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Iran
COUNTRY #1
Afghanistan Albania Algeria Angola Antigua/Bar. Arab Emirates Argentina Armenia Australia Austria Azerbaijan Bahamas Bahrain Bangladesh Barbados Belarus Belgium Belize Benin Bhutan Bolivia Bosnia/Herzeg. Botswana Brazil Brunei Bulgaria Burkina Faso Burundi Cambodia Cameroon Canada Cape Verde Central Africa Chad Chile China Colombia Comoros Congo Costa Rica Cote d Ivoire Croatia Cuba Cyprus Czech Republic Denmark Djibouti Dominican Rep. DR Congo Ecuador Egypt El Salvador Equ. Guinea Eritrea Estonia Ethiopia Fiji Finland France Gabon Gambia Georgia Germany Ghana Greece Grenada Guatemala Guinea Guinea-Bissau Guyana Haiti Honduras Hungary Iceland India Indonesia Iran Iraq Ireland Israel Italy Jamaica Japan Jordan Kazakhstan Kenya Kiribati Kuwait Kyrgyzstan Laos Latvia Lebanon Lesotho Liberia Libya Lithuania Luxembourg Madagascar Malawi Malaysia Maldives Mali Malta Mauritania Mauritius Mexico Micronesia Moldova Mongolia Montenegro Morocco Mozambique Myanmar Namibia Nepal Netherlands New Guinea New Zealand Nicaragua Niger Nigeria No Macedonia North Korea Norway Oman Pakistan Panama Paraguay Peru Philippines Poland Portugal Qatar Romania Russia Rwanda Saint Lucia Saint Vincent Samoa Sao Tome Saudi Arabia Senegal Serbia Seychelles Sierra Leone Singapore Slovakia Slovenia Solomon Isl. Somalia South Africa South Korea South Sudan Spain Sri Lanka Sudan Suriname Swaziland Sweden Switzerland Syria Tajikistan Tanzania Thailand Timor-Leste Togo Tonga Trinidad/Tob. Tunisia Turkey Turkmenistan Uganda Ukraine United Kingdom United States Uruguay Uzbekistan Vanuatu Venezuela Viet Nam Yemen Zambia Zimbabwe

Compare Iran and Uganda health profiles including life expectancy history, causes of death and population dynamics side by side. Health Data used is WHO, World Bank and the United Nations for population.

Uganda
COUNTRY #2
Afghanistan Albania Algeria Angola Antigua/Bar. Arab Emirates Argentina Armenia Australia Austria Azerbaijan Bahamas Bahrain Bangladesh Barbados Belarus Belgium Belize Benin Bhutan Bolivia Bosnia/Herzeg. Botswana Brazil Brunei Bulgaria Burkina Faso Burundi Cambodia Cameroon Canada Cape Verde Central Africa Chad Chile China Colombia Comoros Congo Costa Rica Cote d Ivoire Croatia Cuba Cyprus Czech Republic Denmark Djibouti Dominican Rep. DR Congo Ecuador Egypt El Salvador Equ. Guinea Eritrea Estonia Ethiopia Fiji Finland France Gabon Gambia Georgia Germany Ghana Greece Grenada Guatemala Guinea Guinea-Bissau Guyana Haiti Honduras Hungary Iceland India Indonesia Iran Iraq Ireland Israel Italy Jamaica Japan Jordan Kazakhstan Kenya Kiribati Kuwait Kyrgyzstan Laos Latvia Lebanon Lesotho Liberia Libya Lithuania Luxembourg Madagascar Malawi Malaysia Maldives Mali Malta Mauritania Mauritius Mexico Micronesia Moldova Mongolia Montenegro Morocco Mozambique Myanmar Namibia Nepal Netherlands New Guinea New Zealand Nicaragua Niger Nigeria No Macedonia North Korea Norway Oman Pakistan Panama Paraguay Peru Philippines Poland Portugal Qatar Romania Russia Rwanda Saint Lucia Saint Vincent Samoa Sao Tome Saudi Arabia Senegal Serbia Seychelles Sierra Leone Singapore Slovakia Slovenia Solomon Isl. Somalia South Africa South Korea South Sudan Spain Sri Lanka Sudan Suriname Swaziland Sweden Switzerland Syria Tajikistan Tanzania Thailand Timor-Leste Togo Tonga Trinidad/Tob. Tunisia Turkey Turkmenistan Uganda Ukraine United Kingdom United States Uruguay Uzbekistan Vanuatu Venezuela Viet Nam Yemen Zambia Zimbabwe
DYNAMIC PYRAMIDS
Data Source: United Nations
Iran Population Pyramid
103,098,083
Uganda Population Pyramid
89,446,901
LIFE EXPECTANCY HISTORY
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Iran IRAN   Uganda UGANDA
  Iran IRAN   Uganda UGANDA
       
