LATVIA VS COSTA RICA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	COSTA RICA		LATVIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	903	1	8,099	- 7,196
Stroke	2	556	2	5,893	- 5,337
Kidney Disease	3	507	17	356	+ 151
Lung Disease	4	358	18	346	+ 12
Diabetes Mellitus	5	326	8	529	- 203
Hypertension	6	295	3	1,194	- 899
Influenza and Pneumonia	7	286	9	501	- 215
Alzheimers & Dementia	8	280	7	664	- 384
Road Traffic Accidents	9	255	27	154	+ 102
Stomach Cancer	10	226	11	470	- 244
Violence	11	217	37	94	+ 123
Colon-Rectum Cancers	12	212	6	722	- 510
Other Injuries	13	195	16	362	- 167
Prostate Cancer	14	153	12	464	- 311
Suicide	15	139	14	384	- 245
Breast Cancer	16	131	10	472	- 341
Liver Cancer	17	131	26	157	- 26
Liver Disease	18	126	15	365	- 238
Lymphomas	19	122	19	245	- 124
Lung Cancers	20	117	4	956	- 839
Congenital Anomalies	21	108	43	46	+ 61
Pancreas Cancer	22	100	13	436	- 336
Other Neoplasms	23	91	28	153	- 62
Leukemia	24	89	25	186	- 97
HIV/AIDS	25	66	39	74	- 8
Inflammatory/Heart	26	65	5	921	- 855
Endocrine Disorders	27	63	41	59	+ 4
Low Birth Weight	28	61	56	11	+ 50
Cervical Cancer	29	54	33	128	- 73
Parkinson's Disease	30	47	35	125	- 78
Skin Cancers	31	47	30	144	- 98
Skin Disease	32	43	38	76	- 33
Alcohol	33	43	21	227	- 184
Epilepsy	34	40	45	44	- 5
Falls	35	40	23	201	- 162
Bladder Cancer	36	34	20	228	- 194
Drownings	37	33	34	127	- 94
Oral Cancer	38	33	22	214	- 181
Diarrhoeal diseases	39	30	54	14	+ 16
Ovary Cancer	40	27	24	196	- 169
Uterin Cancer	41	27	29	148	- 120
Peptic Ulcer Disease	42	25	31	142	- 117
Drug Use	43	22	48	41	- 19
Oesophagus Cancer	44	21	32	131	- 110
Asthma	45	21	46	42	- 21
Rheumatoid Arthritis	46	19	51	20	- 1
Birth Trauma	47	16	55	12	+ 5
Malnutrition	48	13	64	2	+ 11
Rheumatic Heart Disease	49	11	47	41	- 30
Tuberculosis	50	11	40	71	- 60
Anemia	51	8	53	14	- 6
Appendicitis	52	7	59	5	+ 3
Schizophrenia	53	7	57	7	- 0
Meningitis	54	6	52	15	- 9
Maternal Conditions	55	6	60	5	+ 1
Prostatic Hypertrophy	56	4	44	45	- 41
Multiple Sclerosis	57	4	50	20	- 17
Fires	58	3	36	103	- 100
Hepatitis B	59	2	63	3	- 1
Poisonings	60	2	49	23	- 21
Osteoarthritis	61	2	58	7	- 5
Upper Respiratory	62	1	62	4	- 3
Encephalitis	63	1	69	0	+ 1
Hepatitis C	64	0	42	53	- 53
Syphilis	65	0	65	1	- 1
Oral conditions	66	0	61	4	- 3
Leprosy	67	0	74	0	+ 0
War	68	0	68	0	- 0
Pertussis	69	0	70	0	- 0
Dengue	70	0	83	0	+ 0
Ascariasis	71	0	84	0	+ 0
Leishmaniasis	72	0	77	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	73	0	67	1	- 1
Tetanus	74	0	71	0	- 0
Measles	75	0	72	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	76	0	78	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	77	0	76	0	- 0
Malaria	78	0	79	0	- 0
Chagas disease	79	0	80	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	80	0	82	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	81	0	81	0	- 0
Otitis Media	82	0	66	1	- 1
Iodine Deficiency	83	0	73	0	- 0
Chlamydia	84	0	75	0	- 0
Depression	85	0	86	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	86	0	85	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to LATVIA

Costa Rica

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.