YEMEN VS IRAN: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	IRAN		YEMEN		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	33,930	1	30,158	+ 3,772
Stroke	2	13,356	2	13,570	- 213
Road Traffic Accidents	3	6,474	6	8,561	- 2,087
Hypertension	4	5,969	8	5,293	+ 676
Diabetes Mellitus	5	5,058	19	1,794	+ 3,264
Kidney Disease	6	4,295	15	2,679	+ 1,616
Lung Disease	7	4,149	11	3,196	+ 953
Influenza and Pneumonia	8	4,088	4	11,978	- 7,890
Alzheimers & Dementia	9	4,017	22	1,405	+ 2,612
Stomach Cancer	10	3,572	31	902	+ 2,669
Lung Cancers	11	2,467	41	569	+ 1,898
Liver Disease	12	2,414	13	2,891	- 478
Low Birth Weight	13	1,767	5	8,810	- 7,042
Congenital Anomalies	14	1,761	10	4,291	- 2,530
Colon-Rectum Cancers	15	1,664	30	913	+ 751
Suicide	16	1,576	21	1,699	- 123
Other Injuries	17	1,472	16	2,225	- 753
Leukemia	18	1,442	34	776	+ 666
Breast Cancer	19	1,359	26	1,134	+ 225
Liver Cancer	20	1,351	39	609	+ 742
Prostate Cancer	21	1,303	63	39	+ 1,264
Asthma	22	1,222	17	2,106	- 884
Lymphomas	23	1,048	45	433	+ 615
Falls	24	1,026	24	1,170	- 144
Birth Trauma	25	995	7	5,939	- 4,945
Parkinson's Disease	26	925	49	362	+ 564
Violence	27	922	14	2,839	- 1,917
HIV/AIDS	28	917	46	396	+ 521
Pancreas Cancer	29	879	51	283	+ 597
Oesophagus Cancer	30	862	35	765	+ 98
Drug Use	31	815	38	613	+ 203
Endocrine Disorders	32	761	36	738	+ 23
Diarrhoeal diseases	33	668	9	4,372	- 3,704
Fires	34	663	29	991	- 328
Inflammatory/Heart	35	586	40	585	+ 1
Bladder Cancer	36	513	55	160	+ 352
Peptic Ulcer Disease	37	453	33	833	- 380
Rheumatic Heart Disease	38	362	37	707	- 345
Ovary Cancer	39	341	52	188	+ 153
Drownings	40	338	25	1,142	- 804
Tuberculosis	41	321	18	1,899	- 1,579
War	42	308	3	12,915	- 12,607
Poisonings	43	297	44	532	- 235
Epilepsy	44	261	43	539	- 278
Oral Cancer	45	238	42	547	- 309
Meningitis	46	233	28	1,018	- 785
Skin Cancers	47	189	58	100	+ 89
Cervical Cancer	48	182	57	119	+ 63
Hepatitis B	49	155	50	299	- 145
Multiple Sclerosis	50	147	62	42	+ 106
Uterin Cancer	51	129	69	5	+ 124
Maternal Conditions	52	104	32	890	- 786
Alcohol	53	92	59	78	+ 14
Encephalitis	54	89	48	369	- 279
Skin Disease	55	86	61	44	+ 42
Malnutrition	56	57	27	1,058	- 1,001
Appendicitis	57	56	54	162	- 105
Other Neoplasms	58	41	64	21	+ 20
Rheumatoid Arthritis	59	29	66	14	+ 15
Pertussis	60	27	23	1,239	- 1,212
Syphilis	61	19	53	175	- 156
Tetanus	62	13	47	395	- 381
Upper Respiratory	63	6	70	5	+ 1
Leishmaniasis	64	3	71	2	+ 1
Chlamydia	65	1	72	1	+ 1
Schistosomiasis	66	1	56	124	- 123
Ascariasis	67	1	65	17	- 16
Measles	68	1	12	3,019	- 3,018
Hepatitis C	69	0	68	8	- 8
Diphtheria	70	0	67	14	- 13
Otitis Media	71	0	73	0	- 0
Leprosy	72	0	74	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	73	0	78	0	- 0
Dengue	74	0	60	71	- 71
Hookworm Disease	75	0	77	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	76	0	79	0	- 0
Malaria	77	0	20	1,719	- 1,719
Chagas disease	78	0	75	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	79	0	76	0	- 0
Depression	80	0	83	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	81	0	86	0	- 0
Anemia	82	0	84	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	83	0	85	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	84	0	81	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	85	0	80	0	- 0
Oral conditions	86	0	82	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to YEMEN

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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.