IRAN VS MALDIVES: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	MALDIVES		IRAN		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	63,457	1	93,308	- 29,850
Stroke	2	32,539	2	36,730	- 4,191
Lung Disease	3	20,708	7	11,409	+ 9,299
Kidney Disease	4	18,274	6	11,810	+ 6,464
Alzheimers & Dementia	5	10,734	9	11,046	- 312
Diabetes Mellitus	6	10,645	5	13,910	- 3,265
Lung Cancers	7	8,262	11	6,784	+ 1,479
Influenza and Pneumonia	8	7,507	8	11,243	- 3,736
Breast Cancer	9	6,359	19	3,736	+ 2,623
Liver Cancer	10	6,097	20	3,714	+ 2,383
Liver Disease	11	5,543	12	6,637	- 1,094
Endocrine Disorders	12	4,915	32	2,092	+ 2,823
Cervical Cancer	13	4,889	48	501	+ 4,388
Colon-Rectum Cancers	14	4,767	15	4,575	+ 192
Congenital Anomalies	15	4,378	14	4,844	- 466
Falls	16	4,276	24	2,821	+ 1,454
Hypertension	17	3,724	4	16,415	- 12,691
Other Injuries	18	3,562	17	4,048	- 486
Oral Cancer	19	3,507	45	655	+ 2,852
Low Birth Weight	20	3,333	13	4,861	- 1,527
Suicide	21	3,304	16	4,334	- 1,029
Diarrhoeal diseases	22	3,262	33	1,836	+ 1,426
Drownings	23	3,145	40	930	+ 2,215
Leukemia	24	2,906	18	3,966	- 1,060
Parkinson's Disease	25	2,633	26	2,545	+ 88
Prostate Cancer	26	2,612	21	3,583	- 971
Tuberculosis	27	2,568	41	882	+ 1,686
Violence	28	2,274	27	2,535	- 262
Asthma	29	2,236	22	3,360	- 1,124
Ovary Cancer	30	2,108	39	937	+ 1,171
Road Traffic Accidents	31	1,964	3	17,803	- 15,838
Skin Disease	32	1,922	55	237	+ 1,685
Dengue	33	1,714	74	0	+ 1,714
Lymphomas	34	1,680	23	2,882	- 1,201
Maternal Conditions	35	1,237	52	285	+ 952
Inflammatory/Heart	36	1,215	35	1,611	- 395
Bladder Cancer	37	1,193	36	1,410	- 217
Epilepsy	38	1,112	44	719	+ 394
Birth Trauma	39	1,095	25	2,735	- 1,640
Pancreas Cancer	40	999	29	2,418	- 1,419
Fires	41	892	34	1,823	- 930
Peptic Ulcer Disease	42	817	37	1,246	- 429
Rheumatic Heart Disease	43	773	38	996	- 223
Encephalitis	44	616	54	246	+ 370
Malnutrition	45	613	56	157	+ 457
Other Neoplasms	46	463	58	112	+ 351
Uterin Cancer	47	448	51	355	+ 93
Drug Use	48	415	31	2,242	- 1,827
Stomach Cancer	49	277	10	9,822	- 9,545
Meningitis	50	245	46	642	- 396
Alcohol	51	152	53	253	- 101
Pertussis	52	84	60	75	+ 9
Rheumatoid Arthritis	53	77	59	80	- 3
Tetanus	54	63	62	37	+ 27
Poisonings	55	57	43	816	- 759
Hepatitis B	56	52	49	425	- 373
Multiple Sclerosis	57	48	50	405	- 357
Syphilis	58	33	61	52	- 19
Oesophagus Cancer	59	33	30	2,371	- 2,339
Measles	60	29	68	2	+ 27
Appendicitis	61	25	57	155	- 130
War	62	17	42	848	- 830
Skin Cancers	63	12	47	518	- 507
Hepatitis C	64	12	69	1	+ 10
Ascariasis	65	8	67	3	+ 6
Upper Respiratory	66	8	63	16	- 8
Chlamydia	67	3	65	4	- 1
Diphtheria	68	1	70	1	+ 0
Otitis Media	69	1	71	0	+ 1
Leprosy	70	0	72	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	71	0	66	3	- 3
Leishmaniasis	72	0	64	8	- 8
Chagas disease	73	0	78	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	74	0	79	0	- 0
Malaria	75	0	77	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	76	0	75	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	77	0	73	0	- 0
HIV/AIDS	78	0	28	2,521	- 2,521
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	76	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	80	0	85	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	81	0	84	0	- 0
Oral conditions	82	0	86	0	- 0
Depression	83	0	80	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	84	0	83	0	- 0
Anemia	85	0	82	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	86	0	81	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to IRAN

Maldives

Iran

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.