CUBA VS LATVIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	LATVIA		CUBA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	49,308	1	22,079	+ 27,229
Stroke	2	35,874	2	10,725	+ 25,149
Hypertension	3	7,268	7	3,469	+ 3,799
Lung Cancers	4	5,823	4	5,985	- 162
Inflammatory/Heart	5	5,606	17	1,156	+ 4,450
Colon-Rectum Cancers	6	4,396	9	2,958	+ 1,438
Alzheimers & Dementia	7	4,040	5	5,841	- 1,801
Diabetes Mellitus	8	3,223	13	1,791	+ 1,432
Influenza and Pneumonia	9	3,051	3	8,564	- 5,513
Breast Cancer	10	2,876	15	1,673	+ 1,203
Stomach Cancer	11	2,859	20	991	+ 1,868
Prostate Cancer	12	2,825	8	3,365	- 541
Pancreas Cancer	13	2,655	21	905	+ 1,751
Suicide	14	2,336	16	1,638	+ 698
Liver Disease	15	2,221	11	1,873	+ 347
Other Injuries	16	2,206	12	1,869	+ 337
Kidney Disease	17	2,170	14	1,700	+ 470
Lung Disease	18	2,108	6	5,492	- 3,384
Lymphomas	19	1,494	18	1,089	+ 405
Bladder Cancer	20	1,388	26	734	+ 654
Alcohol	21	1,384	28	675	+ 709
Oral Cancer	22	1,303	23	876	+ 427
Falls	23	1,226	10	2,810	- 1,584
Ovary Cancer	24	1,196	39	323	+ 873
Leukemia	25	1,133	30	633	+ 500
Liver Cancer	26	954	24	815	+ 139
Road Traffic Accidents	27	935	19	1,007	- 73
Other Neoplasms	28	929	25	769	+ 161
Uterin Cancer	29	899	31	602	+ 297
Skin Cancers	30	879	33	514	+ 365
Peptic Ulcer Disease	31	864	35	420	+ 444
Oesophagus Cancer	32	799	22	879	- 81
Cervical Cancer	33	777	29	666	+ 112
Drownings	34	772	42	231	+ 542
Parkinson's Disease	35	764	27	691	+ 73
Fires	36	629	58	55	+ 574
Violence	37	575	32	584	- 8
Skin Disease	38	465	41	258	+ 207
HIV/AIDS	39	451	34	471	- 20
Tuberculosis	40	434	60	45	+ 389
Endocrine Disorders	41	360	36	412	- 53
Hepatitis C	42	322	45	112	+ 210
Congenital Anomalies	43	283	37	368	- 85
Prostatic Hypertrophy	44	277	53	75	+ 201
Epilepsy	45	269	46	108	+ 161
Asthma	46	254	40	301	- 48
Rheumatic Heart Disease	47	249	44	162	+ 87
Drug Use	48	248	51	82	+ 166
Poisonings	49	142	62	17	+ 124
Multiple Sclerosis	50	123	57	55	+ 68
Rheumatoid Arthritis	51	121	49	87	+ 34
Meningitis	52	90	50	83	+ 7
Anemia	53	86	52	77	+ 9
Diarrhoeal diseases	54	83	43	206	- 123
Birth Trauma	55	71	59	49	+ 22
Low Birth Weight	56	69	48	98	- 30
Schizophrenia	57	46	54	68	- 22
Osteoarthritis	58	42	38	326	- 284
Appendicitis	59	29	47	104	- 75
Maternal Conditions	60	28	61	43	- 16
Oral conditions	61	22	64	6	+ 16
Upper Respiratory	62	22	65	6	+ 16
Hepatitis B	63	19	56	59	- 40
Malnutrition	64	12	55	64	- 52
Syphilis	65	8	69	1	+ 7
Otitis Media	66	6	63	11	- 5
Diphtheria	67	4	75	0	+ 4
War	68	1	68	1	- 0
Encephalitis	69	0	66	6	- 5
Pertussis	70	0	73	0	+ 0
Tetanus	71	0	71	1	- 1
Measles	72	0	76	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	73	0	72	0	- 0
Leprosy	74	0	67	2	- 2
Chlamydia	75	0	84	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	76	0	80	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	77	0	83	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	78	0	81	0	- 0
Malaria	79	0	82	0	- 0
Chagas disease	80	0	79	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	81	0	78	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	82	0	77	0	- 0
Dengue	83	0	74	0	- 0
Ascariasis	84	0	70	1	- 1
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	86	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	85	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to CUBA

Latvia

Cuba

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.