CROATIA VS LATVIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	LATVIA		CROATIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	18,661	1	12,307	+ 6,353
Stroke	2	13,577	2	6,275	+ 7,301
Hypertension	3	2,750	8	1,102	+ 1,648
Lung Cancers	4	2,204	3	2,842	- 638
Inflammatory/Heart	5	2,122	21	457	+ 1,665
Colon-Rectum Cancers	6	1,664	4	2,189	- 525
Alzheimers & Dementia	7	1,529	9	1,066	+ 463
Diabetes Mellitus	8	1,220	6	1,963	- 743
Influenza and Pneumonia	9	1,155	10	1,021	+ 133
Breast Cancer	10	1,088	11	1,019	+ 70
Stomach Cancer	11	1,082	15	786	+ 295
Prostate Cancer	12	1,069	14	852	+ 217
Pancreas Cancer	13	1,005	16	754	+ 251
Suicide	14	884	17	676	+ 208
Liver Disease	15	840	13	924	- 84
Other Injuries	16	835	23	428	+ 407
Kidney Disease	17	821	7	1,392	- 571
Lung Disease	18	798	5	2,111	- 1,313
Lymphomas	19	565	18	556	+ 9
Bladder Cancer	20	525	20	499	+ 26
Alcohol	21	524	30	219	+ 305
Oral Cancer	22	493	25	338	+ 155
Falls	23	464	12	974	- 511
Ovary Cancer	24	453	28	308	+ 144
Leukemia	25	429	22	435	- 6
Liver Cancer	26	361	19	501	- 140
Road Traffic Accidents	27	354	27	328	+ 26
Other Neoplasms	28	352	29	283	+ 69
Uterin Cancer	29	340	32	199	+ 141
Skin Cancers	30	333	26	332	+ 1
Peptic Ulcer Disease	31	327	31	207	+ 120
Oesophagus Cancer	32	302	33	189	+ 113
Cervical Cancer	33	294	34	156	+ 139
Drownings	34	292	38	86	+ 206
Parkinson's Disease	35	289	24	423	- 134
Fires	36	238	50	34	+ 204
Violence	37	218	48	45	+ 173
Skin Disease	38	176	58	8	+ 168
HIV/AIDS	39	171	59	8	+ 163
Tuberculosis	40	164	44	61	+ 103
Endocrine Disorders	41	136	42	72	+ 64
Hepatitis C	42	122	47	45	+ 77
Congenital Anomalies	43	107	37	94	+ 13
Prostatic Hypertrophy	44	105	49	43	+ 62
Epilepsy	45	102	36	94	+ 7
Asthma	46	96	41	74	+ 22
Rheumatic Heart Disease	47	94	35	137	- 43
Drug Use	48	94	43	70	+ 23
Poisonings	49	54	54	16	+ 38
Multiple Sclerosis	50	47	45	55	- 8
Rheumatoid Arthritis	51	46	46	47	- 1
Meningitis	52	34	52	16	+ 18
Anemia	53	33	53	16	+ 17
Diarrhoeal diseases	54	31	39	82	- 51
Birth Trauma	55	27	55	11	+ 16
Low Birth Weight	56	26	56	10	+ 16
Schizophrenia	57	17	40	79	- 62
Osteoarthritis	58	16	84	0	+ 16
Appendicitis	59	11	57	9	+ 2
Maternal Conditions	60	10	61	2	+ 8
Oral conditions	61	8	64	2	+ 7
Upper Respiratory	62	8	63	2	+ 7
Hepatitis B	63	7	51	17	- 10
Malnutrition	64	4	70	0	+ 4
Syphilis	65	3	71	0	+ 3
Otitis Media	66	2	60	3	- 1
Diphtheria	67	2	72	0	+ 2
War	68	0	67	0	+ 0
Encephalitis	69	0	65	1	- 1
Pertussis	70	0	69	0	- 0
Tetanus	71	0	68	0	- 0
Measles	72	0	73	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	73	0	62	2	- 2
Leprosy	74	0	79	0	- 0
Chlamydia	75	0	74	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	76	0	78	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	77	0	66	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	78	0	75	0	- 0
Malaria	79	0	77	0	- 0
Chagas disease	80	0	76	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	81	0	81	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	82	0	82	0	- 0
Dengue	83	0	80	0	- 0
Ascariasis	84	0	83	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	85	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	86	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to CROATIA

Latvia

Croatia

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.