LATVIA VS CROATIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	CROATIA		LATVIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	5,342	1	8,099	- 2,758
Stroke	2	2,724	2	5,893	- 3,169
Lung Cancers	3	1,234	4	956	+ 277
Colon-Rectum Cancers	4	950	6	722	+ 228
Lung Disease	5	916	18	346	+ 570
Diabetes Mellitus	6	852	8	529	+ 322
Kidney Disease	7	604	17	356	+ 248
Hypertension	8	478	3	1,194	- 715
Alzheimers & Dementia	9	463	7	664	- 201
Influenza and Pneumonia	10	443	9	501	- 58
Breast Cancer	11	442	10	472	- 30
Falls	12	423	23	201	+ 222
Liver Disease	13	401	15	365	+ 36
Prostate Cancer	14	370	12	464	- 94
Stomach Cancer	15	341	11	470	- 128
Pancreas Cancer	16	327	13	436	- 109
Suicide	17	293	14	384	- 90
Lymphomas	18	241	19	245	- 4
Liver Cancer	19	218	26	157	+ 61
Bladder Cancer	20	217	20	228	- 11
Inflammatory/Heart	21	198	5	921	- 723
Leukemia	22	189	25	186	+ 3
Other Injuries	23	186	16	362	- 177
Parkinson's Disease	24	184	35	125	+ 58
Oral Cancer	25	147	22	214	- 67
Skin Cancers	26	144	30	144	- 0
Road Traffic Accidents	27	142	27	154	- 11
Ovary Cancer	28	134	24	196	- 63
Other Neoplasms	29	123	28	153	- 30
Alcohol	30	95	21	227	- 132
Peptic Ulcer Disease	31	90	31	142	- 52
Uterin Cancer	32	87	29	148	- 61
Oesophagus Cancer	33	82	32	131	- 49
Cervical Cancer	34	68	33	128	- 60
Rheumatic Heart Disease	35	59	47	41	+ 19
Epilepsy	36	41	45	44	- 3
Congenital Anomalies	37	41	43	46	- 6
Drownings	38	37	34	127	- 90
Diarrhoeal diseases	39	36	54	14	+ 22
Schizophrenia	40	34	57	7	+ 27
Asthma	41	32	46	42	- 10
Endocrine Disorders	42	31	41	59	- 28
Drug Use	43	31	48	41	- 10
Tuberculosis	44	27	40	71	- 45
Multiple Sclerosis	45	24	50	20	+ 4
Rheumatoid Arthritis	46	20	51	20	+ 1
Hepatitis C	47	19	42	53	- 33
Violence	48	19	37	94	- 75
Prostatic Hypertrophy	49	19	44	45	- 27
Fires	50	15	36	103	- 88
Hepatitis B	51	7	63	3	+ 4
Meningitis	52	7	52	15	- 8
Anemia	53	7	53	14	- 7
Poisonings	54	7	49	23	- 16
Birth Trauma	55	5	55	12	- 7
Low Birth Weight	56	4	56	11	- 7
Appendicitis	57	4	59	5	- 1
Skin Disease	58	3	38	76	- 73
HIV/AIDS	59	3	39	74	- 71
Otitis Media	60	1	66	1	+ 1
Maternal Conditions	61	1	60	5	- 4
Iodine Deficiency	62	1	73	0	+ 1
Upper Respiratory	63	1	62	4	- 3
Oral conditions	64	1	61	4	- 3
Encephalitis	65	0	69	0	+ 0
Leishmaniasis	66	0	77	0	+ 0
War	67	0	68	0	- 0
Tetanus	68	0	71	0	+ 0
Pertussis	69	0	70	0	+ 0
Malnutrition	70	0	64	2	- 2
Syphilis	71	0	65	1	- 1
Diphtheria	72	0	67	1	- 1
Measles	73	0	72	0	- 0
Chlamydia	74	0	75	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	75	0	78	0	- 0
Chagas disease	76	0	80	0	- 0
Malaria	77	0	79	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	76	0	- 0
Leprosy	79	0	74	0	- 0
Dengue	80	0	83	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	81	0	81	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	82	0	82	0	- 0
Ascariasis	83	0	84	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	84	0	58	7	- 7
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	85	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	86	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to LATVIA

Croatia

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.