LATVIA VS GUINEA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	GUINEA		LATVIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Influenza and Pneumonia	1	1,647	9	501	+ 1,146
Malaria	2	1,053	79	0	+ 1,053
Diarrhoeal diseases	3	874	54	14	+ 861
Measles	4	776	72	0	+ 776
Stroke	5	744	2	5,893	- 5,149
Coronary Heart Disease	6	730	1	8,099	- 7,370
Birth Trauma	7	618	55	12	+ 606
Low Birth Weight	8	556	56	11	+ 545
Road Traffic Accidents	9	488	27	154	+ 334
HIV/AIDS	10	389	39	74	+ 315
Meningitis	11	339	52	15	+ 324
Liver Disease	12	328	15	365	- 36
Tuberculosis	13	305	40	71	+ 234
Congenital Anomalies	14	281	43	46	+ 234
Diabetes Mellitus	15	275	8	529	- 254
Kidney Disease	16	250	17	356	- 107
Maternal Conditions	17	231	60	5	+ 226
Other Injuries	18	194	16	362	- 169
Cervical Cancer	19	192	33	128	+ 64
Lung Disease	20	177	18	346	- 170
Hypertension	21	174	3	1,194	- 1,020
Asthma	22	152	46	42	+ 110
Liver Cancer	23	150	26	157	- 6
Pertussis	24	150	70	0	+ 150
Endocrine Disorders	25	147	41	59	+ 88
Violence	26	145	37	94	+ 51
Trypanosomiasis	27	138	76	0	+ 138
Malnutrition	28	133	64	2	+ 131
Suicide	29	115	14	384	- 269
Alzheimers & Dementia	30	75	7	664	- 589
Drownings	31	68	34	127	- 59
Prostate Cancer	32	68	12	464	- 396
Falls	33	62	23	201	- 140
Peptic Ulcer Disease	34	58	31	142	- 84
Inflammatory/Heart	35	57	5	921	- 864
Fires	36	53	36	103	- 50
Epilepsy	37	45	45	44	+ 1
Breast Cancer	38	44	10	472	- 428
Syphilis	39	42	65	1	+ 41
Poisonings	40	38	49	23	+ 15
Stomach Cancer	41	32	11	470	- 438
Rheumatic Heart Disease	42	31	47	41	- 10
Schistosomiasis	43	30	78	0	+ 30
Parkinson's Disease	44	27	35	125	- 98
Tetanus	45	22	71	0	+ 22
Drug Use	46	22	48	41	- 19
Hepatitis B	47	21	63	3	+ 18
Lymphomas	48	20	19	245	- 225
Skin Cancers	49	20	30	144	- 125
Lung Cancers	50	16	4	956	- 940
Skin Disease	51	16	38	76	- 60
Oral Cancer	52	16	22	214	- 198
Colon-Rectum Cancers	53	13	6	722	- 709
Ovary Cancer	54	12	24	196	- 184
Alcohol	55	11	21	227	- 217
Encephalitis	56	10	69	0	+ 10
Appendicitis	57	5	59	5	+ 1
Diphtheria	58	5	67	1	+ 4
Uterin Cancer	59	5	29	148	- 143
Bladder Cancer	60	4	20	228	- 224
Hepatitis C	61	3	42	53	- 50
Ascariasis	62	3	84	0	+ 3
Oesophagus Cancer	63	3	32	131	- 129
War	64	3	68	0	+ 2
Pancreas Cancer	65	2	13	436	- 434
Multiple Sclerosis	66	2	50	20	- 18
Leukemia	67	2	25	186	- 184
Other Neoplasms	68	2	28	153	- 151
Upper Respiratory	69	2	62	4	- 2
Rheumatoid Arthritis	70	2	51	20	- 18
Chlamydia	71	0	75	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	72	0	66	1	- 1
Dengue	73	0	83	0	+ 0
Trichuriasis	74	0	81	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	75	0	82	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	76	0	73	0	- 0
Chagas disease	77	0	80	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	78	0	77	0	- 0
Leprosy	79	0	74	0	- 0
Depression	80	0	86	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	81	0	57	7	- 7
Vitamin A Deficiency	82	0	85	0	- 0
Anemia	83	0	53	14	- 14
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

Guinea

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.