LATVIA VS ALGERIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	ALGERIA		LATVIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	2,089	1	8,099	- 6,010
Stroke	2	896	2	5,893	- 4,997
Road Traffic Accidents	3	345	27	154	+ 191
Hypertension	4	321	3	1,194	- 873
Kidney Disease	5	288	17	356	- 68
Influenza and Pneumonia	6	279	9	501	- 222
Alzheimers & Dementia	7	216	7	664	- 448
Low Birth Weight	8	208	56	11	+ 197
Diabetes Mellitus	9	179	8	529	- 350
Lung Disease	10	179	18	346	- 167
Congenital Anomalies	11	167	43	46	+ 120
Lung Cancers	12	151	4	956	- 806
Birth Trauma	13	146	55	12	+ 134
Breast Cancer	14	133	10	472	- 340
Liver Disease	15	133	15	365	- 232
Colon-Rectum Cancers	16	120	6	722	- 602
Tuberculosis	17	109	40	71	+ 38
Asthma	18	78	46	42	+ 36
Stomach Cancer	19	78	11	470	- 392
Lymphomas	20	70	19	245	- 175
Bladder Cancer	21	55	20	228	- 173
Other Injuries	22	54	16	362	- 309
Falls	23	50	23	201	- 151
Parkinson's Disease	24	48	35	125	- 78
Leukemia	25	44	25	186	- 142
Diarrhoeal diseases	26	43	54	14	+ 29
Cervical Cancer	27	42	33	128	- 86
Suicide	28	41	14	384	- 343
Prostate Cancer	29	41	12	464	- 423
Drug Use	30	38	48	41	- 3
Pancreas Cancer	31	37	13	436	- 399
Endocrine Disorders	32	35	41	59	- 24
Maternal Conditions	33	35	60	5	+ 31
Inflammatory/Heart	34	32	5	921	- 889
Peptic Ulcer Disease	35	28	31	142	- 114
Violence	36	27	37	94	- 67
Skin Cancers	37	27	30	144	- 117
Oral Cancer	38	27	22	214	- 187
Fires	39	24	36	103	- 79
Ovary Cancer	40	23	24	196	- 173
Liver Cancer	41	21	26	157	- 136
Drownings	42	17	34	127	- 110
Rheumatic Heart Disease	43	14	47	41	- 27
Epilepsy	44	14	45	44	- 31
Meningitis	45	12	52	15	- 3
Oesophagus Cancer	46	12	32	131	- 119
Poisonings	47	11	49	23	- 12
HIV/AIDS	48	7	39	74	- 67
Pertussis	49	6	70	0	+ 6
Hepatitis B	50	6	63	3	+ 3
Encephalitis	51	6	69	0	+ 6
Skin Disease	52	4	38	76	- 72
Malnutrition	53	3	64	2	+ 1
Alcohol	54	3	21	227	- 224
Appendicitis	55	3	59	5	- 2
Uterin Cancer	56	3	29	148	- 145
Multiple Sclerosis	57	3	50	20	- 17
Other Neoplasms	58	2	28	153	- 150
Measles	59	2	72	0	+ 2
Tetanus	60	2	71	0	+ 2
Syphilis	61	2	65	1	+ 0
War	62	2	68	0	+ 1
Schistosomiasis	63	1	78	0	+ 1
Rheumatoid Arthritis	64	1	51	20	- 19
Hepatitis C	65	0	42	53	- 53
Leishmaniasis	66	0	77	0	+ 0
Ascariasis	67	0	84	0	+ 0
Upper Respiratory	68	0	62	4	- 3
Chlamydia	69	0	75	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	70	0	67	1	- 1
Otitis Media	71	0	66	1	- 1
Malaria	72	0	79	0	+ 0
Chagas disease	73	0	80	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	74	0	76	0	- 0
Dengue	75	0	83	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	76	0	81	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	77	0	82	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	78	0	73	0	- 0
Leprosy	79	0	74	0	- 0
Depression	80	0	86	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	81	0	57	7	- 7
Anemia	82	0	53	14	- 14
Vitamin A Deficiency	83	0	85	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	84	0	44	45	- 45
Osteoarthritis	85	0	58	7	- 7
Oral conditions	86	0	61	4	- 4
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to LATVIA

Algeria

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.