LATVIA VS CHILE: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	CHILE		LATVIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	1,031	1	8,099	- 7,068
Stroke	2	939	2	5,893	- 4,953
Kidney Disease	3	392	17	356	+ 36
Lung Disease	4	392	18	346	+ 46
Alzheimers & Dementia	5	386	7	664	- 278
Influenza and Pneumonia	6	378	9	501	- 123
Hypertension	7	368	3	1,194	- 825
Stomach Cancer	8	350	11	470	- 119
Lung Cancers	9	333	4	956	- 623
Diabetes Mellitus	10	307	8	529	- 223
Colon-Rectum Cancers	11	292	6	722	- 430
Road Traffic Accidents	12	273	27	154	+ 119
Liver Disease	13	255	15	365	- 109
Prostate Cancer	14	235	12	464	- 229
Suicide	15	164	14	384	- 220
Breast Cancer	16	163	10	472	- 309
Pancreas Cancer	17	151	13	436	- 285
Lymphomas	18	135	19	245	- 111
Liver Cancer	19	132	26	157	- 25
Other Neoplasms	20	131	28	153	- 22
Other Injuries	21	126	16	362	- 236
Endocrine Disorders	22	124	41	59	+ 65
Falls	23	87	23	201	- 114
Leukemia	24	85	25	186	- 101
Congenital Anomalies	25	83	43	46	+ 36
Parkinson's Disease	26	76	35	125	- 49
Cervical Cancer	27	75	33	128	- 52
Skin Disease	28	74	38	76	- 3
Violence	29	72	37	94	- 23
Oesophagus Cancer	30	70	32	131	- 61
Inflammatory/Heart	31	68	5	921	- 852
Bladder Cancer	32	62	20	228	- 166
HIV/AIDS	33	52	39	74	- 22
Skin Cancers	34	51	30	144	- 94
Ovary Cancer	35	50	24	196	- 147
Low Birth Weight	36	42	56	11	+ 31
Malnutrition	37	41	64	2	+ 39
Tuberculosis	38	40	40	71	- 32
Diarrhoeal diseases	39	32	54	14	+ 19
Oral Cancer	40	30	22	214	- 184
Fires	41	29	36	103	- 75
Asthma	42	28	46	42	- 13
Epilepsy	43	28	45	44	- 16
Drownings	44	27	34	127	- 100
Uterin Cancer	45	27	29	148	- 121
Peptic Ulcer Disease	46	22	31	142	- 120
Alcohol	47	20	21	227	- 207
Rheumatoid Arthritis	48	18	51	20	- 2
Anemia	49	17	53	14	+ 3
Drug Use	50	14	48	41	- 26
Osteoarthritis	51	13	58	7	+ 6
Rheumatic Heart Disease	52	10	47	41	- 31
Meningitis	53	9	52	15	- 6
Birth Trauma	54	8	55	12	- 3
Chagas disease	55	8	80	0	+ 8
Prostatic Hypertrophy	56	7	44	45	- 38
Poisonings	57	7	49	23	- 17
Schizophrenia	58	4	57	7	- 4
Appendicitis	59	4	59	5	- 1
Hepatitis B	60	3	63	3	- 0
Hepatitis C	61	3	42	53	- 50
Multiple Sclerosis	62	3	50	20	- 18
Maternal Conditions	63	2	60	5	- 2
War	64	1	68	0	+ 1
Oral conditions	65	1	61	4	- 3
Syphilis	66	0	65	1	- 1
Upper Respiratory	67	0	62	4	- 3
Pertussis	68	0	70	0	+ 0
Tetanus	69	0	71	0	+ 0
Encephalitis	70	0	69	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	71	0	66	1	- 1
Ascariasis	72	0	84	0	+ 0
Dengue	73	0	83	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	74	0	67	1	- 1
Measles	75	0	72	0	- 0
Leprosy	76	0	74	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	77	0	73	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	78	0	81	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	79	0	82	0	- 0
Chlamydia	80	0	75	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	81	0	77	0	- 0
Malaria	82	0	79	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	83	0	76	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	84	0	78	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	85	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	86	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to LATVIA

Chile

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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.