IRAN VS SWAZILAND: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	SWAZILAND		IRAN		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
HIV/AIDS	1	179,684	28	2,521	+ 177,164
Influenza and Pneumonia	2	71,498	8	11,243	+ 60,255
Diabetes Mellitus	3	69,273	5	13,910	+ 55,363
Stroke	4	62,165	2	36,730	+ 25,435
Coronary Heart Disease	5	58,631	1	93,308	- 34,677
Diarrhoeal diseases	6	40,164	33	1,836	+ 38,328
Road Traffic Accidents	7	29,844	3	17,803	+ 12,042
Kidney Disease	8	29,604	6	11,810	+ 17,793
Suicide	9	26,215	16	4,334	+ 21,881
Hypertension	10	22,684	4	16,415	+ 6,269
Liver Disease	11	21,252	12	6,637	+ 14,615
Lung Disease	12	20,540	7	11,409	+ 9,131
Tuberculosis	13	19,866	41	882	+ 18,985
Low Birth Weight	14	18,096	13	4,861	+ 13,235
Cervical Cancer	15	16,691	48	501	+ 16,190
Violence	16	16,487	27	2,535	+ 13,952
Other Injuries	17	14,765	17	4,048	+ 10,717
Birth Trauma	18	12,928	25	2,735	+ 10,193
Congenital Anomalies	19	12,459	14	4,844	+ 7,616
Asthma	20	11,612	22	3,360	+ 8,252
Maternal Conditions	21	8,993	52	285	+ 8,709
Malnutrition	22	8,217	56	157	+ 8,060
Meningitis	23	7,566	46	642	+ 6,925
Inflammatory/Heart	24	7,277	35	1,611	+ 5,667
Drownings	25	6,752	40	930	+ 5,822
Fires	26	6,496	34	1,823	+ 4,673
Alzheimers & Dementia	27	5,946	9	11,046	- 5,100
Endocrine Disorders	28	5,759	32	2,092	+ 3,666
Peptic Ulcer Disease	29	3,948	37	1,246	+ 2,701
Epilepsy	30	3,549	44	719	+ 2,830
Prostate Cancer	31	3,489	21	3,583	- 94
Falls	32	3,201	24	2,821	+ 380
Pertussis	33	3,011	60	75	+ 2,936
Poisonings	34	2,911	43	816	+ 2,095
Breast Cancer	35	2,864	19	3,736	- 872
Lymphomas	36	2,413	23	2,882	- 469
Liver Cancer	37	2,277	20	3,714	- 1,437
Drug Use	38	2,083	31	2,242	- 159
Rheumatic Heart Disease	39	2,034	38	996	+ 1,038
Skin Disease	40	1,962	55	237	+ 1,725
Parkinson's Disease	41	1,852	26	2,545	- 693
Skin Cancers	42	1,544	47	518	+ 1,026
Colon-Rectum Cancers	43	1,448	15	4,575	- 3,127
Oesophagus Cancer	44	1,435	30	2,371	- 936
Syphilis	45	1,353	61	52	+ 1,301
Lung Cancers	46	1,290	11	6,784	- 5,494
Leukemia	47	1,267	18	3,966	- 2,700
Alcohol	48	1,245	53	253	+ 993
Schistosomiasis	49	995	66	3	+ 992
Uterin Cancer	50	889	51	355	+ 534
Oral Cancer	51	794	45	655	+ 140
Ovary Cancer	52	770	39	937	- 167
Stomach Cancer	53	530	10	9,822	- 9,292
Appendicitis	54	514	57	155	+ 359
Bladder Cancer	55	469	36	1,410	- 941
Pancreas Cancer	56	469	29	2,418	- 1,950
Hepatitis B	57	459	49	425	+ 34
Rheumatoid Arthritis	58	381	59	80	+ 301
Encephalitis	59	375	54	246	+ 129
Upper Respiratory	60	322	63	16	+ 307
Other Neoplasms	61	306	58	112	+ 194
Tetanus	62	286	62	37	+ 249
Multiple Sclerosis	63	116	50	405	- 289
Measles	64	49	68	2	+ 47
Hepatitis C	65	28	69	1	+ 27
Ascariasis	66	23	67	3	+ 20
Malaria	67	22	77	0	+ 22
Otitis Media	68	20	71	0	+ 20
Chlamydia	69	15	65	4	+ 11
Diphtheria	70	14	70	1	+ 13
War	71	13	42	848	- 834
Dengue	72	2	74	0	+ 2
Hookworm Disease	73	0	75	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	74	0	73	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	75	0	76	0	- 0
Leprosy	76	0	72	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	77	0	64	8	- 8
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	79	0	- 0
Chagas disease	79	0	78	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	80	0	85	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	81	0	84	0	- 0
Oral conditions	82	0	86	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	83	0	81	0	- 0
Anemia	84	0	82	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	83	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	80	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to IRAN

Swaziland

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.