ZAMBIA VS IRAN: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	IRAN		ZAMBIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	21,957	10	4,432	+ 17,525
Stroke	2	8,643	3	7,948	+ 695
Road Traffic Accidents	3	4,189	11	3,654	+ 535
Hypertension	4	3,863	13	2,616	+ 1,246
Diabetes Mellitus	5	3,273	14	2,395	+ 878
Kidney Disease	6	2,779	18	1,760	+ 1,019
Lung Disease	7	2,685	21	1,273	+ 1,412
Influenza and Pneumonia	8	2,646	2	9,517	- 6,871
Alzheimers & Dementia	9	2,599	29	590	+ 2,010
Stomach Cancer	10	2,311	42	206	+ 2,105
Lung Cancers	11	1,596	41	226	+ 1,371
Liver Disease	12	1,562	9	4,501	- 2,939
Low Birth Weight	13	1,144	8	4,857	- 3,713
Congenital Anomalies	14	1,140	12	3,146	- 2,006
Colon-Rectum Cancers	15	1,077	43	203	+ 874
Suicide	16	1,020	20	1,303	- 283
Other Injuries	17	953	19	1,729	- 776
Leukemia	18	933	39	261	+ 672
Breast Cancer	19	879	35	366	+ 513
Liver Cancer	20	874	46	177	+ 697
Prostate Cancer	21	843	30	561	+ 282
Asthma	22	791	26	741	+ 50
Lymphomas	23	678	31	548	+ 130
Falls	24	664	28	596	+ 68
Birth Trauma	25	644	7	5,062	- 4,418
Parkinson's Disease	26	599	47	164	+ 435
Violence	27	597	23	1,153	- 557
HIV/AIDS	28	593	1	17,234	- 16,641
Pancreas Cancer	29	569	62	42	+ 527
Oesophagus Cancer	30	558	36	359	+ 199
Drug Use	31	528	53	122	+ 405
Endocrine Disorders	32	492	37	354	+ 139
Diarrhoeal diseases	33	432	5	6,275	- 5,843
Fires	34	429	32	546	- 117
Inflammatory/Heart	35	379	33	501	- 122
Bladder Cancer	36	332	50	132	+ 200
Peptic Ulcer Disease	37	293	40	246	+ 48
Rheumatic Heart Disease	38	234	45	190	+ 45
Ovary Cancer	39	221	57	82	+ 138
Drownings	40	219	27	689	- 470
Tuberculosis	41	208	6	5,941	- 5,734
War	42	199	69	6	+ 193
Poisonings	43	192	34	456	- 264
Epilepsy	44	169	38	332	- 163
Oral Cancer	45	154	48	155	- 1
Meningitis	46	151	16	1,976	- 1,825
Skin Cancers	47	122	54	108	+ 14
Cervical Cancer	48	118	17	1,799	- 1,681
Hepatitis B	49	100	55	104	- 4
Multiple Sclerosis	50	95	67	13	+ 82
Uterin Cancer	51	84	64	30	+ 54
Maternal Conditions	52	67	22	1,188	- 1,121
Alcohol	53	59	49	140	- 80
Encephalitis	54	58	59	70	- 12
Skin Disease	55	56	52	126	- 70
Malnutrition	56	37	15	2,303	- 2,266
Appendicitis	57	36	56	84	- 47
Other Neoplasms	58	26	65	20	+ 6
Rheumatoid Arthritis	59	19	63	30	- 11
Pertussis	60	18	25	743	- 725
Syphilis	61	12	24	885	- 872
Tetanus	62	9	44	190	- 181
Upper Respiratory	63	4	60	68	- 64
Leishmaniasis	64	2	58	72	- 71
Chlamydia	65	1	71	3	- 3
Schistosomiasis	66	1	51	128	- 128
Ascariasis	67	1	68	9	- 8
Measles	68	1	61	48	- 48
Hepatitis C	69	0	66	18	- 17
Diphtheria	70	0	73	3	- 3
Otitis Media	71	0	70	5	- 5
Leprosy	72	0	77	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	73	0	75	0	- 0
Dengue	74	0	74	1	- 1
Hookworm Disease	75	0	76	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	76	0	78	0	- 0
Malaria	77	0	4	7,882	- 7,882
Chagas disease	78	0	79	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	79	0	72	3	- 3
Depression	80	0	80	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	81	0	81	0	- 0
Anemia	82	0	83	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	83	0	82	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	84	0	85	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	85	0	84	0	- 0
Oral conditions	86	0	86	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to ZAMBIA

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Zambia

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.