NORTH KOREA VS ARGENTINA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	ARGENTINA		NORTH KOREA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	27,289	2	31,342	- 4,053
Influenza and Pneumonia	2	22,936	6	6,231	+ 16,706
Lung Disease	3	13,002	3	26,178	- 13,176
Stroke	4	12,803	1	49,648	- 36,845
Kidney Disease	5	7,604	12	3,959	+ 3,645
Lung Cancers	6	5,604	5	11,893	- 6,290
Colon-Rectum Cancers	7	4,998	15	3,232	+ 1,766
Breast Cancer	8	3,952	23	1,366	+ 2,586
Diabetes Mellitus	9	3,827	14	3,671	+ 156
Road Traffic Accidents	10	3,524	7	6,210	- 2,686
Hypertension	11	3,245	8	5,368	- 2,123
Other Injuries	12	3,157	20	1,531	+ 1,626
Inflammatory/Heart	13	3,075	34	684	+ 2,391
Pancreas Cancer	14	2,578	21	1,525	+ 1,052
Prostate Cancer	15	2,522	48	219	+ 2,304
Liver Disease	16	2,255	10	4,506	- 2,252
Endocrine Disorders	17	2,231	39	452	+ 1,780
Suicide	18	2,097	16	2,407	- 310
Alzheimers & Dementia	19	2,091	11	4,340	- 2,248
Stomach Cancer	20	1,972	13	3,771	- 1,799
Other Neoplasms	21	1,804	59	44	+ 1,761
Skin Disease	22	1,774	52	158	+ 1,616
Violence	23	1,518	28	1,082	+ 435
Lymphomas	24	1,515	35	560	+ 956
Cervical Cancer	25	1,388	33	704	+ 683
Congenital Anomalies	26	1,354	29	991	+ 363
Leukemia	27	1,225	30	965	+ 260
Low Birth Weight	28	1,221	25	1,208	+ 13
Oesophagus Cancer	29	1,150	24	1,222	- 73
Liver Cancer	30	1,144	9	5,326	- 4,181
Bladder Cancer	31	938	38	500	+ 438
HIV/AIDS	32	829	31	753	+ 76
Ovary Cancer	33	731	36	532	+ 200
Skin Cancers	34	600	51	168	+ 432
Oral Cancer	35	600	37	513	+ 88
Parkinson's Disease	36	540	26	1,155	- 615
Uterin Cancer	37	528	53	138	+ 390
Malnutrition	38	520	43	317	+ 203
Drug Use	39	462	42	356	+ 106
Anemia	40	387	85	0	+ 387
Tuberculosis	41	367	4	17,417	- 17,050
Diarrhoeal diseases	42	324	40	374	- 51
Falls	43	283	18	1,801	- 1,518
Peptic Ulcer Disease	44	273	19	1,712	- 1,439
Chagas disease	45	252	72	0	+ 252
Alcohol	46	247	44	304	- 57
Asthma	47	225	22	1,439	- 1,214
Drownings	48	213	27	1,126	- 913
Birth Trauma	49	209	32	736	- 527
Epilepsy	50	186	45	266	- 80
Meningitis	51	177	49	207	- 30
Fires	52	157	46	253	- 97
Maternal Conditions	53	156	47	252	- 96
Rheumatoid Arthritis	54	136	50	198	- 62
Poisonings	55	108	41	366	- 258
Rheumatic Heart Disease	56	78	17	2,093	- 2,015
Hepatitis C	57	63	64	10	+ 53
Multiple Sclerosis	58	57	60	40	+ 17
Osteoarthritis	59	41	81	0	+ 41
Appendicitis	60	39	57	57	- 17
Schizophrenia	61	33	83	0	+ 33
Hepatitis B	62	31	55	68	- 37
Prostatic Hypertrophy	63	27	80	0	+ 27
Encephalitis	64	10	54	117	- 107
Syphilis	65	8	58	54	- 46
Oral conditions	66	8	82	0	+ 8
Upper Respiratory	67	7	56	67	- 60
Pertussis	68	6	61	34	- 29
Leprosy	69	3	71	0	+ 3
War	70	3	63	16	- 14
Tetanus	71	2	62	28	- 26
Leishmaniasis	72	1	75	0	+ 1
Otitis Media	73	1	70	0	+ 1
Iodine Deficiency	74	1	79	0	+ 1
Hookworm Disease	75	0	78	0	+ 0
Trypanosomiasis	76	0	73	0	+ 0
Ascariasis	77	0	67	1	- 1
Diphtheria	78	0	68	0	- 0
Measles	79	0	65	4	- 4
Dengue	80	0	76	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	81	0	77	0	- 0
Chlamydia	82	0	66	1	- 1
Malaria	83	0	69	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	84	0	74	0	- 0
Depression	85	0	84	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	86	0	86	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to NORTH KOREA

Argentina

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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.