World Rank
       
World Rank
  M F All M F All   M F All M F All
1960
48.5
48.5
48.5
96
105
100
 
42.7
45.9
44.2
122
121
122
1970
54.2
54.0
54.1
95
111
102
 
48.4
51.4
49.9
123
119
122
1980
58.3
59.7
58.9
103
117
109
 
48.6
51.6
50.1
146
144
144
1990
63.7
65.9
64.8
100
114
110
 
48.1
51.8
49.9
162
162
162
2000
69.4
71.2
70.3
66
102
90
 
45.1
48.0
46.6
176
176
176
2010
72.7
75.6
74.1
52
88
68
 
57.2
59.5
58.4
157
158
156
2019
75.7
79.1
77.3
44
62
49
 
63.2
70.1
66.7
148
133
136
LIFE EXPECTANCY BY AGE
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Iran IRAN   Uganda UGANDA
      World Rank       World Rank
  M F M F M F M F
At Birth
75.7
79.1
44
62
63.2
70.1
148
133
Age
75.7
79.1
44
62
63.2
70.1
148
133
Age 5
76.8
80.1
43
57
66.5
73.0
155
133
Age 10
76.9
80.2
42
56
67.1
73.5
154
132
Age 15
77.0
80.3
42
56
67.4
73.8
154
131
Age 20
77.3
80.5
42
56
67.9
74.1
154
130
Age 25
77.7
80.6
40
56
68.3
74.4
154
129
Age 30
78.0
80.8
40
56
68.9
74.8
154
129
Age 35
78.4
80.9
40
57
69.5
75.4
154
126
Age 40
78.7
81.1
41
58
70.3
75.9
153
123
Age 45
79.1
81.3
42
57
71.3
76.6
154
123
Age 50
79.6
81.6
42
59
72.5
77.4
154
119
Age 55
80.3
81.9
41
62
74.0
78.3
153
116
Age 60
81.2
82.5
41
63
75.7
79.4
152
113
Age 65
82.4
83.3
40
69
77.7
80.8
154
109
Age 70
83.8
84.3
39
72
80.1
82.4
153
109
Age 75
85.6
85.8
46
78
82.8
84.6
151
105
Age 80
87.9
87.8
46
81
86.0
87.2
145
98
Age 85
90.6
90.4
46
88
89.5
90.4
131
86
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Iran IRAN   Uganda UGANDA
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Coronary Heart Disease
142.51
54
82.33
131
2. Stroke
57.21
120
99.89
72
3. Hypertension
25.73
55
30.73
43
4. Road Traffic Accidents
22.15
65
53.60
6
5. Diabetes Mellitus
20.84
107
40.31
60
6. Alzheimers & Dementia
18.63
74
19.36
60
7. Kidney Disease
17.84
115
24.60
77
8. Lung Disease
17.75
119
28.73
59
9. Influenza and Pneumonia
16.00
132
81.99
41
10. Stomach Cancer
14.67
11
4.55
124
11. Prostate Cancer
10.80
129
25.14
45
12. Lung Cancers
9.96
104
3.20
157
13. Breast Cancer
9.78
162
11.12
150
14. Liver Disease
9.41
130
33.70
47
15. Colon-Rectum Cancers
6.65
124
7.45
112
16. Leukemia
5.50
14
2.67
137
17. Liver Cancer
5.46
89
7.69
50
18. Suicide
5.13
140
10.45
65
19. Asthma
5.07
88
11.28
56
20. Other Injuries
5.05
132
10.15
64
21. Congenital Anomalies
4.74
119
6.31
78
22. Parkinson's Disease
4.17
89
4.10
93
23. Low Birth Weight
4.04
103
7.36
61
24. Lymphomas
4.01
118
8.13
7
25. Falls
3.88
128
7.78
59
26. Oesophagus Cancer
3.58
53
11.56
7
27. Pancreas Cancer
3.56
99
2.88
116
28. Violence
3.01
113
17.69
24
29. Endocrine Disorders
2.83
120
2.94
115
30. HIV/AIDS
2.75
96
69.15
18
31. Drug Use
2.62
31
1.09
109
32. Ovary Cancer
2.62
158
5.62
44
33. Diarrhoeal diseases
2.38
102
46.00
40
34. Fires
2.30
67
2.83
54
35. Inflammatory/Heart
2.29
157
4.44
95
36. Birth Trauma
2.23
89
7.85
42
37. Bladder Cancer
2.18
86
1.70
113
38. Peptic Ulcer Disease
1.90
115
4.66
63
39. Cervical Cancer
1.43
179
45.76
8
40. Rheumatic Heart Disease
1.41
94
1.93
72
41. Tuberculosis
1.25
119
24.27
45
42. Drownings
1.16
143
2.33
95
43. Uterin Cancer
1.01
160
2.93
60
44. Poisonings
0.98
68
2.33
39
45. War
0.96
19
0.21
39
46. Oral Cancer
0.95
176
4.38
50
47. Epilepsy
