,658	24	4,182	- 1,524
Lymphomas	23	2,280	22	4,539	- 2,259
Falls	24	2,232	18	5,409	- 3,177
Birth Trauma	25	2,164	50	533	+ 1,630
Parkinson's Disease	26	2,013	23	4,292	- 2,279
Violence	27	2,006	31	2,965	- 960
HIV/AIDS	28	1,994	12	13,922	- 11,928
Pancreas Cancer	29	1,913	33	2,383	- 470
Oesophagus Cancer	30	1,876	29	3,156	- 1,280
Drug Use	31	1,774	45	794	+ 980
Endocrine Disorders	32	1,655	37	1,888	- 233
Diarrhoeal diseases	33	1,453	15	6,863	- 5,411
Fires	34	1,442	48	617	+ 824
Inflammatory/Heart	35	1,274	32	2,879	- 1,604
Bladder Cancer	36	1,115	38	1,798	- 683
Peptic Ulcer Disease	37	986	39	1,679	- 693
Rheumatic Heart Disease	38	788	51	436	+ 352
Ovary Cancer	39	741	36	2,003	- 1,262
Drownings	40	736	25	3,956	- 3,220
Tuberculosis	41	698	14	9,551	- 8,854
War	42	671	60	87	+ 583
Poisonings	43	645	57	132	+ 513
Epilepsy	44	568	47	689	- 120
Oral Cancer	45	518	20	4,961	- 4,443
Meningitis	46	508	43	931	- 423
Skin Cancers	47	410	41	1,133	- 723
Cervical Cancer	48	396	19	5,110	- 4,714
Hepatitis B	49	336	56	153	+ 183
Multiple Sclerosis	50	321	61	86	+ 235
Uterin Cancer	51	281	44	864	- 583
Maternal Conditions	52	225	52	227	- 2
Alcohol	53	200	49	548	- 348
Encephalitis	54	195	46	722	- 527
Skin Disease	55	188	28	3,375	- 3,188
Malnutrition	56	124	42	962	- 838
Appendicitis	57	123	59	114	+ 8
Other Neoplasms	58	88	54	192	- 103
Rheumatoid Arthritis	59	63	53	194	- 131
Pertussis	60	59	62	77	- 18
Syphilis	61	41	64	36	+ 5
Tetanus	62	29	58	116	- 88
Upper Respiratory	63	12	65	18	- 5
Leishmaniasis	64	6	72	1	+ 5
Chlamydia	65	3	70	3	- 0
Schistosomiasis	66	2	75	0	+ 2
Ascariasis	67	2	69	4	- 2
Measles	68	2	63	56	- 54
Hepatitis C	69	1	67	7	- 7
Diphtheria	70	1	71	1	- 0
Otitis Media	71	0	68	7	- 7
Leprosy	72	0	79	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	73	0	78	0	- 0
Dengue	74	0	55	172	- 172
Hookworm Disease	75	0	77	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	76	0	76	0	- 0
Malaria	77	0	66	13	- 13
Chagas disease	78	0	73	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	79	0	74	0	- 0
Depression	80	0	83	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	81	0	84	0	- 0
Anemia	82	0	85	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	83	0	86	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	84	0	82	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	85	0	81	0	- 0
Oral conditions	86	0	80	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to THAILAND

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Thailand

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.