BOTSWANA VS LATVIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	LATVIA		BOTSWANA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	11,019	3	1,632	+ 9,387
Stroke	2	8,017	4	1,588	+ 6,429
Hypertension	3	1,624	11	471	+ 1,153
Lung Cancers	4	1,301	39	45	+ 1,256
Inflammatory/Heart	5	1,253	20	177	+ 1,076
Colon-Rectum Cancers	6	982	47	28	+ 955
Alzheimers & Dementia	7	903	23	164	+ 739
Diabetes Mellitus	8	720	5	1,273	- 552
Influenza and Pneumonia	9	682	2	1,674	- 992
Breast Cancer	10	643	33	68	+ 574
Stomach Cancer	11	639	53	10	+ 629
Prostate Cancer	12	631	41	45	+ 587
Pancreas Cancer	13	593	50	16	+ 577
Suicide	14	522	15	370	+ 152
Liver Disease	15	496	12	459	+ 38
Other Injuries	16	493	19	216	+ 277
Kidney Disease	17	485	9	506	- 21
Lung Disease	18	471	10	482	- 10
Lymphomas	19	334	31	77	+ 257
Bladder Cancer	20	310	60	6	+ 304
Alcohol	21	309	45	31	+ 279
Oral Cancer	22	291	32	70	+ 221
Falls	23	274	34	62	+ 212
Ovary Cancer	24	267	49	19	+ 248
Leukemia	25	253	51	13	+ 240
Liver Cancer	26	213	35	57	+ 156
Road Traffic Accidents	27	209	7	608	- 400
Other Neoplasms	28	208	55	9	+ 198
Uterin Cancer	29	201	56	9	+ 192
Skin Cancers	30	196	37	52	+ 145
Peptic Ulcer Disease	31	193	29	90	+ 103
Oesophagus Cancer	32	178	28	103	+ 76
Cervical Cancer	33	174	22	164	+ 10
Drownings	34	173	30	83	+ 90
Parkinson's Disease	35	171	38	47	+ 123
Fires	36	141	26	108	+ 32
Violence	37	129	14	389	- 261
Skin Disease	38	104	46	30	+ 74
HIV/AIDS	39	101	1	4,950	- 4,849
Tuberculosis	40	97	6	649	- 552
Endocrine Disorders	41	80	27	103	- 22
Hepatitis C	42	72	66	1	+ 71
Congenital Anomalies	43	63	16	287	- 224
Prostatic Hypertrophy	44	62	80	0	+ 62
Epilepsy	45	60	36	56	+ 4
Asthma	46	57	18	232	- 175
Rheumatic Heart Disease	47	56	43	37	+ 18
Drug Use	48	55	48	26	+ 30
Poisonings	49	32	42	42	- 11
Multiple Sclerosis	50	28	63	3	+ 25
Rheumatoid Arthritis	51	27	52	11	+ 16
Meningitis	52	20	25	108	- 88
Anemia	53	19	84	0	+ 19
Diarrhoeal diseases	54	19	8	527	- 509
Birth Trauma	55	16	17	261	- 246
Low Birth Weight	56	15	13	447	- 432
Schizophrenia	57	10	86	0	+ 10
Osteoarthritis	58	9	81	0	+ 9
Appendicitis	59	6	57	8	- 1
Maternal Conditions	60	6	24	118	- 112
Oral conditions	61	5	82	0	+ 5
Upper Respiratory	62	5	58	7	- 3
Hepatitis B	63	4	62	6	- 1
Malnutrition	64	3	21	171	- 168
Syphilis	65	2	44	36	- 35
Otitis Media	66	1	71	0	+ 1
Diphtheria	67	1	70	0	+ 1
War	68	0	69	0	- 0
Encephalitis	69	0	59	7	- 7
Pertussis	70	0	40	45	- 45
Tetanus	71	0	61	6	- 6
Measles	72	0	68	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	73	0	73	0	- 0
Leprosy	74	0	72	0	- 0
Chlamydia	75	0	65	1	- 1
Trypanosomiasis	76	0	78	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	77	0	79	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	78	0	54	10	- 10
Malaria	79	0	64	1	- 1
Chagas disease	80	0	77	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	81	0	75	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	82	0	74	0	- 0
Dengue	83	0	76	0	- 0
Ascariasis	84	0	67	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	83	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	85	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to BOTSWANA

Latvia

Botswana

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.