LATVIA VS ITALY: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	ITALY		LATVIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	2,869	1	8,099	- 5,230
Stroke	2	1,851	2	5,893	- 4,042
Alzheimers & Dementia	3	1,225	7	664	+ 561
Lung Cancers	4	1,009	4	956	+ 53
Lung Disease	5	957	18	346	+ 610
Hypertension	6	884	3	1,194	- 309
Colon-Rectum Cancers	7	628	6	722	- 94
Diabetes Mellitus	8	586	8	529	+ 57
Influenza and Pneumonia	9	483	9	501	- 18
Breast Cancer	10	410	10	472	- 63
Kidney Disease	11	376	17	356	+ 20
Other Injuries	12	358	16	362	- 5
Pancreas Cancer	13	357	13	436	- 79
Stomach Cancer	14	303	11	470	- 167
Other Neoplasms	15	295	28	153	+ 142
Lymphomas	16	286	19	245	+ 40
Liver Cancer	17	284	26	157	+ 128
Endocrine Disorders	18	249	41	59	+ 190
Parkinson's Disease	19	249	35	125	+ 124
Prostate Cancer	20	248	12	464	- 216
Leukemia	21	199	25	186	+ 13
Bladder Cancer	22	198	20	228	- 30
Liver Disease	23	164	15	365	- 200
Inflammatory/Heart	24	163	5	921	- 757
Falls	25	125	23	201	- 77
Suicide	26	119	14	384	- 264
Oral Cancer	27	99	22	214	- 115
Ovary Cancer	28	97	24	196	- 99
Skin Cancers	29	96	30	144	- 49
Road Traffic Accidents	30	95	27	154	- 58
Hepatitis C	31	72	42	53	+ 20
Rheumatic Heart Disease	32	65	47	41	+ 25
Uterin Cancer	33	65	29	148	- 83
Oesophagus Cancer	34	60	32	131	- 71
Anemia	35	49	53	14	+ 35
Diarrhoeal diseases	36	48	54	14	+ 34
Congenital Anomalies	37	43	43	46	- 4
Skin Disease	38	43	38	76	- 34
Epilepsy	39	39	45	44	- 5
Cervical Cancer	40	34	33	128	- 94
Malnutrition	41	23	64	2	+ 21
Rheumatoid Arthritis	42	21	51	20	+ 1
Peptic Ulcer Disease	43	20	31	142	- 121
Multiple Sclerosis	44	20	50	20	- 0
Drug Use	45	19	48	41	- 21
HIV/AIDS	46	15	39	74	- 59
Asthma	47	15	46	42	- 27
Osteoarthritis	48	14	58	7	+ 7
Schizophrenia	49	13	57	7	+ 5
Violence	50	12	37	94	- 82
Low Birth Weight	51	11	56	11	- 1
Drownings	52	10	34	127	- 117
Tuberculosis	53	10	40	71	- 61
Hepatitis B	54	10	63	3	+ 7
Alcohol	55	8	21	227	- 219
Fires	56	8	36	103	- 95
Prostatic Hypertrophy	57	7	44	45	- 38
Poisonings	58	5	49	23	- 19
Birth Trauma	59	4	55	12	- 7
Meningitis	60	4	52	15	- 11
Appendicitis	61	1	59	5	- 3
Oral conditions	62	1	61	4	- 2
Tetanus	63	1	71	0	+ 1
Upper Respiratory	64	1	62	4	- 3
Otitis Media	65	0	66	1	- 0
War	66	0	68	0	- 0
Maternal Conditions	67	0	60	5	- 4
Encephalitis	68	0	69	0	+ 0
Syphilis	69	0	65	1	- 1
Leishmaniasis	70	0	77	0	+ 0
Measles	71	0	72	0	+ 0
Chagas disease	72	0	80	0	+ 0
Pertussis	73	0	70	0	- 0
Leprosy	74	0	74	0	+ 0
Iodine Deficiency	75	0	73	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	76	0	67	1	- 1
Trypanosomiasis	77	0	76	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	78	0	78	0	- 0
Malaria	79	0	79	0	- 0
Ascariasis	80	0	84	0	- 0
Dengue	81	0	83	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	82	0	81	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	83	0	82	0	- 0
Chlamydia	84	0	75	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	85	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	86	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to LATVIA

Italy

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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.