LATVIA VS IRAQ: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	IRAQ		LATVIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	1,566	1	8,099	- 6,533
Stroke	2	890	2	5,893	- 5,003
Road Traffic Accidents	3	459	27	154	+ 306
Diabetes Mellitus	4	317	8	529	- 213
Low Birth Weight	5	281	56	11	+ 270
Kidney Disease	6	271	17	356	- 86
Violence	7	242	37	94	+ 148
Influenza and Pneumonia	8	238	9	501	- 264
Congenital Anomalies	9	206	43	46	+ 159
Birth Trauma	10	181	55	12	+ 169
War	11	126	68	0	+ 126
Hypertension	12	105	3	1,194	- 1,089
Alzheimers & Dementia	13	104	7	664	- 560
Other Injuries	14	95	16	362	- 268
Lung Cancers	15	93	4	956	- 864
Liver Disease	16	91	15	365	- 274
Breast Cancer	17	76	10	472	- 396
Diarrhoeal diseases	18	68	54	14	+ 54
Suicide	19	61	14	384	- 323
Lung Disease	20	57	18	346	- 289
Leukemia	21	56	25	186	- 130
Inflammatory/Heart	22	51	5	921	- 870
Asthma	23	39	46	42	- 3
Colon-Rectum Cancers	24	36	6	722	- 686
Tuberculosis	25	35	40	71	- 36
Lymphomas	26	35	19	245	- 211
Maternal Conditions	27	33	60	5	+ 29
Stomach Cancer	28	33	11	470	- 437
Fires	29	32	36	103	- 72
Falls	30	30	23	201	- 171
Parkinson's Disease	31	28	35	125	- 97
Drownings	32	28	34	127	- 99
Pertussis	33	27	70	0	+ 27
Bladder Cancer	34	27	20	228	- 201
Liver Cancer	35	24	26	157	- 133
Pancreas Cancer	36	23	13	436	- 413
Endocrine Disorders	37	20	41	59	- 39
Drug Use	38	19	48	41	- 22
Oral Cancer	39	18	22	214	- 196
Encephalitis	40	16	69	0	+ 16
Ovary Cancer	41	16	24	196	- 180
Meningitis	42	16	52	15	+ 1
Skin Cancers	43	14	30	144	- 130
Rheumatic Heart Disease	44	12	47	41	- 29
Epilepsy	45	11	45	44	- 33
Oesophagus Cancer	46	7	32	131	- 124
Prostate Cancer	47	7	12	464	- 457
Cervical Cancer	48	7	33	128	- 121
Peptic Ulcer Disease	49	7	31	142	- 135
Syphilis	50	6	65	1	+ 5
Tetanus	51	5	71	0	+ 5
Poisonings	52	4	49	23	- 19
Malnutrition	53	4	64	2	+ 2
Uterin Cancer	54	3	29	148	- 145
Measles	55	3	72	0	+ 3
Hepatitis B	56	2	63	3	- 1
Skin Disease	57	2	38	76	- 74
Alcohol	58	2	21	227	- 226
Schistosomiasis	59	2	78	0	+ 2
Multiple Sclerosis	60	1	50	20	- 19
Other Neoplasms	61	1	28	153	- 152
Leishmaniasis	62	1	77	0	+ 1
Rheumatoid Arthritis	63	1	51	20	- 19
Appendicitis	64	1	59	5	- 4
Upper Respiratory	65	0	62	4	- 3
Diphtheria	66	0	67	1	- 1
Ascariasis	67	0	84	0	+ 0
Hepatitis C	68	0	42	53	- 53
Chlamydia	69	0	75	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	70	0	66	1	- 1
Leprosy	71	0	74	0	- 0
HIV/AIDS	72	0	39	74	- 74
Malaria	73	0	79	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	74	0	76	0	- 0
Chagas disease	75	0	80	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	76	0	73	0	- 0
Dengue	77	0	83	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	78	0	82	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	79	0	81	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	80	0	44	45	- 45
Osteoarthritis	81	0	58	7	- 7
Oral conditions	82	0	61	4	- 4
Depression	83	0	86	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	84	0	57	7	- 7
Anemia	85	0	53	14	- 14
Vitamin A Deficiency	86	0	85	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to LATVIA

Iraq

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.