USA VS ARGENTINA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	ARGENTINA		UNITED STATES		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	354,845	1	504,904	- 150,059
Influenza and Pneumonia	2	298,241	11	60,317	+ 237,924
Lung Disease	3	169,066	3	195,387	- 26,321
Stroke	4	166,473	4	158,520	+ 7,953
Kidney Disease	5	98,875	6	85,861	+ 13,014
Lung Cancers	6	72,865	5	155,533	- 82,667
Colon-Rectum Cancers	7	64,985	9	61,827	+ 3,157
Breast Cancer	8	51,392	13	48,671	+ 2,721
Diabetes Mellitus	9	49,757	10	61,418	- 11,662
Road Traffic Accidents	10	45,825	17	41,694	+ 4,131
Hypertension	11	42,196	8	65,960	- 23,764
Other Injuries	12	41,053	25	25,997	+ 15,055
Inflammatory/Heart	13	39,985	22	32,529	+ 7,456
Pancreas Cancer	14	33,521	15	44,293	- 10,772
Prostate Cancer	15	32,800	20	35,612	- 2,813
Liver Disease	16	29,318	16	43,402	- 14,084
Endocrine Disorders	17	29,015	14	46,985	- 17,970
Suicide	18	27,266	12	53,099	- 25,833
Alzheimers & Dementia	19	27,194	2	287,198	- 260,004
Stomach Cancer	20	25,639	33	13,077	+ 12,562
Other Neoplasms	21	23,461	29	17,743	+ 5,718
Skin Disease	22	23,071	43	5,409	+ 17,662
Violence	23	19,733	27	18,976	+ 757
Lymphomas	24	19,705	19	40,281	- 20,576
Cervical Cancer	25	18,044	38	6,984	+ 11,059
Congenital Anomalies	26	17,604	34	11,762	+ 5,842
Leukemia	27	15,928	24	26,966	- 11,037
Low Birth Weight	28	15,883	39	6,924	+ 8,959
Oesophagus Cancer	29	14,949	28	17,829	- 2,881
Liver Cancer	30	14,880	23	27,064	- 12,184
Bladder Cancer	31	12,191	26	19,622	- 7,431
HIV/AIDS	32	10,778	42	5,660	+ 5,118
Ovary Cancer	33	9,511	31	14,591	- 5,080
Skin Cancers	34	7,807	32	14,311	- 6,504
Oral Cancer	35	7,806	35	11,555	- 3,749
Parkinson's Disease	36	7,019	21	34,491	- 27,473
Uterin Cancer	37	6,867	36	10,063	- 3,196
Malnutrition	38	6,763	40	6,762	+ 1
Drug Use	39	6,007	7	74,435	- 68,427
Anemia	40	5,028	51	3,115	+ 1,913
Tuberculosis	41	4,767	62	546	+ 4,221
Diarrhoeal diseases	42	4,207	37	9,955	- 5,747
Falls	43	3,684	18	40,418	- 36,734
Peptic Ulcer Disease	44	3,550	48	3,461	+ 89
Chagas disease	45	3,280	70	4	+ 3,275
Alcohol	46	3,213	30	14,659	- 11,447
Asthma	47	2,932	46	3,818	- 886
Drownings	48	2,767	45	4,070	- 1,303
Birth Trauma	49	2,718	54	1,233	+ 1,485
Epilepsy	50	2,418	50	3,162	- 745
Meningitis	51	2,303	60	606	+ 1,697
Fires	52	2,036	49	3,183	- 1,147
Maternal Conditions	53	2,029	56	779	+ 1,250
Rheumatoid Arthritis	54	1,769	52	2,461	- 691
Poisonings	55	1,406	53	1,674	- 268
Rheumatic Heart Disease	56	1,012	47	3,646	- 2,634
Hepatitis C	57	819	41	5,684	- 4,865
Multiple Sclerosis	58	738	44	5,059	- 4,321
Osteoarthritis	59	533	61	579	- 46
Appendicitis	60	513	63	424	+ 89
Schizophrenia	61	431	57	723	- 292
Hepatitis B	62	407	59	608	- 201
Prostatic Hypertrophy	63	349	58	678	- 329
Encephalitis	64	124	68	25	+ 99
Syphilis	65	107	66	49	+ 58
Oral conditions	66	100	64	286	- 185
Upper Respiratory	67	88	65	229	- 142
Pertussis	68	75	69	16	+ 59
Leprosy	69	38	74	0	+ 38
War	70	35	55	1,198	- 1,162
Tetanus	71	23	71	2	+ 21
Leishmaniasis	72	16	79	0	+ 16
Otitis Media	73	14	67	34	- 20
Iodine Deficiency	74	9	73	1	+ 8
Hookworm Disease	75	2	81	0	+ 2
Trypanosomiasis	76	2	78	0	+ 2
Ascariasis	77	1	82	0	+ 1
Diphtheria	78	0	75	0	- 0
Measles	79	0	80	0	- 0
Dengue	80	0	76	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	81	0	83	0	- 0
Chlamydia	82	0	84	0	- 0
Malaria	83	0	77	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	84	0	72	1	- 1
Depression	85	0	86	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	86	0	85	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to USA

Argentina

United States

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.