ERITREA VS LATVIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	LATVIA		ERITREA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	28,525	4	2,154	+ 26,371
Stroke	2	20,754	2	2,564	+ 18,190
Hypertension	3	4,204	8	926	+ 3,279
Lung Cancers	4	3,369	46	62	+ 3,307
Inflammatory/Heart	5	3,243	32	123	+ 3,120
Colon-Rectum Cancers	6	2,543	35	113	+ 2,430
Alzheimers & Dementia	7	2,337	24	310	+ 2,027
Diabetes Mellitus	8	1,865	7	944	+ 920
Influenza and Pneumonia	9	1,765	1	3,277	- 1,512
Breast Cancer	10	1,664	23	311	+ 1,352
Stomach Cancer	11	1,654	48	48	+ 1,605
Prostate Cancer	12	1,634	47	54	+ 1,580
Pancreas Cancer	13	1,536	58	20	+ 1,517
Suicide	14	1,351	21	382	+ 970
Liver Disease	15	1,285	6	1,215	+ 70
Other Injuries	16	1,276	15	540	+ 736
Kidney Disease	17	1,255	12	578	+ 678
Lung Disease	18	1,220	9	662	+ 558
Lymphomas	19	864	28	147	+ 718
Bladder Cancer	20	803	51	42	+ 761
Alcohol	21	801	49	45	+ 755
Oral Cancer	22	754	44	71	+ 683
Falls	23	709	26	168	+ 541
Ovary Cancer	24	692	40	79	+ 612
Leukemia	25	656	29	144	+ 511
Liver Cancer	26	552	45	69	+ 483
Road Traffic Accidents	27	541	5	1,326	- 785
Other Neoplasms	28	538	66	6	+ 532
Uterin Cancer	29	520	61	18	+ 503
Skin Cancers	30	509	56	30	+ 479
Peptic Ulcer Disease	31	500	27	147	+ 353
Oesophagus Cancer	32	462	39	81	+ 381
Cervical Cancer	33	450	30	132	+ 317
Drownings	34	447	33	118	+ 329
Parkinson's Disease	35	442	37	85	+ 357
Fires	36	364	31	132	+ 232
Violence	37	333	20	384	- 51
Skin Disease	38	269	50	45	+ 225
HIV/AIDS	39	261	25	308	- 47
Tuberculosis	40	251	14	543	- 292
Endocrine Disorders	41	208	43	71	+ 137
Hepatitis C	42	186	65	6	+ 180
Congenital Anomalies	43	164	18	432	- 268
Prostatic Hypertrophy	44	160	84	0	+ 160
Epilepsy	45	156	38	81	+ 74
Asthma	46	147	22	326	- 179
Rheumatic Heart Disease	47	144	41	77	+ 67
Drug Use	48	144	53	36	+ 107
Poisonings	49	82	34	114	- 32
Multiple Sclerosis	50	71	67	4	+ 68
Rheumatoid Arthritis	51	70	64	12	+ 58
Meningitis	52	52	19	404	- 352
Anemia	53	50	81	0	+ 50
Diarrhoeal diseases	54	48	3	2,292	- 2,244
Birth Trauma	55	41	11	616	- 575
Low Birth Weight	56	40	16	531	- 491
Schizophrenia	57	26	83	0	+ 26
Osteoarthritis	58	24	85	0	+ 24
Appendicitis	59	17	55	31	- 15
Maternal Conditions	60	16	13	544	- 528
Oral conditions	61	13	86	0	+ 13
Upper Respiratory	62	13	60	18	- 5
Hepatitis B	63	11	57	28	- 16
Malnutrition	64	7	10	660	- 653
Syphilis	65	5	54	35	- 30
Otitis Media	66	3	69	2	+ 2
Diphtheria	67	2	72	0	+ 2
War	68	1	71	0	+ 0
Encephalitis	69	0	62	16	- 15
Pertussis	70	0	36	90	- 89
Tetanus	71	0	52	37	- 37
Measles	72	0	63	13	- 13
Iodine Deficiency	73	0	79	0	- 0
Leprosy	74	0	78	0	- 0
Chlamydia	75	0	70	1	- 1
Trypanosomiasis	76	0	76	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	77	0	59	19	- 19
Schistosomiasis	78	0	42	73	- 73
Malaria	79	0	17	437	- 437
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	68	2	- 2
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	82	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	80	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to ERITREA

Latvia

Eritrea

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.