NEW ZEALAND VS ARGENTINA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	ARGENTINA		NEW ZEALAND		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	5,356	1	5,095	+ 260
Influenza and Pneumonia	2	4,501	7	920	+ 3,581
Lung Disease	3	2,552	5	1,815	+ 737
Stroke	4	2,513	3	2,378	+ 134
Kidney Disease	5	1,492	17	432	+ 1,060
Lung Cancers	6	1,100	4	1,873	- 774
Colon-Rectum Cancers	7	981	6	1,495	- 514
Breast Cancer	8	776	10	737	+ 39
Diabetes Mellitus	9	751	8	769	- 18
Road Traffic Accidents	10	692	16	458	+ 234
Hypertension	11	637	20	327	+ 310
Other Injuries	12	620	28	218	+ 402
Inflammatory/Heart	13	603	23	313	+ 291
Pancreas Cancer	14	506	14	543	- 37
Prostate Cancer	15	495	9	739	- 244
Liver Disease	16	442	32	158	+ 285
Endocrine Disorders	17	438	21	325	+ 113
Suicide	18	412	15	528	- 117
Alzheimers & Dementia	19	410	2	3,032	- 2,621
Stomach Cancer	20	387	22	323	+ 64
Other Neoplasms	21	354	27	245	+ 109
Skin Disease	22	348	34	118	+ 230
Violence	23	298	42	57	+ 241
Lymphomas	24	297	13	608	- 311
Cervical Cancer	25	272	41	61	+ 212
Congenital Anomalies	26	266	30	176	+ 90
Leukemia	27	240	18	391	- 151
Low Birth Weight	28	240	38	78	+ 161
Oesophagus Cancer	29	226	25	279	- 53
Liver Cancer	30	225	24	288	- 63
Bladder Cancer	31	184	26	267	- 83
HIV/AIDS	32	163	57	10	+ 152
Ovary Cancer	33	144	29	207	- 63
Skin Cancers	34	118	12	612	- 494
Oral Cancer	35	118	31	164	- 46
Parkinson's Disease	36	106	19	353	- 247
Uterin Cancer	37	104	33	145	- 41
Malnutrition	38	102	55	14	+ 88
Drug Use	39	91	40	69	+ 22
Anemia	40	76	51	17	+ 58
Tuberculosis	41	72	52	17	+ 55
Diarrhoeal diseases	42	64	37	81	- 17
Falls	43	56	11	627	- 571
Peptic Ulcer Disease	44	54	39	70	- 17
Chagas disease	45	50	79	0	+ 50
Alcohol	46	48	45	51	- 3
Asthma	47	44	36	91	- 46
Drownings	48	42	44	54	- 13
Birth Trauma	49	41	54	15	+ 26
Epilepsy	50	36	43	55	- 18
Meningitis	51	35	59	9	+ 26
Fires	52	31	53	17	+ 14
Maternal Conditions	53	31	63	5	+ 26
Rheumatoid Arthritis	54	27	46	47	- 20
Poisonings	55	21	58	9	+ 12
Rheumatic Heart Disease	56	15	35	113	- 97
Hepatitis C	57	12	48	30	- 17
Multiple Sclerosis	58	11	47	43	- 32
Osteoarthritis	59	8	49	24	- 16
Appendicitis	60	8	62	6	+ 2
Schizophrenia	61	7	60	8	- 2
Hepatitis B	62	6	56	14	- 8
Prostatic Hypertrophy	63	5	50	22	- 17
Encephalitis	64	2	66	1	+ 1
Syphilis	65	2	70	0	+ 1
Oral conditions	66	2	61	8	- 6
Upper Respiratory	67	1	64	4	- 2
Pertussis	68	1	65	1	+ 0
Leprosy	69	1	72	0	+ 1
War	70	1	68	1	- 0
Tetanus	71	0	69	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	72	0	80	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	73	0	67	1	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	74	0	84	0	+ 0
Hookworm Disease	75	0	73	0	+ 0
Trypanosomiasis	76	0	81	0	+ 0
Ascariasis	77	0	76	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	78	0	83	0	+ 0
Measles	79	0	82	0	- 0
Dengue	80	0	75	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	81	0	74	0	- 0
Chlamydia	82	0	71	0	- 0
Malaria	83	0	78	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 NEW ZEALAND

Argentina

New Zealand

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.