BOTSWANA VS ARGENTINA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	ARGENTINA		BOTSWANA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	2,543	3	1,632	+ 911
Influenza and Pneumonia	2	2,137	2	1,674	+ 464
Lung Disease	3	1,212	10	482	+ 730
Stroke	4	1,193	4	1,588	- 395
Kidney Disease	5	709	9	506	+ 202
Lung Cancers	6	522	39	45	+ 477
Colon-Rectum Cancers	7	466	47	28	+ 438
Breast Cancer	8	368	33	68	+ 300
Diabetes Mellitus	9	357	5	1,273	- 916
Road Traffic Accidents	10	328	7	608	- 280
Hypertension	11	302	11	471	- 168
Other Injuries	12	294	19	216	+ 78
Inflammatory/Heart	13	287	20	177	+ 110
Pancreas Cancer	14	240	50	16	+ 224
Prostate Cancer	15	235	41	45	+ 191
Liver Disease	16	210	12	459	- 249
Endocrine Disorders	17	208	27	103	+ 105
Suicide	18	195	15	370	- 174
Alzheimers & Dementia	19	195	23	164	+ 31
Stomach Cancer	20	184	53	10	+ 173
Other Neoplasms	21	168	55	9	+ 159
Skin Disease	22	165	46	30	+ 135
Violence	23	141	14	389	- 248
Lymphomas	24	141	31	77	+ 64
Cervical Cancer	25	129	22	164	- 35
Congenital Anomalies	26	126	16	287	- 161
Leukemia	27	114	51	13	+ 101
Low Birth Weight	28	114	13	447	- 333
Oesophagus Cancer	29	107	28	103	+ 4
Liver Cancer	30	107	35	57	+ 49
Bladder Cancer	31	87	60	6	+ 81
HIV/AIDS	32	77	1	4,950	- 4,873
Ovary Cancer	33	68	49	19	+ 49
Skin Cancers	34	56	37	52	+ 4
Oral Cancer	35	56	32	70	- 14
Parkinson's Disease	36	50	38	47	+ 3
Uterin Cancer	37	49	56	9	+ 40
Malnutrition	38	48	21	171	- 123
Drug Use	39	43	48	26	+ 17
Anemia	40	36	84	0	+ 36
Tuberculosis	41	34	6	649	- 615
Diarrhoeal diseases	42	30	8	527	- 497
Falls	43	26	34	62	- 35
Peptic Ulcer Disease	44	25	29	90	- 65
Chagas disease	45	24	77	0	+ 24
Alcohol	46	23	45	31	- 8
Asthma	47	21	18	232	- 211
Drownings	48	20	30	83	- 63
Birth Trauma	49	19	17	261	- 242
Epilepsy	50	17	36	56	- 39
Meningitis	51	17	25	108	- 92
Fires	52	15	26	108	- 94
Maternal Conditions	53	15	24	118	- 103
Rheumatoid Arthritis	54	13	52	11	+ 2
Poisonings	55	10	42	42	- 32
Rheumatic Heart Disease	56	7	43	37	- 30
Hepatitis C	57	6	66	1	+ 5
Multiple Sclerosis	58	5	63	3	+ 2
Osteoarthritis	59	4	81	0	+ 4
Appendicitis	60	4	57	8	- 4
Schizophrenia	61	3	86	0	+ 3
Hepatitis B	62	3	62	6	- 3
Prostatic Hypertrophy	63	2	80	0	+ 2
Encephalitis	64	1	59	7	- 6
Syphilis	65	1	44	36	- 36
Oral conditions	66	1	82	0	+ 1
Upper Respiratory	67	1	58	7	- 7
Pertussis	68	1	40	45	- 44
Leprosy	69	0	72	0	+ 0
War	70	0	69	0	- 0
Tetanus	71	0	61	6	- 6
Leishmaniasis	72	0	79	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	73	0	71	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	74	0	73	0	+ 0
Hookworm Disease	75	0	74	0	+ 0
Trypanosomiasis	76	0	78	0	+ 0
Ascariasis	77	0	67	0	- 0
Diphtheria	78	0	70	0	- 0
Measles	79	0	68	0	- 0
Dengue	80	0	76	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	81	0	75	0	- 0
Chlamydia	82	0	65	1	- 1
Malaria	83	0	64	1	- 1
Schistosomiasis	84	0	54	10	- 10
Depression	85	0	85	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	86	0	83	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to BOTSWANA

Argentina

Botswana

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.