LATVIA VS COLOMBIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	COLOMBIA		LATVIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	1,564	1	8,099	- 6,535
Violence	2	700	37	94	+ 605
Stroke	3	602	2	5,893	- 5,291
Lung Disease	4	579	18	346	+ 232
Influenza and Pneumonia	5	391	9	501	- 110
Road Traffic Accidents	6	282	27	154	+ 129
Kidney Disease	7	248	17	356	- 108
Hypertension	8	232	3	1,194	- 961
Stomach Cancer	9	222	11	470	- 248
Lung Cancers	10	191	4	956	- 766
Diabetes Mellitus	11	183	8	529	- 347
Colon-Rectum Cancers	12	159	6	722	- 563
Breast Cancer	13	133	10	472	- 339
Prostate Cancer	14	130	12	464	- 334
Other Neoplasms	15	116	28	153	- 36
Congenital Anomalies	16	108	43	46	+ 61
HIV/AIDS	17	97	39	74	+ 23
Lymphomas	18	95	19	245	- 151
Liver Disease	19	88	15	365	- 277
Cervical Cancer	20	82	33	128	- 45
Leukemia	21	80	25	186	- 106
Alzheimers & Dementia	22	78	7	664	- 585
Low Birth Weight	23	76	56	11	+ 65
Liver Cancer	24	75	26	157	- 82
Pancreas Cancer	25	73	13	436	- 363
Suicide	26	71	14	384	- 312
Malnutrition	27	68	64	2	+ 66
Other Injuries	28	58	16	362	- 305
Falls	29	55	23	201	- 146
Endocrine Disorders	30	50	41	59	- 9
Inflammatory/Heart	31	48	5	921	- 873
Tuberculosis	32	46	40	71	- 25
Ovary Cancer	33	41	24	196	- 156
Skin Disease	34	40	38	76	- 36
Skin Cancers	35	37	30	144	- 107
Oesophagus Cancer	36	30	32	131	- 101
Oral Cancer	37	29	22	214	- 185
Diarrhoeal diseases	38	27	54	14	+ 14
Peptic Ulcer Disease	39	25	31	142	- 116
Drownings	40	25	34	127	- 102
Birth Trauma	41	24	55	12	+ 12
Bladder Cancer	42	22	20	228	- 206
Epilepsy	43	22	45	44	- 23
Drug Use	44	18	48	41	- 23
Uterin Cancer	45	15	29	148	- 132
Maternal Conditions	46	14	60	5	+ 10
Parkinson's Disease	47	14	35	125	- 112
Prostatic Hypertrophy	48	12	44	45	- 33
War	49	9	68	0	+ 9
Meningitis	50	9	52	15	- 6
Rheumatoid Arthritis	51	9	51	20	- 11
Appendicitis	52	8	59	5	+ 3
Chagas disease	53	7	80	0	+ 7
Asthma	54	7	46	42	- 35
Dengue	55	5	83	0	+ 5
Fires	56	5	36	103	- 99
Anemia	57	4	53	14	- 10
Osteoarthritis	58	2	58	7	- 4
Hepatitis C	59	2	42	53	- 51
Multiple Sclerosis	60	2	50	20	- 18
Poisonings	61	2	49	23	- 21
Hepatitis B	62	2	63	3	- 1
Rheumatic Heart Disease	63	1	47	41	- 39
Encephalitis	64	1	69	0	+ 1
Syphilis	65	1	65	1	- 0
Upper Respiratory	66	1	62	4	- 3
Malaria	67	1	79	0	+ 1
Alcohol	68	1	21	227	- 227
Pertussis	69	1	70	0	+ 1
Schizophrenia	70	1	57	7	- 7
Tetanus	71	1	71	0	+ 1
Leprosy	72	0	74	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	73	0	66	1	- 1
Leishmaniasis	74	0	77	0	+ 0
Oral conditions	75	0	61	4	- 3
Ascariasis	76	0	84	0	+ 0
Schistosomiasis	77	0	78	0	+ 0
Measles	78	0	72	0	+ 0
Hookworm Disease	79	0	82	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	80	0	67	1	- 1
Chlamydia	81	0	75	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	82	0	73	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	83	0	81	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	84	0	76	0	- 0
Depression	85	0	86	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	86	0	85	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to LATVIA

Colombia

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.