LATVIA VS KIRIBATI: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	KIRIBATI		LATVIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	2,735	1	8,099	- 5,364
Stroke	2	2,557	2	5,893	- 3,335
Diabetes Mellitus	3	2,371	8	529	+ 1,842
Influenza and Pneumonia	4	872	9	501	+ 371
Diarrhoeal diseases	5	841	54	14	+ 827
Asthma	6	732	46	42	+ 691
Tuberculosis	7	667	40	71	+ 596
Kidney Disease	8	653	17	356	+ 296
Suicide	9	514	14	384	+ 130
Lung Disease	10	497	18	346	+ 151
Cervical Cancer	11	469	33	128	+ 342
Liver Disease	12	463	15	365	+ 98
Low Birth Weight	13	423	56	11	+ 412
Birth Trauma	14	357	55	12	+ 345
Congenital Anomalies	15	356	43	46	+ 309
Rheumatic Heart Disease	16	285	47	41	+ 244
Malnutrition	17	231	64	2	+ 229
Breast Cancer	18	231	10	472	- 242
Peptic Ulcer Disease	19	220	31	142	+ 78
Lung Cancers	20	216	4	956	- 740
Hypertension	21	210	3	1,194	- 983
Meningitis	22	209	52	15	+ 194
Stomach Cancer	23	179	11	470	- 290
Alzheimers & Dementia	24	169	7	664	- 495
Other Injuries	25	161	16	362	- 201
Oral Cancer	26	161	22	214	- 53
Liver Cancer	27	144	26	157	- 13
Drownings	28	142	34	127	+ 15
Inflammatory/Heart	29	117	5	921	- 804
Endocrine Disorders	30	112	41	59	+ 53
Colon-Rectum Cancers	31	109	6	722	- 613
Pertussis	32	99	70	0	+ 99
Parkinson's Disease	33	93	35	125	- 33
Violence	34	88	37	94	- 7
Maternal Conditions	35	88	60	5	+ 83
Oesophagus Cancer	36	85	32	131	- 46
Syphilis	37	69	65	1	+ 67
Epilepsy	38	68	45	44	+ 24
Leukemia	39	64	25	186	- 122
Skin Disease	40	61	38	76	- 15
Lymphomas	41	48	19	245	- 197
Falls	42	48	23	201	- 153
Poisonings	43	48	49	23	+ 25
Prostate Cancer	44	42	12	464	- 422
Road Traffic Accidents	45	35	27	154	- 119
Uterin Cancer	46	32	29	148	- 116
Fires	47	32	36	103	- 72
Hepatitis B	48	30	63	3	+ 27
Pancreas Cancer	49	29	13	436	- 407
Ovary Cancer	50	18	24	196	- 179
Bladder Cancer	51	15	20	228	- 213
Appendicitis	52	13	59	5	+ 8
Encephalitis	53	11	69	0	+ 11
Alcohol	54	10	21	227	- 217
Tetanus	55	7	71	0	+ 7
Skin Cancers	56	7	30	144	- 138
Drug Use	57	6	48	41	- 35
Other Neoplasms	58	5	28	153	- 148
Dengue	59	4	83	0	+ 4
Upper Respiratory	60	4	62	4	+ 1
Multiple Sclerosis	61	3	50	20	- 17
Hepatitis C	62	3	42	53	- 50
Rheumatoid Arthritis	63	2	51	20	- 18
Ascariasis	64	1	84	0	+ 1
Diphtheria	65	1	67	1	+ 0
Chlamydia	66	1	75	0	+ 1
War	67	0	68	0	+ 0
Measles	68	0	72	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	69	0	66	1	- 1
Leprosy	70	0	74	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	71	0	81	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	72	0	82	0	- 0
HIV/AIDS	73	0	39	74	- 74
Iodine Deficiency	74	0	73	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	75	0	77	0	- 0
Malaria	76	0	79	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	77	0	76	0	- 0
Chagas disease	78	0	80	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	79	0	78	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
Prostatic Hypertrophy	84	0	44	45	- 45
Osteoarthritis	85	0	58	7	- 7
Oral conditions	86	0	61	4	- 4
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to LATVIA

Kiribati

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.