LATVIA VS BANGLADESH: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	BANGLADESH		LATVIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Stroke	1	1,433	2	5,893	- 4,460
Coronary Heart Disease	2	1,159	1	8,099	- 6,940
Lung Disease	3	488	18	346	+ 142
Tuberculosis	4	397	40	71	+ 326
Diarrhoeal diseases	5	386	54	14	+ 372
Influenza and Pneumonia	6	316	9	501	- 185
Diabetes Mellitus	7	309	8	529	- 220
Road Traffic Accidents	8	267	27	154	+ 114
Liver Disease	9	224	15	365	- 140
Oesophagus Cancer	10	208	32	131	+ 77
Low Birth Weight	11	186	56	11	+ 175
Oral Cancer	12	166	22	214	- 48
Alzheimers & Dementia	13	160	7	664	- 504
Hypertension	14	158	3	1,194	- 1,036
Birth Trauma	15	143	55	12	+ 131
Lung Cancers	16	130	4	956	- 826
Kidney Disease	17	116	17	356	- 241
Congenital Anomalies	18	108	43	46	+ 62
Measles	19	96	72	0	+ 96
Asthma	20	95	46	42	+ 53
Other Injuries	21	81	16	362	- 281
Drownings	22	76	34	127	- 51
Breast Cancer	23	73	10	472	- 400
Stomach Cancer	24	73	11	470	- 397
Suicide	25	64	14	384	- 320
Cervical Cancer	26	55	33	128	- 73
Violence	27	49	37	94	- 45
Colon-Rectum Cancers	28	48	6	722	- 674
Maternal Conditions	29	42	60	5	+ 37
Parkinson's Disease	30	40	35	125	- 85
Falls	31	36	23	201	- 166
Drug Use	32	32	48	41	- 9
Rheumatic Heart Disease	33	31	47	41	- 10
Liver Cancer	34	31	26	157	- 126
Lymphomas	35	28	19	245	- 217
Malnutrition	36	26	64	2	+ 24
Ovary Cancer	37	24	24	196	- 173
Meningitis	38	22	52	15	+ 8
Pertussis	39	21	70	0	+ 21
Leukemia	40	20	25	186	- 166
Prostate Cancer	41	18	12	464	- 446
Inflammatory/Heart	42	16	5	921	- 905
Pancreas Cancer	43	15	13	436	- 421
Epilepsy	44	14	45	44	- 30
Endocrine Disorders	45	14	41	59	- 45
Fires	46	14	36	103	- 90
Appendicitis	47	13	59	5	+ 9
Peptic Ulcer Disease	48	13	31	142	- 128
Syphilis	49	13	65	1	+ 12
Skin Disease	50	12	38	76	- 64
Hepatitis B	51	12	63	3	+ 9
Bladder Cancer	52	11	20	228	- 217
Skin Cancers	53	9	30	144	- 135
Rheumatoid Arthritis	54	9	51	20	- 11
HIV/AIDS	55	6	39	74	- 68
Poisonings	56	6	49	23	- 17
Tetanus	57	5	71	0	+ 5
Uterin Cancer	58	4	29	148	- 143
Encephalitis	59	4	69	0	+ 4
Alcohol	60	3	21	227	- 225
Other Neoplasms	61	3	28	153	- 150
Hepatitis C	62	2	42	53	- 51
War	63	2	68	0	+ 2
Multiple Sclerosis	64	2	50	20	- 18
Dengue	65	2	83	0	+ 2
Upper Respiratory	66	1	62	4	- 2
Leishmaniasis	67	1	77	0	+ 1
Malaria	68	0	79	0	+ 0
Ascariasis	69	0	84	0	+ 0
Chlamydia	70	0	75	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	71	0	66	1	- 1
Diphtheria	72	0	67	1	- 1
Leprosy	73	0	74	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	74	0	78	0	- 0
Chagas disease	75	0	80	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	76	0	76	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	77	0	73	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	78	0	81	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	79	0	82	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	80	0	85	0	- 0
Anemia	81	0	53	14	- 14
Schizophrenia	82	0	57	7	- 7
Depression	83	0	86	0	- 0
Oral conditions	84	0	61	4	- 4
Prostatic Hypertrophy	85	0	44	45	- 45
Osteoarthritis	86	0	58	7	- 7
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to LATVIA

Bangladesh

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.