LATVIA VS ARAB EMIRATES: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	ARAB EMIRATES		LATVIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	748	1	8,099	- 7,351
Stroke	2	359	2	5,893	- 5,534
Kidney Disease	3	234	17	356	- 122
Diabetes Mellitus	4	217	8	529	- 313
Hypertension	5	168	3	1,194	- 1,026
Lung Disease	6	164	18	346	- 183
Road Traffic Accidents	7	156	27	154	+ 3
Influenza and Pneumonia	8	127	9	501	- 375
Suicide	9	113	14	384	- 271
Other Injuries	10	94	16	362	- 269
Falls	11	92	23	201	- 110
Asthma	12	82	46	42	+ 41
Drug Use	13	77	48	41	+ 37
Liver Disease	14	75	15	365	- 290
Congenital Anomalies	15	66	43	46	+ 20
Colon-Rectum Cancers	16	55	6	722	- 667
Breast Cancer	17	47	10	472	- 425
Endocrine Disorders	18	47	41	59	- 12
Low Birth Weight	19	35	56	11	+ 24
Alzheimers & Dementia	20	35	7	664	- 629
Lung Cancers	21	33	4	956	- 923
Fires	22	32	36	103	- 71
Drownings	23	30	34	127	- 97
Leukemia	24	28	25	186	- 158
Epilepsy	25	25	45	44	- 19
Pancreas Cancer	26	24	13	436	- 412
Rheumatic Heart Disease	27	23	47	41	- 18
Inflammatory/Heart	28	21	5	921	- 899
Lymphomas	29	21	19	245	- 224
Stomach Cancer	30	20	11	470	- 450
Parkinson's Disease	31	18	35	125	- 108
Liver Cancer	32	17	26	157	- 139
Diarrhoeal diseases	33	17	54	14	+ 3
Skin Cancers	34	14	30	144	- 131
Violence	35	13	37	94	- 82
Tuberculosis	36	12	40	71	- 59
Birth Trauma	37	11	55	12	- 0
Ovary Cancer	38	11	24	196	- 185
Bladder Cancer	39	11	20	228	- 217
Alcohol	40	11	21	227	- 217
Cervical Cancer	41	10	33	128	- 117
Meningitis	42	9	52	15	- 5
Prostate Cancer	43	9	12	464	- 455
Hepatitis B	44	8	63	3	+ 5
Peptic Ulcer Disease	45	8	31	142	- 134
Uterin Cancer	46	8	29	148	- 140
Oesophagus Cancer	47	7	32	131	- 125
Poisonings	48	6	49	23	- 17
Multiple Sclerosis	49	6	50	20	- 14
HIV/AIDS	50	6	39	74	- 68
Tetanus	51	6	71	0	+ 6
Oral Cancer	52	6	22	214	- 208
War	53	5	68	0	+ 5
Encephalitis	54	5	69	0	+ 5
Appendicitis	55	2	59	5	- 2
Other Neoplasms	56	2	28	153	- 150
Skin Disease	57	2	38	76	- 74
Pertussis	58	2	70	0	+ 2
Maternal Conditions	59	1	60	5	- 4
Malnutrition	60	0	64	2	- 1
Rheumatoid Arthritis	61	0	51	20	- 19
Syphilis	62	0	65	1	- 1
Hepatitis C	63	0	42	53	- 53
Upper Respiratory	64	0	62	4	- 4
Ascariasis	65	0	84	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	66	0	67	1	- 1
Chlamydia	67	0	75	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	68	0	66	1	- 1
Leprosy	69	0	74	0	- 0
Measles	70	0	72	0	- 0
Dengue	71	0	83	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	72	0	81	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	73	0	82	0	- 0
Malaria	74	0	79	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	75	0	78	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	76	0	76	0	- 0
Chagas disease	77	0	80	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	78	0	77	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	73	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	80	0	58	7	- 7
Prostatic Hypertrophy	81	0	44	45	- 45
Oral conditions	82	0	61	4	- 4
Depression	83	0	86	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	84	0	57	7	- 7
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	85	0	- 0
Anemia	86	0	53	14	- 14
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to LATVIA

Arab Emirates

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.