GABON VS ARGENTINA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	ARGENTINA		GABON		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	2,548	3	1,019	+ 1,529
Influenza and Pneumonia	2	2,141	4	966	+ 1,175
Lung Disease	3	1,214	16	215	+ 999
Stroke	4	1,195	5	896	+ 299
Kidney Disease	5	710	12	384	+ 326
Lung Cancers	6	523	29	87	+ 436
Colon-Rectum Cancers	7	467	37	43	+ 423
Breast Cancer	8	369	27	92	+ 277
Diabetes Mellitus	9	357	6	643	- 285
Road Traffic Accidents	10	329	8	518	- 189
Hypertension	11	303	11	412	- 109
Other Injuries	12	295	22	140	+ 155
Inflammatory/Heart	13	287	24	101	+ 186
Pancreas Cancer	14	241	53	21	+ 220
Prostate Cancer	15	235	32	80	+ 156
Liver Disease	16	210	10	416	- 206
Endocrine Disorders	17	208	25	98	+ 110
Suicide	18	196	18	183	+ 13
Alzheimers & Dementia	19	195	19	152	+ 44
Stomach Cancer	20	184	48	32	+ 152
Other Neoplasms	21	168	64	5	+ 163
Skin Disease	22	166	52	22	+ 144
Violence	23	142	17	184	- 42
Lymphomas	24	141	49	32	+ 110
Cervical Cancer	25	130	26	96	+ 33
Congenital Anomalies	26	126	15	285	- 159
Leukemia	27	114	57	17	+ 97
Low Birth Weight	28	114	9	494	- 380
Oesophagus Cancer	29	107	44	35	+ 73
Liver Cancer	30	107	35	53	+ 54
Bladder Cancer	31	88	43	35	+ 53
HIV/AIDS	32	77	2	1,128	- 1,051
Ovary Cancer	33	68	51	27	+ 42
Skin Cancers	34	56	46	34	+ 22
Oral Cancer	35	56	34	69	- 13
Parkinson's Disease	36	50	36	47	+ 3
Uterin Cancer	37	49	55	19	+ 30
Malnutrition	38	49	33	78	- 29
Drug Use	39	43	45	34	+ 9
Anemia	40	36	82	0	+ 36
Tuberculosis	41	34	1	1,819	- 1,785
Diarrhoeal diseases	42	30	14	318	- 288
Falls	43	26	30	84	- 58
Peptic Ulcer Disease	44	25	41	36	- 11
Chagas disease	45	24	77	0	+ 24
Alcohol	46	23	56	19	+ 4
Asthma	47	21	28	90	- 69
Drownings	48	20	38	42	- 22
Birth Trauma	49	20	13	362	- 343
Epilepsy	50	17	40	37	- 20
Meningitis	51	17	23	113	- 96
Fires	52	15	39	39	- 24
Maternal Conditions	53	15	21	145	- 131
Rheumatoid Arthritis	54	13	63	6	+ 6
Poisonings	55	10	50	28	- 18
Rheumatic Heart Disease	56	7	54	20	- 13
Hepatitis C	57	6	68	1	+ 5
Multiple Sclerosis	58	5	67	2	+ 4
Osteoarthritis	59	4	86	0	+ 4
Appendicitis	60	4	61	7	- 3
Schizophrenia	61	3	81	0	+ 3
Hepatitis B	62	3	62	7	- 4
Prostatic Hypertrophy	63	3	85	0	+ 3
Encephalitis	64	1	60	7	- 6
Syphilis	65	1	47	33	- 32
Oral conditions	66	1	84	0	+ 1
Upper Respiratory	67	1	66	3	- 2
Pertussis	68	1	31	81	- 81
Leprosy	69	0	78	0	+ 0
War	70	0	65	3	- 3
Tetanus	71	0	59	8	- 8
Leishmaniasis	72	0	76	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	73	0	72	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	74	0	79	0	+ 0
Hookworm Disease	75	0	75	0	+ 0
Trypanosomiasis	76	0	42	35	- 35
Ascariasis	77	0	70	0	- 0
Diphtheria	78	0	69	0	- 0
Measles	79	0	20	146	- 146
Dengue	80	0	73	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	81	0	74	0	- 0
Chlamydia	82	0	71	0	- 0
Malaria	83	0	7	540	- 540
Schistosomiasis	84	0	58	14	- 14
Depression	85	0	80	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	86	0	83	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to GABON

Argentina

Gabon

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.