NEPAL VS ARGENTINA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

Click Country Link To Compare

	ARGENTINA		NEPAL		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	32,295	2	19,677	+ 12,618
Influenza and Pneumonia	2	27,143	6	6,237	+ 20,906
Lung Disease	3	15,387	1	27,027	- 11,640
Stroke	4	15,151	4	12,909	+ 2,242
Kidney Disease	5	8,999	10	4,284	+ 4,715
Lung Cancers	6	6,632	12	3,586	+ 3,046
Colon-Rectum Cancers	7	5,914	26	1,167	+ 4,747
Breast Cancer	8	4,677	27	1,038	+ 3,639
Diabetes Mellitus	9	4,528	14	2,929	+ 1,599
Road Traffic Accidents	10	4,171	9	4,654	- 484
Hypertension	11	3,840	18	2,092	+ 1,749
Other Injuries	12	3,736	22	1,655	+ 2,082
Inflammatory/Heart	13	3,639	48	217	+ 3,422
Pancreas Cancer	14	3,051	41	445	+ 2,606
Prostate Cancer	15	2,985	58	85	+ 2,900
Liver Disease	16	2,668	5	6,383	- 3,715
Endocrine Disorders	17	2,641	45	257	+ 2,383
Suicide	18	2,481	16	2,571	- 90
Alzheimers & Dementia	19	2,475	19	2,022	+ 453
Stomach Cancer	20	2,333	25	1,379	+ 954
Other Neoplasms	21	2,135	61	50	+ 2,086
Skin Disease	22	2,100	67	17	+ 2,083
Violence	23	1,796	35	704	+ 1,092
Lymphomas	24	1,793	32	768	+ 1,026
Cervical Cancer	25	1,642	20	1,969	- 327
Congenital Anomalies	26	1,602	21	1,949	- 347
Leukemia	27	1,450	36	668	+ 782
Low Birth Weight	28	1,446	11	3,822	- 2,377
Oesophagus Cancer	29	1,360	38	491	+ 869
Liver Cancer	30	1,354	46	256	+ 1,098
Bladder Cancer	31	1,110	44	325	+ 785
HIV/AIDS	32	981	34	737	+ 244
Ovary Cancer	33	866	37	585	+ 281
Skin Cancers	34	710	42	400	+ 311
Oral Cancer	35	710	24	1,389	- 678
Parkinson's Disease	36	639	33	760	- 121
Uterin Cancer	37	625	60	56	+ 569
Malnutrition	38	615	31	845	- 229
Drug Use	39	547	57	93	+ 453
Anemia	40	458	86	0	+ 458
Tuberculosis	41	434	3	16,535	- 16,101
Diarrhoeal diseases	42	383	7	6,071	- 5,688
Falls	43	335	13	3,321	- 2,986
Peptic Ulcer Disease	44	323	49	191	+ 132
Chagas disease	45	299	74	0	+ 299
Alcohol	46	292	52	168	+ 125
Asthma	47	267	8	5,930	- 5,663
Drownings	48	252	23	1,505	- 1,253
Birth Trauma	49	247	15	2,676	- 2,428
Epilepsy	50	220	30	874	- 654
Meningitis	51	210	43	377	- 168
Fires	52	185	50	184	+ 2
Maternal Conditions	53	185	28	977	- 792
Rheumatoid Arthritis	54	161	51	173	- 12
Poisonings	55	128	39	474	- 346
Rheumatic Heart Disease	56	92	17	2,320	- 2,228
Hepatitis C	57	75	64	29	+ 46
Multiple Sclerosis	58	67	63	38	+ 29
Osteoarthritis	59	48	81	0	+ 48
Appendicitis	60	47	47	220	- 174
Schizophrenia	61	39	84	0	+ 39
Hepatitis B	62	37	56	117	- 80
Prostatic Hypertrophy	63	32	80	0	+ 32
Encephalitis	64	11	29	882	- 871
Syphilis	65	10	54	134	- 124
Oral conditions	66	9	82	0	+ 9
Upper Respiratory	67	8	66	24	- 16
Pertussis	68	7	40	453	- 446
Leprosy	69	3	76	0	+ 3
War	70	3	65	24	- 21
Tetanus	71	2	53	134	- 132
Leishmaniasis	72	1	62	39	- 37
Otitis Media	73	1	70	4	- 3
Iodine Deficiency	74	1	79	0	+ 1
Hookworm Disease	75	0	78	0	+ 0
Trypanosomiasis	76	0	75	0	+ 0
Ascariasis	77	0	69	4	- 4
Diphtheria	78	0	71	1	- 1
Measles	79	0	59	60	- 60
Dengue	80	0	55	120	- 120
Trichuriasis	81	0	77	0	- 0
Chlamydia	82	0	68	5	- 5
Malaria	83	0	72	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	84	0	73	0	- 0
Depression	85	0	83	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	86	0	85	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to NEPAL

Argentina

Nepal

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.