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BRAZIL VS ARGENTINA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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Argentina ARGENTINA BRAZIL Deaths
Cause Of Death Rnk Deaths Rnk Deaths Summary
Coronary Heart Disease 1 226,940 1 165,788 + 61,152
Influenza and Pneumonia 2 190,739 3 94,705 + 96,034
Lung Disease 3 108,125 6 59,373 + 48,752
Stroke 4 106,467 2 123,207 - 16,740
Kidney Disease 5 63,235 7 37,690 + 25,545
Lung Cancers 6 46,601 9 31,659 + 14,942
Colon-Rectum Cancers 7 41,561 12 23,161 + 18,399
Breast Cancer 8 32,867 14 20,759 + 12,108
Diabetes Mellitus 9 31,822 5 59,608 - 27,786
Road Traffic Accidents 10 29,307 8 33,871 - 4,563
Hypertension 11 26,986 11 28,822 - 1,836
Other Injuries 12 26,255 21 13,807 + 12,448
Inflammatory/Heart 13 25,572 18 17,508 + 8,064
Pancreas Cancer 14 21,438 24 11,999 + 9,439
Prostate Cancer 15 20,977 15 19,001 + 1,976
Liver Disease 16 18,750 13 21,422 - 2,672
Endocrine Disorders 17 18,556 19 16,927 + 1,629
Suicide 18 17,438 20 14,540 + 2,898
Alzheimers & Dementia 19 17,392 10 30,717 - 13,325
Stomach Cancer 20 16,397 17 17,992 - 1,595
Other Neoplasms 21 15,004 42 4,665 + 10,340
Skin Disease 22 14,755 31 7,179 + 7,576
Violence 23 12,620 4 68,779 - 56,159
Lymphomas 24 12,602 27 10,376 + 2,226
Cervical Cancer 25 11,540 29 9,511 + 2,029
Congenital Anomalies 26 11,259 23 12,317 - 1,058
Leukemia 27 10,187 30 8,531 + 1,656
Low Birth Weight 28 10,158 33 6,881 + 3,277
Oesophagus Cancer 29 9,560 26 10,466 - 905
Liver Cancer 30 9,517 25 11,514 - 1,998
Bladder Cancer 31 7,797 36 5,306 + 2,491
HIV/AIDS 32 6,893 22 12,558 - 5,665
Ovary Cancer 33 6,083 43 4,355 + 1,728
Skin Cancers 34 4,993 38 5,032 - 39
Oral Cancer 35 4,993 28 9,951 - 4,959
Parkinson's Disease 36 4,489 41 4,770 - 282
Uterin Cancer 37 4,392 47 2,780 + 1,612
Malnutrition 38 4,325 34 6,695 - 2,370
Drug Use 39 3,842 49 2,467 + 1,375
Anemia 40 3,216 50 2,417 + 799
Tuberculosis 41 3,049 40 4,895 - 1,846
Diarrhoeal diseases 42 2,691 35 5,659 - 2,969
Falls 43 2,356 16 18,847 - 16,491
Peptic Ulcer Disease 44 2,271 44 4,258 - 1,987
Chagas disease 45 2,098 37 5,045 - 2,947
Alcohol 46 2,055 32 7,121 - 5,066
Asthma 47 1,875 48 2,595 - 719
Drownings 48 1,769 39 4,937 - 3,168
Birth Trauma 49 1,738 45 3,777 - 2,039
Epilepsy 50 1,546 46 3,263 - 1,717
Meningitis 51 1,473 54 1,359 + 114
Fires 52 1,302 58 1,028 + 274
Maternal Conditions 53 1,297 53 1,507 - 209
Rheumatoid Arthritis 54 1,132 61 596 + 535
Poisonings 55 899 66 317 + 583
Rheumatic Heart Disease 56 647 51 2,193 - 1,546
Hepatitis C 57 524 52 1,955 - 1,431
Multiple Sclerosis 58 472 64 356 + 116
Osteoarthritis 59 341 65 330 + 10
Appendicitis 60 328 57 1,067 - 739
Schizophrenia 61 276 60 661 - 385
Hepatitis B 62 260 59 775 - 515
Prostatic Hypertrophy 63 223 55 1,097 - 874
Encephalitis 64 79 72 65 + 15
Syphilis 65 68 68 223 - 155
Oral conditions 66 64 73 62 + 2
Upper Respiratory 67 56 67 260 - 204
Pertussis 68 48 75 30 + 18
Leprosy 69 24 69 173 - 148
War 70 23 56 1,090 - 1,067
Tetanus 71 14 71 88 - 73
Leishmaniasis 72 10 63 432 - 422
Otitis Media 73 9 70 94 - 85
Iodine Deficiency 74 6 77 10 - 5
Hookworm Disease 75 2 85 0 + 2
Trypanosomiasis 76 1 83 1 + 1
Ascariasis 77 0 78 7 - 7
Diphtheria 78 0 79 7 - 7
Measles 79 0 81 4 - 4
Dengue 80 0 76 14 - 14
Trichuriasis 81 0 84 0 - 0
Chlamydia 82 0 80 5 - 5
Malaria 83 0 74 44 - 44
Schistosomiasis 84 0 62 593 - 593
Depression 85 0 86 0 - 0
Vitamin A Deficiency 86 0 82 1 - 1
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to BRAZIL

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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.worldlifeexpectancy.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.

Data rounded. Decimals affect ranking.
Data Source: WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION 2020