GAMBIA VS LATVIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	LATVIA		GAMBIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	11,346	3	1,007	+ 10,339
Stroke	2	8,255	4	802	+ 7,452
Hypertension	3	1,672	22	172	+ 1,500
Lung Cancers	4	1,340	38	34	+ 1,306
Inflammatory/Heart	5	1,290	32	59	+ 1,231
Colon-Rectum Cancers	6	1,012	52	11	+ 1,001
Alzheimers & Dementia	7	930	28	89	+ 841
Diabetes Mellitus	8	742	15	290	+ 452
Influenza and Pneumonia	9	702	1	1,340	- 638
Breast Cancer	10	662	40	26	+ 636
Stomach Cancer	11	658	47	14	+ 644
Prostate Cancer	12	650	43	21	+ 629
Pancreas Cancer	13	611	53	6	+ 605
Suicide	14	538	25	113	+ 425
Liver Disease	15	511	14	323	+ 188
Other Injuries	16	508	21	194	+ 313
Kidney Disease	17	499	16	266	+ 234
Lung Disease	18	485	19	206	+ 279
Lymphomas	19	344	51	12	+ 332
Bladder Cancer	20	319	56	4	+ 315
Alcohol	21	318	50	12	+ 306
Oral Cancer	22	300	71	0	+ 300
Falls	23	282	29	83	+ 199
Ovary Cancer	24	275	61	2	+ 273
Leukemia	25	261	59	2	+ 258
Liver Cancer	26	219	12	377	- 157
Road Traffic Accidents	27	215	6	695	- 480
Other Neoplasms	28	214	57	3	+ 211
Uterin Cancer	29	207	66	1	+ 206
Skin Cancers	30	202	68	0	+ 202
Peptic Ulcer Disease	31	199	33	56	+ 142
Oesophagus Cancer	32	184	54	5	+ 178
Cervical Cancer	33	179	23	145	+ 34
Drownings	34	178	30	69	+ 109
Parkinson's Disease	35	176	37	34	+ 141
Fires	36	145	31	67	+ 78
Violence	37	132	20	195	- 63
Skin Disease	38	107	44	19	+ 89
HIV/AIDS	39	104	2	1,125	- 1,021
Tuberculosis	40	100	10	445	- 345
Endocrine Disorders	41	83	17	230	- 147
Hepatitis C	42	74	65	1	+ 73
Congenital Anomalies	43	65	11	383	- 318
Prostatic Hypertrophy	44	64	80	0	+ 64
Epilepsy	45	62	35	43	+ 19
Asthma	46	58	24	134	- 76
Rheumatic Heart Disease	47	57	41	24	+ 33
Drug Use	48	57	39	28	+ 29
Poisonings	49	33	36	42	- 10
Multiple Sclerosis	50	28	58	3	+ 26
Rheumatoid Arthritis	51	28	62	2	+ 26
Meningitis	52	21	18	229	- 208
Anemia	53	20	83	0	+ 20
Diarrhoeal diseases	54	19	9	626	- 607
Birth Trauma	55	16	5	754	- 738
Low Birth Weight	56	16	8	662	- 646
Schizophrenia	57	10	85	0	+ 10
Osteoarthritis	58	10	81	0	+ 10
Appendicitis	59	7	55	5	+ 2
Maternal Conditions	60	6	13	345	- 339
Oral conditions	61	5	82	0	+ 5
Upper Respiratory	62	5	64	2	+ 3
Hepatitis B	63	4	46	14	- 9
Malnutrition	64	3	26	110	- 107
Syphilis	65	2	34	55	- 53
Otitis Media	66	1	72	0	+ 1
Diphtheria	67	1	67	0	+ 1
War	68	0	69	0	- 0
Encephalitis	69	0	48	14	- 13
Pertussis	70	0	27	99	- 99
Tetanus	71	0	45	18	- 18
Measles	72	0	49	13	- 13
Iodine Deficiency	73	0	79	0	- 0
Leprosy	74	0	76	0	- 0
Chlamydia	75	0	70	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	76	0	78	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	77	0	60	2	- 2
Schistosomiasis	78	0	42	23	- 23
Malaria	79	0	7	674	- 674
Chagas disease	80	0	77	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	81	0	74	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	82	0	75	0	- 0
Dengue	83	0	73	0	- 0
Ascariasis	84	0	63	2	- 2
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	84	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	86	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to GAMBIA

Latvia

Gambia

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.