IRAN VS SAUDI ARABIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	SAUDI ARABIA		IRAN		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	94,415	1	93,308	+ 1,107
Stroke	2	40,615	2	36,730	+ 3,886
Road Traffic Accidents	3	29,791	3	17,803	+ 11,988
Kidney Disease	4	21,891	6	11,810	+ 10,080
Influenza and Pneumonia	5	14,830	8	11,243	+ 3,587
Falls	6	12,916	24	2,821	+ 10,094
Liver Disease	7	11,927	12	6,637	+ 5,289
Other Injuries	8	9,684	17	4,048	+ 5,636
Diabetes Mellitus	9	9,408	5	13,910	- 4,502
Lung Disease	10	6,874	7	11,409	- 4,535
Alzheimers & Dementia	11	5,906	9	11,046	- 5,140
Congenital Anomalies	12	5,580	14	4,844	+ 737
Suicide	13	4,948	16	4,334	+ 614
Colon-Rectum Cancers	14	3,943	15	4,575	- 633
Endocrine Disorders	15	3,500	32	2,092	+ 1,408
Inflammatory/Heart	16	3,245	35	1,611	+ 1,634
Asthma	17	2,824	22	3,360	- 536
Low Birth Weight	18	2,392	13	4,861	- 2,469
Leukemia	19	2,237	18	3,966	- 1,730
Breast Cancer	20	2,195	19	3,736	- 1,541
Liver Cancer	21	2,044	20	3,714	- 1,671
Hypertension	22	2,017	4	16,415	- 14,398
Fires	23	1,996	34	1,823	+ 174
Drownings	24	1,987	40	930	+ 1,056
Parkinson's Disease	25	1,878	26	2,545	- 667
Lung Cancers	26	1,875	11	6,784	- 4,909
Tuberculosis	27	1,818	41	882	+ 936
Lymphomas	28	1,731	23	2,882	- 1,150
Epilepsy	29	1,680	44	719	+ 961
Violence	30	1,562	27	2,535	- 974
Pancreas Cancer	31	1,272	29	2,418	- 1,146
Skin Disease	32	1,249	55	237	+ 1,011
Drug Use	33	1,187	31	2,242	- 1,055
Oral Cancer	34	1,124	45	655	+ 469
Diarrhoeal diseases	35	1,104	33	1,836	- 732
Stomach Cancer	36	940	10	9,822	- 8,881
Birth Trauma	37	830	25	2,735	- 1,905
Uterin Cancer	38	781	51	355	+ 426
Rheumatic Heart Disease	39	677	38	996	- 319
Poisonings	40	676	43	816	- 140
Peptic Ulcer Disease	41	666	37	1,246	- 581
Ovary Cancer	42	599	39	937	- 339
Encephalitis	43	567	54	246	+ 321
Oesophagus Cancer	44	554	30	2,371	- 1,817
Meningitis	45	548	46	642	- 94
Bladder Cancer	46	518	36	1,410	- 892
HIV/AIDS	47	464	28	2,521	- 2,056
Maternal Conditions	48	417	52	285	+ 132
Cervical Cancer	49	379	48	501	- 122
Prostate Cancer	50	359	21	3,583	- 3,224
Alcohol	51	310	53	253	+ 58
Malnutrition	52	192	56	157	+ 35
Hepatitis B	53	138	49	425	- 287
Pertussis	54	136	60	75	+ 61
Skin Cancers	55	132	47	518	- 386
Multiple Sclerosis	56	118	50	405	- 287
Other Neoplasms	57	97	58	112	- 15
Appendicitis	58	84	57	155	- 71
Syphilis	59	79	61	52	+ 27
Schistosomiasis	60	60	66	3	+ 57
Tetanus	61	38	62	37	+ 1
Rheumatoid Arthritis	62	22	59	80	- 58
Dengue	63	21	74	0	+ 21
Hepatitis C	64	18	69	1	+ 17
War	65	8	42	848	- 840
Ascariasis	66	3	67	3	+ 1
Leishmaniasis	67	3	64	8	- 5
Measles	68	2	68	2	- 0
Diphtheria	69	1	70	1	+ 0
Upper Respiratory	70	1	63	16	- 15
Chlamydia	71	1	65	4	- 3
Otitis Media	72	0	71	0	- 0
Leprosy	73	0	72	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	74	0	79	0	- 0
Malaria	75	0	77	0	- 0
Chagas disease	76	0	78	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	77	0	76	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	78	0	73	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	79	0	75	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	80	0	84	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	81	0	85	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

Saudi Arabia

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.