IRAN VS NICARAGUA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	NICARAGUA		IRAN		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	77,353	1	93,308	- 15,955
Kidney Disease	2	46,767	6	11,810	+ 34,956
Stroke	3	29,448	2	36,730	- 7,282
Diabetes Mellitus	4	27,369	5	13,910	+ 13,459
Lung Disease	5	20,777	7	11,409	+ 9,368
Liver Disease	6	15,928	12	6,637	+ 9,290
Influenza and Pneumonia	7	15,244	8	11,243	+ 4,001
Road Traffic Accidents	8	14,675	3	17,803	- 3,127
Hypertension	9	14,603	4	16,415	- 1,812
Violence	10	8,188	27	2,535	+ 5,652
Congenital Anomalies	11	7,555	14	4,844	+ 2,712
Liver Cancer	12	6,733	20	3,714	+ 3,018
Low Birth Weight	13	6,482	13	4,861	+ 1,621
Stomach Cancer	14	6,322	10	9,822	- 3,500
Prostate Cancer	15	5,110	21	3,583	+ 1,527
Cervical Cancer	16	4,952	48	501	+ 4,452
Other Injuries	17	4,733	17	4,048	+ 685
Colon-Rectum Cancers	18	4,175	15	4,575	- 401
Suicide	19	3,768	16	4,334	- 566
Breast Cancer	20	3,747	19	3,736	+ 11
Alcohol	21	3,689	53	253	+ 3,436
Falls	22	3,655	24	2,821	+ 834
Lung Cancers	23	3,625	11	6,784	- 3,158
Leukemia	24	3,004	18	3,966	- 962
Birth Trauma	25	2,620	25	2,735	- 115
Other Neoplasms	26	2,545	58	112	+ 2,433
Pancreas Cancer	27	2,353	29	2,418	- 65
Endocrine Disorders	28	2,166	32	2,092	+ 74
Lymphomas	29	2,166	23	2,882	- 716
Malnutrition	30	2,159	56	157	+ 2,002
Skin Disease	31	2,142	55	237	+ 1,904
Drownings	32	2,077	40	930	+ 1,146
Alzheimers & Dementia	33	1,973	9	11,046	- 9,074
Inflammatory/Heart	34	1,845	35	1,611	+ 235
HIV/AIDS	35	1,843	28	2,521	- 678
Diarrhoeal diseases	36	1,620	33	1,836	- 216
Tuberculosis	37	1,518	41	882	+ 637
Asthma	38	1,389	22	3,360	- 1,971
Maternal Conditions	39	1,166	52	285	+ 881
Peptic Ulcer Disease	40	1,132	37	1,246	- 115
Epilepsy	41	981	44	719	+ 263
Parkinson's Disease	42	883	26	2,545	- 1,662
Oral Cancer	43	851	45	655	+ 196
Ovary Cancer	44	811	39	937	- 126
Skin Cancers	45	780	47	518	+ 261
Drug Use	46	666	31	2,242	- 1,576
Oesophagus Cancer	47	554	30	2,371	- 1,817
Uterin Cancer	48	515	51	355	+ 160
Appendicitis	49	420	57	155	+ 265
Rheumatoid Arthritis	50	405	59	80	+ 325
Meningitis	51	383	46	642	- 258
Bladder Cancer	52	370	36	1,410	- 1,039
Anemia	53	370	82	0	+ 370
Rheumatic Heart Disease	54	264	38	996	- 732
Poisonings	55	233	43	816	- 583
Prostatic Hypertrophy	56	224	85	0	+ 224
Fires	57	217	34	1,823	- 1,606
Encephalitis	58	135	54	246	- 111
Osteoarthritis	59	129	84	0	+ 129
Syphilis	60	124	61	52	+ 72
Multiple Sclerosis	61	90	50	405	- 316
Hepatitis B	62	68	49	425	- 357
Oral conditions	63	61	86	0	+ 61
Dengue	64	58	74	0	+ 58
Chagas disease	65	52	78	0	+ 52
Schizophrenia	66	44	81	0	+ 44
Pertussis	67	40	60	75	- 36
Hepatitis C	68	16	69	1	+ 15
Ascariasis	69	11	67	3	+ 8
War	70	9	42	848	- 839
Leprosy	71	8	72	0	+ 8
Upper Respiratory	72	7	63	16	- 9
Iodine Deficiency	73	6	76	0	+ 6
Chlamydia	74	4	65	4	+ 1
Otitis Media	75	2	71	0	+ 2
Leishmaniasis	76	1	64	8	- 7
Diphtheria	77	1	70	1	- 0
Measles	78	0	68	2	- 2
Tetanus	79	0	62	37	- 37
Hookworm Disease	80	0	75	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	81	0	73	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	82	0	79	0	- 0
Malaria	83	0	77	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	84	0	66	3	- 3
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	83	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	80	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to IRAN

Nicaragua

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.