NIGER VS ARGENTINA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	ARGENTINA		NIGER		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	27,335	6	8,229	+ 19,106
Influenza and Pneumonia	2	22,975	1	21,093	+ 1,881
Lung Disease	3	13,024	20	2,172	+ 10,852
Stroke	4	12,824	5	8,717	+ 4,107
Kidney Disease	5	7,617	16	2,732	+ 4,884
Lung Cancers	6	5,613	67	42	+ 5,571
Colon-Rectum Cancers	7	5,006	37	522	+ 4,484
Breast Cancer	8	3,959	29	1,075	+ 2,884
Diabetes Mellitus	9	3,833	17	2,630	+ 1,203
Road Traffic Accidents	10	3,530	8	5,946	- 2,416
Hypertension	11	3,251	25	1,356	+ 1,895
Other Injuries	12	3,162	12	3,826	- 663
Inflammatory/Heart	13	3,080	34	769	+ 2,312
Pancreas Cancer	14	2,582	54	138	+ 2,444
Prostate Cancer	15	2,527	57	128	+ 2,399
Liver Disease	16	2,258	11	4,116	- 1,858
Endocrine Disorders	17	2,235	23	1,806	+ 429
Suicide	18	2,100	27	1,227	+ 873
Alzheimers & Dementia	19	2,095	32	858	+ 1,237
Stomach Cancer	20	1,975	44	300	+ 1,675
Other Neoplasms	21	1,807	68	24	+ 1,783
Skin Disease	22	1,777	52	213	+ 1,565
Violence	23	1,520	19	2,244	- 724
Lymphomas	24	1,518	43	350	+ 1,168
Cervical Cancer	25	1,390	38	487	+ 903
Congenital Anomalies	26	1,356	10	4,346	- 2,990
Leukemia	27	1,227	48	258	+ 969
Low Birth Weight	28	1,224	4	9,560	- 8,336
Oesophagus Cancer	29	1,152	55	132	+ 1,020
Liver Cancer	30	1,146	35	745	+ 401
Bladder Cancer	31	939	53	161	+ 778
HIV/AIDS	32	830	30	1,048	- 218
Ovary Cancer	33	733	40	425	+ 308
Skin Cancers	34	601	45	287	+ 315
Oral Cancer	35	601	49	242	+ 359
Parkinson's Disease	36	541	47	275	+ 265
Uterin Cancer	37	529	64	86	+ 443
Malnutrition	38	521	21	2,170	- 1,649
Drug Use	39	463	58	126	+ 336
Anemia	40	387	85	0	+ 387
Tuberculosis	41	367	13	3,703	- 3,336
Diarrhoeal diseases	42	324	3	16,030	- 15,706
Falls	43	284	26	1,297	- 1,014
Peptic Ulcer Disease	44	274	31	1,044	- 771
Chagas disease	45	253	79	0	+ 253
Alcohol	46	247	60	120	+ 127
Asthma	47	226	22	1,902	- 1,676
Drownings	48	213	24	1,581	- 1,368
Birth Trauma	49	209	7	8,030	- 7,821
Epilepsy	50	186	36	676	- 490
Meningitis	51	177	9	5,237	- 5,060
Fires	52	157	28	1,120	- 964
Maternal Conditions	53	156	14	3,317	- 3,161
Rheumatoid Arthritis	54	136	70	18	+ 119
Poisonings	55	108	33	771	- 663
Rheumatic Heart Disease	56	78	39	467	- 389
Hepatitis C	57	63	66	46	+ 18
Multiple Sclerosis	58	57	69	22	+ 35
Osteoarthritis	59	41	81	0	+ 41
Appendicitis	60	40	56	128	- 88
Schizophrenia	61	33	83	0	+ 33
Hepatitis B	62	31	46	279	- 248
Prostatic Hypertrophy	63	27	80	0	+ 27
Encephalitis	64	10	61	112	- 103
Syphilis	65	8	62	110	- 101
Oral conditions	66	8	82	0	+ 8
Upper Respiratory	67	7	63	94	- 87
Pertussis	68	6	15	2,858	- 2,852
Leprosy	69	3	76	0	+ 3
War	70	3	41	409	- 407
Tetanus	71	2	42	372	- 371
Leishmaniasis	72	1	51	237	- 236
Otitis Media	73	1	72	1	+ 0
Iodine Deficiency	74	1	77	0	+ 1
Hookworm Disease	75	0	74	0	+ 0
Trypanosomiasis	76	0	78	0	+ 0
Ascariasis	77	0	59	125	- 125
Diphtheria	78	0	65	60	- 60
Measles	79	0	18	2,414	- 2,414
Dengue	80	0	73	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	81	0	75	0	- 0
Chlamydia	82	0	71	3	- 3
Malaria	83	0	2	17,022	- 17,022
Schistosomiasis	84	0	50	237	- 237
Depression	85	0	86	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	86	0	84	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to NIGER

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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.