URUGUAY VS IRAN: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	IRAN		URUGUAY		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	3,616	1	4,265	- 649
Stroke	2	1,423	2	2,850	- 1,426
Road Traffic Accidents	3	690	16	512	+ 178
Hypertension	4	636	15	648	- 12
Diabetes Mellitus	5	539	11	747	- 208
Kidney Disease	6	458	8	1,040	- 582
Lung Disease	7	442	4	1,706	- 1,264
Influenza and Pneumonia	8	436	6	1,370	- 935
Alzheimers & Dementia	9	428	3	1,899	- 1,470
Stomach Cancer	10	381	18	480	- 100
Lung Cancers	11	263	5	1,463	- 1,200
Liver Disease	12	257	27	206	+ 51
Low Birth Weight	13	188	42	73	+ 115
Congenital Anomalies	14	188	30	170	+ 18
Colon-Rectum Cancers	15	177	7	1,245	- 1,068
Suicide	16	168	12	735	- 567
Other Injuries	17	157	10	774	- 617
Leukemia	18	154	25	280	- 127
Breast Cancer	19	145	9	848	- 703
Liver Cancer	20	144	34	147	- 3
Prostate Cancer	21	139	13	707	- 568
Asthma	22	130	37	127	+ 3
Lymphomas	23	112	20	457	- 346
Falls	24	109	47	55	+ 54
Birth Trauma	25	106	53	22	+ 84
Parkinson's Disease	26	99	21	320	- 222
Violence	27	98	23	295	- 197
HIV/AIDS	28	98	28	195	- 98
Pancreas Cancer	29	94	14	656	- 562
Oesophagus Cancer	30	92	24	286	- 194
Drug Use	31	87	49	41	+ 46
Endocrine Disorders	32	81	17	487	- 406
Diarrhoeal diseases	33	71	35	134	- 63
Fires	34	71	48	54	+ 16
Inflammatory/Heart	35	62	22	314	- 252
Bladder Cancer	36	55	26	276	- 221
Peptic Ulcer Disease	37	48	46	57	- 8
Rheumatic Heart Disease	38	39	50	39	- 0
Ovary Cancer	39	36	32	160	- 124
Drownings	40	36	45	65	- 29
Tuberculosis	41	34	41	81	- 46
War	42	33	70	0	+ 32
Poisonings	43	32	55	17	+ 15
Epilepsy	44	28	40	86	- 58
Oral Cancer	45	25	31	167	- 142
Meningitis	46	25	58	10	+ 15
Skin Cancers	47	20	33	149	- 129
Cervical Cancer	48	19	29	172	- 153
Hepatitis B	49	16	63	4	+ 12
Multiple Sclerosis	50	16	56	13	+ 3
Uterin Cancer	51	14	38	115	- 101
Maternal Conditions	52	11	60	9	+ 2
Alcohol	53	10	39	104	- 95
Encephalitis	54	10	64	4	+ 6
Skin Disease	55	9	36	130	- 121
Malnutrition	56	6	43	73	- 67
Appendicitis	57	6	59	9	- 3
Other Neoplasms	58	4	19	464	- 459
Rheumatoid Arthritis	59	3	51	35	- 31
Pertussis	60	3	72	0	+ 3
Syphilis	61	2	66	3	- 1
Tetanus	62	1	71	0	+ 1
Upper Respiratory	63	1	62	5	- 4
Leishmaniasis	64	0	78	0	+ 0
Chlamydia	65	0	75	0	+ 0
Schistosomiasis	66	0	77	0	+ 0
Ascariasis	67	0	80	0	+ 0
Measles	68	0	74	0	+ 0
Hepatitis C	69	0	65	3	- 3
Diphtheria	70	0	73	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	71	0	67	2	- 2
Leprosy	72	0	69	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	73	0	81	0	- 0
Dengue	74	0	83	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	75	0	82	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	76	0	84	0	- 0
Malaria	77	0	79	0	- 0
Chagas disease	78	0	61	5	- 5
Trypanosomiasis	79	0	76	0	- 0
Depression	80	0	86	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	81	0	54	18	- 18
Anemia	82	0	44	71	- 71
Vitamin A Deficiency	83	0	85	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	84	0	52	32	- 32
Prostatic Hypertrophy	85	0	57	12	- 12
Oral conditions	86	0	68	1	- 1
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to URUGUAY

Iran

Uruguay

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.