LATVIA VS INDIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	INDIA		LATVIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	1,943	1	8,099	- 6,156
Lung Disease	2	1,125	18	346	+ 778
Stroke	3	891	2	5,893	- 5,002
Diarrhoeal diseases	4	857	54	14	+ 843
Tuberculosis	5	557	40	71	+ 486
Influenza and Pneumonia	6	502	9	501	+ 0
Diabetes Mellitus	7	347	8	529	- 182
Liver Disease	8	343	15	365	- 21
Low Birth Weight	9	305	56	11	+ 294
Falls	10	289	23	201	+ 87
Kidney Disease	11	285	17	356	- 72
Road Traffic Accidents	12	272	27	154	+ 118
Asthma	13	251	46	42	+ 209
Suicide	14	222	14	384	- 162
Other Injuries	15	191	16	362	- 171
Oral Cancer	16	172	22	214	- 42
Alzheimers & Dementia	17	162	7	664	- 502
Rheumatic Heart Disease	18	161	47	41	+ 120
Hypertension	19	138	3	1,194	- 1,056
Birth Trauma	20	131	55	12	+ 120
Lung Cancers	21	113	4	956	- 844
Breast Cancer	22	106	10	472	- 367
Congenital Anomalies	23	106	43	46	+ 59
Stomach Cancer	24	104	11	470	- 366
Colon-Rectum Cancers	25	99	6	722	- 623
Peptic Ulcer Disease	26	87	31	142	- 55
Violence	27	66	37	94	- 28
Drownings	28	62	34	127	- 64
Encephalitis	29	61	69	0	+ 61
Cervical Cancer	30	58	33	128	- 70
HIV/AIDS	31	57	39	74	- 17
Parkinson's Disease	32	55	35	125	- 70
Lymphomas	33	51	19	245	- 194
Oesophagus Cancer	34	50	32	131	- 81
Leukemia	35	43	25	186	- 143
Meningitis	36	43	52	15	+ 28
Pancreas Cancer	37	42	13	436	- 394
Prostate Cancer	38	40	12	464	- 424
Liver Cancer	39	39	26	157	- 118
Epilepsy	40	39	45	44	- 6
Maternal Conditions	41	33	60	5	+ 29
Fires	42	30	36	103	- 74
Alcohol	43	30	21	227	- 198
Ovary Cancer	44	28	24	196	- 168
Skin Disease	45	23	38	76	- 54
Dengue	46	22	83	0	+ 22
Endocrine Disorders	47	20	41	59	- 40
Bladder Cancer	48	18	20	228	- 210
Inflammatory/Heart	49	16	5	921	- 905
Rheumatoid Arthritis	50	15	51	20	- 5
Measles	51	15	72	0	+ 15
Drug Use	52	15	48	41	- 26
Appendicitis	53	14	59	5	+ 10
Pertussis	54	13	70	0	+ 13
Malnutrition	55	11	64	2	+ 9
Hepatitis B	56	10	63	3	+ 7
Malaria	57	10	79	0	+ 10
Tetanus	58	9	71	0	+ 9
Uterin Cancer	59	9	29	148	- 139
Skin Cancers	60	6	30	144	- 138
Poisonings	61	5	49	23	- 19
Other Neoplasms	62	4	28	153	- 149
Multiple Sclerosis	63	3	50	20	- 17
Syphilis	64	3	65	1	+ 1
Hepatitis C	65	2	42	53	- 51
Leishmaniasis	66	1	77	0	+ 1
War	67	1	68	0	+ 1
Upper Respiratory	68	1	62	4	- 3
Chlamydia	69	0	75	0	+ 0
Ascariasis	70	0	84	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	71	0	66	1	- 1
Diphtheria	72	0	67	1	- 1
Leprosy	73	0	74	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	74	0	81	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	75	0	82	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	76	0	78	0	- 0
Chagas disease	77	0	80	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	76	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	73	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	80	0	85	0	- 0
Anemia	81	0	53	14	- 14
Depression	82	0	86	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	83	0	57	7	- 7
Oral conditions	84	0	61	4	- 4
Osteoarthritis	85	0	58	7	- 7
Prostatic Hypertrophy	86	0	44	45	- 45
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to LATVIA

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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.