LATVIA VS AUSTRALIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	AUSTRALIA		LATVIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	1,450	1	8,099	- 6,649
Alzheimers & Dementia	2	1,049	7	664	+ 385
Stroke	3	695	2	5,893	- 5,197
Lung Cancers	4	590	4	956	- 366
Lung Disease	5	571	18	346	+ 225
Colon-Rectum Cancers	6	418	6	722	- 304
Diabetes Mellitus	7	301	8	529	- 229
Influenza and Pneumonia	8	299	9	501	- 202
Prostate Cancer	9	253	12	464	- 211
Breast Cancer	10	229	10	472	- 243
Suicide	11	212	14	384	- 172
Kidney Disease	12	211	17	356	- 145
Pancreas Cancer	13	210	13	436	- 226
Falls	14	210	23	201	+ 8
Lymphomas	15	204	19	245	- 41
Endocrine Disorders	16	157	41	59	+ 98
Skin Cancers	17	156	30	144	+ 12
Leukemia	18	143	25	186	- 43
Parkinson's Disease	19	137	35	125	+ 12
Liver Cancer	20	137	26	157	- 20
Drug Use	21	120	48	41	+ 79
Other Injuries	22	111	16	362	- 252
Hypertension	23	110	3	1,194	- 1,084
Inflammatory/Heart	24	106	5	921	- 815
Oesophagus Cancer	25	101	32	131	- 31
Liver Disease	26	96	15	365	- 269
Stomach Cancer	27	87	11	470	- 383
Other Neoplasms	28	84	28	153	- 68
Road Traffic Accidents	29	84	27	154	- 70
Bladder Cancer	30	80	20	228	- 148
Ovary Cancer	31	67	24	196	- 129
Oral Cancer	32	65	22	214	- 149
Congenital Anomalies	33	48	43	46	+ 1
Skin Disease	34	40	38	76	- 36
Uterin Cancer	35	35	29	148	- 112
Asthma	36	31	46	42	- 11
Alcohol	37	26	21	227	- 202
Rheumatic Heart Disease	38	25	47	41	- 15
Cervical Cancer	39	23	33	128	- 105
Diarrhoeal diseases	40	20	54	14	+ 6
Epilepsy	41	19	45	44	- 25
Peptic Ulcer Disease	42	19	31	142	- 123
Low Birth Weight	43	17	56	11	+ 5
Violence	44	16	37	94	- 78
Rheumatoid Arthritis	45	15	51	20	- 4
Multiple Sclerosis	46	13	50	20	- 8
Drownings	47	12	34	127	- 115
Hepatitis C	48	12	42	53	- 41
Anemia	49	11	53	14	- 4
Birth Trauma	50	9	55	12	- 2
Malnutrition	51	8	64	2	+ 6
Osteoarthritis	52	8	58	7	+ 1
Prostatic Hypertrophy	53	5	44	45	- 41
Schizophrenia	54	4	57	7	- 3
Fires	55	4	36	103	- 100
Tuberculosis	56	4	40	71	- 68
HIV/AIDS	57	3	39	74	- 71
Hepatitis B	58	3	63	3	- 0
Oral conditions	59	3	61	4	- 1
Meningitis	60	2	52	15	- 12
Poisonings	61	2	49	23	- 21
Appendicitis	62	2	59	5	- 3
Maternal Conditions	63	1	60	5	- 3
Upper Respiratory	64	1	62	4	- 2
War	65	1	68	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	66	0	66	1	- 1
Syphilis	67	0	65	1	- 1
Encephalitis	68	0	69	0	+ 0
Pertussis	69	0	70	0	+ 0
Tetanus	70	0	71	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	71	0	67	1	- 1
Dengue	72	0	83	0	+ 0
Trichuriasis	73	0	81	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	74	0	82	0	- 0
Ascariasis	75	0	84	0	- 0
Leprosy	76	0	74	0	- 0
Chlamydia	77	0	75	0	- 0
Measles	78	0	72	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	79	0	78	0	- 0
Chagas disease	80	0	80	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	81	0	77	0	- 0
Malaria	82	0	79	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	83	0	76	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	84	0	73	0	- 0
Depression	85	0	86	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	86	0	85	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to LATVIA

Australia

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.