LATVIA VS KAZAKHSTAN: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	KAZAKHSTAN		LATVIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	2,763	1	8,099	- 5,336
Stroke	2	1,916	2	5,893	- 3,976
Lung Disease	3	657	18	346	+ 311
Liver Disease	4	487	15	365	+ 122
Lung Cancers	5	346	4	956	- 611
Inflammatory/Heart	6	343	5	921	- 577
Influenza and Pneumonia	7	308	9	501	- 193
Suicide	8	290	14	384	- 94
Stomach Cancer	9	235	11	470	- 234
Alzheimers & Dementia	10	214	7	664	- 450
Road Traffic Accidents	11	209	27	154	+ 56
Diabetes Mellitus	12	200	8	529	- 330
Colon-Rectum Cancers	13	189	6	722	- 533
Hypertension	14	163	3	1,194	- 1,031
Breast Cancer	15	151	10	472	- 322
Kidney Disease	16	146	17	356	- 211
Other Injuries	17	131	16	362	- 232
Alcohol	18	116	21	227	- 111
Oesophagus Cancer	19	115	32	131	- 16
Asthma	20	101	46	42	+ 60
Pancreas Cancer	21	100	13	436	- 336
Liver Cancer	22	91	26	157	- 66
Violence	23	84	37	94	- 10
Congenital Anomalies	24	84	43	46	+ 38
Cervical Cancer	25	72	33	128	- 56
Parkinson's Disease	26	64	35	125	- 61
Falls	27	62	23	201	- 139
Low Birth Weight	28	62	56	11	+ 51
Drug Use	29	61	48	41	+ 21
Drownings	30	60	34	127	- 66
Oral Cancer	31	60	22	214	- 154
Ovary Cancer	32	56	24	196	- 140
Leukemia	33	54	25	186	- 132
Prostate Cancer	34	47	12	464	- 417
Birth Trauma	35	39	55	12	+ 27
Lymphomas	36	39	19	245	- 207
Peptic Ulcer Disease	37	33	31	142	- 108
Uterin Cancer	38	33	29	148	- 115
Poisonings	39	32	49	23	+ 9
Fires	40	32	36	103	- 72
Bladder Cancer	41	31	20	228	- 197
HIV/AIDS	42	30	39	74	- 44
Endocrine Disorders	43	27	41	59	- 32
Epilepsy	44	26	45	44	- 18
Tuberculosis	45	26	40	71	- 45
Rheumatic Heart Disease	46	26	47	41	- 15
Skin Cancers	47	25	30	144	- 119
Diarrhoeal diseases	48	23	54	14	+ 9
Encephalitis	49	13	69	0	+ 13
Meningitis	50	8	52	15	- 7
Malnutrition	51	7	64	2	+ 6
Multiple Sclerosis	52	4	50	20	- 16
Other Neoplasms	53	3	28	153	- 149
Skin Disease	54	3	38	76	- 74
Maternal Conditions	55	3	60	5	- 2
Rheumatoid Arthritis	56	2	51	20	- 18
Appendicitis	57	2	59	5	- 3
Upper Respiratory	58	1	62	4	- 2
Hepatitis B	59	1	63	3	- 2
War	60	1	68	0	+ 0
Tetanus	61	0	71	0	+ 0
Chlamydia	62	0	75	0	+ 0
Syphilis	63	0	65	1	- 1
Hepatitis C	64	0	42	53	- 53
Leishmaniasis	65	0	77	0	+ 0
Pertussis	66	0	70	0	+ 0
Ascariasis	67	0	84	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	68	0	66	1	- 1
Diphtheria	69	0	67	1	- 1
Measles	70	0	72	0	- 0
Leprosy	71	0	74	0	- 0
Dengue	72	0	83	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	73	0	81	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	74	0	82	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	75	0	78	0	- 0
Malaria	76	0	79	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	77	0	76	0	- 0
Chagas disease	78	0	80	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	73	0	- 0
Depression	80	0	86	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	81	0	57	7	- 7
Vitamin A Deficiency	82	0	85	0	- 0
Anemia	83	0	53	14	- 14
Oral conditions	84	0	61	4	- 4
Osteoarthritis	85	0	58	7	- 7
Prostatic Hypertrophy	86	0	44	45	- 45
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to LATVIA

Kazakhstan

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.