ZIMBABWE VS IRAN: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	IRAN		ZIMBABWE		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	18,105	3	8,493	+ 9,612
Stroke	2	7,127	5	5,126	+ 2,001
Road Traffic Accidents	3	3,454	4	6,037	- 2,583
Hypertension	4	3,185	24	1,146	+ 2,039
Diabetes Mellitus	5	2,699	9	3,344	- 645
Kidney Disease	6	2,292	12	2,214	+ 78
Lung Disease	7	2,214	23	1,163	+ 1,050
Influenza and Pneumonia	8	2,182	2	10,779	- 8,598
Alzheimers & Dementia	9	2,143	31	768	+ 1,376
Stomach Cancer	10	1,906	33	559	+ 1,347
Lung Cancers	11	1,316	43	286	+ 1,030
Liver Disease	12	1,288	17	1,941	- 653
Low Birth Weight	13	943	7	4,038	- 3,094
Congenital Anomalies	14	940	11	2,217	- 1,277
Colon-Rectum Cancers	15	888	40	505	+ 383
Suicide	16	841	13	2,069	- 1,228
Other Injuries	17	785	20	1,656	- 870
Leukemia	18	770	45	244	+ 526
Breast Cancer	19	725	28	839	- 114
Liver Cancer	20	721	38	510	+ 211
Prostate Cancer	21	695	32	628	+ 67
Asthma	22	652	21	1,531	- 879
Lymphomas	23	559	26	960	- 401
Falls	24	547	41	465	+ 83
Birth Trauma	25	531	8	3,405	- 2,875
Parkinson's Disease	26	494	46	226	+ 268
Violence	27	492	18	1,916	- 1,424
HIV/AIDS	28	489	1	19,988	- 19,499
Pancreas Cancer	29	469	47	217	+ 253
Oesophagus Cancer	30	460	29	801	- 341
Drug Use	31	435	48	213	+ 223
Endocrine Disorders	32	406	34	553	- 148
Diarrhoeal diseases	33	356	6	4,595	- 4,238
Fires	34	354	30	793	- 439
Inflammatory/Heart	35	313	25	1,047	- 735
Bladder Cancer	36	274	54	125	+ 149
Peptic Ulcer Disease	37	242	35	548	- 306
Rheumatic Heart Disease	38	193	36	542	- 349
Ovary Cancer	39	182	51	173	+ 8
Drownings	40	181	27	956	- 775
Tuberculosis	41	171	16	1,999	- 1,828
War	42	164	65	26	+ 138
Poisonings	43	158	37	515	- 357
Epilepsy	44	139	39	508	- 368
Oral Cancer	45	127	49	208	- 81
Meningitis	46	124	22	1,325	- 1,201
Skin Cancers	47	101	44	264	- 163
Cervical Cancer	48	97	14	2,023	- 1,926
Hepatitis B	49	82	60	57	+ 26
Multiple Sclerosis	50	79	67	14	+ 65
Uterin Cancer	51	69	50	182	- 113
Maternal Conditions	52	55	19	1,749	- 1,694
Alcohol	53	49	61	48	+ 1
Encephalitis	54	48	56	117	- 70
Skin Disease	55	46	52	173	- 127
Malnutrition	56	30	10	2,396	- 2,366
Appendicitis	57	30	58	66	- 36
Other Neoplasms	58	22	62	37	- 16
Rheumatoid Arthritis	59	16	64	26	- 11
Pertussis	60	15	42	419	- 404
Syphilis	61	10	55	124	- 114
Tetanus	62	7	57	102	- 95
Upper Respiratory	63	3	59	65	- 62
Leishmaniasis	64	2	77	0	+ 2
Chlamydia	65	1	69	3	- 2
Schistosomiasis	66	1	53	172	- 171
Ascariasis	67	1	70	2	- 2
Measles	68	0	63	30	- 30
Hepatitis C	69	0	66	14	- 14
Diphtheria	70	0	72	2	- 2
Otitis Media	71	0	68	3	- 3
Leprosy	72	0	78	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	73	0	74	0	- 0
Dengue	74	0	73	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	75	0	75	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	76	0	79	0	- 0
Malaria	77	0	15	2,003	- 2,003
Chagas disease	78	0	76	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	79	0	71	2	- 2
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 ZIMBABWE

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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.