LATVIA VS ARMENIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	ARMENIA		LATVIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	5,386	1	8,099	- 2,713
Stroke	2	1,284	2	5,893	- 4,609
Influenza and Pneumonia	3	735	9	501	+ 234
Lung Cancers	4	623	4	956	- 333
Lung Disease	5	504	18	346	+ 157
Hypertension	6	468	3	1,194	- 726
Diabetes Mellitus	7	432	8	529	- 98
Liver Disease	8	379	15	365	+ 14
Road Traffic Accidents	9	357	27	154	+ 204
Colon-Rectum Cancers	10	284	6	722	- 438
Kidney Disease	11	282	17	356	- 74
Stomach Cancer	12	271	11	470	- 198
Breast Cancer	13	269	10	472	- 204
Liver Cancer	14	219	26	157	+ 62
Pancreas Cancer	15	217	13	436	- 220
Congenital Anomalies	16	171	43	46	+ 124
Other Injuries	17	159	16	362	- 204
Peptic Ulcer Disease	18	142	31	142	+ 0
Prostate Cancer	19	134	12	464	- 330
Bladder Cancer	20	108	20	228	- 120
Inflammatory/Heart	21	105	5	921	- 816
Leukemia	22	82	25	186	- 104
Low Birth Weight	23	79	56	11	+ 67
Uterin Cancer	24	73	29	148	- 74
Violence	25	68	37	94	- 27
Lymphomas	26	64	19	245	- 181
Cervical Cancer	27	60	33	128	- 68
Suicide	28	59	14	384	- 324
Ovary Cancer	29	55	24	196	- 142
Rheumatic Heart Disease	30	41	47	41	- 0
Hepatitis C	31	39	42	53	- 14
HIV/AIDS	32	39	39	74	- 35
Oral Cancer	33	36	22	214	- 178
Skin Cancers	34	34	30	144	- 110
Endocrine Disorders	35	31	41	59	- 28
Oesophagus Cancer	36	31	32	131	- 100
Other Neoplasms	37	26	28	153	- 126
Tuberculosis	38	26	40	71	- 45
Alzheimers & Dementia	39	24	7	664	- 639
Falls	40	23	23	201	- 179
Drug Use	41	22	48	41	- 19
Birth Trauma	42	21	55	12	+ 9
Skin Disease	43	16	38	76	- 60
Prostatic Hypertrophy	44	16	44	45	- 29
Drownings	45	13	34	127	- 114
Poisonings	46	12	49	23	- 11
Fires	47	8	36	103	- 95
Parkinson's Disease	48	7	35	125	- 118
Asthma	49	6	46	42	- 36
Diarrhoeal diseases	50	6	54	14	- 8
Hepatitis B	51	5	63	3	+ 2
Epilepsy	52	5	45	44	- 39
Multiple Sclerosis	53	5	50	20	- 15
Rheumatoid Arthritis	54	5	51	20	- 14
Maternal Conditions	55	5	60	5	+ 1
Meningitis	56	4	52	15	- 11
Encephalitis	57	3	69	0	+ 3
Anemia	58	3	53	14	- 11
Appendicitis	59	3	59	5	- 2
Osteoarthritis	60	2	58	7	- 5
Schizophrenia	61	2	57	7	- 6
Alcohol	62	2	21	227	- 226
Upper Respiratory	63	2	62	4	- 2
Oral conditions	64	1	61	4	- 2
Otitis Media	65	1	66	1	- 0
Malnutrition	66	1	64	2	- 1
Leishmaniasis	67	1	77	0	+ 1
Vitamin A Deficiency	68	0	85	0	+ 0
War	69	0	68	0	+ 0
Iodine Deficiency	70	0	73	0	+ 0
Pertussis	71	0	70	0	+ 0
Ascariasis	72	0	84	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	73	0	67	1	- 1
Measles	74	0	72	0	+ 0
Syphilis	75	0	65	1	- 1
Chlamydia	76	0	75	0	- 0
Dengue	77	0	83	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	78	0	82	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	79	0	81	0	- 0
Leprosy	80	0	74	0	- 0
Tetanus	81	0	71	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	82	0	78	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	83	0	76	0	- 0
Chagas disease	84	0	80	0	- 0
Malaria	85	0	79	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	86	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to LATVIA

Armenia

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.