LATVIA VS BELGIUM: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	BELGIUM		LATVIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	2,298	1	8,099	- 5,801
Alzheimers & Dementia	2	1,416	7	664	+ 752
Stroke	3	1,114	2	5,893	- 4,779
Lung Cancers	4	1,019	4	956	+ 63
Lung Disease	5	968	18	346	+ 622
Influenza and Pneumonia	6	854	9	501	+ 353
Colon-Rectum Cancers	7	501	6	722	- 221
Kidney Disease	8	444	17	356	+ 87
Breast Cancer	9	389	10	472	- 83
Suicide	10	317	14	384	- 66
Other Injuries	11	302	16	362	- 61
Other Neoplasms	12	275	28	153	+ 122
Prostate Cancer	13	274	12	464	- 190
Pancreas Cancer	14	272	13	436	- 164
Falls	15	264	23	201	+ 63
Lymphomas	16	233	19	245	- 12
Liver Disease	17	215	15	365	- 149
Endocrine Disorders	18	215	41	59	+ 156
Parkinson's Disease	19	207	35	125	+ 82
Diabetes Mellitus	20	191	8	529	- 339
Leukemia	21	180	25	186	- 6
Bladder Cancer	22	162	20	228	- 66
Inflammatory/Heart	23	159	5	921	- 761
Liver Cancer	24	147	26	157	- 10
Oesophagus Cancer	25	135	32	131	+ 4
Stomach Cancer	26	130	11	470	- 340
Hypertension	27	111	3	1,194	- 1,083
Oral Cancer	28	101	22	214	- 113
Road Traffic Accidents	29	100	27	154	- 53
Ovary Cancer	30	98	24	196	- 98
Skin Cancers	31	79	30	144	- 66
Alcohol	32	75	21	227	- 152
Diarrhoeal diseases	33	63	54	14	+ 49
Uterin Cancer	34	58	29	148	- 90
Skin Disease	35	57	38	76	- 19
Epilepsy	36	52	45	44	+ 8
Rheumatic Heart Disease	37	44	47	41	+ 3
Malnutrition	38	44	64	2	+ 42
Drug Use	39	43	48	41	+ 2
Congenital Anomalies	40	42	43	46	- 4
Cervical Cancer	41	37	33	128	- 91
Peptic Ulcer Disease	42	32	31	142	- 110
Anemia	43	30	53	14	+ 16
Violence	44	22	37	94	- 72
Multiple Sclerosis	45	22	50	20	+ 2
Asthma	46	19	46	42	- 22
Drownings	47	12	34	127	- 115
Fires	48	11	36	103	- 92
Rheumatoid Arthritis	49	11	51	20	- 9
Low Birth Weight	50	10	56	11	- 1
Osteoarthritis	51	9	58	7	+ 2
Hepatitis C	52	8	42	53	- 45
Birth Trauma	53	7	55	12	- 5
Tuberculosis	54	7	40	71	- 64
Poisonings	55	6	49	23	- 17
Schizophrenia	56	6	57	7	- 2
HIV/AIDS	57	5	39	74	- 69
Meningitis	58	4	52	15	- 10
Upper Respiratory	59	3	62	4	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	60	3	44	45	- 42
Oral conditions	61	3	61	4	- 1
Appendicitis	62	3	59	5	- 2
Hepatitis B	63	2	63	3	- 1
Maternal Conditions	64	1	60	5	- 4
Otitis Media	65	0	66	1	- 1
Encephalitis	66	0	69	0	+ 0
War	67	0	68	0	- 0
Pertussis	68	0	70	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	69	0	67	1	- 1
Syphilis	70	0	65	1	- 1
Chlamydia	71	0	75	0	- 0
Leprosy	72	0	74	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	73	0	77	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	74	0	76	0	- 0
Malaria	75	0	79	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	76	0	78	0	- 0
Chagas disease	77	0	80	0	- 0
Tetanus	78	0	71	0	- 0
Measles	79	0	72	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	80	0	82	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	81	0	81	0	- 0
Ascariasis	82	0	84	0	- 0
Dengue	83	0	83	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

Belgium

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.