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Argentina
COUNTRY #1
Afghanistan Albania Algeria Angola Antigua/Bar. Arab Emirates Argentina Armenia Australia Austria Azerbaijan Bahamas Bahrain Bangladesh Barbados Belarus Belgium Belize Benin Bhutan Bolivia Bosnia/Herzeg. Botswana Brazil Brunei Bulgaria Burkina Faso Burundi Cambodia Cameroon Canada Cape Verde Central Africa Chad Chile China Colombia Comoros Congo Costa Rica Cote d Ivoire Croatia Cuba Cyprus Czech Republic Denmark Djibouti Dominican Rep. DR Congo Ecuador Egypt El Salvador Equ. Guinea Eritrea Estonia Ethiopia Fiji Finland France Gabon Gambia Georgia Germany Ghana Greece Grenada Guatemala Guinea Guinea-Bissau Guyana Haiti Honduras Hungary Iceland India Indonesia Iran Iraq Ireland Israel Italy Jamaica Japan Jordan Kazakhstan Kenya Kiribati Kuwait Kyrgyzstan Laos Latvia Lebanon Lesotho Liberia Libya Lithuania Luxembourg Madagascar Malawi Malaysia Maldives Mali Malta Mauritania Mauritius Mexico Micronesia Moldova Mongolia Montenegro Morocco Mozambique Myanmar Namibia Nepal Netherlands New Guinea New Zealand Nicaragua Niger Nigeria No Macedonia North Korea Norway Oman Pakistan Panama Paraguay Peru Philippines Poland Portugal Qatar Romania Russia Rwanda Saint Lucia Saint Vincent Samoa Sao Tome Saudi Arabia Senegal Serbia Seychelles Sierra Leone Singapore Slovakia Slovenia Solomon Isl. Somalia South Africa South Korea South Sudan Spain Sri Lanka Sudan Suriname Swaziland Sweden Switzerland Syria Tajikistan Tanzania Thailand Timor-Leste Togo Tonga Trinidad/Tob. Tunisia Turkey Turkmenistan Uganda Ukraine United Kingdom United States Uruguay Uzbekistan Vanuatu Venezuela Viet Nam Yemen Zambia Zimbabwe

Compare Argentina and Iran health profiles including life expectancy history, causes of death and population dynamics side by side. Health Data used is WHO, World Bank and the United Nations for population.

Iran
COUNTRY #2
Afghanistan Albania Algeria Angola Antigua/Bar. Arab Emirates Argentina Armenia Australia Austria Azerbaijan Bahamas Bahrain Bangladesh Barbados Belarus Belgium Belize Benin Bhutan Bolivia Bosnia/Herzeg. Botswana Brazil Brunei Bulgaria Burkina Faso Burundi Cambodia Cameroon Canada Cape Verde Central Africa Chad Chile China Colombia Comoros Congo Costa Rica Cote d Ivoire Croatia Cuba Cyprus Czech Republic Denmark Djibouti Dominican Rep. DR Congo Ecuador Egypt El Salvador Equ. Guinea Eritrea Estonia Ethiopia Fiji Finland France Gabon Gambia Georgia Germany Ghana Greece Grenada Guatemala Guinea Guinea-Bissau Guyana Haiti Honduras Hungary Iceland India Indonesia Iran Iraq Ireland Israel Italy Jamaica Japan Jordan Kazakhstan Kenya Kiribati Kuwait Kyrgyzstan Laos Latvia Lebanon Lesotho Liberia Libya Lithuania Luxembourg Madagascar Malawi Malaysia Maldives Mali Malta Mauritania Mauritius Mexico Micronesia Moldova Mongolia Montenegro Morocco Mozambique Myanmar Namibia Nepal Netherlands New Guinea New Zealand Nicaragua Niger Nigeria No Macedonia North Korea Norway Oman Pakistan Panama Paraguay Peru Philippines Poland Portugal Qatar Romania Russia Rwanda Saint Lucia Saint Vincent Samoa Sao Tome Saudi Arabia Senegal Serbia Seychelles Sierra Leone Singapore Slovakia Slovenia Solomon Isl. Somalia South Africa South Korea South Sudan Spain Sri Lanka Sudan Suriname Swaziland Sweden Switzerland Syria Tajikistan Tanzania Thailand Timor-Leste Togo Tonga Trinidad/Tob. Tunisia Turkey Turkmenistan Uganda Ukraine United Kingdom United States Uruguay Uzbekistan Vanuatu Venezuela Viet Nam Yemen Zambia Zimbabwe
DYNAMIC PYRAMIDS
Data Source: United Nations
Argentina Population Pyramid
54,867,248
Created with Raphaël 2.2.0 95+ 90-94 85-89 80-84 75-79 70-74 65-69 60-64 55-59 50-54 45-49 40-44 35-39 30-34 25-29 20-24 15-19 10-14 5-9 0-42.5%2.5%5%5%7.5%7.5%
Iran Population Pyramid
103,098,083
Created with Raphaël 2.2.0 95+ 90-94 85-89 80-84 75-79 70-74 65-69 60-64 55-59 50-54 45-49 40-44 35-39 30-34 25-29 20-24 15-19 10-14 5-9 0-42.5%2.5%5%5%7.5%7.5%
LIFE EXPECTANCY HISTORY
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Argentina ARGENTINA   Iran IRAN
  Argentina ARGENTINA   Iran IRAN
       
