SOUTH KOREA VS ARGENTINA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	ARGENTINA		SOUTH KOREA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	54,044	1	28,043	+ 26,001
Influenza and Pneumonia	2	45,423	2	26,650	+ 18,773
Lung Disease	3	25,749	11	8,526	+ 17,223
Stroke	4	25,354	3	25,596	- 242
Kidney Disease	5	15,059	9	10,107	+ 4,952
Lung Cancers	6	11,098	4	20,293	- 9,196
Colon-Rectum Cancers	7	9,897	8	10,180	- 283
Breast Cancer	8	7,827	21	2,880	+ 4,947
Diabetes Mellitus	9	7,578	13	6,812	+ 766
Road Traffic Accidents	10	6,979	15	4,399	+ 2,580
Hypertension	11	6,427	17	3,711	+ 2,716
Other Injuries	12	6,252	18	3,634	+ 2,619
Inflammatory/Heart	13	6,090	31	1,325	+ 4,765
Pancreas Cancer	14	5,105	12	6,994	- 1,888
Prostate Cancer	15	4,995	22	2,316	+ 2,680
Liver Disease	16	4,465	14	6,348	- 1,883
Endocrine Disorders	17	4,419	25	1,891	+ 2,528
Suicide	18	4,153	5	14,636	- 10,483
Alzheimers & Dementia	19	4,142	6	12,145	- 8,003
Stomach Cancer	20	3,905	10	8,625	- 4,720
Other Neoplasms	21	3,573	26	1,807	+ 1,766
Skin Disease	22	3,514	36	704	+ 2,810
Violence	23	3,005	44	386	+ 2,619
Lymphomas	24	3,001	19	3,477	- 476
Cervical Cancer	25	2,748	34	1,065	+ 1,683
Congenital Anomalies	26	2,681	41	518	+ 2,163
Leukemia	27	2,426	23	2,140	+ 286
Low Birth Weight	28	2,419	45	370	+ 2,049
Oesophagus Cancer	29	2,277	28	1,733	+ 544
Liver Cancer	30	2,266	7	11,589	- 9,323
Bladder Cancer	31	1,857	27	1,768	+ 89
HIV/AIDS	32	1,642	55	84	+ 1,557
Ovary Cancer	33	1,449	30	1,330	+ 119
Skin Cancers	34	1,189	37	585	+ 604
Oral Cancer	35	1,189	29	1,457	- 268
Parkinson's Disease	36	1,069	16	3,951	- 2,882
Uterin Cancer	37	1,046	43	420	+ 626
Malnutrition	38	1,030	53	88	+ 942
Drug Use	39	915	50	154	+ 761
Anemia	40	766	46	329	+ 437
Tuberculosis	41	726	24	1,950	- 1,224
Diarrhoeal diseases	42	641	35	929	- 288
Falls	43	561	20	2,934	- 2,373
Peptic Ulcer Disease	44	541	38	540	+ 1
Chagas disease	45	500	80	0	+ 500
Alcohol	46	489	33	1,081	- 591
Asthma	47	447	32	1,150	- 704
Drownings	48	421	42	501	- 79
Birth Trauma	49	414	54	88	+ 326
Epilepsy	50	368	40	524	- 156
Meningitis	51	351	58	51	+ 300
Fires	52	310	47	263	+ 47
Maternal Conditions	53	309	61	34	+ 275
Rheumatoid Arthritis	54	269	51	150	+ 120
Poisonings	55	214	52	115	+ 99
Rheumatic Heart Disease	56	154	48	224	- 70
Hepatitis C	57	125	49	168	- 43
Multiple Sclerosis	58	112	66	11	+ 102
Osteoarthritis	59	81	60	41	+ 40
Appendicitis	60	78	57	54	+ 24
Schizophrenia	61	66	56	77	- 11
Hepatitis B	62	62	39	526	- 464
Prostatic Hypertrophy	63	53	59	49	+ 4
Encephalitis	64	19	65	19	- 0
Syphilis	65	16	62	27	- 10
Oral conditions	66	15	64	21	- 6
Upper Respiratory	67	13	63	26	- 12
Pertussis	68	11	67	6	+ 5
Leprosy	69	6	82	0	+ 6
War	70	5	68	5	+ 0
Tetanus	71	3	69	5	- 1
Leishmaniasis	72	2	79	0	+ 2
Otitis Media	73	2	70	5	- 3
Iodine Deficiency	74	1	81	0	+ 1
Hookworm Disease	75	0	76	0	+ 0
Trypanosomiasis	76	0	78	0	+ 0
Ascariasis	77	0	74	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	78	0	73	0	- 0
Measles	79	0	83	0	- 0
Dengue	80	0	77	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	81	0	75	0	- 0
Chlamydia	82	0	84	0	- 0
Malaria	83	0	71	1	- 1
Schistosomiasis	84	0	72	1	- 1
Depression	85	0	86	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	86	0	85	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to SOUTH KOREA

Argentina

South Korea

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.