LATVIA VS KENYA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	KENYA		LATVIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Influenza and Pneumonia	1	698	9	501	+ 197
HIV/AIDS	2	646	39	74	+ 572
Tuberculosis	3	608	40	71	+ 537
Stroke	4	492	2	5,893	- 5,401
Diarrhoeal diseases	5	477	54	14	+ 463
Road Traffic Accidents	6	460	27	154	+ 307
Liver Disease	7	415	15	365	+ 50
Malaria	8	391	79	0	+ 391
Coronary Heart Disease	9	370	1	8,099	- 7,729
Birth Trauma	10	308	55	12	+ 296
Low Birth Weight	11	296	56	11	+ 284
Congenital Anomalies	12	189	43	46	+ 143
Maternal Conditions	13	175	60	5	+ 170
Diabetes Mellitus	14	175	8	529	- 355
Meningitis	15	166	52	15	+ 151
Kidney Disease	16	138	17	356	- 218
Hypertension	17	137	3	1,194	- 1,057
Oesophagus Cancer	18	135	32	131	+ 4
Other Injuries	19	134	16	362	- 228
Lung Disease	20	132	18	346	- 214
Malnutrition	21	130	64	2	+ 128
Cervical Cancer	22	105	33	128	- 23
Suicide	23	99	14	384	- 284
Violence	24	91	37	94	- 3
Breast Cancer	25	82	10	472	- 390
Asthma	26	71	46	42	+ 29
Tetanus	27	66	71	0	+ 66
Stomach Cancer	28	62	11	470	- 407
Lymphomas	29	60	19	245	- 186
Oral Cancer	30	57	22	214	- 157
Alzheimers & Dementia	31	57	7	664	- 607
Colon-Rectum Cancers	32	46	6	722	- 676
Falls	33	45	23	201	- 156
Liver Cancer	34	42	26	157	- 115
Leukemia	35	41	25	186	- 145
Fires	36	41	36	103	- 63
Prostate Cancer	37	40	12	464	- 424
Poisonings	38	39	49	23	+ 16
Drownings	39	37	34	127	- 90
Inflammatory/Heart	40	35	5	921	- 886
Peptic Ulcer Disease	41	34	31	142	- 108
Pertussis	42	31	70	0	+ 31
Epilepsy	43	26	45	44	- 19
Endocrine Disorders	44	26	41	59	- 33
Ovary Cancer	45	25	24	196	- 172
Pancreas Cancer	46	22	13	436	- 414
Lung Cancers	47	21	4	956	- 936
Skin Cancers	48	20	30	144	- 125
Hepatitis B	49	16	63	3	+ 13
Parkinson's Disease	50	15	35	125	- 111
Skin Disease	51	14	38	76	- 62
Syphilis	52	14	65	1	+ 13
Rheumatic Heart Disease	53	13	47	41	- 28
Schistosomiasis	54	11	78	0	+ 11
Alcohol	55	11	21	227	- 216
Uterin Cancer	56	10	29	148	- 138
Bladder Cancer	57	10	20	228	- 218
Appendicitis	58	7	59	5	+ 3
Leishmaniasis	59	6	77	0	+ 6
Encephalitis	60	6	69	0	+ 6
Hepatitis C	61	5	42	53	- 48
Drug Use	62	4	48	41	- 37
Measles	63	3	72	0	+ 3
Upper Respiratory	64	3	62	4	- 1
War	65	3	68	0	+ 3
Rheumatoid Arthritis	66	3	51	20	- 17
Other Neoplasms	67	2	28	153	- 151
Multiple Sclerosis	68	1	50	20	- 19
Diphtheria	69	0	67	1	- 0
Chlamydia	70	0	75	0	+ 0
Ascariasis	71	0	84	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	72	0	66	1	- 1
Dengue	73	0	83	0	+ 0
Hookworm Disease	74	0	82	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	75	0	81	0	- 0
Leprosy	76	0	74	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	77	0	73	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	76	0	- 0
Chagas disease	79	0	80	0	- 0
Depression	80	0	86	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	81	0	85	0	- 0
Anemia	82	0	53	14	- 14
Schizophrenia	83	0	57	7	- 7
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.