0.90
142
1.99
70
48. Meningitis
0.82
88
9.73
36
49. Skin Cancers
0.77
147
2.54
51
50. Hepatitis B
0.57
62
0.69
51
TOTAL DEATHS BY CAUSE
PERCENT TOP 50 CAUSES
  Iran IRAN   Uganda UGANDA
  Deaths % Deaths %
1. Coronary Heart Disease
93,308
28.07
8,784
4.23
2. Stroke
36,730
11.05
11,181
5.39
3. Road Traffic Accidents
17,803
5.36
13,012
6.27
4. Hypertension
16,415
4.94
3,120
1.50
5. Diabetes Mellitus
13,910
4.18
4,794
2.31
6. Kidney Disease
11,810
3.55
3,168
1.53
7. Lung Disease
11,409
3.43
3,051
1.47
8. Influenza and Pneumonia
11,243
3.38
18,865
9.09
9. Alzheimers & Dementia
11,046
3.32
1,286
0.62
10. Stomach Cancer
9,822
2.96
515
0.25
11. Lung Cancers
6,784
2.04
441
0.21
12. Liver Disease
6,637
2.00
5,122
2.47
13. Low Birth Weight
4,861
1.46
9,673
4.66
14. Congenital Anomalies
4,844
1.46
6,641
3.20
15. Colon-Rectum Cancers
4,575
1.38
919
0.44
16. Suicide
4,334
1.30
2,033
0.98
17. Other Injuries
4,048
1.22
3,130
1.51
18. Leukemia
3,966
1.19
599
0.29
19. Breast Cancer
3,736
1.12
1,128
0.54
20. Liver Cancer
3,714
1.12
1,522
0.73
21. Prostate Cancer
3,583
1.08
950
0.46
22. Asthma
3,360
1.01
1,745
0.84
23. Lymphomas
2,882
0.87
1,762
0.85
24. Falls
2,821
0.85
1,127
0.54
25. Birth Trauma
2,735
0.82
10,405
5.01
26. Parkinson's Disease
2,545
0.77
351
0.17
27. Violence
2,535
0.76
6,175
2.98
28. HIV/AIDS
2,521
0.76
21,188
10.21
29. Pancreas Cancer
2,418
0.73
358
0.17
30. Oesophagus Cancer
2,371
0.71
1,674
0.81
31. Drug Use
2,242
0.67
233
0.11
32. Endocrine Disorders
2,092
0.63
761
0.37
33. Diarrhoeal diseases
1,836
0.55
12,103
5.83
34. Fires
1,823
0.55
872
0.42
35. Inflammatory/Heart
1,611
0.48
859
0.41
36. Bladder Cancer
1,410
0.42
181
0.09
37. Peptic Ulcer Disease
1,246
0.37
687
0.33
38. Rheumatic Heart Disease
996
0.30
348
0.17
39. Ovary Cancer
937
0.28
519
0.25
40. Drownings
930
0.28
1,238
0.60
41. Tuberculosis
882
0.27
7,255
3.50
42. War
848
0.26
88
0.04
43. Poisonings
816
0.25
745
0.36
44. Epilepsy
719
0.22
599
0.29
45. Oral Cancer
655
0.20
731
0.35
46. Meningitis
642
0.19
3,718
1.79
47. Skin Cancers
518
0.16
349
0.17
48. Cervical Cancer
501
0.15
4,378
2.11
49. Hepatitis B
425
0.13
123
0.06
50. Multiple Sclerosis
405
0.12
16
0.01
CANCER RANK BY TYPE
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Iran IRAN   Uganda UGANDA
  Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Stomach Cancer
14.67
11
4.55
124
2. Prostate Cancer
10.80
129
25.14
45
3. Lung Cancers
9.96
104
3.20
157
4. Breast Cancer
9.78
162
11.12
150
5. Colon-Rectum Cancers
6.65
124
7.45
112
6. Leukemia
5.50
14
2.67
137
7. Liver Cancer
5.46
89
7.69
50
8. Lymphomas
4.01
118
8.13
7
9. Oesophagus Cancer
3.58
53
11.56
7
10. Pancreas Cancer
3.56
99
2.88
116
11. Ovary Cancer
2.62
158
5.62
44
12. Bladder Cancer
2.18
86
1.70
113
13. Cervical Cancer
1.43
179
45.76
8
14. Uterin Cancer
1.01
160
2.93
60
15. Oral Cancer
0.95
176
4.38
50
16. Skin Cancers
0.77
147
2.54
51
Data rounded. Decimals affect ranking.
Data Source: WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION 2020
Data Accuracy Not Guaranteed
WHO Excludes Cause of Death Data For the following countries: Andorra, Cook Islands, Dominica, Marshall Islands, Monaco, Nauru, Niue, Palau, Saint Kitts, San Marino, Tuvalu.