LATVIA VS FIJI: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	FIJI		LATVIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Diabetes Mellitus	1	3,082	8	529	+ 2,552
Coronary Heart Disease	2	2,804	1	8,099	- 5,295
Stroke	3	1,103	2	5,893	- 4,790
Kidney Disease	4	524	17	356	+ 168
Influenza and Pneumonia	5	432	9	501	- 69
Asthma	6	427	46	42	+ 386
Hypertension	7	322	3	1,194	- 872
Breast Cancer	8	307	10	472	- 165
Lung Disease	9	266	18	346	- 80
Congenital Anomalies	10	245	43	46	+ 198
Road Traffic Accidents	11	228	27	154	+ 74
Diarrhoeal diseases	12	182	54	14	+ 169
Cervical Cancer	13	163	33	128	+ 36
Low Birth Weight	14	163	56	11	+ 151
Liver Disease	15	155	15	365	- 210
Suicide	16	151	14	384	- 233
Other Injuries	17	145	16	362	- 217
Liver Cancer	18	129	26	157	- 28
Alzheimers & Dementia	19	119	7	664	- 545
Rheumatic Heart Disease	20	117	47	41	+ 77
Drownings	21	113	34	127	- 14
Lung Cancers	22	90	4	956	- 866
Inflammatory/Heart	23	86	5	921	- 835
Colon-Rectum Cancers	24	86	6	722	- 637
Prostate Cancer	25	77	12	464	- 387
Parkinson's Disease	26	76	35	125	- 49
Tuberculosis	27	74	40	71	+ 3
Birth Trauma	28	69	55	12	+ 57
Peptic Ulcer Disease	29	64	31	142	- 78
Leukemia	30	59	25	186	- 128
HIV/AIDS	31	57	39	74	- 17
Ovary Cancer	32	55	24	196	- 141
Fires	33	52	36	103	- 51
Endocrine Disorders	34	52	41	59	- 7
Lymphomas	35	52	19	245	- 194
Falls	36	51	23	201	- 151
Stomach Cancer	37	44	11	470	- 425
Pancreas Cancer	38	39	13	436	- 397
Uterin Cancer	39	38	29	148	- 110
Violence	40	37	37	94	- 58
Skin Disease	41	36	38	76	- 40
Oesophagus Cancer	42	34	32	131	- 98
Meningitis	43	32	52	15	+ 18
Epilepsy	44	31	45	44	- 13
Malnutrition	45	27	64	2	+ 25
Oral Cancer	46	24	22	214	- 190
Syphilis	47	21	65	1	+ 20
Pertussis	48	19	70	0	+ 19
Maternal Conditions	49	16	60	5	+ 12
Bladder Cancer	50	15	20	228	- 213
Encephalitis	51	14	69	0	+ 14
Drug Use	52	7	48	41	- 33
Other Neoplasms	53	6	28	153	- 146
Appendicitis	54	5	59	5	+ 1
Dengue	55	5	83	0	+ 5
Poisonings	56	4	49	23	- 19
Alcohol	57	3	21	227	- 224
Tetanus	58	3	71	0	+ 3
Hepatitis B	59	2	63	3	- 1
Multiple Sclerosis	60	2	50	20	- 19
Skin Cancers	61	1	30	144	- 143
Rheumatoid Arthritis	62	1	51	20	- 19
Measles	63	0	72	0	+ 0
Chlamydia	64	0	75	0	+ 0
Hepatitis C	65	0	42	53	- 53
War	66	0	68	0	+ 0
Ascariasis	67	0	84	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	68	0	67	1	- 1
Upper Respiratory	69	0	62	4	- 4
Otitis Media	70	0	66	1	- 1
Leprosy	71	0	74	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	72	0	76	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	73	0	77	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	74	0	78	0	- 0
Malaria	75	0	79	0	- 0
Chagas disease	76	0	80	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	77	0	73	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	78	0	82	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	79	0	81	0	- 0
Depression	80	0	86	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	81	0	57	7	- 7
Anemia	82	0	53	14	- 14
Vitamin A Deficiency	83	0	85	0	- 0
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

Fiji

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.