GREECE VS LATVIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	LATVIA		GREECE		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	47,037	1	21,124	+ 25,913
Stroke	2	34,222	2	14,077	+ 20,145
Hypertension	3	6,933	9	2,922	+ 4,011
Lung Cancers	4	5,555	4	7,355	- 1,801
Inflammatory/Heart	5	5,348	24	725	+ 4,623
Colon-Rectum Cancers	6	4,194	8	3,264	+ 930
Alzheimers & Dementia	7	3,854	7	3,940	- 86
Diabetes Mellitus	8	3,075	20	1,266	+ 1,809
Influenza and Pneumonia	9	2,911	3	8,282	- 5,372
Breast Cancer	10	2,744	11	2,520	+ 223
Stomach Cancer	11	2,727	16	1,535	+ 1,192
Prostate Cancer	12	2,695	12	2,023	+ 671
Pancreas Cancer	13	2,533	13	1,904	+ 629
Suicide	14	2,229	28	533	+ 1,696
Liver Disease	15	2,118	23	809	+ 1,309
Other Injuries	16	2,105	17	1,453	+ 651
Kidney Disease	17	2,070	6	4,759	- 2,688
Lung Disease	18	2,011	5	5,526	- 3,515
Lymphomas	19	1,425	19	1,268	+ 157
Bladder Cancer	20	1,324	15	1,551	- 227
Alcohol	21	1,320	49	50	+ 1,270
Oral Cancer	22	1,243	30	440	+ 803
Falls	23	1,169	21	1,245	- 76
Ovary Cancer	24	1,141	27	557	+ 584
Leukemia	25	1,081	18	1,354	- 273
Liver Cancer	26	910	14	1,566	- 656
Road Traffic Accidents	27	892	22	870	+ 21
Other Neoplasms	28	887	25	679	+ 208
Uterin Cancer	29	858	33	373	+ 485
Skin Cancers	30	839	31	438	+ 401
Peptic Ulcer Disease	31	824	26	611	+ 213
Oesophagus Cancer	32	762	35	246	+ 516
Cervical Cancer	33	742	36	243	+ 498
Drownings	34	737	32	435	+ 301
Parkinson's Disease	35	729	10	2,646	- 1,917
Fires	36	600	39	146	+ 453
Violence	37	549	42	104	+ 445
Skin Disease	38	444	47	56	+ 388
HIV/AIDS	39	430	50	47	+ 383
Tuberculosis	40	414	46	66	+ 348
Endocrine Disorders	41	343	29	526	- 183
Hepatitis C	42	307	52	38	+ 269
Congenital Anomalies	43	270	38	174	+ 96
Prostatic Hypertrophy	44	264	86	0	+ 264
Epilepsy	45	257	34	249	+ 8
Asthma	46	242	55	27	+ 214
Rheumatic Heart Disease	47	237	43	100	+ 137
Drug Use	48	237	37	193	+ 44
Poisonings	49	135	56	19	+ 116
Multiple Sclerosis	50	118	40	135	- 17
Rheumatoid Arthritis	51	115	45	67	+ 48
Meningitis	52	86	53	33	+ 53
Anemia	53	82	51	47	+ 35
Diarrhoeal diseases	54	79	44	95	- 16
Birth Trauma	55	68	57	17	+ 51
Low Birth Weight	56	65	41	127	- 62
Schizophrenia	57	43	54	27	+ 16
Osteoarthritis	58	40	85	0	+ 40
Appendicitis	59	28	58	9	+ 18
Maternal Conditions	60	26	61	2	+ 24
Oral conditions	61	21	63	2	+ 19
Upper Respiratory	62	21	59	8	+ 13
Hepatitis B	63	18	48	56	- 38
Malnutrition	64	11	66	1	+ 10
Syphilis	65	8	65	1	+ 7
Otitis Media	66	6	82	0	+ 6
Diphtheria	67	4	70	0	+ 4
War	68	1	64	1	+ 0
Encephalitis	69	0	67	1	- 0
Pertussis	70	0	69	0	+ 0
Tetanus	71	0	62	2	- 2
Measles	72	0	68	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	73	0	79	0	- 0
Leprosy	74	0	81	0	- 0
Chlamydia	75	0	80	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	76	0	76	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	77	0	60	4	- 4
Schistosomiasis	78	0	75	0	- 0
Malaria	79	0	78	0	- 0
Chagas disease	80	0	77	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	81	0	72	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	82	0	74	0	- 0
Dengue	83	0	71	0	- 0
Ascariasis	84	0	73	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	84	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	83	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to GREECE

Latvia

Greece

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.