World Rank
       
World Rank
  M F All M F All   M F All M F All
1960
62.3
68.1
65.2
41
39
39
 
48.5
48.5
48.5
96
105
100
1970
63.6
70.2
66.8
55
46
51
 
54.2
54.0
54.1
95
111
102
1980
66.3
73.1
69.6
48
46
49
 
58.3
59.7
58.9
103
117
109
1990
68.2
75.3
71.7
54
44
45
 
63.7
65.9
64.8
100
114
110
2000
70.4
77.8
74.1
53
40
43
 
69.4
71.2
70.3
66
102
90
2010
71.9
79.1
75.5
63
42
49
 
72.7
75.6
74.1
52
88
68
2019
73.5
79.5
76.6
62
55
56
 
75.7
79.1
77.3
44
62
49
LIFE EXPECTANCY BY AGE
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Argentina ARGENTINA   Iran IRAN
      World Rank       World Rank
  M F M F M F M F
At Birth
73.5
79.5
62
55
75.7
79.1
44
62
Age
73.5
79.5
62
55
75.7
79.1
44
62
Age 5
74.3
80.2
65
56
76.8
80.1
43
57
Age 10
74.3
80.2
67
57
76.9
80.2
42
56
Age 15
74.4
80.3
67
57
77.0
80.3
42
56
Age 20
74.7
80.4
67
58
77.3
80.5
42
56
Age 25
75.0
80.6
68
58
77.7
80.6
40
56
Age 30
75.3
80.7
67
58
78.0
80.8
40
56
Age 35
75.7
80.9
67
58
78.4
80.9
40
57
Age 40
76.0
81.1
69
56
78.7
81.1
41
58
Age 45
76.4
81.4
71
55
79.1
81.3
42
57
Age 50
77.0
81.9
75
55
79.6
81.6
42
59
Age 55
77.8
82.4
75
54
80.3
81.9
41
62
Age 60
78.8
83.1
76
53
81.2
82.5
41
63
Age 65
80.3
84.0
74
53
82.4
83.3
40
69
Age 70
82.1
85.2
74
53
83.8
84.3
39
72
Age 75
84.3
86.7
75
52
85.6
85.8
46
78
Age 80
86.8
88.5
84
56
87.9
87.8
46
81
Age 85
89.7
90.7
112
68
90.6
90.4
46
88
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Argentina ARGENTINA   Iran IRAN
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Coronary Heart Disease
75.11
140
142.51
54
2. Influenza and Pneumonia
60.51
57
16.00
132
3. Stroke
36.50
142
57.21
120
4. Lung Disease
35.48
36
17.75
119
5. Breast Cancer
22.47
38
9.78
162
6. Kidney Disease
21.52
101
17.84
115
7. Prostate Cancer
18.19
74
10.80
129
8. Lung Cancers
17.98
67
9.96
104
9. Colon-Rectum Cancers
15.34
25
6.65
124
10. Road Traffic Accidents
13.91
105
22.15
65
11. Diabetes Mellitus
11.71
138
20.84
107
12. Other Injuries
10.23
63
5.05
132
13. Cervical Cancer
9.43
87
1.43
179
14. Inflammatory/Heart
9.11
34
2.29
157
15. Hypertension
8.32
140
25.73
55
16. Suicide
8.14
97
5.13
140
17. Pancreas Cancer
7.96
22
3.56
99
18. Liver Disease
7.81
144
9.41
130
19. Endocrine Disorders
6.33
47
2.83
120
20. Stomach Cancer
6.28
87
14.67
11
21. Violence
6.09
79
3.01
113
22. Other Neoplasms
5.61
9
0.16
176
23. Alzheimers & Dementia
4.95
167
18.63
74
24. Lymphomas
4.94
80
4.01
118
25. Congenital Anomalies
4.87
116
4.74
119
26. Skin Disease
4.81
16
0.37
152
27. Ovary Cancer
4.39
94
2.62
158
28. Leukemia
4.06
68
5.50
14
29. Low Birth Weight
3.88
107
4.04
103
30. Liver Cancer
3.60
149
5.46
89
31. Oesophagus Cancer
3.56
54
3.58
53
32. HIV/AIDS
3.30
88
2.75
96
33. Uterin Cancer
2.85
69
1.01
160
34. Bladder Cancer
2.74
64
2.18
86
35. Oral Cancer
1.96
134
0.95
176
36. Skin Cancers
1.82
98
0.77
147
37. Drug Use
1.45
69
2.62
31
38. Parkinson's Disease
1.39
171
4.17
89
39. Malnutrition
1.38
91
0.23
133
40. Tuberculosis
1.29
118
1.25
119
41. Anemia
1.00
13
0.00
113
42. Diarrhoeal diseases
0.93
137
2.38
102
43. Falls
0.91
180
3.88
128
44. Alcohol
0.89
124
0.30
163
45. Drownings
0.85
155
1.16
143
46. Peptic Ulcer Disease
0.78
159
1.90
115
47. Chagas disease
0.78
4
0.00
