LATVIA VS DR CONGO: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	DR CONGO		LATVIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Influenza and Pneumonia	1	1,148	9	501	+ 647
Tuberculosis	2	683	40	71	+ 612
Measles	3	660	72	0	+ 660
Malaria	4	653	79	0	+ 653
Diarrhoeal diseases	5	645	54	14	+ 631
Stroke	6	571	2	5,893	- 5,321
Coronary Heart Disease	7	542	1	8,099	- 7,557
Low Birth Weight	8	541	56	11	+ 530
Birth Trauma	9	516	55	12	+ 505
Road Traffic Accidents	10	472	27	154	+ 319
Congenital Anomalies	11	254	43	46	+ 207
Hypertension	12	246	3	1,194	- 948
Liver Disease	13	235	15	365	- 130
Lung Disease	14	211	18	346	- 135
HIV/AIDS	15	207	39	74	+ 133
Diabetes Mellitus	16	201	8	529	- 328
Meningitis	17	181	52	15	+ 166
Violence	18	174	37	94	+ 79
Maternal Conditions	19	164	60	5	+ 160
Kidney Disease	20	142	17	356	- 215
Malnutrition	21	139	64	2	+ 137
Other Injuries	22	129	16	362	- 233
Pertussis	23	124	70	0	+ 124
Asthma	24	121	46	42	+ 79
Endocrine Disorders	25	115	41	59	+ 56
Suicide	26	91	14	384	- 293
Cervical Cancer	27	75	33	128	- 52
Alzheimers & Dementia	28	71	7	664	- 593
Inflammatory/Heart	29	63	5	921	- 858
Prostate Cancer	30	62	12	464	- 402
Liver Cancer	31	60	26	157	- 97
Syphilis	32	59	65	1	+ 57
Falls	33	54	23	201	- 147
Drownings	34	54	34	127	- 73
Breast Cancer	35	53	10	472	- 419
Colon-Rectum Cancers	36	46	6	722	- 676
Stomach Cancer	37	40	11	470	- 429
Lymphomas	38	32	19	245	- 213
Fires	39	31	36	103	- 72
Peptic Ulcer Disease	40	30	31	142	- 112
Leukemia	41	29	25	186	- 157
Poisonings	42	27	49	23	+ 4
Rheumatic Heart Disease	43	27	47	41	- 14
Epilepsy	44	27	45	44	- 17
War	45	26	68	0	+ 26
Tetanus	46	18	71	0	+ 18
Lung Cancers	47	18	4	956	- 938
Schistosomiasis	48	17	78	0	+ 17
Parkinson's Disease	49	16	35	125	- 109
Pancreas Cancer	50	16	13	436	- 420
Oral Cancer	51	16	22	214	- 198
Leishmaniasis	52	14	77	0	+ 14
Oesophagus Cancer	53	12	32	131	- 119
Skin Disease	54	12	38	76	- 64
Skin Cancers	55	12	30	144	- 132
Appendicitis	56	11	59	5	+ 6
Encephalitis	57	11	69	0	+ 11
Ovary Cancer	58	10	24	196	- 186
Drug Use	59	10	48	41	- 31
Alcohol	60	10	21	227	- 217
Hepatitis B	61	7	63	3	+ 4
Upper Respiratory	62	6	62	4	+ 2
Uterin Cancer	63	5	29	148	- 142
Trypanosomiasis	64	5	76	0	+ 5
Bladder Cancer	65	4	20	228	- 224
Rheumatoid Arthritis	66	3	51	20	- 16
Other Neoplasms	67	1	28	153	- 151
Ascariasis	68	1	84	0	+ 1
Hepatitis C	69	1	42	53	- 52
Diphtheria	70	1	67	1	+ 0
Multiple Sclerosis	71	1	50	20	- 20
Otitis Media	72	1	66	1	- 0
Chlamydia	73	0	75	0	+ 0
Dengue	74	0	83	0	+ 0
Hookworm Disease	75	0	82	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	76	0	81	0	- 0
Leprosy	77	0	74	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	78	0	73	0	- 0
Chagas disease	79	0	80	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	80	0	58	7	- 7
Prostatic Hypertrophy	81	0	44	45	- 45
Oral conditions	82	0	61	4	- 4
Schizophrenia	83	0	57	7	- 7
Depression	84	0	86	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	85	0	- 0
Anemia	86	0	53	14	- 14
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to LATVIA

DR Congo

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.