PORTUGAL VS ARGENTINA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	ARGENTINA		PORTUGAL		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	10,592	1	12,878	- 2,286
Influenza and Pneumonia	2	8,902	4	6,851	+ 2,051
Lung Disease	3	5,046	7	4,286	+ 760
Stroke	4	4,969	2	12,339	- 7,370
Kidney Disease	5	2,951	9	2,803	+ 148
Lung Cancers	6	2,175	5	4,406	- 2,231
Colon-Rectum Cancers	7	1,940	6	4,389	- 2,450
Breast Cancer	8	1,534	12	1,997	- 463
Diabetes Mellitus	9	1,485	8	3,601	- 2,116
Road Traffic Accidents	10	1,368	27	838	+ 530
Hypertension	11	1,260	14	1,880	- 620
Other Injuries	12	1,225	13	1,937	- 712
Inflammatory/Heart	13	1,193	26	909	+ 285
Pancreas Cancer	14	1,001	15	1,669	- 669
Prostate Cancer	15	979	11	2,124	- 1,145
Liver Disease	16	875	22	1,126	- 251
Endocrine Disorders	17	866	17	1,547	- 681
Suicide	18	814	19	1,172	- 358
Alzheimers & Dementia	19	812	3	7,191	- 6,379
Stomach Cancer	20	765	10	2,532	- 1,767
Other Neoplasms	21	700	28	652	+ 48
Skin Disease	22	689	39	202	+ 486
Violence	23	589	48	96	+ 493
Lymphomas	24	588	16	1,608	- 1,019
Cervical Cancer	25	539	34	329	+ 210
Congenital Anomalies	26	525	40	196	+ 329
Leukemia	27	475	24	1,015	- 540
Low Birth Weight	28	474	52	79	+ 395
Oesophagus Cancer	29	446	29	623	- 177
Liver Cancer	30	444	18	1,270	- 826
Bladder Cancer	31	364	20	1,171	- 807
HIV/AIDS	32	322	35	320	+ 2
Ovary Cancer	33	284	33	397	- 113
Skin Cancers	34	233	30	523	- 290
Oral Cancer	35	233	25	912	- 679
Parkinson's Disease	36	209	21	1,139	- 930
Uterin Cancer	37	205	32	406	- 201
Malnutrition	38	202	53	79	+ 123
Drug Use	39	179	44	128	+ 51
Anemia	40	150	42	151	- 1
Tuberculosis	41	142	38	213	- 71
Diarrhoeal diseases	42	126	36	231	- 105
Falls	43	110	23	1,033	- 923
Peptic Ulcer Disease	44	106	37	229	- 123
Chagas disease	45	98	79	0	+ 98
Alcohol	46	96	45	111	- 15
Asthma	47	88	43	146	- 59
Drownings	48	83	51	79	+ 3
Birth Trauma	49	81	60	24	+ 57
Epilepsy	50	72	31	415	- 343
Meningitis	51	69	56	43	+ 26
Fires	52	61	46	108	- 48
Maternal Conditions	53	61	63	7	+ 53
Rheumatoid Arthritis	54	53	47	99	- 46
Poisonings	55	42	57	29	+ 13
Rheumatic Heart Disease	56	30	41	169	- 139
Hepatitis C	57	24	49	87	- 62
Multiple Sclerosis	58	22	54	56	- 34
Osteoarthritis	59	16	58	29	- 13
Appendicitis	60	15	61	21	- 5
Schizophrenia	61	13	55	49	- 36
Hepatitis B	62	12	59	26	- 14
Prostatic Hypertrophy	63	10	50	82	- 72
Encephalitis	64	4	67	1	+ 2
Syphilis	65	3	64	3	+ 0
Oral conditions	66	3	65	3	+ 0
Upper Respiratory	67	3	62	15	- 12
Pertussis	68	2	72	0	+ 2
Leprosy	69	1	70	0	+ 1
War	70	1	69	1	+ 0
Tetanus	71	1	73	0	+ 1
Leishmaniasis	72	0	68	1	- 1
Otitis Media	73	0	66	2	- 2
Iodine Deficiency	74	0	75	0	+ 0
Hookworm Disease	75	0	82	0	+ 0
Trypanosomiasis	76	0	80	0	+ 0
Ascariasis	77	0	83	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	78	0	74	0	+ 0
Measles	79	0	71	0	- 0
Dengue	80	0	84	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	81	0	81	0	- 0
Chlamydia	82	0	76	0	- 0
Malaria	83	0	78	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	84	0	77	0	- 0
Depression	85	0	85	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	86	0	86	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to PORTUGAL

Argentina

Portugal

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.