90
48. Asthma
0.71
148
5.07
88
49. Epilepsy
0.68
167
0.90
142
50. Birth Trauma
0.67
138
2.23
89
TOTAL DEATHS BY CAUSE
PERCENT TOP 50 CAUSES
  Argentina ARGENTINA   Iran IRAN
  Deaths % Deaths %
1. Coronary Heart Disease
48,765
17.64
93,308
28.07
2. Influenza and Pneumonia
40,986
14.82
11,243
3.38
3. Lung Disease
23,234
8.40
11,409
3.43
4. Stroke
22,878
8.27
36,730
11.05
5. Kidney Disease
13,588
4.91
11,810
3.55
6. Lung Cancers
10,014
3.62
6,784
2.04
7. Colon-Rectum Cancers
8,931
3.23
4,575
1.38
8. Breast Cancer
7,063
2.55
3,736
1.12
9. Diabetes Mellitus
6,838
2.47
13,910
4.18
10. Road Traffic Accidents
6,298
2.28
17,803
5.36
11. Hypertension
5,799
2.10
16,415
4.94
12. Other Injuries
5,642
2.04
4,048
1.22
13. Inflammatory/Heart
5,495
1.99
1,611
0.48
14. Pancreas Cancer
4,607
1.67
2,418
0.73
15. Prostate Cancer
4,507
1.63
3,583
1.08
16. Liver Disease
4,029
1.46
6,637
2.00
17. Endocrine Disorders
3,987
1.44
2,092
0.63
18. Suicide
3,747
1.36
4,334
1.30
19. Alzheimers & Dementia
3,737
1.35
11,046
3.32
20. Stomach Cancer
3,523
1.27
9,822
2.96
21. Other Neoplasms
3,224
1.17
112
0.03
22. Skin Disease
3,171
1.15
237
0.07
23. Violence
2,712
0.98
2,535
0.76
24. Lymphomas
2,708
0.98
2,882
0.87
25. Cervical Cancer
2,480
0.90
501
0.15
26. Congenital Anomalies
2,419
0.87
4,844
1.46
27. Leukemia
2,189
0.79
3,966
1.19
28. Low Birth Weight
2,183
0.79
4,861
1.46
29. Oesophagus Cancer
2,054
0.74
2,371
0.71
30. Liver Cancer
2,045
0.74
3,714
1.12
31. Bladder Cancer
1,675
0.61
1,410
0.42
32. HIV/AIDS
1,481
0.54
2,521
0.76
33. Ovary Cancer
1,307
0.47
937
0.28
34. Oral Cancer
1,073
0.39
655
0.20
35. Skin Cancers
1,073
0.39
518
0.16
36. Parkinson's Disease
965
0.35
2,545
0.77
37. Uterin Cancer
944
0.34
355
0.11
38. Malnutrition
929
0.34
157
0.05
39. Drug Use
826
0.30
2,242
0.67
40. Anemia
691
0.25
0
0.00
41. Tuberculosis
655
0.24
882
0.27
42. Diarrhoeal diseases
578
0.21
1,836
0.55
43. Falls
506
0.18
2,821
0.85
44. Peptic Ulcer Disease
488
0.18
1,246
0.37
45. Chagas disease
451
0.16
0
0.00
46. Alcohol
442
0.16
253
0.08
47. Asthma
403
0.15
3,360
1.01
48. Drownings
380
0.14
930
0.28
49. Birth Trauma
373
0.13
2,735
0.82
50. Epilepsy
332
0.12
719
0.22
CANCER RANK BY TYPE
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Argentina ARGENTINA   Iran IRAN
  Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Breast Cancer
22.47
38
9.78
162
2. Prostate Cancer
18.19
74
10.80
129
3. Lung Cancers
17.98
67
9.96
104
4. Colon-Rectum Cancers
15.34
25
6.65
124
5. Cervical Cancer
9.43
87
1.43
179
6. Pancreas Cancer
7.96
22
3.56
99
7. Stomach Cancer
6.28
87
14.67
11
8. Lymphomas
4.94
80
4.01
118
9. Ovary Cancer
4.39
94
2.62
158
10. Leukemia
4.06
68
5.50
14
11. Liver Cancer
3.60
149
5.46
89
12. Oesophagus Cancer
3.56
54
3.58
53
13. Uterin Cancer
2.85
69
1.01
160
14. Bladder Cancer
2.74
64
2.18
86
15. Oral Cancer
1.96
134
0.95
176
16. Skin Cancers
1.82
98
0.77
147
Data rounded. Decimals affect ranking.
Data Source: WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION 2020
Data Accuracy Not Guaranteed
WHO Excludes Cause of Death Data For the following countries: Andorra, Cook Islands, Dominica, Marshall Islands, Monaco, Nauru, Niue, Palau, Saint Kitts, San Marino, Tuvalu.