POLAND VS ARGENTINA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	ARGENTINA		POLAND		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	40,206	1	117,700	- 77,494
Influenza and Pneumonia	2	33,792	4	19,998	+ 13,794
Lung Disease	3	19,156	6	13,677	+ 5,480
Stroke	4	18,862	2	32,693	- 13,831
Kidney Disease	5	11,203	20	4,065	+ 7,138
Lung Cancers	6	8,256	3	25,781	- 17,525
Colon-Rectum Cancers	7	7,363	5	14,610	- 7,247
Breast Cancer	8	5,823	9	7,967	- 2,144
Diabetes Mellitus	9	5,638	8	8,947	- 3,310
Road Traffic Accidents	10	5,192	22	3,555	+ 1,638
Hypertension	11	4,781	15	4,937	- 156
Other Injuries	12	4,651	28	2,527	+ 2,125
Inflammatory/Heart	13	4,530	23	3,495	+ 1,036
Pancreas Cancer	14	3,798	13	5,430	- 1,632
Prostate Cancer	15	3,716	11	6,489	- 2,772
Liver Disease	16	3,322	10	7,912	- 4,590
Endocrine Disorders	17	3,288	38	831	+ 2,457
Suicide	18	3,089	18	4,282	- 1,193
Alzheimers & Dementia	19	3,081	21	3,701	- 620
Stomach Cancer	20	2,905	12	5,910	- 3,005
Other Neoplasms	21	2,658	7	9,256	- 6,598
Skin Disease	22	2,614	46	469	+ 2,145
Violence	23	2,236	49	294	+ 1,942
Lymphomas	24	2,233	19	4,141	- 1,909
Cervical Cancer	25	2,044	32	1,907	+ 138
Congenital Anomalies	26	1,995	36	916	+ 1,078
Leukemia	27	1,805	24	3,456	- 1,651
Low Birth Weight	28	1,800	42	579	+ 1,221
Oesophagus Cancer	29	1,694	33	1,803	- 109
Liver Cancer	30	1,686	29	2,290	- 604
Bladder Cancer	31	1,381	17	4,700	- 3,319
HIV/AIDS	32	1,221	54	115	+ 1,106
Ovary Cancer	33	1,078	27	2,929	- 1,851
Skin Cancers	34	885	31	2,155	- 1,270
Oral Cancer	35	885	25	3,377	- 2,492
Parkinson's Disease	36	795	34	1,500	- 705
Uterin Cancer	37	778	30	2,163	- 1,385
Malnutrition	38	766	50	291	+ 476
Drug Use	39	681	48	321	+ 360
Anemia	40	570	62	12	+ 557
Tuberculosis	41	540	41	597	- 56
Diarrhoeal diseases	42	477	37	839	- 362
Falls	43	417	16	4,712	- 4,294
Peptic Ulcer Disease	44	402	26	3,091	- 2,689
Chagas disease	45	372	77	0	+ 372
Alcohol	46	364	14	5,238	- 4,874
Asthma	47	332	43	540	- 208
Drownings	48	313	39	636	- 323
Birth Trauma	49	308	57	52	+ 256
Epilepsy	50	274	35	1,145	- 871
Meningitis	51	261	53	171	+ 90
Fires	52	231	45	474	- 244
Maternal Conditions	53	230	63	10	+ 220
Rheumatoid Arthritis	54	200	47	369	- 168
Poisonings	55	159	51	205	- 46
Rheumatic Heart Disease	56	115	40	612	- 497
Hepatitis C	57	93	52	188	- 95
Multiple Sclerosis	58	84	44	502	- 419
Osteoarthritis	59	60	61	18	+ 42
Appendicitis	60	58	55	69	- 10
Schizophrenia	61	49	58	30	+ 19
Hepatitis B	62	46	56	52	- 6
Prostatic Hypertrophy	63	39	59	29	+ 10
Encephalitis	64	14	64	6	+ 8
Syphilis	65	12	69	0	+ 12
Oral conditions	66	11	65	4	+ 7
Upper Respiratory	67	10	60	19	- 9
Pertussis	68	9	71	0	+ 8
Leprosy	69	4	79	0	+ 4
War	70	4	66	4	+ 0
Tetanus	71	3	67	2	+ 1
Leishmaniasis	72	2	75	0	+ 2
Otitis Media	73	2	68	1	+ 1
Iodine Deficiency	74	1	80	0	+ 1
Hookworm Disease	75	0	81	0	+ 0
Trypanosomiasis	76	0	74	0	+ 0
Ascariasis	77	0	82	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	78	0	70	0	- 0
Measles	79	0	72	0	- 0
Dengue	80	0	84	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	81	0	83	0	- 0
Chlamydia	82	0	73	0	- 0
Malaria	83	0	78	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	84	0	76	0	- 0
Depression	85	0	86	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	86	0	85	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to POLAND

Argentina

Poland

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.