LATVIA VS JORDAN: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	JORDAN		LATVIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	783	1	8,099	- 7,316
Stroke	2	469	2	5,893	- 5,424
Road Traffic Accidents	3	277	27	154	+ 123
Diabetes Mellitus	4	271	8	529	- 258
Hypertension	5	247	3	1,194	- 947
Kidney Disease	6	241	17	356	- 116
Lung Cancers	7	171	4	956	- 786
Influenza and Pneumonia	8	151	9	501	- 350
Congenital Anomalies	9	151	43	46	+ 104
Low Birth Weight	10	138	56	11	+ 127
Alzheimers & Dementia	11	114	7	664	- 550
Breast Cancer	12	111	10	472	- 362
Colon-Rectum Cancers	13	99	6	722	- 623
Liver Disease	14	80	15	365	- 285
Lung Disease	15	72	18	346	- 275
Leukemia	16	60	25	186	- 127
Stomach Cancer	17	59	11	470	- 411
Lymphomas	18	52	19	245	- 193
Other Injuries	19	47	16	362	- 315
Birth Trauma	20	44	55	12	+ 32
Violence	21	43	37	94	- 51
Pancreas Cancer	22	40	13	436	- 397
Bladder Cancer	23	34	20	228	- 194
Falls	24	31	23	201	- 171
Liver Cancer	25	30	26	157	- 127
Endocrine Disorders	26	29	41	59	- 30
Parkinson's Disease	27	27	35	125	- 98
Suicide	28	27	14	384	- 357
Fires	29	25	36	103	- 79
Diarrhoeal diseases	30	25	54	14	+ 11
Oral Cancer	31	23	22	214	- 191
Ovary Cancer	32	22	24	196	- 174
Prostate Cancer	33	21	12	464	- 443
Drug Use	34	18	48	41	- 22
Asthma	35	18	46	42	- 23
Drownings	36	17	34	127	- 110
Meningitis	37	13	52	15	- 2
Inflammatory/Heart	38	12	5	921	- 909
Uterin Cancer	39	12	29	148	- 136
Peptic Ulcer Disease	40	11	31	142	- 131
Cervical Cancer	41	10	33	128	- 117
Oesophagus Cancer	42	10	32	131	- 121
Pertussis	43	9	70	0	+ 9
Maternal Conditions	44	8	60	5	+ 4
Syphilis	45	8	65	1	+ 7
Epilepsy	46	8	45	44	- 36
Poisonings	47	8	49	23	- 16
Skin Disease	48	7	38	76	- 70
Skin Cancers	49	6	30	144	- 138
Rheumatic Heart Disease	50	4	47	41	- 37
Malnutrition	51	2	64	2	+ 1
Encephalitis	52	2	69	0	+ 2
Tuberculosis	53	2	40	71	- 69
Multiple Sclerosis	54	2	50	20	- 18
Alcohol	55	2	21	227	- 226
Tetanus	56	2	71	0	+ 2
Other Neoplasms	57	1	28	153	- 151
Appendicitis	58	1	59	5	- 3
War	59	1	68	0	+ 1
Hepatitis B	60	1	63	3	- 2
Rheumatoid Arthritis	61	1	51	20	- 19
Schistosomiasis	62	0	78	0	+ 0
HIV/AIDS	63	0	39	74	- 74
Hepatitis C	64	0	42	53	- 53
Measles	65	0	72	0	+ 0
Leishmaniasis	66	0	77	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	67	0	67	1	- 1
Ascariasis	68	0	84	0	+ 0
Upper Respiratory	69	0	62	4	- 4
Chlamydia	70	0	75	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	71	0	66	1	- 1
Dengue	72	0	83	0	+ 0
Hookworm Disease	73	0	82	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	74	0	81	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	75	0	73	0	- 0
Leprosy	76	0	74	0	- 0
Malaria	77	0	79	0	- 0
Chagas disease	78	0	80	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	79	0	76	0	- 0
Depression	80	0	86	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	81	0	57	7	- 7
Anemia	82	0	53	14	- 14
Vitamin A Deficiency	83	0	85	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	84	0	58	7	- 7
Prostatic Hypertrophy	85	0	44	45	- 45
Oral conditions	86	0	61	4	- 4
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.