CONGO VS ARGENTINA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	ARGENTINA		CONGO		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	6,327	4	2,494	+ 3,833
Influenza and Pneumonia	2	5,318	3	2,576	+ 2,742
Lung Disease	3	3,015	17	541	+ 2,474
Stroke	4	2,968	5	2,267	+ 702
Kidney Disease	5	1,763	15	613	+ 1,150
Lung Cancers	6	1,299	47	54	+ 1,246
Colon-Rectum Cancers	7	1,159	38	89	+ 1,070
Breast Cancer	8	916	32	159	+ 758
Diabetes Mellitus	9	887	10	1,050	- 162
Road Traffic Accidents	10	817	7	1,598	- 781
Hypertension	11	752	12	933	- 180
Other Injuries	12	732	20	333	+ 399
Inflammatory/Heart	13	713	26	220	+ 493
Pancreas Cancer	14	598	52	42	+ 556
Prostate Cancer	15	585	28	198	+ 387
Liver Disease	16	523	13	931	- 408
Endocrine Disorders	17	517	27	208	+ 310
Suicide	18	486	19	349	+ 138
Alzheimers & Dementia	19	485	25	230	+ 255
Stomach Cancer	20	457	39	88	+ 369
Other Neoplasms	21	418	63	8	+ 411
Skin Disease	22	411	50	46	+ 366
Violence	23	352	18	539	- 187
Lymphomas	24	351	45	61	+ 290
Cervical Cancer	25	322	29	196	+ 126
Congenital Anomalies	26	314	14	729	- 415
Leukemia	27	284	46	57	+ 227
Low Birth Weight	28	283	9	1,283	- 1,000
Oesophagus Cancer	29	267	57	19	+ 247
Liver Cancer	30	265	30	169	+ 96
Bladder Cancer	31	217	61	15	+ 203
HIV/AIDS	32	192	1	4,509	- 4,317
Ovary Cancer	33	170	48	49	+ 120
Skin Cancers	34	139	53	36	+ 103
Oral Cancer	35	139	54	33	+ 107
Parkinson's Disease	36	125	42	69	+ 56
Uterin Cancer	37	122	60	15	+ 108
Malnutrition	38	121	24	272	- 151
Drug Use	39	107	44	65	+ 42
Anemia	40	90	82	0	+ 90
Tuberculosis	41	85	2	2,781	- 2,696
Diarrhoeal diseases	42	75	8	1,304	- 1,229
Falls	43	66	33	149	- 83
Peptic Ulcer Disease	44	63	35	105	- 42
Chagas disease	45	58	79	0	+ 58
Alcohol	46	57	49	46	+ 11
Asthma	47	52	23	291	- 238
Drownings	48	49	36	104	- 55
Birth Trauma	49	48	11	997	- 949
Epilepsy	50	43	40	76	- 33
Meningitis	51	41	22	299	- 258
Fires	52	36	37	90	- 54
Maternal Conditions	53	36	16	578	- 541
Rheumatoid Arthritis	54	32	59	15	+ 17
Poisonings	55	25	41	71	- 45
Rheumatic Heart Disease	56	18	43	67	- 49
Hepatitis C	57	15	67	2	+ 12
Multiple Sclerosis	58	13	66	4	+ 9
Osteoarthritis	59	9	85	0	+ 9
Appendicitis	60	9	58	18	- 9
Schizophrenia	61	8	81	0	+ 8
Hepatitis B	62	7	62	14	- 7
Prostatic Hypertrophy	63	6	84	0	+ 6
Encephalitis	64	2	56	20	- 18
Syphilis	65	2	34	107	- 105
Oral conditions	66	2	86	0	+ 2
Upper Respiratory	67	2	64	7	- 5
Pertussis	68	1	21	329	- 328
Leprosy	69	1	77	0	+ 1
War	70	1	72	1	+ 0
Tetanus	71	0	55	23	- 23
Leishmaniasis	72	0	78	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	73	0	71	1	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	74	0	76	0	+ 0
Hookworm Disease	75	0	74	0	+ 0
Trypanosomiasis	76	0	65	7	- 7
Ascariasis	77	0	69	1	- 1
Diphtheria	78	0	68	2	- 2
Measles	79	0	31	159	- 159
Dengue	80	0	73	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	81	0	75	0	- 0
Chlamydia	82	0	70	1	- 1
Malaria	83	0	6	1,977	- 1,977
Schistosomiasis	84	0	51	45	- 45
Depression	85	0	80	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	86	0	83	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to CONGO

Argentina

Congo

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.