ZAMBIA VS ARGENTINA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	ARGENTINA		ZAMBIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	21,583	10	4,432	+ 17,151
Influenza and Pneumonia	2	18,140	2	9,517	+ 8,623
Lung Disease	3	10,283	21	1,273	+ 9,011
Stroke	4	10,125	3	7,948	+ 2,177
Kidney Disease	5	6,014	18	1,760	+ 4,253
Lung Cancers	6	4,432	41	226	+ 4,206
Colon-Rectum Cancers	7	3,953	43	203	+ 3,750
Breast Cancer	8	3,126	35	366	+ 2,760
Diabetes Mellitus	9	3,026	14	2,395	+ 631
Road Traffic Accidents	10	2,787	11	3,654	- 867
Hypertension	11	2,566	13	2,616	- 50
Other Injuries	12	2,497	19	1,729	+ 768
Inflammatory/Heart	13	2,432	33	501	+ 1,931
Pancreas Cancer	14	2,039	62	42	+ 1,996
Prostate Cancer	15	1,995	30	561	+ 1,433
Liver Disease	16	1,783	9	4,501	- 2,718
Endocrine Disorders	17	1,765	37	354	+ 1,411
Suicide	18	1,658	20	1,303	+ 356
Alzheimers & Dementia	19	1,654	29	590	+ 1,064
Stomach Cancer	20	1,559	42	206	+ 1,353
Other Neoplasms	21	1,427	65	20	+ 1,407
Skin Disease	22	1,403	52	126	+ 1,277
Violence	23	1,200	23	1,153	+ 47
Lymphomas	24	1,198	31	548	+ 651
Cervical Cancer	25	1,097	17	1,799	- 701
Congenital Anomalies	26	1,071	12	3,146	- 2,075
Leukemia	27	969	39	261	+ 708
Low Birth Weight	28	966	8	4,857	- 3,891
Oesophagus Cancer	29	909	36	359	+ 551
Liver Cancer	30	905	46	177	+ 728
Bladder Cancer	31	741	50	132	+ 610
HIV/AIDS	32	656	1	17,234	- 16,579
Ovary Cancer	33	578	57	82	+ 496
Skin Cancers	34	475	54	108	+ 367
Oral Cancer	35	475	48	155	+ 320
Parkinson's Disease	36	427	47	164	+ 263
Uterin Cancer	37	418	64	30	+ 388
Malnutrition	38	411	15	2,303	- 1,891
Drug Use	39	365	53	122	+ 243
Anemia	40	306	83	0	+ 306
Tuberculosis	41	290	6	5,941	- 5,651
Diarrhoeal diseases	42	256	5	6,275	- 6,019
Falls	43	224	28	596	- 372
Peptic Ulcer Disease	44	216	40	246	- 30
Chagas disease	45	199	79	0	+ 199
Alcohol	46	195	49	140	+ 55
Asthma	47	178	26	741	- 562
Drownings	48	168	27	689	- 521
Birth Trauma	49	165	7	5,062	- 4,896
Epilepsy	50	147	38	332	- 185
Meningitis	51	140	16	1,976	- 1,836
Fires	52	124	32	546	- 422
Maternal Conditions	53	123	22	1,188	- 1,065
Rheumatoid Arthritis	54	108	63	30	+ 78
Poisonings	55	86	34	456	- 371
Rheumatic Heart Disease	56	62	45	190	- 128
Hepatitis C	57	50	66	18	+ 32
Multiple Sclerosis	58	45	67	13	+ 31
Osteoarthritis	59	32	85	0	+ 32
Appendicitis	60	31	56	84	- 53
Schizophrenia	61	26	81	0	+ 26
Hepatitis B	62	25	55	104	- 79
Prostatic Hypertrophy	63	21	84	0	+ 21
Encephalitis	64	8	59	70	- 63
Syphilis	65	7	24	885	- 878
Oral conditions	66	6	86	0	+ 6
Upper Respiratory	67	5	60	68	- 62
Pertussis	68	5	25	743	- 738
Leprosy	69	2	77	0	+ 2
War	70	2	69	6	- 4
Tetanus	71	1	44	190	- 188
Leishmaniasis	72	1	58	72	- 71
Otitis Media	73	1	70	5	- 4
Iodine Deficiency	74	1	78	0	+ 1
Hookworm Disease	75	0	76	0	+ 0
Trypanosomiasis	76	0	72	3	- 3
Ascariasis	77	0	68	9	- 9
Diphtheria	78	0	73	3	- 3
Measles	79	0	61	48	- 48
Dengue	80	0	74	1	- 1
Trichuriasis	81	0	75	0	- 0
Chlamydia	82	0	71	3	- 3
Malaria	83	0	4	7,882	- 7,882
Schistosomiasis	84	0	51	128	- 128
Depression	85	0	80	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	86	0	82	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to ZAMBIA

Argentina

Zambia

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.