SOMALIA VS ARGENTINA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	ARGENTINA		SOMALIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	13,508	7	7,233	+ 6,275
Influenza and Pneumonia	2	11,353	1	21,712	- 10,359
Lung Disease	3	6,436	19	2,442	+ 3,993
Stroke	4	6,337	6	8,595	- 2,258
Kidney Disease	5	3,764	21	2,051	+ 1,713
Lung Cancers	6	2,774	54	233	+ 2,541
Colon-Rectum Cancers	7	2,474	38	546	+ 1,927
Breast Cancer	8	1,956	26	1,232	+ 725
Diabetes Mellitus	9	1,894	16	2,888	- 994
Road Traffic Accidents	10	1,744	11	4,231	- 2,487
Hypertension	11	1,606	18	2,643	- 1,037
Other Injuries	12	1,563	14	3,602	- 2,039
Inflammatory/Heart	13	1,522	39	521	+ 1,001
Pancreas Cancer	14	1,276	62	108	+ 1,168
Prostate Cancer	15	1,249	52	285	+ 963
Liver Disease	16	1,116	13	3,917	- 2,801
Endocrine Disorders	17	1,104	44	406	+ 698
Suicide	18	1,038	27	1,219	- 181
Alzheimers & Dementia	19	1,035	32	647	+ 388
Stomach Cancer	20	976	49	310	+ 666
Other Neoplasms	21	893	70	12	+ 881
Skin Disease	22	878	58	151	+ 727
Violence	23	751	29	828	- 77
Lymphomas	24	750	34	605	+ 146
Cervical Cancer	25	687	28	883	- 196
Congenital Anomalies	26	670	15	3,410	- 2,740
Leukemia	27	606	35	562	+ 45
Low Birth Weight	28	605	8	6,250	- 5,646
Oesophagus Cancer	29	569	40	516	+ 53
Liver Cancer	30	566	53	256	+ 311
Bladder Cancer	31	464	61	149	+ 315
HIV/AIDS	32	410	33	610	- 200
Ovary Cancer	33	362	50	295	+ 67
Skin Cancers	34	297	57	164	+ 133
Oral Cancer	35	297	46	328	- 31
Parkinson's Disease	36	267	56	184	+ 83
Uterin Cancer	37	261	64	78	+ 184
Malnutrition	38	257	10	4,825	- 4,567
Drug Use	39	229	65	54	+ 174
Anemia	40	191	83	0	+ 191
Tuberculosis	41	181	4	10,261	- 10,080
Diarrhoeal diseases	42	160	2	15,363	- 15,203
Falls	43	140	37	548	- 408
Peptic Ulcer Disease	44	135	36	559	- 424
Chagas disease	45	125	79	0	+ 125
Alcohol	46	122	59	151	- 29
Asthma	47	112	23	1,878	- 1,767
Drownings	48	105	25	1,272	- 1,166
Birth Trauma	49	103	5	9,573	- 9,470
Epilepsy	50	92	43	419	- 327
Meningitis	51	88	9	5,381	- 5,293
Fires	52	77	30	810	- 733
Maternal Conditions	53	77	12	4,127	- 4,049
Rheumatoid Arthritis	54	67	66	35	+ 32
Poisonings	55	54	31	758	- 705
Rheumatic Heart Disease	56	39	41	446	- 407
Hepatitis C	57	31	67	34	- 3
Multiple Sclerosis	58	28	71	8	+ 20
Osteoarthritis	59	20	85	0	+ 20
Appendicitis	60	20	55	188	- 168
Schizophrenia	61	16	81	0	+ 16
Hepatitis B	62	15	48	315	- 299
Prostatic Hypertrophy	63	13	84	0	+ 13
Encephalitis	64	5	63	91	- 86
Syphilis	65	4	45	378	- 374
Oral conditions	66	4	86	0	+ 4
Upper Respiratory	67	3	47	326	- 322
Pertussis	68	3	20	2,054	- 2,051
Leprosy	69	1	77	0	+ 1
War	70	1	24	1,318	- 1,317
Tetanus	71	1	17	2,648	- 2,647
Leishmaniasis	72	1	51	290	- 289
Otitis Media	73	1	68	32	- 31
Iodine Deficiency	74	0	76	0	+ 0
Hookworm Disease	75	0	74	0	+ 0
Trypanosomiasis	76	0	78	0	+ 0
Ascariasis	77	0	69	30	- 30
Diphtheria	78	0	60	150	- 150
Measles	79	0	3	11,576	- 11,576
Dengue	80	0	73	1	- 1
Trichuriasis	81	0	75	0	- 0
Chlamydia	82	0	72	5	- 5
Malaria	83	0	22	1,942	- 1,942
Schistosomiasis	84	0	42	435	- 435
Depression	85	0	80	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	86	0	82	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to SOMALIA

Argentina

Somalia

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.