ALBANIA VS LATVIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	LATVIA		ALBANIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	13,971	1	8,797	+ 5,174
Stroke	2	10,165	2	8,790	+ 1,374
Hypertension	3	2,059	10	425	+ 1,634
Lung Cancers	4	1,650	4	1,026	+ 624
Inflammatory/Heart	5	1,588	8	465	+ 1,124
Colon-Rectum Cancers	6	1,246	20	197	+ 1,049
Alzheimers & Dementia	7	1,145	3	1,827	- 682
Diabetes Mellitus	8	913	19	208	+ 705
Influenza and Pneumonia	9	864	6	634	+ 231
Breast Cancer	10	815	17	229	+ 585
Stomach Cancer	11	810	7	493	+ 317
Prostate Cancer	12	800	16	311	+ 490
Pancreas Cancer	13	752	18	225	+ 528
Suicide	14	662	24	125	+ 537
Liver Disease	15	629	12	376	+ 253
Other Injuries	16	625	26	105	+ 520
Kidney Disease	17	615	11	399	+ 216
Lung Disease	18	597	5	876	- 279
Lymphomas	19	423	31	69	+ 355
Bladder Cancer	20	393	15	330	+ 63
Alcohol	21	392	48	18	+ 374
Oral Cancer	22	369	30	90	+ 280
Falls	23	347	23	125	+ 222
Ovary Cancer	24	339	39	39	+ 299
Leukemia	25	321	22	131	+ 190
Liver Cancer	26	270	9	434	- 163
Road Traffic Accidents	27	265	14	337	- 72
Other Neoplasms	28	263	47	19	+ 244
Uterin Cancer	29	255	38	42	+ 213
Skin Cancers	30	249	32	64	+ 185
Peptic Ulcer Disease	31	245	33	57	+ 188
Oesophagus Cancer	32	226	34	52	+ 175
Cervical Cancer	33	220	36	48	+ 172
Drownings	34	219	43	25	+ 193
Parkinson's Disease	35	216	13	369	- 152
Fires	36	178	45	20	+ 159
Violence	37	163	27	103	+ 60
Skin Disease	38	132	55	6	+ 126
HIV/AIDS	39	128	42	26	+ 102
Tuberculosis	40	123	54	8	+ 115
Endocrine Disorders	41	102	29	91	+ 11
Hepatitis C	42	91	66	0	+ 91
Congenital Anomalies	43	80	28	102	- 22
Prostatic Hypertrophy	44	78	80	0	+ 78
Epilepsy	45	76	37	44	+ 32
Asthma	46	72	21	193	- 121
Rheumatic Heart Disease	47	70	35	50	+ 20
Drug Use	48	70	44	25	+ 45
Poisonings	49	40	53	9	+ 31
Multiple Sclerosis	50	35	40	39	- 4
Rheumatoid Arthritis	51	34	51	11	+ 23
Meningitis	52	25	49	14	+ 12
Anemia	53	24	86	0	+ 24
Diarrhoeal diseases	54	23	52	9	+ 14
Birth Trauma	55	20	41	32	- 12
Low Birth Weight	56	19	25	106	- 87
Schizophrenia	57	13	83	0	+ 13
Osteoarthritis	58	12	81	0	+ 12
Appendicitis	59	8	56	5	+ 3
Maternal Conditions	60	8	59	2	+ 6
Oral conditions	61	6	82	0	+ 6
Upper Respiratory	62	6	50	12	- 6
Hepatitis B	63	5	63	0	+ 5
Malnutrition	64	3	58	3	+ 1
Syphilis	65	2	62	1	+ 1
Otitis Media	66	2	68	0	+ 2
Diphtheria	67	1	69	0	+ 1
War	68	0	64	0	- 0
Encephalitis	69	0	46	20	- 20
Pertussis	70	0	60	1	- 1
Tetanus	71	0	57	3	- 3
Measles	72	0	65	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	73	0	79	0	- 0
Leprosy	74	0	78	0	- 0
Chlamydia	75	0	67	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	76	0	71	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	77	0	61	1	- 1
Schistosomiasis	78	0	72	0	- 0
Malaria	79	0	70	0	- 0
Chagas disease	80	0	73	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	81	0	77	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	82	0	74	0	- 0
Dengue	83	0	76	0	- 0
Ascariasis	84	0	75	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	85	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	84	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to ALBANIA

Latvia

Albania

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.