NEW GUINEA VS ARGENTINA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	ARGENTINA		NEW GUINEA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	10,425	1	6,835	+ 3,589
Influenza and Pneumonia	2	8,762	6	2,595	+ 6,167
Lung Disease	3	4,967	3	4,538	+ 429
Stroke	4	4,891	2	5,095	- 204
Kidney Disease	5	2,905	18	687	+ 2,218
Lung Cancers	6	2,141	23	622	+ 1,519
Colon-Rectum Cancers	7	1,909	29	445	+ 1,464
Breast Cancer	8	1,510	17	764	+ 746
Diabetes Mellitus	9	1,462	4	4,533	- 3,071
Road Traffic Accidents	10	1,346	12	1,105	+ 241
Hypertension	11	1,240	13	1,096	+ 144
Other Injuries	12	1,206	20	647	+ 559
Inflammatory/Heart	13	1,175	43	229	+ 946
Pancreas Cancer	14	985	52	107	+ 878
Prostate Cancer	15	964	36	285	+ 679
Liver Disease	16	861	22	624	+ 237
Endocrine Disorders	17	852	47	153	+ 699
Suicide	18	801	37	259	+ 542
Alzheimers & Dementia	19	799	33	343	+ 456
Stomach Cancer	20	753	28	447	+ 306
Other Neoplasms	21	689	60	15	+ 674
Skin Disease	22	678	49	126	+ 552
Violence	23	580	15	969	- 389
Lymphomas	24	579	32	353	+ 226
Cervical Cancer	25	530	19	665	- 134
Congenital Anomalies	26	517	16	951	- 433
Leukemia	27	468	38	253	+ 215
Low Birth Weight	28	467	10	1,661	- 1,195
Oesophagus Cancer	29	439	44	199	+ 240
Liver Cancer	30	437	21	644	- 207
Bladder Cancer	31	358	54	82	+ 276
HIV/AIDS	32	317	24	611	- 295
Ovary Cancer	33	279	46	179	+ 100
Skin Cancers	34	229	31	417	- 187
Oral Cancer	35	229	25	580	- 351
Parkinson's Disease	36	206	45	185	+ 22
Uterin Cancer	37	202	55	81	+ 121
Malnutrition	38	199	48	134	+ 65
Drug Use	39	176	61	13	+ 164
Anemia	40	148	82	0	+ 148
Tuberculosis	41	140	5	3,969	- 3,829
Diarrhoeal diseases	42	124	8	2,295	- 2,171
Falls	43	108	26	502	- 393
Peptic Ulcer Disease	44	104	35	302	- 197
Chagas disease	45	96	75	0	+ 96
Alcohol	46	94	53	93	+ 1
Asthma	47	86	9	1,842	- 1,756
Drownings	48	81	40	240	- 158
Birth Trauma	49	80	11	1,504	- 1,424
Epilepsy	50	71	51	111	- 40
Meningitis	51	68	34	324	- 256
Fires	52	60	27	488	- 428
Maternal Conditions	53	60	30	421	- 361
Rheumatoid Arthritis	54	52	65	5	+ 47
Poisonings	55	41	50	121	- 80
Rheumatic Heart Disease	56	30	14	1,072	- 1,042
Hepatitis C	57	24	62	8	+ 16
Multiple Sclerosis	58	22	66	5	+ 17
Osteoarthritis	59	16	85	0	+ 16
Appendicitis	60	15	59	20	- 5
Schizophrenia	61	13	80	0	+ 13
Hepatitis B	62	12	58	27	- 15
Prostatic Hypertrophy	63	10	84	0	+ 10
Encephalitis	64	4	57	31	- 27
Syphilis	65	3	42	234	- 231
Oral conditions	66	3	86	0	+ 3
Upper Respiratory	67	3	68	2	+ 1
Pertussis	68	2	39	248	- 245
Leprosy	69	1	72	0	+ 1
War	70	1	69	1	+ 0
Tetanus	71	1	56	48	- 47
Leishmaniasis	72	0	74	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	73	0	71	0	+ 0
Iodine Deficiency	74	0	77	0	+ 0
Hookworm Disease	75	0	79	0	+ 0
Trypanosomiasis	76	0	76	0	+ 0
Ascariasis	77	0	63	7	- 7
Diphtheria	78	0	67	3	- 3
Measles	79	0	41	238	- 238
Dengue	80	0	64	6	- 6
Trichuriasis	81	0	78	0	- 0
Chlamydia	82	0	70	1	- 1
Malaria	83	0	7	2,446	- 2,446
Schistosomiasis	84	0	73	0	- 0
Depression	85	0	81	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	86	0	83	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to NEW GUINEA

Argentina

New Guinea

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.