FINLAND VS ARGENTINA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	ARGENTINA		FINLAND		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	5,838	2	9,831	- 3,993
Influenza and Pneumonia	2	4,907	21	436	+ 4,471
Lung Disease	3	2,782	8	1,289	+ 1,492
Stroke	4	2,739	3	4,115	- 1,376
Kidney Disease	5	1,627	26	342	+ 1,285
Lung Cancers	6	1,199	4	2,312	- 1,113
Colon-Rectum Cancers	7	1,069	6	1,433	- 364
Breast Cancer	8	846	12	948	- 103
Diabetes Mellitus	9	819	22	418	+ 401
Road Traffic Accidents	10	754	33	215	+ 539
Hypertension	11	694	5	2,030	- 1,336
Other Injuries	12	675	20	437	+ 239
Inflammatory/Heart	13	658	17	518	+ 140
Pancreas Cancer	14	552	9	1,247	- 696
Prostate Cancer	15	540	11	970	- 431
Liver Disease	16	482	10	1,068	- 586
Endocrine Disorders	17	477	31	257	+ 221
Suicide	18	449	15	846	- 398
Alzheimers & Dementia	19	447	1	11,120	- 10,673
Stomach Cancer	20	422	19	447	- 25
Other Neoplasms	21	386	23	377	+ 9
Skin Disease	22	380	47	27	+ 352
Violence	23	325	43	64	+ 260
Lymphomas	24	324	14	851	- 527
Cervical Cancer	25	297	44	62	+ 235
Congenital Anomalies	26	290	35	192	+ 98
Leukemia	27	262	24	371	- 109
Low Birth Weight	28	261	48	26	+ 235
Oesophagus Cancer	29	246	27	320	- 74
Liver Cancer	30	245	16	545	- 300
Bladder Cancer	31	201	28	308	- 108
HIV/AIDS	32	177	59	6	+ 172
Ovary Cancer	33	156	25	344	- 188
Skin Cancers	34	128	29	297	- 169
Oral Cancer	35	128	34	207	- 79
Parkinson's Disease	36	115	13	853	- 737
Uterin Cancer	37	113	32	225	- 112
Malnutrition	38	111	57	7	+ 105
Drug Use	39	99	30	269	- 170
Anemia	40	83	58	6	+ 77
Tuberculosis	41	78	46	32	+ 46
Diarrhoeal diseases	42	69	52	15	+ 54
Falls	43	61	7	1,325	- 1,265
Peptic Ulcer Disease	44	58	36	151	- 93
Chagas disease	45	54	76	0	+ 54
Alcohol	46	53	18	464	- 411
Asthma	47	48	40	85	- 36
Drownings	48	46	37	106	- 60
Birth Trauma	49	45	56	8	+ 37
Epilepsy	50	40	38	104	- 64
Meningitis	51	38	55	9	+ 28
Fires	52	33	45	62	- 28
Maternal Conditions	53	33	64	2	+ 32
Rheumatoid Arthritis	54	29	41	83	- 54
Poisonings	55	23	49	25	- 2
Rheumatic Heart Disease	56	17	50	19	- 2
Hepatitis C	57	13	60	5	+ 9
Multiple Sclerosis	58	12	42	80	- 68
Osteoarthritis	59	9	51	17	- 8
Appendicitis	60	8	54	10	- 1
Schizophrenia	61	7	39	93	- 86
Hepatitis B	62	7	63	2	+ 5
Prostatic Hypertrophy	63	6	53	11	- 5
Encephalitis	64	2	66	0	+ 2
Syphilis	65	2	67	0	+ 1
Oral conditions	66	2	61	4	- 2
Upper Respiratory	67	1	62	2	- 1
Pertussis	68	1	69	0	+ 1
Leprosy	69	1	83	0	+ 1
War	70	1	65	1	+ 0
Tetanus	71	0	70	0	+ 0
Leishmaniasis	72	0	75	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	73	0	68	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	74	0	73	0	+ 0
Hookworm Disease	75	0	80	0	+ 0
Trypanosomiasis	76	0	78	0	+ 0
Ascariasis	77	0	81	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	78	0	71	0	+ 0
Measles	79	0	72	0	- 0
Dengue	80	0	82	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	81	0	79	0	- 0
Chlamydia	82	0	84	0	- 0
Malaria	83	0	74	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	84	0	77	0	- 0
Depression	85	0	86	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	86	0	85	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to FINLAND

Argentina

Finland

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.