UNITED KINGDOM VS ARGENTINA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	ARGENTINA		UNITED KINGDOM		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	71,038	2	71,728	- 690
Influenza and Pneumonia	2	59,706	3	40,540	+ 19,166
Lung Disease	3	33,846	6	32,896	+ 950
Stroke	4	33,327	4	37,626	- 4,299
Kidney Disease	5	19,794	18	5,471	+ 14,323
Lung Cancers	6	14,587	5	35,715	- 21,128
Colon-Rectum Cancers	7	13,010	7	18,446	- 5,437
Breast Cancer	8	10,288	9	12,718	- 2,430
Diabetes Mellitus	9	9,961	17	5,842	+ 4,119
Road Traffic Accidents	10	9,174	33	2,169	+ 7,005
Hypertension	11	8,447	23	5,208	+ 3,239
Other Injuries	12	8,219	19	5,464	+ 2,755
Inflammatory/Heart	13	8,005	29	3,126	+ 4,878
Pancreas Cancer	14	6,711	11	8,995	- 2,285
Prostate Cancer	15	6,566	8	13,289	- 6,723
Liver Disease	16	5,869	14	7,666	- 1,796
Endocrine Disorders	17	5,809	28	3,297	+ 2,512
Suicide	18	5,458	20	5,325	+ 133
Alzheimers & Dementia	19	5,444	1	98,135	- 92,691
Stomach Cancer	20	5,133	24	4,999	+ 134
Other Neoplasms	21	4,697	26	3,986	+ 711
Skin Disease	22	4,619	34	2,134	+ 2,485
Violence	23	3,951	46	868	+ 3,083
Lymphomas	24	3,945	10	9,350	- 5,406
Cervical Cancer	25	3,612	43	1,099	+ 2,513
Congenital Anomalies	26	3,524	35	2,127	+ 1,398
Leukemia	27	3,189	22	5,211	- 2,022
Low Birth Weight	28	3,180	40	1,313	+ 1,866
Oesophagus Cancer	29	2,993	12	8,727	- 5,734
Liver Cancer	30	2,979	21	5,237	- 2,258
Bladder Cancer	31	2,441	16	6,133	- 3,693
HIV/AIDS	32	2,158	55	188	+ 1,970
Ovary Cancer	33	1,904	25	4,019	- 2,115
Skin Cancers	34	1,563	27	3,727	- 2,164
Oral Cancer	35	1,563	30	3,109	- 1,546
Parkinson's Disease	36	1,405	13	8,573	- 7,168
Uterin Cancer	37	1,375	32	2,346	- 972
Malnutrition	38	1,354	58	116	+ 1,238
Drug Use	39	1,203	31	2,824	- 1,622
Anemia	40	1,007	50	277	+ 730
Tuberculosis	41	954	47	351	+ 603
Diarrhoeal diseases	42	842	38	1,599	- 757
Falls	43	738	15	7,618	- 6,881
Peptic Ulcer Disease	44	711	36	2,090	- 1,379
Chagas disease	45	657	71	0	+ 656
Alcohol	46	643	39	1,555	- 911
Asthma	47	587	41	1,302	- 715
Drownings	48	554	49	301	+ 253
Birth Trauma	49	544	54	190	+ 354
Epilepsy	50	484	42	1,193	- 709
Meningitis	51	461	52	232	+ 229
Fires	52	408	48	334	+ 73
Maternal Conditions	53	406	64	47	+ 359
Rheumatoid Arthritis	54	354	44	1,014	- 660
Poisonings	55	281	53	221	+ 61
Rheumatic Heart Disease	56	203	45	876	- 673
Hepatitis C	57	164	51	267	- 103
Multiple Sclerosis	58	148	37	1,856	- 1,708
Osteoarthritis	59	107	57	167	- 60
Appendicitis	60	103	59	105	- 2
Schizophrenia	61	86	60	101	- 15
Hepatitis B	62	81	65	40	+ 42
Prostatic Hypertrophy	63	70	56	184	- 114
Encephalitis	64	25	68	6	+ 19
Syphilis	65	21	62	49	- 27
Oral conditions	66	20	61	54	- 34
Upper Respiratory	67	18	63	48	- 31
Pertussis	68	15	69	3	+ 12
Leprosy	69	8	83	0	+ 8
War	70	7	67	10	- 3
Tetanus	71	5	72	0	+ 4
Leishmaniasis	72	3	70	0	+ 3
Otitis Media	73	3	66	16	- 13
Iodine Deficiency	74	2	84	0	+ 2
Hookworm Disease	75	0	81	0	+ 0
Trypanosomiasis	76	0	77	0	+ 0
Ascariasis	77	0	80	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	78	0	74	0	- 0
Measles	79	0	75	0	- 0
Dengue	80	0	73	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	81	0	82	0	- 0
Chlamydia	82	0	79	0	- 0
Malaria	83	0	76	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	84	0	78	0	- 0
Depression	85	0	86	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	86	0	85	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to UNITED KINGDOM

Argentina

United Kingdom

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.