LATVIA VS ERITREA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	ERITREA		LATVIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Influenza and Pneumonia	1	930	9	501	+ 429
Stroke	2	728	2	5,893	- 5,165
Diarrhoeal diseases	3	651	54	14	+ 637
Coronary Heart Disease	4	612	1	8,099	- 7,488
Road Traffic Accidents	5	377	27	154	+ 223
Liver Disease	6	345	15	365	- 20
Diabetes Mellitus	7	268	8	529	- 261
Hypertension	8	263	3	1,194	- 931
Lung Disease	9	188	18	346	- 158
Malnutrition	10	187	64	2	+ 185
Birth Trauma	11	175	55	12	+ 163
Kidney Disease	12	164	17	356	- 192
Maternal Conditions	13	154	60	5	+ 150
Tuberculosis	14	154	40	71	+ 83
Other Injuries	15	153	16	362	- 209
Low Birth Weight	16	151	56	11	+ 140
Malaria	17	124	79	0	+ 124
Congenital Anomalies	18	123	43	46	+ 76
Meningitis	19	115	52	15	+ 100
Violence	20	109	37	94	+ 15
Suicide	21	108	14	384	- 275
Asthma	22	93	46	42	+ 51
Breast Cancer	23	88	10	472	- 384
Alzheimers & Dementia	24	88	7	664	- 576
HIV/AIDS	25	87	39	74	+ 13
Falls	26	48	23	201	- 154
Peptic Ulcer Disease	27	42	31	142	- 100
Lymphomas	28	42	19	245	- 204
Leukemia	29	41	25	186	- 145
Cervical Cancer	30	38	33	128	- 90
Fires	31	37	36	103	- 66
Inflammatory/Heart	32	35	5	921	- 886
Drownings	33	33	34	127	- 93
Poisonings	34	32	49	23	+ 9
Colon-Rectum Cancers	35	32	6	722	- 690
Pertussis	36	25	70	0	+ 25
Parkinson's Disease	37	24	35	125	- 101
Epilepsy	38	23	45	44	- 21
Oesophagus Cancer	39	23	32	131	- 108
Ovary Cancer	40	23	24	196	- 174
Rheumatic Heart Disease	41	22	47	41	- 19
Schistosomiasis	42	21	78	0	+ 21
Endocrine Disorders	43	20	41	59	- 39
Oral Cancer	44	20	22	214	- 194
Liver Cancer	45	20	26	157	- 137
Lung Cancers	46	18	4	956	- 939
Prostate Cancer	47	15	12	464	- 449
Stomach Cancer	48	14	11	470	- 456
Alcohol	49	13	21	227	- 214
Skin Disease	50	13	38	76	- 64
Bladder Cancer	51	12	20	228	- 216
Tetanus	52	11	71	0	+ 11
Drug Use	53	10	48	41	- 30
Syphilis	54	10	65	1	+ 9
Appendicitis	55	9	59	5	+ 4
Skin Cancers	56	8	30	144	- 136
Hepatitis B	57	8	63	3	+ 5
Pancreas Cancer	58	6	13	436	- 431
Leishmaniasis	59	5	77	0	+ 5
Upper Respiratory	60	5	62	4	+ 2
Uterin Cancer	61	5	29	148	- 143
Encephalitis	62	4	69	0	+ 4
Measles	63	4	72	0	+ 4
Rheumatoid Arthritis	64	3	51	20	- 16
Hepatitis C	65	2	42	53	- 51
Other Neoplasms	66	2	28	153	- 151
Multiple Sclerosis	67	1	50	20	- 19
Ascariasis	68	1	84	0	+ 1
Otitis Media	69	0	66	1	- 0
Chlamydia	70	0	75	0	+ 0
War	71	0	68	0	- 0
Diphtheria	72	0	67	1	- 1
Dengue	73	0	83	0	+ 0
Hookworm Disease	74	0	82	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	75	0	81	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	76	0	76	0	- 0
Chagas disease	77	0	80	0	- 0
Leprosy	78	0	74	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	73	0	- 0
Depression	80	0	86	0	- 0
Anemia	81	0	53	14	- 14
Vitamin A Deficiency	82	0	85	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	83	0	57	7	- 7
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

Eritrea

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.