BARBADOS VS LATVIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	LATVIA		BARBADOS		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	1,368	2	358	+ 1,010
Stroke	2	995	1	384	+ 610
Hypertension	3	202	13	72	+ 130
Lung Cancers	4	161	16	43	+ 119
Inflammatory/Heart	5	155	17	39	+ 116
Colon-Rectum Cancers	6	122	6	115	+ 7
Alzheimers & Dementia	7	112	7	114	- 2
Diabetes Mellitus	8	89	3	260	- 171
Influenza and Pneumonia	9	85	4	221	- 137
Breast Cancer	10	80	8	95	- 15
Stomach Cancer	11	79	22	28	+ 52
Prostate Cancer	12	78	5	165	- 87
Pancreas Cancer	13	74	18	39	+ 35
Suicide	14	65	51	2	+ 63
Liver Disease	15	62	26	23	+ 39
Other Injuries	16	61	11	79	- 17
Kidney Disease	17	60	10	92	- 32
Lung Disease	18	58	12	74	- 15
Lymphomas	19	41	15	51	- 9
Bladder Cancer	20	38	39	9	+ 29
Alcohol	21	38	46	4	+ 34
Oral Cancer	22	36	28	18	+ 18
Falls	23	34	41	7	+ 27
Ovary Cancer	24	33	32	16	+ 18
Leukemia	25	31	20	29	+ 2
Liver Cancer	26	26	33	14	+ 12
Road Traffic Accidents	27	26	25	23	+ 2
Other Neoplasms	28	26	24	26	- 0
Uterin Cancer	29	25	27	21	+ 4
Skin Cancers	30	24	47	4	+ 20
Peptic Ulcer Disease	31	24	34	14	+ 10
Oesophagus Cancer	32	22	36	12	+ 11
Cervical Cancer	33	22	23	28	- 6
Drownings	34	21	57	1	+ 20
Parkinson's Disease	35	21	31	16	+ 5
Fires	36	17	62	1	+ 17
Violence	37	16	19	32	- 16
Skin Disease	38	13	14	62	- 50
HIV/AIDS	39	13	21	28	- 16
Tuberculosis	40	12	60	1	+ 11
Endocrine Disorders	41	10	9	93	- 83
Hepatitis C	42	9	83	0	+ 9
Congenital Anomalies	43	8	29	18	- 10
Prostatic Hypertrophy	44	8	30	17	- 10
Epilepsy	45	7	38	9	- 2
Asthma	46	7	35	13	- 6
Rheumatic Heart Disease	47	7	55	1	+ 6
Drug Use	48	7	53	1	+ 5
Poisonings	49	4	48	2	+ 2
Multiple Sclerosis	50	3	61	1	+ 3
Rheumatoid Arthritis	51	3	44	5	- 1
Meningitis	52	2	45	4	- 2
Anemia	53	2	37	11	- 9
Diarrhoeal diseases	54	2	40	7	- 5
Birth Trauma	55	2	43	5	- 3
Low Birth Weight	56	2	42	5	- 3
Schizophrenia	57	1	59	1	+ 0
Osteoarthritis	58	1	50	2	- 1
Appendicitis	59	1	65	0	+ 0
Maternal Conditions	60	1	56	1	- 0
Oral conditions	61	1	63	1	+ 0
Upper Respiratory	62	1	58	1	- 0
Hepatitis B	63	1	52	2	- 1
Malnutrition	64	0	49	2	- 2
Syphilis	65	0	64	0	- 0
Otitis Media	66	0	72	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	67	0	69	0	+ 0
War	68	0	66	0	+ 0
Encephalitis	69	0	82	0	+ 0
Pertussis	70	0	67	0	+ 0
Tetanus	71	0	70	0	- 0
Measles	72	0	68	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	73	0	84	0	- 0
Leprosy	74	0	71	0	- 0
Chlamydia	75	0	81	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	76	0	78	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	77	0	79	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	78	0	77	0	- 0
Malaria	79	0	76	0	- 0
Chagas disease	80	0	80	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	81	0	74	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	82	0	73	0	- 0
Dengue	83	0	54	1	- 1
Ascariasis	84	0	75	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	85	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	86	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to BARBADOS

Latvia

Barbados

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.