SPAIN VS ARGENTINA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	ARGENTINA		SPAIN		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	49,061	1	51,684	- 2,623
Influenza and Pneumonia	2	41,235	7	13,717	+ 27,519
Lung Disease	3	23,375	5	18,926	+ 4,449
Stroke	4	23,017	3	29,004	- 5,987
Kidney Disease	5	13,671	8	9,725	+ 3,946
Lung Cancers	6	10,074	4	22,131	- 12,056
Colon-Rectum Cancers	7	8,985	6	16,957	- 7,973
Breast Cancer	8	7,105	11	7,067	+ 38
Diabetes Mellitus	9	6,879	10	7,773	- 894
Road Traffic Accidents	10	6,336	31	1,829	+ 4,507
Hypertension	11	5,834	9	9,115	- 3,280
Other Injuries	12	5,676	15	5,536	+ 140
Inflammatory/Heart	13	5,528	19	4,984	+ 544
Pancreas Cancer	14	4,635	12	6,752	- 2,118
Prostate Cancer	15	4,535	13	6,420	- 1,885
Liver Disease	16	4,054	23	4,231	- 178
Endocrine Disorders	17	4,012	21	4,863	- 852
Suicide	18	3,770	25	3,609	+ 160
Alzheimers & Dementia	19	3,760	2	42,339	- 38,579
Stomach Cancer	20	3,545	14	5,796	- 2,251
Other Neoplasms	21	3,244	22	4,748	- 1,504
Skin Disease	22	3,190	30	1,840	+ 1,349
Violence	23	2,728	51	262	+ 2,467
Lymphomas	24	2,724	16	5,335	- 2,610
Cervical Cancer	25	2,495	39	855	+ 1,640
Congenital Anomalies	26	2,434	38	863	+ 1,571
Leukemia	27	2,202	24	3,772	- 1,570
Low Birth Weight	28	2,196	52	253	+ 1,943
Oesophagus Cancer	29	2,067	29	2,011	+ 56
Liver Cancer	30	2,057	18	5,098	- 3,041
Bladder Cancer	31	1,686	17	5,222	- 3,537
HIV/AIDS	32	1,490	43	538	+ 952
Ovary Cancer	33	1,315	28	2,026	- 711
Skin Cancers	34	1,079	32	1,803	- 724
Oral Cancer	35	1,079	27	2,583	- 1,504
Parkinson's Disease	36	970	20	4,943	- 3,972
Uterin Cancer	37	949	34	1,612	- 662
Malnutrition	38	935	47	302	+ 633
Drug Use	39	831	41	776	+ 54
Anemia	40	695	37	914	- 219
Tuberculosis	41	659	50	270	+ 389
Diarrhoeal diseases	42	582	36	1,064	- 482
Falls	43	509	26	3,246	- 2,737
Peptic Ulcer Disease	44	491	44	475	+ 16
Chagas disease	45	453	71	3	+ 450
Alcohol	46	444	46	333	+ 111
Asthma	47	405	35	1,133	- 728
Drownings	48	383	45	446	- 63
Birth Trauma	49	376	60	113	+ 263
Epilepsy	50	334	40	824	- 490
Meningitis	51	318	59	129	+ 190
Fires	52	281	55	185	+ 97
Maternal Conditions	53	280	64	14	+ 267
Rheumatoid Arthritis	54	245	48	294	- 49
Poisonings	55	194	57	170	+ 24
Rheumatic Heart Disease	56	140	33	1,612	- 1,472
Hepatitis C	57	113	42	652	- 539
Multiple Sclerosis	58	102	49	287	- 185
Osteoarthritis	59	74	53	212	- 139
Appendicitis	60	71	61	79	- 8
Schizophrenia	61	60	56	181	- 121
Hepatitis B	62	56	58	162	- 106
Prostatic Hypertrophy	63	48	54	204	- 156
Encephalitis	64	17	70	4	+ 13
Syphilis	65	15	67	9	+ 6
Oral conditions	66	14	63	44	- 30
Upper Respiratory	67	12	62	47	- 34
Pertussis	68	10	73	2	+ 9
Leprosy	69	5	75	0	+ 5
War	70	5	68	6	- 1
Tetanus	71	3	72	2	+ 1
Leishmaniasis	72	2	65	11	- 9
Otitis Media	73	2	66	9	- 7
Iodine Deficiency	74	1	69	4	- 3
Hookworm Disease	75	0	79	0	+ 0
Trypanosomiasis	76	0	84	0	+ 0
Ascariasis	77	0	78	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	78	0	76	0	- 0
Measles	79	0	81	0	- 0
Dengue	80	0	77	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	81	0	80	0	- 0
Chlamydia	82	0	82	0	- 0
Malaria	83	0	83	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	84	0	74	0	- 0
Depression	85	0	86	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	86	0	85	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to SPAIN

Argentina

Spain

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.