LATVIA VS BELIZE: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	BELIZE		LATVIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	832	1	8,099	- 7,267
Violence	2	631	37	94	+ 537
Diabetes Mellitus	3	609	8	529	+ 80
Stroke	4	549	2	5,893	- 5,343
HIV/AIDS	5	516	39	74	+ 442
Kidney Disease	6	443	17	356	+ 87
Influenza and Pneumonia	7	418	9	501	- 83
Road Traffic Accidents	8	381	27	154	+ 228
Liver Disease	9	250	15	365	- 115
Prostate Cancer	10	205	12	464	- 259
Lung Disease	11	199	18	346	- 147
Hypertension	12	198	3	1,194	- 995
Alzheimers & Dementia	13	194	7	664	- 470
Other Injuries	14	154	16	362	- 208
Lung Cancers	15	132	4	956	- 824
Suicide	16	120	14	384	- 264
Cervical Cancer	17	119	33	128	- 9
Drownings	18	103	34	127	- 24
Liver Cancer	19	103	26	157	- 54
Stomach Cancer	20	100	11	470	- 369
Congenital Anomalies	21	100	43	46	+ 53
Endocrine Disorders	22	97	41	59	+ 38
Breast Cancer	23	94	10	472	- 379
Colon-Rectum Cancers	24	87	6	722	- 635
Low Birth Weight	25	85	56	11	+ 74
Inflammatory/Heart	26	78	5	921	- 843
Falls	27	56	23	201	- 146
Parkinson's Disease	28	48	35	125	- 78
Malnutrition	29	42	64	2	+ 41
Alcohol	30	42	21	227	- 185
Pancreas Cancer	31	40	13	436	- 396
Birth Trauma	32	40	55	12	+ 28
Tuberculosis	33	38	40	71	- 33
Diarrhoeal diseases	34	38	54	14	+ 24
Asthma	35	33	46	42	- 8
Epilepsy	36	33	45	44	- 11
Skin Disease	37	24	38	76	- 53
Peptic Ulcer Disease	38	22	31	142	- 119
Leukemia	39	17	25	186	- 169
Fires	40	16	36	103	- 88
Rheumatic Heart Disease	41	15	47	41	- 26
Maternal Conditions	42	10	60	5	+ 5
Oesophagus Cancer	43	10	32	131	- 122
Appendicitis	44	6	59	5	+ 2
Poisonings	45	6	49	23	- 17
Meningitis	46	6	52	15	- 9
Drug Use	47	6	48	41	- 35
Encephalitis	48	6	69	0	+ 6
Rheumatoid Arthritis	49	5	51	20	- 15
Lymphomas	50	5	19	245	- 241
Uterin Cancer	51	5	29	148	- 143
Ovary Cancer	52	4	24	196	- 192
Other Neoplasms	53	4	28	153	- 149
Multiple Sclerosis	54	2	50	20	- 18
Dengue	55	1	83	0	+ 1
Hepatitis B	56	1	63	3	- 2
Chagas disease	57	1	80	0	+ 1
Upper Respiratory	58	1	62	4	- 3
Tetanus	59	0	71	0	+ 0
War	60	0	68	0	+ 0
Hepatitis C	61	0	42	53	- 53
Syphilis	62	0	65	1	- 1
Pertussis	63	0	70	0	+ 0
Ascariasis	64	0	84	0	+ 0
Chlamydia	65	0	75	0	+ 0
Skin Cancers	66	0	30	144	- 144
Oral Cancer	67	0	22	214	- 214
Diphtheria	68	0	67	1	- 1
Otitis Media	69	0	66	1	- 1
Leprosy	70	0	74	0	- 0
Measles	71	0	72	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	72	0	82	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	73	0	81	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	74	0	73	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	75	0	76	0	- 0
Malaria	76	0	79	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	77	0	77	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	78	0	78	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	79	0	85	0	- 0
Anemia	80	0	53	14	- 14
Bladder Cancer	81	0	20	228	- 228
Schizophrenia	82	0	57	7	- 7
Depression	83	0	86	0	- 0
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

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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.