LATVIA VS BARBADOS: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	BARBADOS		LATVIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Stroke	1	2,277	2	5,893	- 3,616
Coronary Heart Disease	2	2,119	1	8,099	- 5,981
Diabetes Mellitus	3	1,540	8	529	+ 1,010
Influenza and Pneumonia	4	1,310	9	501	+ 809
Prostate Cancer	5	977	12	464	+ 513
Colon-Rectum Cancers	6	681	6	722	- 41
Alzheimers & Dementia	7	676	7	664	+ 12
Breast Cancer	8	563	10	472	+ 91
Endocrine Disorders	9	553	41	59	+ 494
Kidney Disease	10	546	17	356	+ 190
Other Injuries	11	465	16	362	+ 103
Lung Disease	12	437	18	346	+ 91
Hypertension	13	426	3	1,194	- 767
Skin Disease	14	370	38	76	+ 293
Lymphomas	15	301	19	245	+ 55
Lung Cancers	16	253	4	956	- 704
Inflammatory/Heart	17	231	5	921	- 690
Pancreas Cancer	18	229	13	436	- 207
Violence	19	192	37	94	+ 97
Leukemia	20	172	25	186	- 14
HIV/AIDS	21	167	39	74	+ 93
Stomach Cancer	22	164	11	470	- 305
Cervical Cancer	23	163	33	128	+ 35
Other Neoplasms	24	153	28	153	+ 0
Road Traffic Accidents	25	139	27	154	- 15
Liver Disease	26	135	15	365	- 230
Uterin Cancer	27	125	29	148	- 22
Oral Cancer	28	106	22	214	- 108
Congenital Anomalies	29	106	43	46	+ 59
Prostatic Hypertrophy	30	103	44	45	+ 57
Parkinson's Disease	31	97	35	125	- 28
Ovary Cancer	32	92	24	196	- 104
Liver Cancer	33	85	26	157	- 71
Peptic Ulcer Disease	34	84	31	142	- 58
Asthma	35	77	46	42	+ 35
Oesophagus Cancer	36	68	32	131	- 63
Anemia	37	66	53	14	+ 52
Epilepsy	38	56	45	44	+ 11
Bladder Cancer	39	56	20	228	- 172
Diarrhoeal diseases	40	40	54	14	+ 27
Falls	41	39	23	201	- 162
Low Birth Weight	42	31	56	11	+ 20
Birth Trauma	43	31	55	12	+ 19
Rheumatoid Arthritis	44	28	51	20	+ 8
Meningitis	45	26	52	15	+ 11
Alcohol	46	24	21	227	- 203
Skin Cancers	47	23	30	144	- 121
Poisonings	48	12	49	23	- 11
Malnutrition	49	12	64	2	+ 10
Osteoarthritis	50	12	58	7	+ 5
Suicide	51	11	14	384	- 373
Hepatitis B	52	10	63	3	+ 6
Drug Use	53	9	48	41	- 32
Dengue	54	8	83	0	+ 8
Rheumatic Heart Disease	55	7	47	41	- 34
Maternal Conditions	56	7	60	5	+ 2
Drownings	57	7	34	127	- 120
Upper Respiratory	58	6	62	4	+ 3
Schizophrenia	59	6	57	7	- 1
Tuberculosis	60	6	40	71	- 65
Multiple Sclerosis	61	4	50	20	- 16
Fires	62	3	36	103	- 100
Oral conditions	63	3	61	4	- 0
Syphilis	64	2	65	1	+ 1
Appendicitis	65	2	59	5	- 3
War	66	0	68	0	- 0
Pertussis	67	0	70	0	- 0
Measles	68	0	72	0	- 0
Diphtheria	69	0	67	1	- 1
Tetanus	70	0	71	0	- 0
Leprosy	71	0	74	0	- 0
Otitis Media	72	0	66	1	- 1
Hookworm Disease	73	0	82	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	74	0	81	0	- 0
Ascariasis	75	0	84	0	- 0
Malaria	76	0	79	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	77	0	78	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	76	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	79	0	77	0	- 0
Chagas disease	80	0	80	0	- 0
Chlamydia	81	0	75	0	- 0
Encephalitis	82	0	69	0	- 0
Hepatitis C	83	0	42	53	- 53
Iodine Deficiency	84	0	73	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	85	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	86	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to LATVIA

Barbados

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.