COLOMBIA VS ARGENTINA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	ARGENTINA		COLOMBIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	51,456	1	43,066	+ 8,390
Influenza and Pneumonia	2	43,248	5	10,773	+ 32,475
Lung Disease	3	24,516	4	15,928	+ 8,588
Stroke	4	24,140	3	16,573	+ 7,568
Kidney Disease	5	14,338	7	6,834	+ 7,504
Lung Cancers	6	10,566	10	5,250	+ 5,316
Colon-Rectum Cancers	7	9,423	12	4,371	+ 5,052
Breast Cancer	8	7,452	13	3,669	+ 3,783
Diabetes Mellitus	9	7,215	11	5,028	+ 2,187
Road Traffic Accidents	10	6,645	6	7,765	- 1,120
Hypertension	11	6,119	8	6,400	- 281
Other Injuries	12	5,953	28	1,592	+ 4,361
Inflammatory/Heart	13	5,798	31	1,329	+ 4,469
Pancreas Cancer	14	4,861	25	2,022	+ 2,839
Prostate Cancer	15	4,756	14	3,584	+ 1,172
Liver Disease	16	4,251	19	2,426	+ 1,825
Endocrine Disorders	17	4,207	30	1,367	+ 2,840
Suicide	18	3,954	26	1,965	+ 1,989
Alzheimers & Dementia	19	3,943	22	2,157	+ 1,786
Stomach Cancer	20	3,718	9	6,112	- 2,394
Other Neoplasms	21	3,402	15	3,205	+ 198
Skin Disease	22	3,346	34	1,102	+ 2,244
Violence	23	2,862	2	19,268	- 16,407
Lymphomas	24	2,857	18	2,603	+ 254
Cervical Cancer	25	2,617	20	2,266	+ 350
Congenital Anomalies	26	2,553	16	2,963	- 410
Leukemia	27	2,310	21	2,208	+ 102
Low Birth Weight	28	2,303	23	2,095	+ 208
Oesophagus Cancer	29	2,168	36	835	+ 1,332
Liver Cancer	30	2,158	24	2,065	+ 93
Bladder Cancer	31	1,768	42	609	+ 1,159
HIV/AIDS	32	1,563	17	2,683	- 1,120
Ovary Cancer	33	1,379	33	1,122	+ 257
Skin Cancers	34	1,132	35	1,028	+ 104
Oral Cancer	35	1,132	37	807	+ 325
Parkinson's Disease	36	1,018	47	383	+ 635
Uterin Cancer	37	996	45	423	+ 573
Malnutrition	38	981	27	1,878	- 897
Drug Use	39	871	44	492	+ 380
Anemia	40	729	57	101	+ 629
Tuberculosis	41	691	32	1,272	- 581
Diarrhoeal diseases	42	610	38	747	- 137
Falls	43	534	29	1,518	- 983
Peptic Ulcer Disease	44	515	39	698	- 184
Chagas disease	45	476	53	203	+ 272
Alcohol	46	466	68	23	+ 443
Asthma	47	425	54	191	+ 234
Drownings	48	401	40	689	- 288
Birth Trauma	49	394	41	648	- 254
Epilepsy	50	351	43	597	- 247
Meningitis	51	334	50	244	+ 90
Fires	52	295	56	127	+ 169
Maternal Conditions	53	294	46	394	- 100
Rheumatoid Arthritis	54	257	51	242	+ 14
Poisonings	55	204	61	61	+ 143
Rheumatic Heart Disease	56	147	63	38	+ 109
Hepatitis C	57	119	59	65	+ 54
Multiple Sclerosis	58	107	60	62	+ 45
Osteoarthritis	59	77	58	67	+ 10
Appendicitis	60	74	52	213	- 138
Schizophrenia	61	63	70	18	+ 45
Hepatitis B	62	59	62	50	+ 9
Prostatic Hypertrophy	63	51	48	333	- 282
Encephalitis	64	18	64	38	- 20
Syphilis	65	16	65	30	- 15
Oral conditions	66	15	75	7	+ 7
Upper Respiratory	67	13	66	27	- 14
Pertussis	68	11	69	18	- 7
Leprosy	69	6	72	8	- 3
War	70	5	49	260	- 255
Tetanus	71	3	71	14	- 11
Leishmaniasis	72	2	74	7	- 5
Otitis Media	73	2	73	7	- 5
Iodine Deficiency	74	1	82	0	+ 1
Hookworm Disease	75	0	79	0	+ 0
Trypanosomiasis	76	0	84	0	+ 0
Ascariasis	77	0	76	5	- 5
Diphtheria	78	0	80	0	- 0
Measles	79	0	78	0	- 0
Dengue	80	0	55	133	- 133
Trichuriasis	81	0	83	0	- 0
Chlamydia	82	0	81	0	- 0
Malaria	83	0	67	26	- 26
Schistosomiasis	84	0	77	1	- 1
Depression	85	0	85	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	86	0	86	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to COLOMBIA

Argentina

Colombia

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.