IRAN VS VIET NAM: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	VIET NAM		IRAN		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Stroke	1	132,910	2	36,730	+ 96,180
Coronary Heart Disease	2	76,837	1	93,308	- 16,471
Lung Disease	3	29,982	7	11,409	+ 18,573
Diabetes Mellitus	4	28,298	5	13,910	+ 14,389
Road Traffic Accidents	5	24,634	3	17,803	+ 6,831
Alzheimers & Dementia	6	24,493	9	11,046	+ 13,447
Influenza and Pneumonia	7	23,264	8	11,243	+ 12,021
Kidney Disease	8	21,104	6	11,810	+ 9,293
Liver Cancer	9	20,889	20	3,714	+ 17,174
Liver Disease	10	19,974	12	6,637	+ 13,337
Lung Cancers	11	17,796	11	6,784	+ 11,013
Hypertension	12	16,614	4	16,415	+ 199
Falls	13	12,893	24	2,821	+ 10,071
Stomach Cancer	14	12,648	10	9,822	+ 2,826
Tuberculosis	15	7,894	41	882	+ 7,012
Colon-Rectum Cancers	16	6,902	15	4,575	+ 2,326
Asthma	17	6,811	22	3,360	+ 3,451
Suicide	18	6,058	16	4,334	+ 1,724
Low Birth Weight	19	5,960	13	4,861	+ 1,100
Oral Cancer	20	5,924	45	655	+ 5,269
Congenital Anomalies	21	5,903	14	4,844	+ 1,060
Breast Cancer	22	5,171	19	3,736	+ 1,435
Other Injuries	23	4,629	17	4,048	+ 581
Inflammatory/Heart	24	4,477	35	1,611	+ 2,866
Parkinson's Disease	25	4,461	26	2,545	+ 1,916
Drownings	26	4,260	40	930	+ 3,329
HIV/AIDS	27	4,173	28	2,521	+ 1,652
Leukemia	28	4,094	18	3,966	+ 128
Diarrhoeal diseases	29	3,669	33	1,836	+ 1,832
Lymphomas	30	2,478	23	2,882	- 404
Cervical Cancer	31	1,998	48	501	+ 1,498
Birth Trauma	32	1,955	25	2,735	- 780
Oesophagus Cancer	33	1,893	30	2,371	- 478
Endocrine Disorders	34	1,740	32	2,092	- 352
Prostate Cancer	35	1,598	21	3,583	- 1,985
Violence	36	1,492	27	2,535	- 1,043
Measles	37	1,488	68	2	+ 1,485
Rheumatic Heart Disease	38	1,428	38	996	+ 432
Encephalitis	39	1,302	54	246	+ 1,056
Skin Disease	40	1,266	55	237	+ 1,029
Drug Use	41	1,141	31	2,242	- 1,101
Uterin Cancer	42	968	51	355	+ 613
Peptic Ulcer Disease	43	800	37	1,246	- 447
Pancreas Cancer	44	777	29	2,418	- 1,642
Bladder Cancer	45	749	36	1,410	- 661
Alcohol	46	724	53	253	+ 472
Ovary Cancer	47	722	39	937	- 215
Poisonings	48	695	43	816	- 121
Maternal Conditions	49	646	52	285	+ 361
Pertussis	50	589	60	75	+ 514
Meningitis	51	522	46	642	- 120
Fires	52	497	34	1,823	- 1,326
Epilepsy	53	487	44	719	- 232
Skin Cancers	54	390	47	518	- 128
Hepatitis B	55	317	49	425	- 108
Syphilis	56	274	61	52	+ 222
Other Neoplasms	57	272	58	112	+ 160
Tetanus	58	239	62	37	+ 203
Rheumatoid Arthritis	59	187	59	80	+ 107
Appendicitis	60	168	57	155	+ 13
Multiple Sclerosis	61	113	50	405	- 292
Dengue	62	106	74	0	+ 106
Malnutrition	63	100	56	157	- 56
Hepatitis C	64	66	69	1	+ 64
War	65	28	42	848	- 819
Upper Respiratory	66	28	63	16	+ 12
Malaria	67	12	77	0	+ 12
Ascariasis	68	7	67	3	+ 5
Diphtheria	69	3	70	1	+ 2
Chlamydia	70	1	65	4	- 3
Otitis Media	71	1	71	0	+ 0
Leprosy	72	0	72	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	73	0	73	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	74	0	75	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	75	0	76	0	- 0
Chagas disease	76	0	78	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	77	0	66	3	- 3
Leishmaniasis	78	0	64	8	- 8
Trypanosomiasis	79	0	79	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	80	0	83	0	- 0
Anemia	81	0	82	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	82	0	81	0	- 0
Depression	83	0	80	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	84	0	85	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	85	0	84	0	- 0
Oral conditions	86	0	86	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to IRAN

Viet Nam

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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.