BELIZE VS LATVIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	LATVIA		BELIZE		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	1,870	1	192	+ 1,678
Stroke	2	1,360	4	127	+ 1,233
Hypertension	3	276	12	46	+ 230
Lung Cancers	4	221	15	30	+ 190
Inflammatory/Heart	5	213	26	18	+ 195
Colon-Rectum Cancers	6	167	24	20	+ 147
Alzheimers & Dementia	7	153	13	45	+ 108
Diabetes Mellitus	8	122	3	141	- 18
Influenza and Pneumonia	9	116	7	97	+ 19
Breast Cancer	10	109	23	22	+ 87
Stomach Cancer	11	108	20	23	+ 85
Prostate Cancer	12	107	10	47	+ 60
Pancreas Cancer	13	101	31	9	+ 91
Suicide	14	89	16	28	+ 61
Liver Disease	15	84	9	58	+ 27
Other Injuries	16	84	14	36	+ 48
Kidney Disease	17	82	6	102	- 20
Lung Disease	18	80	11	46	+ 34
Lymphomas	19	57	50	1	+ 56
Bladder Cancer	20	53	81	0	+ 53
Alcohol	21	52	30	10	+ 43
Oral Cancer	22	49	67	0	+ 49
Falls	23	46	27	13	+ 34
Ovary Cancer	24	45	52	1	+ 44
Leukemia	25	43	39	4	+ 39
Liver Cancer	26	36	19	24	+ 12
Road Traffic Accidents	27	35	8	88	- 53
Other Neoplasms	28	35	53	1	+ 34
Uterin Cancer	29	34	51	1	+ 33
Skin Cancers	30	33	66	0	+ 33
Peptic Ulcer Disease	31	33	38	5	+ 28
Oesophagus Cancer	32	30	43	2	+ 28
Cervical Cancer	33	29	17	28	+ 2
Drownings	34	29	18	24	+ 5
Parkinson's Disease	35	29	28	11	+ 18
Fires	36	24	40	4	+ 20
Violence	37	22	2	146	- 124
Skin Disease	38	18	37	5	+ 12
HIV/AIDS	39	17	5	119	- 102
Tuberculosis	40	16	33	9	+ 8
Endocrine Disorders	41	14	22	23	- 9
Hepatitis C	42	12	61	0	+ 12
Congenital Anomalies	43	11	21	23	- 12
Prostatic Hypertrophy	44	10	85	0	+ 10
Epilepsy	45	10	36	8	+ 3
Asthma	46	10	35	8	+ 2
Rheumatic Heart Disease	47	9	41	3	+ 6
Drug Use	48	9	47	1	+ 8
Poisonings	49	5	45	1	+ 4
Multiple Sclerosis	50	5	54	0	+ 4
Rheumatoid Arthritis	51	5	49	1	+ 3
Meningitis	52	3	46	1	+ 2
Anemia	53	3	80	0	+ 3
Diarrhoeal diseases	54	3	34	9	- 6
Birth Trauma	55	3	32	9	- 7
Low Birth Weight	56	3	25	20	- 17
Schizophrenia	57	2	82	0	+ 2
Osteoarthritis	58	2	84	0	+ 2
Appendicitis	59	1	44	1	- 0
Maternal Conditions	60	1	42	2	- 1
Oral conditions	61	1	86	0	+ 1
Upper Respiratory	62	1	58	0	+ 1
Hepatitis B	63	1	56	0	+ 1
Malnutrition	64	0	29	10	- 9
Syphilis	65	0	62	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	66	0	69	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	67	0	68	0	+ 0
War	68	0	60	0	- 0
Encephalitis	69	0	48	1	- 1
Pertussis	70	0	63	0	- 0
Tetanus	71	0	59	0	- 0
Measles	72	0	71	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	73	0	74	0	- 0
Leprosy	74	0	70	0	- 0
Chlamydia	75	0	65	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	76	0	75	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	77	0	77	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	78	0	78	0	- 0
Malaria	79	0	76	0	- 0
Chagas disease	80	0	57	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	81	0	73	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	82	0	72	0	- 0
Dengue	83	0	55	0	- 0
Ascariasis	84	0	64	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	79	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	83	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to BELIZE

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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.