LATVIA VS ARGENTINA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	ARGENTINA		LATVIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	1,869	1	8,099	- 6,230
Influenza and Pneumonia	2	1,571	9	501	+ 1,070
Lung Disease	3	891	18	346	+ 544
Stroke	4	877	2	5,893	- 5,016
Kidney Disease	5	521	17	356	+ 164
Lung Cancers	6	384	4	956	- 573
Colon-Rectum Cancers	7	342	6	722	- 380
Breast Cancer	8	271	10	472	- 202
Diabetes Mellitus	9	262	8	529	- 267
Road Traffic Accidents	10	241	27	154	+ 88
Hypertension	11	222	3	1,194	- 971
Other Injuries	12	216	16	362	- 146
Inflammatory/Heart	13	211	5	921	- 710
Pancreas Cancer	14	177	13	436	- 260
Prostate Cancer	15	173	12	464	- 291
Liver Disease	16	154	15	365	- 210
Endocrine Disorders	17	153	41	59	+ 94
Suicide	18	144	14	384	- 240
Alzheimers & Dementia	19	143	7	664	- 520
Stomach Cancer	20	135	11	470	- 334
Other Neoplasms	21	124	28	153	- 29
Skin Disease	22	122	38	76	+ 45
Violence	23	104	37	94	+ 9
Lymphomas	24	104	19	245	- 142
Cervical Cancer	25	95	33	128	- 33
Congenital Anomalies	26	93	43	46	+ 46
Leukemia	27	84	25	186	- 102
Low Birth Weight	28	84	56	11	+ 72
Oesophagus Cancer	29	79	32	131	- 52
Liver Cancer	30	78	26	157	- 78
Bladder Cancer	31	64	20	228	- 164
HIV/AIDS	32	57	39	74	- 17
Ovary Cancer	33	50	24	196	- 146
Skin Cancers	34	41	30	144	- 103
Oral Cancer	35	41	22	214	- 173
Parkinson's Disease	36	37	35	125	- 88
Uterin Cancer	37	36	29	148	- 112
Malnutrition	38	36	64	2	+ 34
Drug Use	39	32	48	41	- 9
Anemia	40	26	53	14	+ 12
Tuberculosis	41	25	40	71	- 46
Diarrhoeal diseases	42	22	54	14	+ 9
Falls	43	19	23	201	- 182
Peptic Ulcer Disease	44	19	31	142	- 123
Chagas disease	45	17	80	0	+ 17
Alcohol	46	17	21	227	- 210
Asthma	47	15	46	42	- 26
Drownings	48	15	34	127	- 112
Birth Trauma	49	14	55	12	+ 3
Epilepsy	50	13	45	44	- 32
Meningitis	51	12	52	15	- 3
Fires	52	11	36	103	- 93
Maternal Conditions	53	11	60	5	+ 6
Rheumatoid Arthritis	54	9	51	20	- 11
Poisonings	55	7	49	23	- 16
Rheumatic Heart Disease	56	5	47	41	- 35
Hepatitis C	57	4	42	53	- 49
Multiple Sclerosis	58	4	50	20	- 16
Osteoarthritis	59	3	58	7	- 4
Appendicitis	60	3	59	5	- 2
Schizophrenia	61	2	57	7	- 5
Hepatitis B	62	2	63	3	- 1
Prostatic Hypertrophy	63	2	44	45	- 44
Encephalitis	64	1	69	0	+ 1
Syphilis	65	1	65	1	- 1
Oral conditions	66	1	61	4	- 3
Upper Respiratory	67	0	62	4	- 3
Pertussis	68	0	70	0	+ 0
Leprosy	69	0	74	0	+ 0
War	70	0	68	0	- 0
Tetanus	71	0	71	0	+ 0
Leishmaniasis	72	0	77	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	73	0	66	1	- 1
Iodine Deficiency	74	0	73	0	+ 0
Hookworm Disease	75	0	82	0	+ 0
Trypanosomiasis	76	0	76	0	+ 0
Ascariasis	77	0	84	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	78	0	67	1	- 1
Measles	79	0	72	0	- 0
Dengue	80	0	83	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	81	0	81	0	- 0
Chlamydia	82	0	75	0	- 0
Malaria	83	0	79	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	84	0	78	0	- 0
Depression	85	0	86	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	86	0	85	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to LATVIA

Argentina

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.