EQU. GUINEA VS LATVIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	LATVIA		EQU. GUINEA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	8,075	7	419	+ 7,656
Stroke	2	5,875	6	437	+ 5,438
Hypertension	3	1,190	16	165	+ 1,025
Lung Cancers	4	954	41	27	+ 927
Inflammatory/Heart	5	918	27	63	+ 855
Colon-Rectum Cancers	6	720	40	29	+ 691
Alzheimers & Dementia	7	662	29	55	+ 606
Diabetes Mellitus	8	528	11	299	+ 229
Influenza and Pneumonia	9	500	2	913	- 413
Breast Cancer	10	471	24	84	+ 387
Stomach Cancer	11	468	49	16	+ 453
Prostate Cancer	12	463	35	43	+ 420
Pancreas Cancer	13	435	55	11	+ 423
Suicide	14	383	22	107	+ 275
Liver Disease	15	364	13	199	+ 164
Other Injuries	16	361	23	105	+ 256
Kidney Disease	17	355	14	198	+ 157
Lung Disease	18	345	20	120	+ 225
Lymphomas	19	245	45	19	+ 225
Bladder Cancer	20	227	56	9	+ 219
Alcohol	21	227	53	12	+ 215
Oral Cancer	22	213	37	35	+ 179
Falls	23	201	32	46	+ 155
Ovary Cancer	24	196	52	13	+ 183
Leukemia	25	186	61	4	+ 182
Liver Cancer	26	156	34	43	+ 113
Road Traffic Accidents	27	153	8	368	- 215
Other Neoplasms	28	152	63	3	+ 149
Uterin Cancer	29	147	58	8	+ 140
Skin Cancers	30	144	48	16	+ 128
Peptic Ulcer Disease	31	141	43	22	+ 120
Oesophagus Cancer	32	131	54	12	+ 119
Cervical Cancer	33	127	28	56	+ 71
Drownings	34	126	36	39	+ 87
Parkinson's Disease	35	125	46	18	+ 107
Fires	36	103	39	30	+ 73
Violence	37	94	33	45	+ 49
Skin Disease	38	76	51	13	+ 63
HIV/AIDS	39	74	1	1,838	- 1,765
Tuberculosis	40	71	10	321	- 250
Endocrine Disorders	41	59	25	73	- 14
Hepatitis C	42	53	69	0	+ 52
Congenital Anomalies	43	46	12	249	- 203
Prostatic Hypertrophy	44	45	82	0	+ 45
Epilepsy	45	44	38	32	+ 12
Asthma	46	42	26	65	- 24
Rheumatic Heart Disease	47	41	50	14	+ 26
Drug Use	48	41	30	50	- 10
Poisonings	49	23	44	21	+ 2
Multiple Sclerosis	50	20	67	1	+ 19
Rheumatoid Arthritis	51	20	62	4	+ 16
Meningitis	52	15	19	127	- 112
Anemia	53	14	85	0	+ 14
Diarrhoeal diseases	54	14	9	349	- 335
Birth Trauma	55	12	5	441	- 429
Low Birth Weight	56	11	4	457	- 446
Schizophrenia	57	7	86	0	+ 7
Osteoarthritis	58	7	81	0	+ 7
Appendicitis	59	5	59	6	- 1
Maternal Conditions	60	5	17	139	- 134
Oral conditions	61	4	80	0	+ 4
Upper Respiratory	62	4	66	2	+ 2
Hepatitis B	63	3	65	3	+ 0
Malnutrition	64	2	31	48	- 46
Syphilis	65	1	18	134	- 133
Otitis Media	66	1	72	0	+ 1
Diphtheria	67	1	64	3	- 2
War	68	0	71	0	+ 0
Encephalitis	69	0	57	8	- 8
Pertussis	70	0	21	109	- 109
Tetanus	71	0	42	23	- 23
Measles	72	0	15	181	- 181
Iodine Deficiency	73	0	79	0	- 0
Leprosy	74	0	76	0	- 0
Chlamydia	75	0	68	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	76	0	47	16	- 16
Leishmaniasis	77	0	78	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	78	0	60	4	- 4
Malaria	79	0	3	668	- 668
Chagas disease	80	0	77	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	81	0	75	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	82	0	74	0	- 0
Dengue	83	0	73	0	- 0
Ascariasis	84	0	70	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	84	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	83	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to EQU. GUINEA

Latvia

Equ. Guinea

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.