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Belgium
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
BELGIUM VS ARGENTINA

Compare Belgium and Argentina 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.

Argentina
COUNTRY #2
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DYNAMIC PYRAMIDS
Data Source: United Nations
Belgium Population Pyramid
12,220,769
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%
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Argentina Population Pyramid
54,867,248
LIFE EXPECTANCY HISTORY
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Belgium BELGIUM   Argentina ARGENTINA
  Belgium BELGIUM   Argentina ARGENTINA
       
World Rank
        
World Rank
  M F All M F All   M F All M F All
1960
67.5
73.4
70.4
13
12
11
  
62.3
68.1
65.2
41
39
39
1970
68.0
74.5
71.2
20
15
17
  
63.6
70.2
66.8
55
46
51
1980
69.9
76.7
73.2
23
15
20
  
66.3
73.1
69.6
48
46
49
1990
72.7
79.4
76.0
20
12
15
  
68.2
75.3
71.7
54
44
45
2000
74.3
80.8
77.6
26
19
22
  
70.4
77.8
74.1
53
40
43
2010
77.3
82.5
80.0
23
24
23
  
71.9
79.1
75.5
63
42
49
2019
79.3
83.5
81.4
23
25
24
  
73.5
79.5
76.6
62
55
56
LIFE EXPECTANCY BY AGE
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Belgium BELGIUM   Argentina ARGENTINA
      World Rank       World Rank
  M F M F M F M F
At Birth
79.3
83.5
23
25
73.5
79.5
62
55
Age
79.3
83.5
23
25
73.5
79.5
62
55
Age 5
79.6
83.8
24
27
74.3
80.2
65
56
Age 10
79.6
83.8
25
27
74.3
80.2
67
57
Age 15
79.7
83.8
25
27
74.4
80.3
67
57
Age 20
79.7
83.9
25
27
74.7
80.4
67
58
Age 25
79.9
83.9
26
27
75.0
80.6
68
58
Age 30
80.0
84.0
26
27
75.3
80.7
67
58
Age 35
80.2
84.1
26
27
75.7
80.9
67
58
Age 40
80.4
84.2
26
28
76.0
81.1
69
56
Age 45
80.7
84.4
27
28
76.4
81.4
71
55
Age 50
81.1
84.7
27
28
77.0
81.9
75
55
Age 55
81.5
85.0
29
28
77.8
82.4
75
54
Age 60
82.3
85.6
29
26
78.8
83.1
76
53
Age 65
83.4
86.3
29
23
80.3
84.0
74
53
Age 70
84.8
87.2
28
21
82.1
85.2
74
53
Age 75
86.4
88.2
28
20
84.3
86.7
75
52
Age 80
88.3
89.5
30
24
86.8
88.5
84
56
Age 85
90.6
91.3
49
43
89.7
90.7
112
68
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Belgium BELGIUM   Argentina ARGENTINA
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Coronary Heart Disease
44.62
167
75.11
140
2. Lung Cancers
28.49
16
17.98
67
3. Alzheimers & Dementia
22.30
27
4.95
167
4. Stroke
21.11
166
36.50
142
5. Lung Disease
20.24
104
35.48
36
6. Breast Cancer
19.18
58
22.47
38
7. Influenza and Pneumonia
14.69
138
60.51
57
8. Suicide
13.93
35
8.14
97
9. Prostate Cancer
13.32
117
18.19
74
10. Colon-Rectum Cancers
11.97
51
15.34
25
11. Kidney Disease
7.64
153
21.52
101
12. Liver Disease
7.38
149
7.81
144
13. Pancreas Cancer
7.06
43
7.96
22
14. Other Injuries
6.43
110
10.23
63
15. Falls
5.68
89
0.91
180
16. Lymphomas
5.59
61
4.94
80
17. Other Neoplasms
5.38
11
5.61
9
18. Road Traffic Accidents
5.10
154
13.91
105
19. Ovary Cancer
4.84
74
4.39
94
20. Endocrine Disorders
4.82
64
6.33
47
21. Leukemia
4.44
48
4.06
68
22. Diabetes Mellitus
4.21
177
11.71
138
23. Liver Cancer
3.89
137
3.60
149
24. Parkinson's Disease
3.89
104
1.39
171
25. Oesophagus Cancer
3.84
48
3.56
54
26. Bladder Cancer
3.54
39
2.74
64
27. Inflammatory/Heart
3.38
126
9.11
34
28. Stomach Cancer
3.31
144
6.28
87
29. Oral Cancer
3.11
81
1.96
134
30. Alcohol
2.78
43
0.89
124
31. Congenital Anomalies
2.57
165
4.87
116
32. Uterin Cancer
2.39
88
2.85
69
33. Cervical Cancer
2.23
163
9.43
87
