LATVIA VS BELARUS: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	BELARUS		LATVIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	10,083	1	8,099	+ 1,984
Stroke	2	3,108	2	5,893	- 2,785
Alzheimers & Dementia	3	669	7	664	+ 6
Lung Cancers	4	559	4	956	- 397
Colon-Rectum Cancers	5	547	6	722	- 175
Alcohol	6	523	21	227	+ 296
Lung Disease	7	419	18	346	+ 72
Liver Disease	8	394	15	365	+ 29
Suicide	9	380	14	384	- 4
Stomach Cancer	10	320	11	470	- 149
Inflammatory/Heart	11	258	5	921	- 663
Breast Cancer	12	233	10	472	- 239
Pancreas Cancer	13	222	13	436	- 214
Other Injuries	14	208	16	362	- 154
Influenza and Pneumonia	15	206	9	501	- 295
Falls	16	180	23	201	- 21
Prostate Cancer	17	177	12	464	- 287
Oral Cancer	18	171	22	214	- 43
Road Traffic Accidents	19	137	27	154	- 17
Lymphomas	20	127	19	245	- 118
Parkinson's Disease	21	118	35	125	- 8
Fires	22	118	36	103	+ 14
Leukemia	23	105	25	186	- 81
Drownings	24	103	34	127	- 24
Oesophagus Cancer	25	93	32	131	- 38
Kidney Disease	26	91	17	356	- 265
Ovary Cancer	27	81	24	196	- 115
Uterin Cancer	28	74	29	148	- 74
Drug Use	29	74	48	41	+ 33
Diabetes Mellitus	30	71	8	529	- 459
Hypertension	31	70	3	1,194	- 1,124
Liver Cancer	32	69	26	157	- 88
Poisonings	33	59	49	23	+ 36
Cervical Cancer	34	57	33	128	- 70
Bladder Cancer	35	56	20	228	- 172
Skin Cancers	36	52	30	144	- 93
Tuberculosis	37	51	40	71	- 20
Violence	38	48	37	94	- 46
Rheumatic Heart Disease	39	45	47	41	+ 5
Peptic Ulcer Disease	40	45	31	142	- 97
Congenital Anomalies	41	38	43	46	- 8
HIV/AIDS	42	32	39	74	- 42
Endocrine Disorders	43	27	41	59	- 32
Asthma	44	23	46	42	- 19
Epilepsy	45	22	45	44	- 22
Encephalitis	46	18	69	0	+ 18
Low Birth Weight	47	12	56	11	+ 1
Other Neoplasms	48	10	28	153	- 143
Multiple Sclerosis	49	8	50	20	- 12
Meningitis	50	7	52	15	- 8
Skin Disease	51	6	38	76	- 71
Birth Trauma	52	5	55	12	- 7
Malnutrition	53	4	64	2	+ 2
Appendicitis	54	4	59	5	- 1
Rheumatoid Arthritis	55	3	51	20	- 17
Hepatitis B	56	3	63	3	- 1
Diarrhoeal diseases	57	2	54	14	- 11
Upper Respiratory	58	1	62	4	- 3
War	59	1	68	0	+ 0
Maternal Conditions	60	0	60	5	- 4
Chlamydia	61	0	75	0	+ 0
Hepatitis C	62	0	42	53	- 53
Syphilis	63	0	65	1	- 1
Tetanus	64	0	71	0	+ 0
Pertussis	65	0	70	0	- 0
Otitis Media	66	0	66	1	- 1
Diphtheria	67	0	67	1	- 1
Measles	68	0	72	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	69	0	82	0	- 0
Ascariasis	70	0	84	0	- 0
Dengue	71	0	83	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	72	0	81	0	- 0
Leprosy	73	0	74	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	74	0	78	0	- 0
Chagas disease	75	0	80	0	- 0
Malaria	76	0	79	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	77	0	76	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	78	0	77	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	73	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	80	0	57	7	- 7
Depression	81	0	86	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	82	0	85	0	- 0
Anemia	83	0	53	14	- 14
Osteoarthritis	84	0	58	7	- 7
Prostatic Hypertrophy	85	0	44	45	- 45
Oral conditions	86	0	61	4	- 4
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to LATVIA

Belarus

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.