SWITZERLAND VS ARGENTINA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	ARGENTINA		SWITZERLAND		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	9,194	1	10,713	- 1,519
Influenza and Pneumonia	2	7,728	8	1,949	+ 5,778
Lung Disease	3	4,381	5	2,902	+ 1,479
Stroke	4	4,313	3	3,918	+ 396
Kidney Disease	5	2,562	13	1,261	+ 1,301
Lung Cancers	6	1,888	4	3,520	- 1,632
Colon-Rectum Cancers	7	1,684	7	1,995	- 311
Breast Cancer	8	1,332	11	1,577	- 245
Diabetes Mellitus	9	1,289	17	1,022	+ 267
Road Traffic Accidents	10	1,187	34	193	+ 994
Hypertension	11	1,093	6	2,471	- 1,378
Other Injuries	12	1,064	30	410	+ 654
Inflammatory/Heart	13	1,036	16	1,027	+ 9
Pancreas Cancer	14	869	12	1,486	- 617
Prostate Cancer	15	850	10	1,579	- 729
Liver Disease	16	760	21	677	+ 82
Endocrine Disorders	17	752	25	593	+ 159
Suicide	18	706	14	1,249	- 543
Alzheimers & Dementia	19	705	2	7,192	- 6,488
Stomach Cancer	20	664	24	614	+ 51
Other Neoplasms	21	608	20	681	- 73
Skin Disease	22	598	40	129	+ 469
Violence	23	511	51	42	+ 469
Lymphomas	24	511	15	1,131	- 621
Cervical Cancer	25	468	42	105	+ 362
Congenital Anomalies	26	456	31	305	+ 151
Leukemia	27	413	22	671	- 259
Low Birth Weight	28	412	43	105	+ 307
Oesophagus Cancer	29	387	28	491	- 104
Liver Cancer	30	386	19	805	- 419
Bladder Cancer	31	316	23	669	- 354
HIV/AIDS	32	279	54	29	+ 250
Ovary Cancer	33	246	29	457	- 211
Skin Cancers	34	202	27	493	- 291
Oral Cancer	35	202	26	500	- 298
Parkinson's Disease	36	182	18	857	- 675
Uterin Cancer	37	178	33	224	- 46
Malnutrition	38	175	47	84	+ 91
Drug Use	39	156	36	176	- 20
Anemia	40	130	44	102	+ 29
Tuberculosis	41	124	56	21	+ 102
Diarrhoeal diseases	42	109	35	186	- 77
Falls	43	95	9	1,919	- 1,824
Peptic Ulcer Disease	44	92	41	122	- 30
Chagas disease	45	85	76	0	+ 85
Alcohol	46	83	32	229	- 146
Asthma	47	76	46	95	- 19
Drownings	48	72	50	49	+ 22
Birth Trauma	49	70	52	32	+ 38
Epilepsy	50	63	39	159	- 96
Meningitis	51	60	57	20	+ 40
Fires	52	53	55	21	+ 31
Maternal Conditions	53	53	64	4	+ 48
Rheumatoid Arthritis	54	46	49	68	- 22
Poisonings	55	36	60	13	+ 23
Rheumatic Heart Disease	56	26	48	78	- 52
Hepatitis C	57	21	58	15	+ 6
Multiple Sclerosis	58	19	38	160	- 141
Osteoarthritis	59	14	37	170	- 156
Appendicitis	60	13	59	15	- 1
Schizophrenia	61	11	45	96	- 85
Hepatitis B	62	11	63	5	+ 6
Prostatic Hypertrophy	63	9	53	32	- 23
Encephalitis	64	3	68	1	+ 3
Syphilis	65	3	65	2	+ 1
Oral conditions	66	3	62	8	- 5
Upper Respiratory	67	2	61	11	- 9
Pertussis	68	2	73	0	+ 2
Leprosy	69	1	80	0	+ 1
War	70	1	67	1	+ 0
Tetanus	71	1	70	0	+ 0
Leishmaniasis	72	0	71	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	73	0	69	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	74	0	66	1	- 1
Hookworm Disease	75	0	83	0	+ 0
Trypanosomiasis	76	0	78	0	+ 0
Ascariasis	77	0	82	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	78	0	74	0	+ 0
Measles	79	0	75	0	- 0
Dengue	80	0	81	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	81	0	84	0	- 0
Chlamydia	82	0	79	0	- 0
Malaria	83	0	77	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	84	0	72	0	- 0
Depression	85	0	85	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	86	0	86	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to SWITZERLAND

Argentina

Switzerland

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.