TURKEY VS IRAN: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	IRAN		TURKEY		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	88,803	1	85,905	+ 2,898
Stroke	2	34,956	2	44,006	- 9,049
Road Traffic Accidents	3	16,943	16	5,573	+ 11,370
Hypertension	4	15,623	8	14,763	+ 859
Diabetes Mellitus	5	13,238	5	17,900	- 4,661
Kidney Disease	6	11,240	7	17,021	- 5,781
Lung Disease	7	10,858	4	25,088	- 14,230
Influenza and Pneumonia	8	10,701	9	12,845	- 2,144
Alzheimers & Dementia	9	10,513	6	17,308	- 6,795
Stomach Cancer	10	9,348	11	10,333	- 985
Lung Cancers	11	6,456	3	35,070	- 28,614
Liver Disease	12	6,317	13	6,340	- 23
Low Birth Weight	13	4,626	24	3,478	+ 1,148
Congenital Anomalies	14	4,610	17	4,966	- 357
Colon-Rectum Cancers	15	4,354	10	10,606	- 6,252
Suicide	16	4,125	29	2,003	+ 2,121
Other Injuries	17	3,853	30	1,678	+ 2,175
Leukemia	18	3,775	18	4,870	- 1,096
Breast Cancer	19	3,556	14	5,643	- 2,087
Liver Cancer	20	3,535	20	4,542	- 1,007
Prostate Cancer	21	3,410	15	5,608	- 2,198
Asthma	22	3,198	27	2,434	+ 764
Lymphomas	23	2,743	19	4,849	- 2,106
Falls	24	2,685	22	4,373	- 1,688
Birth Trauma	25	2,603	41	720	+ 1,883
Parkinson's Disease	26	2,422	25	3,439	- 1,017
Violence	27	2,413	23	4,010	- 1,598
HIV/AIDS	28	2,399	53	204	+ 2,195
Pancreas Cancer	29	2,302	12	6,882	- 4,581
Oesophagus Cancer	30	2,257	33	1,321	+ 935
Drug Use	31	2,134	38	972	+ 1,162
Endocrine Disorders	32	1,991	26	2,612	- 621
Diarrhoeal diseases	33	1,747	40	741	+ 1,007
Fires	34	1,735	47	343	+ 1,392
Inflammatory/Heart	35	1,533	31	1,632	- 99
Bladder Cancer	36	1,342	21	4,485	- 3,143
Peptic Ulcer Disease	37	1,186	39	789	+ 397
Rheumatic Heart Disease	38	948	45	452	+ 496
Ovary Cancer	39	892	28	2,287	- 1,395
Drownings	40	885	44	549	+ 337
Tuberculosis	41	839	50	303	+ 536
War	42	807	49	318	+ 488
Poisonings	43	776	46	369	+ 407
Epilepsy	44	684	36	1,147	- 463
Oral Cancer	45	623	35	1,305	- 682
Meningitis	46	611	51	274	+ 336
Skin Cancers	47	493	32	1,548	- 1,055
Cervical Cancer	48	477	34	1,311	- 834
Hepatitis B	49	405	60	72	+ 332
Multiple Sclerosis	50	386	56	169	+ 217
Uterin Cancer	51	338	37	1,090	- 752
Maternal Conditions	52	271	57	109	+ 162
Alcohol	53	241	55	182	+ 58
Encephalitis	54	234	54	184	+ 50
Skin Disease	55	226	48	324	- 98
Malnutrition	56	149	43	588	- 439
Appendicitis	57	147	59	93	+ 54
Other Neoplasms	58	106	42	646	- 540
Rheumatoid Arthritis	59	76	52	237	- 161
Pertussis	60	72	58	103	- 31
Syphilis	61	50	61	50	- 1
Tetanus	62	35	64	12	+ 23
Upper Respiratory	63	15	66	5	+ 10
Leishmaniasis	64	8	68	2	+ 5
Chlamydia	65	4	69	2	+ 2
Schistosomiasis	66	3	62	33	- 31
Ascariasis	67	3	70	1	+ 1
Measles	68	2	65	6	- 4
Hepatitis C	69	1	63	19	- 18
Diphtheria	70	1	71	1	+ 0
Otitis Media	71	0	67	3	- 3
Leprosy	72	0	79	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	73	0	74	0	- 0
Dengue	74	0	73	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	75	0	72	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	76	0	78	0	- 0
Malaria	77	0	75	0	- 0
Chagas disease	78	0	76	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	79	0	77	0	- 0
Depression	80	0	83	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	81	0	80	0	- 0
Anemia	82	0	81	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 TURKEY

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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.