VENEZUELA VS IRAN: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	IRAN		VENEZUELA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	32,990	1	26,905	+ 6,085
Stroke	2	12,986	3	12,133	+ 853
Road Traffic Accidents	3	6,294	5	11,127	- 4,833
Hypertension	4	5,804	9	5,195	+ 609
Diabetes Mellitus	5	4,918	4	11,176	- 6,258
Kidney Disease	6	4,176	8	5,932	- 1,756
Lung Disease	7	4,034	10	5,150	- 1,116
Influenza and Pneumonia	8	3,975	7	7,188	- 3,213
Alzheimers & Dementia	9	3,906	35	572	+ 3,334
Stomach Cancer	10	3,473	17	2,175	+ 1,298
Lung Cancers	11	2,398	11	3,900	- 1,501
Liver Disease	12	2,347	16	2,340	+ 6
Low Birth Weight	13	1,719	12	3,088	- 1,369
Congenital Anomalies	14	1,713	14	2,846	- 1,133
Colon-Rectum Cancers	15	1,618	19	2,037	- 420
Suicide	16	1,532	34	585	+ 947
Other Injuries	17	1,431	21	1,693	- 262
Leukemia	18	1,402	27	1,007	+ 395
Breast Cancer	19	1,321	15	2,563	- 1,242
Liver Cancer	20	1,313	26	1,029	+ 284
Prostate Cancer	21	1,267	13	2,848	- 1,582
Asthma	22	1,188	46	311	+ 877
Lymphomas	23	1,019	23	1,248	- 229
Falls	24	998	28	865	+ 132
Birth Trauma	25	967	24	1,087	- 120
Parkinson's Disease	26	900	48	252	+ 648
Violence	27	896	2	18,132	- 17,236
HIV/AIDS	28	891	6	7,490	- 6,599
Pancreas Cancer	29	855	25	1,082	- 227
Oesophagus Cancer	30	838	44	370	+ 468
Drug Use	31	793	50	225	+ 568
Endocrine Disorders	32	740	30	760	- 20
Diarrhoeal diseases	33	649	22	1,359	- 710
Fires	34	644	54	144	+ 500
Inflammatory/Heart	35	570	33	599	- 29
Bladder Cancer	36	498	45	365	+ 134
Peptic Ulcer Disease	37	441	40	418	+ 23
Rheumatic Heart Disease	38	352	57	80	+ 272
Ovary Cancer	39	331	36	563	- 231
Drownings	40	329	43	388	- 59
Tuberculosis	41	312	31	748	- 436
War	42	300	51	185	+ 115
Poisonings	43	288	58	68	+ 221
Epilepsy	44	254	41	411	- 156
Oral Cancer	45	231	38	544	- 313
Meningitis	46	227	49	251	- 24
Skin Cancers	47	183	37	553	- 370
Cervical Cancer	48	177	20	1,986	- 1,809
Hepatitis B	49	150	63	30	+ 121
Multiple Sclerosis	50	143	60	51	+ 93
Uterin Cancer	51	126	47	309	- 184
Maternal Conditions	52	101	39	422	- 321
Alcohol	53	89	62	34	+ 55
Encephalitis	54	87	61	37	+ 50
Skin Disease	55	84	66	18	+ 66
Malnutrition	56	55	32	629	- 574
Appendicitis	57	55	56	98	- 43
Other Neoplasms	58	39	18	2,167	- 2,128
Rheumatoid Arthritis	59	28	52	180	- 152
Pertussis	60	27	64	26	+ 1
Syphilis	61	18	67	15	+ 3
Tetanus	62	13	68	8	+ 5
Upper Respiratory	63	6	74	1	+ 4
Leishmaniasis	64	3	73	3	+ 0
Chlamydia	65	1	82	0	+ 1
Schistosomiasis	66	1	76	1	+ 0
Ascariasis	67	1	70	5	- 4
Measles	68	1	79	0	+ 1
Hepatitis C	69	0	65	21	- 21
Diphtheria	70	0	78	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	71	0	75	1	- 1
Leprosy	72	0	71	4	- 4
Trichuriasis	73	0	81	0	- 0
Dengue	74	0	59	65	- 65
Hookworm Disease	75	0	80	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	76	0	77	0	- 0
Malaria	77	0	42	402	- 402
Chagas disease	78	0	29	826	- 826
Trypanosomiasis	79	0	83	0	- 0
Depression	80	0	85	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	81	0	69	6	- 6
Anemia	82	0	55	126	- 126
Vitamin A Deficiency	83	0	84	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	84	0	72	3	- 3
Prostatic Hypertrophy	85	0	53	151	- 151
Oral conditions	86	0	86	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to VENEZUELA

Iran

Venezuela

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.