ARGENTINA VS USA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	UNITED STATES		ARGENTINA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	69,387	1	48,765	+ 20,622
Alzheimers & Dementia	2	39,468	19	3,737	+ 35,731
Lung Disease	3	26,851	3	23,234	+ 3,617
Stroke	4	21,785	4	22,878	- 1,093
Lung Cancers	5	21,374	6	10,014	+ 11,361
Kidney Disease	6	11,799	5	13,588	- 1,788
Drug Use	7	10,229	39	826	+ 9,404
Hypertension	8	9,065	11	5,799	+ 3,266
Colon-Rectum Cancers	9	8,497	7	8,931	- 434
Diabetes Mellitus	10	8,440	9	6,838	+ 1,603
Influenza and Pneumonia	11	8,289	2	40,986	- 32,697
Suicide	12	7,297	18	3,747	+ 3,550
Breast Cancer	13	6,689	8	7,063	- 374
Endocrine Disorders	14	6,457	17	3,987	+ 2,470
Pancreas Cancer	15	6,087	14	4,607	+ 1,480
Liver Disease	16	5,965	16	4,029	+ 1,936
Road Traffic Accidents	17	5,730	10	6,298	- 568
Falls	18	5,554	43	506	+ 5,048
Lymphomas	19	5,536	24	2,708	+ 2,828
Prostate Cancer	20	4,894	15	4,507	+ 387
Parkinson's Disease	21	4,740	36	965	+ 3,775
Inflammatory/Heart	22	4,470	13	5,495	- 1,025
Liver Cancer	23	3,719	30	2,045	+ 1,674
Leukemia	24	3,706	27	2,189	+ 1,517
Other Injuries	25	3,573	12	5,642	- 2,069
Bladder Cancer	26	2,697	31	1,675	+ 1,021
Violence	27	2,608	23	2,712	- 104
Oesophagus Cancer	28	2,450	29	2,054	+ 396
Other Neoplasms	29	2,438	21	3,224	- 786
Alcohol	30	2,015	46	442	+ 1,573
Ovary Cancer	31	2,005	33	1,307	+ 698
Skin Cancers	32	1,967	34	1,073	+ 894
Stomach Cancer	33	1,797	20	3,523	- 1,726
Congenital Anomalies	34	1,616	26	2,419	- 803
Oral Cancer	35	1,588	35	1,073	+ 515
Uterin Cancer	36	1,383	37	944	+ 439
Diarrhoeal diseases	37	1,368	42	578	+ 790
Cervical Cancer	38	960	25	2,480	- 1,520
Low Birth Weight	39	952	28	2,183	- 1,231
Malnutrition	40	929	38	929	- 0
Hepatitis C	41	781	57	113	+ 669
HIV/AIDS	42	778	32	1,481	- 703
Skin Disease	43	743	22	3,171	- 2,427
Multiple Sclerosis	44	695	58	101	+ 594
Drownings	45	559	48	380	+ 179
Asthma	46	525	47	403	+ 122
Rheumatic Heart Disease	47	501	56	139	+ 362
Peptic Ulcer Disease	48	476	44	488	- 12
Fires	49	437	52	280	+ 158
Epilepsy	50	435	50	332	+ 102
Anemia	51	428	40	691	- 263
Rheumatoid Arthritis	52	338	54	243	+ 95
Poisonings	53	230	55	193	+ 37
Birth Trauma	54	169	49	373	- 204
War	55	165	70	5	+ 160
Maternal Conditions	56	107	53	279	- 172
Schizophrenia	57	99	61	59	+ 40
Prostatic Hypertrophy	58	93	63	48	+ 45
Hepatitis B	59	84	62	56	+ 28
Meningitis	60	83	51	316	- 233
Osteoarthritis	61	80	59	73	+ 6
Tuberculosis	62	75	41	655	- 580
Appendicitis	63	58	60	71	- 12
Oral conditions	64	39	66	14	+ 25
Upper Respiratory	65	32	67	12	+ 19
Syphilis	66	7	65	15	- 8
Otitis Media	67	5	73	2	+ 3
Encephalitis	68	3	64	17	- 14
Pertussis	69	2	68	10	- 8
Chagas disease	70	1	45	451	- 450
Tetanus	71	0	71	3	- 3
Schistosomiasis	72	0	84	0	+ 0
Iodine Deficiency	73	0	74	1	- 1
Leprosy	74	0	69	5	- 5
Diphtheria	75	0	78	0	+ 0
Dengue	76	0	80	0	+ 0
Malaria	77	0	83	0	+ 0
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	76	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	79	0	72	2	- 2
Measles	80	0	79	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	81	0	75	0	- 0
Ascariasis	82	0	77	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	83	0	81	0	- 0
Chlamydia	84	0	82	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	86	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	85	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to ARGENTINA

United States

Argentina

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.