34. Skin Cancers
2.14
75
1.82
98
35. Drug Use
1.97
46
1.45
69
36. Hypertension
1.78
179
8.32
140
37. Epilepsy
1.63
89
0.68
167
38. Violence
1.19
147
6.09
79
39. Diarrhoeal diseases
1.14
131
0.93
137
40. Skin Disease
0.98
112
4.81
16
41. Rheumatic Heart Disease
0.81
129
0.23
174
42. Low Birth Weight
0.79
170
3.88
107
43. Malnutrition
0.71
108
1.38
91
44. Multiple Sclerosis
0.67
24
0.20
89
45. Peptic Ulcer Disease
0.65
167
0.78
159
46. Birth Trauma
0.53
151
0.67
138
47. Drownings
0.52
168
0.85
155
48. Fires
0.46
146
0.56
133
49. Asthma
0.46
166
0.71
148
50. Anemia
0.45
27
1.00
13
TOTAL DEATHS BY CAUSE
PERCENT TOP 50 CAUSES
  Belgium BELGIUM   Argentina ARGENTINA
  Deaths % Deaths %
1. Coronary Heart Disease
15,281
16.50
48,765
17.64
2. Alzheimers & Dementia
9,416
10.17
3,737
1.35
3. Stroke
7,408
8.00
22,878
8.27
4. Lung Cancers
6,777
7.32
10,014
3.62
5. Lung Disease
6,438
6.95
23,234
8.40
6. Influenza and Pneumonia
5,677
6.13
40,986
14.82
7. Colon-Rectum Cancers
3,329
3.59
8,931
3.23
8. Kidney Disease
2,952
3.19
13,588
4.91
9. Breast Cancer
2,587
2.79
7,063
2.55
10. Suicide
2,111
2.28
3,747
1.36
11. Other Injuries
2,006
2.17
5,642
2.04
12. Other Neoplasms
1,828
1.97
3,224
1.17
13. Prostate Cancer
1,824
1.97
4,507
1.63
14. Pancreas Cancer
1,809
1.95
4,607
1.67
15. Falls
1,756
1.90
506
0.18
16. Lymphomas
1,552
1.68
2,708
0.98
17. Liver Disease
1,433
1.55
4,029
1.46
18. Endocrine Disorders
1,432
1.55
3,987
1.44
19. Parkinson's Disease
1,378
1.49
965
0.35
20. Diabetes Mellitus
1,269
1.37
6,838
2.47
21. Leukemia
1,199
1.29
2,189
0.79
22. Bladder Cancer
1,078
1.16
1,675
0.61
23. Inflammatory/Heart
1,060
1.14
5,495
1.99
24. Liver Cancer
976
1.05
2,045
0.74
25. Oesophagus Cancer
898
0.97
2,054
0.74
26. Stomach Cancer
863
0.93
3,523
1.27
27. Hypertension
740
0.80
5,799
2.10
28. Oral Cancer
675
0.73
1,073
0.39
29. Road Traffic Accidents
666
0.72
6,298
2.28
30. Ovary Cancer
653
0.71
1,307
0.47
31. Skin Cancers
522
0.56
1,073
0.39
32. Alcohol
500
0.54
442
0.16
33. Diarrhoeal diseases
418
0.45
578
0.21
34. Uterin Cancer
384
0.41
944
0.34
35. Skin Disease
380
0.41
3,171
1.15
36. Epilepsy
348
0.38
332
0.12
37. Rheumatic Heart Disease
293
0.32
139
0.05
38. Malnutrition
291
0.31
929
0.34
39. Drug Use
287
0.31
826
0.30
40. Congenital Anomalies
282
0.30
2,419
0.87
41. Cervical Cancer
243
0.26
2,480
0.90
42. Peptic Ulcer Disease
213
0.23
488
0.18
43. Anemia
199
0.21
691
0.25
44. Violence
149
0.16
2,712
0.98
45. Multiple Sclerosis
147
0.16
101
0.04
46. Asthma
128
0.14
403
0.15
47. Drownings
79
0.09
380
0.14
48. Fires
75
0.08
280
0.10
49. Rheumatoid Arthritis
73
0.08
243
0.09
50. Low Birth Weight
70
0.08
2,183
0.79
CANCER RANK BY TYPE
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Belgium BELGIUM   Argentina ARGENTINA
  Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Lung Cancers
28.49
16
17.98
67
2. Breast Cancer
19.18
58
22.47
38
3. Prostate Cancer
13.32
117
18.19
74
4. Colon-Rectum Cancers
11.97
51
15.34
25
5. Pancreas Cancer
7.06
43
7.96
22
6. Lymphomas
5.59
61
4.94
80
7. Ovary Cancer
4.84
74
4.39
94
8. Leukemia
4.44
48
4.06
68
9. Liver Cancer
3.89
137
3.60
149
10. Oesophagus Cancer
3.84
48
3.56
54
11. Bladder Cancer
3.54
39
2.74
64
12. Stomach Cancer
3.31
144
6.28
87
13. Oral Cancer
3.11
81
1.96
134
14. Uterin Cancer
2.39
88
2.85
69
15. Cervical Cancer
2.23
163
9.43
87
16. Skin Cancers
2.14
75
1.82
98
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.