BELGIUM VS ARGENTINA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	ARGENTINA		BELGIUM		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	12,429	1	15,281	- 2,852
Influenza and Pneumonia	2	10,446	6	5,677	+ 4,769
Lung Disease	3	5,922	5	6,438	- 516
Stroke	4	5,831	3	7,408	- 1,577
Kidney Disease	5	3,463	8	2,952	+ 511
Lung Cancers	6	2,552	4	6,777	- 4,225
Colon-Rectum Cancers	7	2,276	7	3,329	- 1,053
Breast Cancer	8	1,800	9	2,587	- 787
Diabetes Mellitus	9	1,743	20	1,269	+ 473
Road Traffic Accidents	10	1,605	29	666	+ 939
Hypertension	11	1,478	27	740	+ 738
Other Injuries	12	1,438	11	2,006	- 568
Inflammatory/Heart	13	1,401	23	1,060	+ 340
Pancreas Cancer	14	1,174	14	1,809	- 635
Prostate Cancer	15	1,149	13	1,824	- 676
Liver Disease	16	1,027	17	1,433	- 406
Endocrine Disorders	17	1,016	18	1,432	- 415
Suicide	18	955	10	2,111	- 1,156
Alzheimers & Dementia	19	953	2	9,416	- 8,463
Stomach Cancer	20	898	26	863	+ 35
Other Neoplasms	21	822	12	1,828	- 1,006
Skin Disease	22	808	35	380	+ 429
Violence	23	691	44	149	+ 542
Lymphomas	24	690	16	1,552	- 862
Cervical Cancer	25	632	41	243	+ 389
Congenital Anomalies	26	617	40	282	+ 335
Leukemia	27	558	21	1,199	- 641
Low Birth Weight	28	556	50	70	+ 487
Oesophagus Cancer	29	524	25	898	- 375
Liver Cancer	30	521	24	976	- 454
Bladder Cancer	31	427	22	1,078	- 651
HIV/AIDS	32	378	57	36	+ 341
Ovary Cancer	33	333	30	653	- 319
Skin Cancers	34	273	31	522	- 249
Oral Cancer	35	273	28	675	- 401
Parkinson's Disease	36	246	19	1,378	- 1,132
Uterin Cancer	37	241	34	384	- 144
Malnutrition	38	237	38	291	- 54
Drug Use	39	210	39	287	- 77
Anemia	40	176	43	199	- 23
Tuberculosis	41	167	54	46	+ 121
Diarrhoeal diseases	42	147	33	418	- 270
Falls	43	129	15	1,756	- 1,626
Peptic Ulcer Disease	44	124	42	213	- 88
Chagas disease	45	115	77	0	+ 115
Alcohol	46	113	32	500	- 387
Asthma	47	103	46	128	- 25
Drownings	48	97	47	79	+ 18
Birth Trauma	49	95	53	47	+ 48
Epilepsy	50	85	36	348	- 263
Meningitis	51	81	58	28	+ 52
Fires	52	71	48	75	- 4
Maternal Conditions	53	71	64	6	+ 65
Rheumatoid Arthritis	54	62	49	73	- 11
Poisonings	55	49	55	41	+ 8
Rheumatic Heart Disease	56	35	37	293	- 257
Hepatitis C	57	29	52	53	- 24
Multiple Sclerosis	58	26	45	147	- 121
Osteoarthritis	59	19	51	59	- 40
Appendicitis	60	18	62	17	+ 1
Schizophrenia	61	15	56	40	- 24
Hepatitis B	62	14	63	17	- 2
Prostatic Hypertrophy	63	12	60	20	- 8
Encephalitis	64	4	66	1	+ 3
Syphilis	65	4	70	0	+ 4
Oral conditions	66	4	61	19	- 15
Upper Respiratory	67	3	59	22	- 19
Pertussis	68	3	68	1	+ 2
Leprosy	69	1	72	0	+ 1
War	70	1	67	1	+ 0
Tetanus	71	1	78	0	+ 1
Leishmaniasis	72	1	73	0	+ 1
Otitis Media	73	0	65	2	- 1
Iodine Deficiency	74	0	84	0	+ 0
Hookworm Disease	75	0	80	0	+ 0
Trypanosomiasis	76	0	74	0	+ 0
Ascariasis	77	0	82	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	78	0	69	0	- 0
Measles	79	0	79	0	- 0
Dengue	80	0	83	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	81	0	81	0	- 0
Chlamydia	82	0	71	0	- 0
Malaria	83	0	75	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	84	0	76	0	- 0
Depression	85	0	85	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	86	0	86	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to BELGIUM

Argentina

Belgium

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.globallifeexpectancy.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.