LATVIA VS GUYANA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	GUYANA		LATVIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	3,028	1	8,099	- 5,071
Stroke	2	2,319	2	5,893	- 3,574
Diabetes Mellitus	3	1,313	8	529	+ 783
Hypertension	4	726	3	1,194	- 468
Suicide	5	715	14	384	+ 332
Influenza and Pneumonia	6	684	9	501	+ 183
HIV/AIDS	7	581	39	74	+ 507
Kidney Disease	8	529	17	356	+ 173
Liver Disease	9	446	15	365	+ 82
Violence	10	439	37	94	+ 345
Road Traffic Accidents	11	397	27	154	+ 243
Endocrine Disorders	12	396	41	59	+ 337
Lung Disease	13	395	18	346	+ 48
Other Injuries	14	379	16	362	+ 17
Drownings	15	328	34	127	+ 202
Tuberculosis	16	311	40	71	+ 239
Prostate Cancer	17	280	12	464	- 184
Anemia	18	224	53	14	+ 210
Breast Cancer	19	217	10	472	- 255
Inflammatory/Heart	20	208	5	921	- 713
Cervical Cancer	21	207	33	128	+ 80
Low Birth Weight	22	202	56	11	+ 191
Congenital Anomalies	23	156	43	46	+ 109
Birth Trauma	24	146	55	12	+ 134
Colon-Rectum Cancers	25	133	6	722	- 589
Peptic Ulcer Disease	26	123	31	142	- 19
Diarrhoeal diseases	27	108	54	14	+ 94
Other Neoplasms	28	91	28	153	- 62
Lung Cancers	29	86	4	956	- 871
Malnutrition	30	85	64	2	+ 83
Stomach Cancer	31	77	11	470	- 392
Lymphomas	32	73	19	245	- 172
Malaria	33	68	79	0	+ 68
Liver Cancer	34	66	26	157	- 91
Maternal Conditions	35	64	60	5	+ 59
Asthma	36	58	46	42	+ 16
Epilepsy	37	53	45	44	+ 9
Alzheimers & Dementia	38	52	7	664	- 612
Leukemia	39	48	25	186	- 138
Oral Cancer	40	45	22	214	- 169
Fires	41	44	36	103	- 59
Pancreas Cancer	42	43	13	436	- 393
Ovary Cancer	43	40	24	196	- 156
Meningitis	44	39	52	15	+ 25
Drug Use	45	35	48	41	- 5
Uterin Cancer	46	29	29	148	- 118
Rheumatic Heart Disease	47	29	47	41	- 12
Falls	48	25	23	201	- 176
Parkinson's Disease	49	20	35	125	- 105
Bladder Cancer	50	18	20	228	- 210
Oesophagus Cancer	51	18	32	131	- 113
Prostatic Hypertrophy	52	18	44	45	- 28
Encephalitis	53	16	69	0	+ 16
Appendicitis	54	14	59	5	+ 9
Skin Cancers	55	11	30	144	- 133
Skin Disease	56	7	38	76	- 69
Alcohol	57	7	21	227	- 220
Osteoarthritis	58	7	58	7	- 0
Hepatitis B	59	5	63	3	+ 1
Dengue	60	4	83	0	+ 4
Multiple Sclerosis	61	3	50	20	- 17
Schizophrenia	62	2	57	7	- 5
Rheumatoid Arthritis	63	2	51	20	- 18
War	64	1	68	0	+ 1
Poisonings	65	1	49	23	- 22
Upper Respiratory	66	1	62	4	- 2
Oral conditions	67	1	61	4	- 3
Leprosy	68	1	74	0	+ 1
Hepatitis C	69	1	42	53	- 52
Vitamin A Deficiency	70	1	85	0	+ 1
Syphilis	71	1	65	1	- 1
Tetanus	72	0	71	0	+ 0
Pertussis	73	0	70	0	+ 0
Ascariasis	74	0	84	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	75	0	67	1	- 1
Otitis Media	76	0	66	1	- 1
Measles	77	0	72	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	78	0	81	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	79	0	82	0	- 0
Chlamydia	80	0	75	0	- 0
Chagas disease	81	0	80	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	82	0	76	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	83	0	77	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	84	0	78	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	85	0	73	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	86	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to LATVIA

Guyana

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.