IRAN VS ITALY: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	ITALY		IRAN		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	140,799	1	93,308	+ 47,491
Stroke	2	90,806	2	36,730	+ 54,076
Alzheimers & Dementia	3	60,086	9	11,046	+ 49,040
Lung Cancers	4	49,514	11	6,784	+ 42,731
Lung Disease	5	46,948	7	11,409	+ 35,539
Hypertension	6	43,394	4	16,415	+ 26,979
Colon-Rectum Cancers	7	30,813	15	4,575	+ 26,238
Diabetes Mellitus	8	28,758	5	13,910	+ 14,848
Influenza and Pneumonia	9	23,688	8	11,243	+ 12,444
Breast Cancer	10	20,106	19	3,736	+ 16,370
Kidney Disease	11	18,450	6	11,810	+ 6,639
Other Injuries	12	17,560	17	4,048	+ 13,512
Pancreas Cancer	13	17,535	29	2,418	+ 15,116
Stomach Cancer	14	14,864	10	9,822	+ 5,042
Other Neoplasms	15	14,475	58	112	+ 14,363
Lymphomas	16	14,020	23	2,882	+ 11,138
Liver Cancer	17	13,947	20	3,714	+ 10,233
Endocrine Disorders	18	12,223	32	2,092	+ 10,131
Parkinson's Disease	19	12,218	26	2,545	+ 9,673
Prostate Cancer	20	12,192	21	3,583	+ 8,609
Leukemia	21	9,755	18	3,966	+ 5,789
Bladder Cancer	22	9,729	36	1,410	+ 8,319
Liver Disease	23	8,060	12	6,637	+ 1,423
Inflammatory/Heart	24	8,019	35	1,611	+ 6,408
Falls	25	6,122	24	2,821	+ 3,300
Suicide	26	5,860	16	4,334	+ 1,526
Oral Cancer	27	4,847	45	655	+ 4,193
Ovary Cancer	28	4,758	39	937	+ 3,820
Skin Cancers	29	4,696	47	518	+ 4,177
Road Traffic Accidents	30	4,669	3	17,803	- 13,133
Hepatitis C	31	3,553	69	1	+ 3,552
Rheumatic Heart Disease	32	3,212	38	996	+ 2,216
Uterin Cancer	33	3,186	51	355	+ 2,831
Oesophagus Cancer	34	2,965	30	2,371	+ 594
Anemia	35	2,425	82	0	+ 2,425
Diarrhoeal diseases	36	2,351	33	1,836	+ 515
Congenital Anomalies	37	2,092	14	4,844	- 2,751
Skin Disease	38	2,087	55	237	+ 1,850
Epilepsy	39	1,938	44	719	+ 1,219
Cervical Cancer	40	1,673	48	501	+ 1,172
Malnutrition	41	1,124	56	157	+ 968
Rheumatoid Arthritis	42	1,017	59	80	+ 937
Peptic Ulcer Disease	43	1,000	37	1,246	- 246
Multiple Sclerosis	44	981	50	405	+ 576
Drug Use	45	948	31	2,242	- 1,294
HIV/AIDS	46	754	28	2,521	- 1,767
Asthma	47	716	22	3,360	- 2,644
Osteoarthritis	48	698	84	0	+ 698
Schizophrenia	49	615	81	0	+ 615
Violence	50	592	27	2,535	- 1,943
Low Birth Weight	51	518	13	4,861	- 4,342
Drownings	52	499	40	930	- 432
Tuberculosis	53	487	41	882	- 395
Hepatitis B	54	484	49	425	+ 59
Alcohol	55	402	53	253	+ 149
Fires	56	393	34	1,823	- 1,430
Prostatic Hypertrophy	57	349	85	0	+ 349
Poisonings	58	223	43	816	- 592
Birth Trauma	59	203	25	2,735	- 2,532
Meningitis	60	185	46	642	- 456
Appendicitis	61	70	57	155	- 85
Oral conditions	62	69	86	0	+ 69
Tetanus	63	31	62	37	- 5
Upper Respiratory	64	29	63	16	+ 14
Otitis Media	65	23	71	0	+ 23
War	66	9	42	848	- 839
Maternal Conditions	67	9	52	285	- 276
Encephalitis	68	7	54	246	- 239
Syphilis	69	6	61	52	- 46
Leishmaniasis	70	5	64	8	- 3
Measles	71	2	68	2	- 0
Chagas disease	72	1	78	0	+ 1
Pertussis	73	1	60	75	- 74
Leprosy	74	1	72	0	+ 1
Iodine Deficiency	75	1	76	0	+ 1
Diphtheria	76	0	70	1	- 1
Trypanosomiasis	77	0	79	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	78	0	66	3	- 3
Malaria	79	0	77	0	- 0
Ascariasis	80	0	67	3	- 3
Dengue	81	0	74	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	82	0	73	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	83	0	75	0	- 0
Chlamydia	84	0	65	4	- 4
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	83	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	80	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to IRAN

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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.