LATVIA VS JAMAICA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	JAMAICA		LATVIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Stroke	1	1,540	2	5,893	- 4,352
Diabetes Mellitus	2	1,325	8	529	+ 796
Coronary Heart Disease	3	1,101	1	8,099	- 6,998
Violence	4	947	37	94	+ 852
Prostate Cancer	5	564	12	464	+ 100
Kidney Disease	6	506	17	356	+ 149
HIV/AIDS	7	483	39	74	+ 409
Hypertension	8	415	3	1,194	- 779
Alzheimers & Dementia	9	375	7	664	- 289
Lung Cancers	10	301	4	956	- 655
Lung Disease	11	288	18	346	- 58
Road Traffic Accidents	12	283	27	154	+ 130
Colon-Rectum Cancers	13	278	6	722	- 444
Breast Cancer	14	264	10	472	- 209
Influenza and Pneumonia	15	251	9	501	- 251
Cervical Cancer	16	228	33	128	+ 101
Lymphomas	17	160	19	245	- 85
Low Birth Weight	18	153	56	11	+ 142
Stomach Cancer	19	147	11	470	- 322
Endocrine Disorders	20	112	41	59	+ 53
Liver Disease	21	99	15	365	- 266
Skin Disease	22	93	38	76	+ 16
Congenital Anomalies	23	89	43	46	+ 42
Inflammatory/Heart	24	85	5	921	- 836
Parkinson's Disease	25	85	35	125	- 41
Leukemia	26	82	25	186	- 104
Pancreas Cancer	27	76	13	436	- 361
Uterin Cancer	28	68	29	148	- 80
Liver Cancer	29	64	26	157	- 92
Ovary Cancer	30	62	24	196	- 135
Other Injuries	31	58	16	362	- 304
Peptic Ulcer Disease	32	53	31	142	- 89
Falls	33	52	23	201	- 149
Oesophagus Cancer	34	47	32	131	- 84
Suicide	35	45	14	384	- 339
Asthma	36	42	46	42	- 0
Birth Trauma	37	41	55	12	+ 30
Bladder Cancer	38	38	20	228	- 190
Oral Cancer	39	37	22	214	- 177
Malnutrition	40	30	64	2	+ 29
Epilepsy	41	29	45	44	- 15
Diarrhoeal diseases	42	22	54	14	+ 8
Maternal Conditions	43	22	60	5	+ 18
Rheumatic Heart Disease	44	17	47	41	- 24
Other Neoplasms	45	12	28	153	- 141
Fires	46	10	36	103	- 93
Meningitis	47	10	52	15	- 5
Drug Use	48	8	48	41	- 32
Encephalitis	49	8	69	0	+ 8
Rheumatoid Arthritis	50	7	51	20	- 13
Drownings	51	7	34	127	- 120
Skin Cancers	52	6	30	144	- 138
Appendicitis	53	6	59	5	+ 1
Tuberculosis	54	5	40	71	- 66
Alcohol	55	5	21	227	- 223
Multiple Sclerosis	56	2	50	20	- 18
Poisonings	57	1	49	23	- 22
Dengue	58	1	83	0	+ 1
Hepatitis B	59	1	63	3	- 3
Syphilis	60	0	65	1	- 1
War	61	0	68	0	+ 0
Chlamydia	62	0	75	0	+ 0
Tetanus	63	0	71	0	+ 0
Hepatitis C	64	0	42	53	- 53
Upper Respiratory	65	0	62	4	- 3
Ascariasis	66	0	84	0	+ 0
Pertussis	67	0	70	0	- 0
Diphtheria	68	0	67	1	- 1
Otitis Media	69	0	66	1	- 1
Leprosy	70	0	74	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	71	0	77	0	- 0
Malaria	72	0	79	0	- 0
Chagas disease	73	0	80	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	74	0	78	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	75	0	76	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	76	0	73	0	- 0
Measles	77	0	72	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	78	0	81	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	79	0	82	0	- 0
Oral conditions	80	0	61	4	- 4
Prostatic Hypertrophy	81	0	44	45	- 45
Osteoarthritis	82	0	58	7	- 7
Anemia	83	0	53	14	- 14
Vitamin A Deficiency	84	0	85	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	85	0	57	7	- 7
Depression	86	0	86	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to LATVIA

Jamaica

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.