LATVIA VS ETHIOPIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	ETHIOPIA		LATVIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Influenza and Pneumonia	1	911	9	501	+ 409
Diarrhoeal diseases	2	674	54	14	+ 660
Stroke	3	598	2	5,893	- 5,295
Coronary Heart Disease	4	555	1	8,099	- 7,544
Road Traffic Accidents	5	480	27	154	+ 326
Birth Trauma	6	473	55	12	+ 461
Low Birth Weight	7	426	56	11	+ 414
Liver Disease	8	414	15	365	+ 50
Tuberculosis	9	326	40	71	+ 255
Diabetes Mellitus	10	247	8	529	- 282
Congenital Anomalies	11	238	43	46	+ 191
Hypertension	12	205	3	1,194	- 989
Kidney Disease	13	184	17	356	- 173
Meningitis	14	183	52	15	+ 168
Lung Disease	15	180	18	346	- 166
Other Injuries	16	178	16	362	- 184
HIV/AIDS	17	174	39	74	+ 100
Maternal Conditions	18	135	60	5	+ 130
Malnutrition	19	131	64	2	+ 129
Breast Cancer	20	129	10	472	- 343
Alzheimers & Dementia	21	125	7	664	- 538
Violence	22	123	37	94	+ 28
Pertussis	23	105	70	0	+ 105
Measles	24	96	72	0	+ 96
Suicide	25	92	14	384	- 292
Malaria	26	85	79	0	+ 85
Cervical Cancer	27	76	33	128	- 51
Falls	28	69	23	201	- 133
Asthma	29	68	46	42	+ 26
Leukemia	30	64	25	186	- 122
Colon-Rectum Cancers	31	57	6	722	- 665
Poisonings	32	56	49	23	+ 32
Lymphomas	33	55	19	245	- 191
Fires	34	49	36	103	- 54
Drownings	35	48	34	127	- 79
Ovary Cancer	36	37	24	196	- 160
Tetanus	37	33	71	0	+ 33
Lung Cancers	38	33	4	956	- 923
Inflammatory/Heart	39	33	5	921	- 888
Oesophagus Cancer	40	28	32	131	- 103
Peptic Ulcer Disease	41	27	31	142	- 115
Liver Cancer	42	26	26	157	- 130
Syphilis	43	26	65	1	+ 25
Epilepsy	44	25	45	44	- 20
Endocrine Disorders	45	25	41	59	- 34
Parkinson's Disease	46	24	35	125	- 101
Stomach Cancer	47	23	11	470	- 446
Oral Cancer	48	22	22	214	- 192
Rheumatic Heart Disease	49	20	47	41	- 20
Prostate Cancer	50	19	12	464	- 445
Bladder Cancer	51	16	20	228	- 212
Skin Cancers	52	15	30	144	- 129
Skin Disease	53	14	38	76	- 63
Schistosomiasis	54	13	78	0	+ 13
Alcohol	55	11	21	227	- 216
Hepatitis B	56	11	63	3	+ 8
Upper Respiratory	57	11	62	4	+ 7
Appendicitis	58	10	59	5	+ 6
Leishmaniasis	59	9	77	0	+ 9
Drug Use	60	8	48	41	- 33
Pancreas Cancer	61	7	13	436	- 429
Uterin Cancer	62	6	29	148	- 141
Encephalitis	63	6	69	0	+ 6
War	64	4	68	0	+ 4
Rheumatoid Arthritis	65	3	51	20	- 16
Other Neoplasms	66	2	28	153	- 150
Diphtheria	67	2	67	1	+ 2
Ascariasis	68	2	84	0	+ 2
Hepatitis C	69	2	42	53	- 51
Multiple Sclerosis	70	1	50	20	- 19
Otitis Media	71	1	66	1	- 0
Chlamydia	72	0	75	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
Trypanosomiasis	77	0	76	0	- 0
Chagas disease	78	0	80	0	- 0
Leprosy	79	0	74	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	80	0	58	7	- 7
Prostatic Hypertrophy	81	0	44	45	- 45
Oral conditions	82	0	61	4	- 4
Anemia	83	0	53	14	- 14
Vitamin A Deficiency	84	0	85	0	- 0
Depression	85	0	86	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	86	0	57	7	- 7
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to LATVIA

Ethiopia

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.