LATVIA VS CONGO: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	CONGO		LATVIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
HIV/AIDS	1	1,332	39	74	+ 1,258
Tuberculosis	2	822	40	71	+ 750
Influenza and Pneumonia	3	761	9	501	+ 260
Coronary Heart Disease	4	737	1	8,099	- 7,362
Stroke	5	670	2	5,893	- 5,223
Malaria	6	584	79	0	+ 584
Road Traffic Accidents	7	472	27	154	+ 319
Diarrhoeal diseases	8	385	54	14	+ 372
Low Birth Weight	9	379	56	11	+ 368
Diabetes Mellitus	10	310	8	529	- 219
Birth Trauma	11	295	55	12	+ 283
Hypertension	12	275	3	1,194	- 918
Liver Disease	13	275	15	365	- 90
Congenital Anomalies	14	215	43	46	+ 169
Kidney Disease	15	181	17	356	- 175
Maternal Conditions	16	171	60	5	+ 166
Lung Disease	17	160	18	346	- 187
Violence	18	159	37	94	+ 65
Suicide	19	103	14	384	- 281
Other Injuries	20	98	16	362	- 264
Pertussis	21	97	70	0	+ 97
Meningitis	22	88	52	15	+ 74
Asthma	23	86	46	42	+ 44
Malnutrition	24	80	64	2	+ 78
Alzheimers & Dementia	25	68	7	664	- 596
Inflammatory/Heart	26	65	5	921	- 856
Endocrine Disorders	27	61	41	59	+ 2
Prostate Cancer	28	58	12	464	- 406
Cervical Cancer	29	58	33	128	- 70
Liver Cancer	30	50	26	157	- 107
Measles	31	47	72	0	+ 47
Breast Cancer	32	47	10	472	- 426
Falls	33	44	23	201	- 157
Syphilis	34	31	65	1	+ 30
Peptic Ulcer Disease	35	31	31	142	- 111
Drownings	36	31	34	127	- 96
Fires	37	27	36	103	- 77
Colon-Rectum Cancers	38	26	6	722	- 696
Stomach Cancer	39	26	11	470	- 444
Epilepsy	40	22	45	44	- 22
Poisonings	41	21	49	23	- 2
Parkinson's Disease	42	20	35	125	- 105
Rheumatic Heart Disease	43	20	47	41	- 21
Drug Use	44	19	48	41	- 21
Lymphomas	45	18	19	245	- 227
Leukemia	46	17	25	186	- 169
Lung Cancers	47	16	4	956	- 941
Ovary Cancer	48	15	24	196	- 182
Alcohol	49	14	21	227	- 214
Skin Disease	50	14	38	76	- 63
Schistosomiasis	51	13	78	0	+ 13
Pancreas Cancer	52	12	13	436	- 424
Skin Cancers	53	11	30	144	- 134
Oral Cancer	54	10	22	214	- 204
Tetanus	55	7	71	0	+ 7
Encephalitis	56	6	69	0	+ 6
Oesophagus Cancer	57	6	32	131	- 125
Appendicitis	58	5	59	5	+ 1
Rheumatoid Arthritis	59	4	51	20	- 15
Uterin Cancer	60	4	29	148	- 143
Bladder Cancer	61	4	20	228	- 224
Hepatitis B	62	4	63	3	+ 1
Other Neoplasms	63	2	28	153	- 150
Upper Respiratory	64	2	62	4	- 2
Trypanosomiasis	65	2	76	0	+ 2
Multiple Sclerosis	66	1	50	20	- 19
Hepatitis C	67	1	42	53	- 52
Diphtheria	68	1	67	1	- 0
Ascariasis	69	0	84	0	+ 0
Chlamydia	70	0	75	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	71	0	66	1	- 1
War	72	0	68	0	- 0
Dengue	73	0	83	0	+ 0
Hookworm Disease	74	0	82	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	75	0	81	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	76	0	73	0	- 0
Leprosy	77	0	74	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	78	0	77	0	- 0
Chagas disease	79	0	80	0	- 0
Depression	80	0	86	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	81	0	57	7	- 7
Anemia	82	0	53	14	- 14
Vitamin A Deficiency	83	0	85	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	84	0	44	45	- 45
Osteoarthritis	85	0	58	7	- 7
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.