LATVIA VS CAMEROON: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	CAMEROON		LATVIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Influenza and Pneumonia	1	1,146	9	501	+ 644
HIV/AIDS	2	808	39	74	+ 734
Diarrhoeal diseases	3	689	54	14	+ 676
Malaria	4	653	79	0	+ 653
Stroke	5	651	2	5,893	- 5,241
Coronary Heart Disease	6	622	1	8,099	- 7,477
Birth Trauma	7	479	55	12	+ 468
Low Birth Weight	8	462	56	11	+ 451
Road Traffic Accidents	9	454	27	154	+ 301
Tuberculosis	10	431	40	71	+ 360
Diabetes Mellitus	11	318	8	529	- 211
Congenital Anomalies	12	306	43	46	+ 259
Kidney Disease	13	299	17	356	- 57
Liver Disease	14	264	15	365	- 101
Meningitis	15	200	52	15	+ 185
Other Injuries	16	191	16	362	- 171
Maternal Conditions	17	152	60	5	+ 148
Endocrine Disorders	18	144	41	59	+ 85
Suicide	19	136	14	384	- 248
Lung Disease	20	134	18	346	- 212
Pertussis	21	133	70	0	+ 133
Hypertension	22	118	3	1,194	- 1,075
Breast Cancer	23	109	10	472	- 363
Violence	24	97	37	94	+ 2
Asthma	25	94	46	42	+ 53
Cervical Cancer	26	92	33	128	- 36
Falls	27	72	23	201	- 130
Malnutrition	28	71	64	2	+ 69
Drownings	29	69	34	127	- 58
Syphilis	30	68	65	1	+ 67
Alzheimers & Dementia	31	67	7	664	- 596
Measles	32	60	72	0	+ 60
Inflammatory/Heart	33	57	5	921	- 863
Prostate Cancer	34	55	12	464	- 409
Drug Use	35	54	48	41	+ 13
Fires	36	53	36	103	- 50
Liver Cancer	37	51	26	157	- 106
Epilepsy	38	50	45	44	+ 6
Oral Cancer	39	49	22	214	- 165
Peptic Ulcer Disease	40	44	31	142	- 98
Poisonings	41	39	49	23	+ 15
War	42	37	68	0	+ 37
Colon-Rectum Cancers	43	33	6	722	- 689
Lymphomas	44	28	19	245	- 217
Stomach Cancer	45	27	11	470	- 443
Parkinson's Disease	46	26	35	125	- 99
Hepatitis B	47	20	63	3	+ 16
Skin Disease	48	19	38	76	- 58
Rheumatic Heart Disease	49	19	47	41	- 22
Ovary Cancer	50	18	24	196	- 179
Lung Cancers	51	17	4	956	- 939
Pancreas Cancer	52	17	13	436	- 419
Schistosomiasis	53	17	78	0	+ 17
Leukemia	54	16	25	186	- 170
Tetanus	55	13	71	0	+ 13
Skin Cancers	56	12	30	144	- 133
Alcohol	57	11	21	227	- 216
Encephalitis	58	11	69	0	+ 11
Oesophagus Cancer	59	8	32	131	- 123
Uterin Cancer	60	4	29	148	- 143
Appendicitis	61	4	59	5	- 1
Bladder Cancer	62	4	20	228	- 224
Other Neoplasms	63	3	28	153	- 150
Multiple Sclerosis	64	2	50	20	- 18
Ascariasis	65	2	84	0	+ 2
Hepatitis C	66	2	42	53	- 51
Diphtheria	67	2	67	1	+ 1
Rheumatoid Arthritis	68	1	51	20	- 18
Leishmaniasis	69	1	77	0	+ 1
Upper Respiratory	70	1	62	4	- 2
Trypanosomiasis	71	1	76	0	+ 1
Chlamydia	72	0	75	0	+ 0
Dengue	73	0	83	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	74	0	66	1	- 1
Leprosy	75	0	74	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	76	0	81	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	77	0	82	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	78	0	73	0	- 0
Chagas disease	79	0	80	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	80	0	44	45	- 45
Osteoarthritis	81	0	58	7	- 7
Oral conditions	82	0	61	4	- 4
Schizophrenia	83	0	57	7	- 7
Anemia	84	0	53	14	- 14
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	85	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	86	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to LATVIA

Cameroon

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.