SOUTH AFRICA VS ARGENTINA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	ARGENTINA		SOUTH AFRICA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	62,719	3	32,739	+ 29,981
Influenza and Pneumonia	2	52,715	2	39,341	+ 13,374
Lung Disease	3	29,883	13	11,895	+ 17,988
Stroke	4	29,424	4	30,693	- 1,269
Kidney Disease	5	17,476	9	15,302	+ 2,175
Lung Cancers	6	12,879	15	7,705	+ 5,174
Colon-Rectum Cancers	7	11,486	28	3,587	+ 7,899
Breast Cancer	8	9,084	23	4,533	+ 4,550
Diabetes Mellitus	9	8,795	5	30,188	- 21,393
Road Traffic Accidents	10	8,100	11	13,014	- 4,914
Hypertension	11	7,458	12	12,789	- 5,330
Other Injuries	12	7,256	17	6,014	+ 1,242
Inflammatory/Heart	13	7,067	21	5,408	+ 1,659
Pancreas Cancer	14	5,925	35	2,007	+ 3,918
Prostate Cancer	15	5,797	24	4,374	+ 1,424
Liver Disease	16	5,182	14	9,013	- 3,831
Endocrine Disorders	17	5,128	19	5,890	- 762
Suicide	18	4,819	10	13,774	- 8,955
Alzheimers & Dementia	19	4,807	22	4,676	+ 131
Stomach Cancer	20	4,532	39	1,535	+ 2,997
Other Neoplasms	21	4,147	58	267	+ 3,880
Skin Disease	22	4,078	45	1,101	+ 2,976
Violence	23	3,488	7	21,000	- 17,512
Lymphomas	24	3,483	31	2,818	+ 665
Cervical Cancer	25	3,189	20	5,555	- 2,366
Congenital Anomalies	26	3,112	25	4,351	- 1,239
Leukemia	27	2,815	40	1,464	+ 1,352
Low Birth Weight	28	2,807	16	6,250	- 3,443
Oesophagus Cancer	29	2,642	29	3,486	- 843
Liver Cancer	30	2,630	33	2,383	+ 247
Bladder Cancer	31	2,155	52	829	+ 1,326
HIV/AIDS	32	1,905	1	71,996	- 70,091
Ovary Cancer	33	1,681	51	951	+ 730
Skin Cancers	34	1,380	48	993	+ 387
Oral Cancer	35	1,380	41	1,406	- 26
Parkinson's Disease	36	1,241	46	1,077	+ 163
Uterin Cancer	37	1,214	54	512	+ 701
Malnutrition	38	1,195	34	2,381	- 1,185
Drug Use	39	1,062	53	770	+ 292
Anemia	40	889	82	0	+ 889
Tuberculosis	41	843	6	21,965	- 21,123
Diarrhoeal diseases	42	744	8	15,843	- 15,099
Falls	43	651	42	1,399	- 748
Peptic Ulcer Disease	44	628	36	1,894	- 1,267
Chagas disease	45	580	78	0	+ 580
Alcohol	46	568	49	987	- 419
Asthma	47	518	18	5,966	- 5,448
Drownings	48	489	32	2,403	- 1,914
Birth Trauma	49	480	30	3,004	- 2,523
Epilepsy	50	427	37	1,870	- 1,442
Meningitis	51	407	26	3,660	- 3,253
Fires	52	360	27	3,618	- 3,258
Maternal Conditions	53	359	38	1,700	- 1,341
Rheumatoid Arthritis	54	313	55	376	- 63
Poisonings	55	248	50	975	- 727
Rheumatic Heart Disease	56	179	47	1,015	- 836
Hepatitis C	57	145	70	8	+ 137
Multiple Sclerosis	58	130	62	113	+ 18
Osteoarthritis	59	94	85	0	+ 94
Appendicitis	60	91	56	274	- 183
Schizophrenia	61	76	80	0	+ 76
Hepatitis B	62	72	61	139	- 68
Prostatic Hypertrophy	63	62	86	0	+ 62
Encephalitis	64	22	59	234	- 212
Syphilis	65	19	44	1,130	- 1,111
Oral conditions	66	18	84	0	+ 18
Upper Respiratory	67	15	60	223	- 207
Pertussis	68	13	43	1,142	- 1,129
Leprosy	69	7	75	0	+ 7
War	70	6	64	66	- 59
Tetanus	71	4	65	38	- 34
Leishmaniasis	72	3	77	0	+ 3
Otitis Media	73	2	67	19	- 17
Iodine Deficiency	74	2	79	0	+ 2
Hookworm Disease	75	0	72	0	+ 0
Trypanosomiasis	76	0	76	0	+ 0
Ascariasis	77	0	71	3	- 3
Diphtheria	78	0	69	16	- 16
Measles	79	0	57	270	- 270
Dengue	80	0	73	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	81	0	74	0	- 0
Chlamydia	82	0	68	18	- 18
Malaria	83	0	63	83	- 83
Schistosomiasis	84	0	66	35	- 35
Depression	85	0	83	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	86	0	81	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to SOUTH AFRICA

Argentina

South Africa

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.