LATVIA VS AFGHANISTAN: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	AFGHANISTAN		LATVIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	1,805	1	8,099	- 6,295
War	2	1,150	68	0	+ 1,150
Stroke	3	856	2	5,893	- 5,037
Influenza and Pneumonia	4	658	9	501	+ 157
Low Birth Weight	5	567	56	11	+ 556
Birth Trauma	6	481	55	12	+ 470
Tuberculosis	7	442	40	71	+ 370
Hypertension	8	359	3	1,194	- 835
Maternal Conditions	9	350	60	5	+ 346
Kidney Disease	10	296	17	356	- 61
Road Traffic Accidents	11	271	27	154	+ 117
Diabetes Mellitus	12	258	8	529	- 271
Diarrhoeal diseases	13	249	54	14	+ 236
Congenital Anomalies	14	225	43	46	+ 178
Lung Disease	15	209	18	346	- 138
Liver Disease	16	207	15	365	- 158
Asthma	17	153	46	42	+ 111
Other Injuries	18	146	16	362	- 217
Violence	19	144	37	94	+ 50
Meningitis	20	118	52	15	+ 103
Pertussis	21	95	70	0	+ 95
Breast Cancer	22	82	10	472	- 391
Alzheimers & Dementia	23	79	7	664	- 584
Suicide	24	71	14	384	- 313
Peptic Ulcer Disease	25	68	31	142	- 74
Stomach Cancer	26	67	11	470	- 402
Oral Cancer	27	66	22	214	- 148
Endocrine Disorders	28	61	41	59	+ 2
Oesophagus Cancer	29	59	32	131	- 72
Tetanus	30	56	71	0	+ 56
Encephalitis	31	53	69	0	+ 53
Lung Cancers	32	48	4	956	- 908
Rheumatic Heart Disease	33	47	47	41	+ 6
Drownings	34	45	34	127	- 82
Epilepsy	35	45	45	44	+ 0
Lymphomas	36	42	19	245	- 203
Falls	37	41	23	201	- 161
Hepatitis B	38	39	63	3	+ 36
Colon-Rectum Cancers	39	33	6	722	- 689
Liver Cancer	40	30	26	157	- 127
Parkinson's Disease	41	28	35	125	- 97
Leukemia	42	27	25	186	- 159
Malnutrition	43	26	64	2	+ 25
Cervical Cancer	44	24	33	128	- 103
Inflammatory/Heart	45	24	5	921	- 897
HIV/AIDS	46	21	39	74	- 53
Poisonings	47	17	49	23	- 6
Ovary Cancer	48	17	24	196	- 180
Measles	49	16	72	0	+ 16
Fires	50	16	36	103	- 88
Drug Use	51	15	48	41	- 26
Appendicitis	52	13	59	5	+ 9
Uterin Cancer	53	13	29	148	- 135
Bladder Cancer	54	12	20	228	- 216
Prostate Cancer	55	12	12	464	- 452
Pancreas Cancer	56	10	13	436	- 426
Malaria	57	8	79	0	+ 8
Alcohol	58	7	21	227	- 221
Skin Cancers	59	7	30	144	- 138
Syphilis	60	4	65	1	+ 3
Skin Disease	61	4	38	76	- 72
Multiple Sclerosis	62	4	50	20	- 17
Other Neoplasms	63	1	28	153	- 151
Hepatitis C	64	1	42	53	- 52
Rheumatoid Arthritis	65	1	51	20	- 19
Ascariasis	66	1	84	0	+ 1
Diphtheria	67	1	67	1	+ 0
Upper Respiratory	68	0	62	4	- 3
Chlamydia	69	0	75	0	+ 0
Leishmaniasis	70	0	77	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	71	0	66	1	- 1
Dengue	72	0	83	0	+ 0
Hookworm Disease	73	0	82	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	74	0	81	0	- 0
Leprosy	75	0	74	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	76	0	73	0	- 0
Chagas disease	77	0	80	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	76	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	79	0	78	0	- 0
Depression	80	0	86	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	81	0	57	7	- 7
Vitamin A Deficiency	82	0	85	0	- 0
Anemia	83	0	53	14	- 14
Osteoarthritis	84	0	58	7	- 7
Prostatic Hypertrophy	85	0	44	45	- 45
Oral conditions	86	0	61	4	- 4
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to LATVIA

Afghanistan

Latvia

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.