LATVIA VS GUINEA-BISSAU: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	GUINEA-BISSAU		LATVIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
HIV/AIDS	1	1,221	39	74	+ 1,147
Influenza and Pneumonia	2	1,174	9	501	+ 673
Tuberculosis	3	1,171	40	71	+ 1,100
Diarrhoeal diseases	4	771	54	14	+ 758
Coronary Heart Disease	5	766	1	8,099	- 7,333
Stroke	6	700	2	5,893	- 5,192
Birth Trauma	7	667	55	12	+ 656
Low Birth Weight	8	595	56	11	+ 584
Malaria	9	578	79	0	+ 578
Road Traffic Accidents	10	523	27	154	+ 369
Liver Disease	11	342	15	365	- 23
Congenital Anomalies	12	315	43	46	+ 269
Maternal Conditions	13	281	60	5	+ 277
Diabetes Mellitus	14	265	8	529	- 265
Kidney Disease	15	226	17	356	- 130
Meningitis	16	218	52	15	+ 203
Other Injuries	17	198	16	362	- 165
Endocrine Disorders	18	187	41	59	+ 128
Pertussis	19	179	70	0	+ 179
Lung Disease	20	161	18	346	- 185
Hypertension	21	150	3	1,194	- 1,044
Violence	22	146	37	94	+ 52
Cervical Cancer	23	130	33	128	+ 3
Asthma	24	127	46	42	+ 85
Measles	25	124	72	0	+ 124
Suicide	26	113	14	384	- 271
Malnutrition	27	102	64	2	+ 100
Liver Cancer	28	98	26	157	- 59
Breast Cancer	29	78	10	472	- 394
Drownings	30	76	34	127	- 51
Syphilis	31	72	65	1	+ 70
Peptic Ulcer Disease	32	65	31	142	- 77
Falls	33	60	23	201	- 141
Alzheimers & Dementia	34	58	7	664	- 605
Fires	35	54	36	103	- 49
Stomach Cancer	36	47	11	470	- 423
Inflammatory/Heart	37	44	5	921	- 877
Colon-Rectum Cancers	38	42	6	722	- 680
Epilepsy	39	41	45	44	- 3
Tetanus	40	41	71	0	+ 41
Poisonings	41	38	49	23	+ 14
Prostate Cancer	42	34	12	464	- 430
Rheumatic Heart Disease	43	28	47	41	- 13
Schistosomiasis	44	26	78	0	+ 26
Lymphomas	45	23	19	245	- 222
Parkinson's Disease	46	23	35	125	- 103
Hepatitis B	47	17	63	3	+ 14
Ovary Cancer	48	16	24	196	- 180
Oesophagus Cancer	49	16	32	131	- 115
Lung Cancers	50	16	4	956	- 941
Bladder Cancer	51	15	20	228	- 213
Skin Cancers	52	15	30	144	- 130
Skin Disease	53	14	38	76	- 63
Pancreas Cancer	54	12	13	436	- 425
Drug Use	55	11	48	41	- 29
Oral Cancer	56	11	22	214	- 203
Alcohol	57	10	21	227	- 217
Encephalitis	58	9	69	0	+ 9
Uterin Cancer	59	7	29	148	- 141
Appendicitis	60	6	59	5	+ 1
Leukemia	61	5	25	186	- 181
Ascariasis	62	3	84	0	+ 3
Hepatitis C	63	2	42	53	- 51
Multiple Sclerosis	64	2	50	20	- 18
Other Neoplasms	65	2	28	153	- 151
Upper Respiratory	66	2	62	4	- 2
Rheumatoid Arthritis	67	1	51	20	- 18
Diphtheria	68	1	67	1	+ 0
Chlamydia	69	0	75	0	+ 0
War	70	0	68	0	- 0
Otitis Media	71	0	66	1	- 1
Dengue	72	0	83	0	+ 0
Trichuriasis	73	0	81	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	74	0	82	0	- 0
Leprosy	75	0	74	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	76	0	73	0	- 0
Chagas disease	77	0	80	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	76	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	79	0	77	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	80	0	58	7	- 7
Prostatic Hypertrophy	81	0	44	45	- 45
Oral conditions	82	0	61	4	- 4
Depression	83	0	86	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	84	0	57	7	- 7
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	85	0	- 0
Anemia	86	0	53	14	- 14
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to LATVIA

Guinea-Bissau

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.