IRAN VS MICRONESIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	MICRONESIA		IRAN		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	171,475	1	93,308	+ 78,167
Diabetes Mellitus	2	108,907	5	13,910	+ 94,997
Stroke	3	105,700	2	36,730	+ 68,970
Kidney Disease	4	49,905	6	11,810	+ 38,095
Influenza and Pneumonia	5	45,947	8	11,243	+ 34,704
Lung Disease	6	36,582	7	11,409	+ 25,173
Suicide	7	28,496	16	4,334	+ 24,162
Hypertension	8	24,063	4	16,415	+ 7,647
Liver Disease	9	21,041	12	6,637	+ 14,404
Lung Cancers	10	20,351	11	6,784	+ 13,568
Drownings	11	15,284	40	930	+ 14,353
Breast Cancer	12	15,069	19	3,736	+ 11,333
Asthma	13	14,117	22	3,360	+ 10,757
Low Birth Weight	14	13,282	13	4,861	+ 8,421
Rheumatic Heart Disease	15	12,177	38	996	+ 11,181
Diarrhoeal diseases	16	11,915	33	1,836	+ 10,079
Other Injuries	17	11,809	17	4,048	+ 7,761
Congenital Anomalies	18	11,783	14	4,844	+ 6,939
Tuberculosis	19	11,104	41	882	+ 10,222
Stomach Cancer	20	10,419	10	9,822	+ 597
Birth Trauma	21	9,600	25	2,735	+ 6,865
Colon-Rectum Cancers	22	7,482	15	4,575	+ 2,906
Cervical Cancer	23	7,388	48	501	+ 6,887
Liver Cancer	24	7,240	20	3,714	+ 3,526
Peptic Ulcer Disease	25	5,872	37	1,246	+ 4,626
Alzheimers & Dementia	26	5,785	9	11,046	- 5,261
Falls	27	5,458	24	2,821	+ 2,637
Inflammatory/Heart	28	5,347	35	1,611	+ 3,736
Prostate Cancer	29	4,889	21	3,583	+ 1,306
Endocrine Disorders	30	4,708	32	2,092	+ 2,616
Violence	31	4,675	27	2,535	+ 2,140
Leukemia	32	4,456	18	3,966	+ 490
Parkinson's Disease	33	4,142	26	2,545	+ 1,597
Maternal Conditions	34	3,253	52	285	+ 2,968
Pancreas Cancer	35	3,217	29	2,418	+ 798
Lymphomas	36	3,192	23	2,882	+ 310
Pertussis	37	3,128	60	75	+ 3,053
Oral Cancer	38	2,996	45	655	+ 2,341
Meningitis	39	2,833	46	642	+ 2,191
Syphilis	40	2,681	61	52	+ 2,629
Uterin Cancer	41	2,541	51	355	+ 2,186
Skin Disease	42	2,431	55	237	+ 2,194
Epilepsy	43	2,421	44	719	+ 1,702
Malnutrition	44	2,358	56	157	+ 2,201
Ovary Cancer	45	2,048	39	937	+ 1,111
Alcohol	46	2,019	53	253	+ 1,766
Oesophagus Cancer	47	1,936	30	2,371	- 435
Fires	48	1,786	34	1,823	- 36
Bladder Cancer	49	1,385	36	1,410	- 24
Poisonings	50	903	43	816	+ 88
Skin Cancers	51	807	47	518	+ 288
Drug Use	52	548	31	2,242	- 1,694
Encephalitis	53	528	54	246	+ 282
Appendicitis	54	393	57	155	+ 238
Other Neoplasms	55	330	58	112	+ 219
Measles	56	309	68	2	+ 306
Hepatitis B	57	267	49	425	- 158
Road Traffic Accidents	58	162	3	17,803	- 17,641
Tetanus	59	149	62	37	+ 113
Rheumatoid Arthritis	60	130	59	80	+ 49
Dengue	61	123	74	0	+ 123
Multiple Sclerosis	62	122	50	405	- 283
Hepatitis C	63	32	69	1	+ 31
Diphtheria	64	31	70	1	+ 30
Ascariasis	65	28	67	3	+ 26
War	66	12	42	848	- 836
Chlamydia	67	11	65	4	+ 7
Upper Respiratory	68	8	63	16	- 8
Otitis Media	69	1	71	0	+ 1
Leprosy	70	0	72	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	71	0	73	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	72	0	75	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	73	0	76	0	- 0
HIV/AIDS	74	0	28	2,521	- 2,521
Leishmaniasis	75	0	64	8	- 8
Chagas disease	76	0	78	0	- 0
Malaria	77	0	77	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	79	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	79	0	66	3	- 3
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
Schizophrenia	84	0	81	0	- 0
Anemia	85	0	82	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	86	0	83	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to IRAN

Micronesia

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.