LATVIA VS JAPAN: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	JAPAN		LATVIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	2,396	1	8,099	- 5,703
Stroke	2	1,781	2	5,893	- 4,112
Influenza and Pneumonia	3	1,578	9	501	+ 1,076
Lung Cancers	4	1,165	4	956	+ 209
Lung Disease	5	1,143	18	346	+ 797
Colon-Rectum Cancers	6	838	6	722	+ 116
Alzheimers & Dementia	7	832	7	664	+ 169
Stomach Cancer	8	737	11	470	+ 268
Kidney Disease	9	655	17	356	+ 298
Pancreas Cancer	10	541	13	436	+ 105
Liver Cancer	11	430	26	157	+ 273
Other Injuries	12	323	16	362	- 40
Suicide	13	285	14	384	- 99
Lymphomas	14	282	19	245	+ 36
Breast Cancer	15	231	10	472	- 241
Other Neoplasms	16	221	28	153	+ 68
Liver Disease	17	208	15	365	- 157
Parkinson's Disease	18	205	35	125	+ 79
Prostate Cancer	19	198	12	464	- 266
Oesophagus Cancer	20	180	32	131	+ 49
Endocrine Disorders	21	168	41	59	+ 109
Bladder Cancer	22	145	20	228	- 83
Falls	23	142	23	201	- 59
Leukemia	24	140	25	186	- 46
Drownings	25	123	34	127	- 4
Oral Cancer	26	122	22	214	- 92
Inflammatory/Heart	27	120	5	921	- 800
Hypertension	28	98	3	1,194	- 1,096
Diabetes Mellitus	29	79	8	529	- 450
Ovary Cancer	30	74	24	196	- 122
Road Traffic Accidents	31	67	27	154	- 87
Cervical Cancer	32	56	33	128	- 72
Uterin Cancer	33	51	29	148	- 97
Tuberculosis	34	51	40	71	- 21
Peptic Ulcer Disease	35	43	31	142	- 99
Skin Disease	36	41	38	76	- 35
Diarrhoeal diseases	37	40	54	14	+ 26
Rheumatoid Arthritis	38	38	51	20	+ 18
Rheumatic Heart Disease	39	37	47	41	- 3
Congenital Anomalies	40	36	43	46	- 10
Hepatitis C	41	32	42	53	- 20
Asthma	42	28	46	42	- 14
Malnutrition	43	28	64	2	+ 26
Skin Cancers	44	27	30	144	- 117
Epilepsy	45	23	45	44	- 21
Hepatitis B	46	21	63	3	+ 18
Schizophrenia	47	15	57	7	+ 8
Fires	48	15	36	103	- 89
Anemia	49	13	53	14	- 1
Drug Use	50	11	48	41	- 30
Alcohol	51	8	21	227	- 219
Meningitis	52	5	52	15	- 10
Violence	53	4	37	94	- 91
Poisonings	54	4	49	23	- 20
Low Birth Weight	55	3	56	11	- 8
Prostatic Hypertrophy	56	3	44	45	- 43
Upper Respiratory	57	2	62	4	- 1
Appendicitis	58	2	59	5	- 3
Multiple Sclerosis	59	2	50	20	- 19
Oral conditions	60	2	61	4	- 2
Birth Trauma	61	2	55	12	- 10
Osteoarthritis	62	1	58	7	- 6
HIV/AIDS	63	1	39	74	- 73
Maternal Conditions	64	1	60	5	- 4
Syphilis	65	0	65	1	- 1
War	66	0	68	0	+ 0
Tetanus	67	0	71	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	68	0	66	1	- 1
Encephalitis	69	0	69	0	+ 0
Iodine Deficiency	70	0	73	0	+ 0
Pertussis	71	0	70	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	72	0	78	0	+ 0
Leprosy	73	0	74	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	74	0	67	1	- 1
Measles	75	0	72	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	76	0	76	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	77	0	77	0	- 0
Chagas disease	78	0	80	0	- 0
Malaria	79	0	79	0	- 0
Chlamydia	80	0	75	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	81	0	82	0	- 0
Ascariasis	82	0	84	0	- 0
Dengue	83	0	83	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	84	0	81	0	- 0
Depression	85	0	86	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	86	0	85	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to LATVIA

Japan

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.