LATVIA VS ALBANIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	ALBANIA		LATVIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	5,100	1	8,099	- 2,999
Stroke	2	5,096	2	5,893	- 797
Alzheimers & Dementia	3	1,059	7	664	+ 396
Lung Cancers	4	595	4	956	- 361
Lung Disease	5	508	18	346	+ 162
Influenza and Pneumonia	6	367	9	501	- 134
Stomach Cancer	7	286	11	470	- 184
Inflammatory/Heart	8	269	5	921	- 651
Liver Cancer	9	251	26	157	+ 95
Hypertension	10	247	3	1,194	- 947
Kidney Disease	11	231	17	356	- 125
Liver Disease	12	218	15	365	- 147
Parkinson's Disease	13	214	35	125	+ 88
Road Traffic Accidents	14	195	27	154	+ 42
Bladder Cancer	15	191	20	228	- 37
Prostate Cancer	16	180	12	464	- 284
Breast Cancer	17	133	10	472	- 339
Pancreas Cancer	18	130	13	436	- 306
Diabetes Mellitus	19	121	8	529	- 409
Colon-Rectum Cancers	20	114	6	722	- 608
Asthma	21	112	46	42	+ 70
Leukemia	22	76	25	186	- 110
Falls	23	72	23	201	- 129
Suicide	24	72	14	384	- 311
Low Birth Weight	25	62	56	11	+ 50
Other Injuries	26	61	16	362	- 301
Violence	27	59	37	94	- 35
Congenital Anomalies	28	59	43	46	+ 13
Endocrine Disorders	29	53	41	59	- 6
Oral Cancer	30	52	22	214	- 162
Lymphomas	31	40	19	245	- 206
Skin Cancers	32	37	30	144	- 108
Peptic Ulcer Disease	33	33	31	142	- 109
Oesophagus Cancer	34	30	32	131	- 101
Rheumatic Heart Disease	35	29	47	41	- 12
Cervical Cancer	36	28	33	128	- 100
Epilepsy	37	26	45	44	- 19
Uterin Cancer	38	24	29	148	- 123
Ovary Cancer	39	23	24	196	- 174
Multiple Sclerosis	40	22	50	20	+ 2
Birth Trauma	41	19	55	12	+ 7
HIV/AIDS	42	15	39	74	- 59
Drownings	43	15	34	127	- 112
Drug Use	44	15	48	41	- 26
Fires	45	11	36	103	- 92
Encephalitis	46	11	69	0	+ 11
Other Neoplasms	47	11	28	153	- 141
Alcohol	48	11	21	227	- 217
Meningitis	49	8	52	15	- 7
Upper Respiratory	50	7	62	4	+ 3
Rheumatoid Arthritis	51	6	51	20	- 13
Diarrhoeal diseases	52	5	54	14	- 8
Poisonings	53	5	49	23	- 18
Tuberculosis	54	5	40	71	- 66
Skin Disease	55	3	38	76	- 73
Appendicitis	56	3	59	5	- 2
Tetanus	57	2	71	0	+ 2
Malnutrition	58	2	64	2	- 0
Maternal Conditions	59	1	60	5	- 3
Pertussis	60	1	70	0	+ 1
Leishmaniasis	61	0	77	0	+ 0
Syphilis	62	0	65	1	- 1
Hepatitis B	63	0	63	3	- 3
War	64	0	68	0	+ 0
Measles	65	0	72	0	+ 0
Hepatitis C	66	0	42	53	- 53
Chlamydia	67	0	75	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	68	0	66	1	- 1
Diphtheria	69	0	67	1	- 1
Malaria	70	0	79	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	71	0	76	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	72	0	78	0	- 0
Chagas disease	73	0	80	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	74	0	82	0	- 0
Ascariasis	75	0	84	0	- 0
Dengue	76	0	83	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	77	0	81	0	- 0
Leprosy	78	0	74	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	73	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	80	0	44	45	- 45
Osteoarthritis	81	0	58	7	- 7
Oral conditions	82	0	61	4	- 4
Schizophrenia	83	0	57	7	- 7
Depression	84	0	86	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	85	0	- 0
Anemia	86	0	53	14	- 14
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to LATVIA

Albania

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.