GUYANA VS LATVIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	LATVIA		GUYANA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	3,571	1	1,335	+ 2,236
Stroke	2	2,598	2	1,022	+ 1,575
Hypertension	3	526	4	320	+ 206
Lung Cancers	4	422	29	38	+ 384
Inflammatory/Heart	5	406	20	92	+ 314
Colon-Rectum Cancers	6	318	25	59	+ 260
Alzheimers & Dementia	7	293	38	23	+ 270
Diabetes Mellitus	8	233	3	579	- 345
Influenza and Pneumonia	9	221	6	302	- 81
Breast Cancer	10	208	19	96	+ 112
Stomach Cancer	11	207	31	34	+ 173
Prostate Cancer	12	205	17	123	+ 81
Pancreas Cancer	13	192	42	19	+ 173
Suicide	14	169	5	315	- 146
Liver Disease	15	161	9	197	- 36
Other Injuries	16	160	14	167	- 7
Kidney Disease	17	157	8	233	- 76
Lung Disease	18	153	13	174	- 21
Lymphomas	19	108	32	32	+ 76
Bladder Cancer	20	101	50	8	+ 93
Alcohol	21	100	57	3	+ 97
Oral Cancer	22	94	40	20	+ 74
Falls	23	89	48	11	+ 78
Ovary Cancer	24	87	43	18	+ 69
Leukemia	25	82	39	21	+ 61
Liver Cancer	26	69	34	29	+ 40
Road Traffic Accidents	27	68	11	175	- 107
Other Neoplasms	28	67	28	40	+ 27
Uterin Cancer	29	65	46	13	+ 52
Skin Cancers	30	64	55	5	+ 59
Peptic Ulcer Disease	31	63	26	54	+ 8
Oesophagus Cancer	32	58	51	8	+ 50
Cervical Cancer	33	56	21	91	- 35
Drownings	34	56	15	145	- 89
Parkinson's Disease	35	55	49	9	+ 46
Fires	36	46	41	19	+ 26
Violence	37	42	10	194	- 152
Skin Disease	38	34	56	3	+ 31
HIV/AIDS	39	33	7	256	- 224
Tuberculosis	40	31	16	137	- 106
Endocrine Disorders	41	26	12	174	- 148
Hepatitis C	42	23	69	0	+ 23
Congenital Anomalies	43	20	23	69	- 48
Prostatic Hypertrophy	44	20	52	8	+ 12
Epilepsy	45	20	37	24	- 4
Asthma	46	18	36	25	- 7
Rheumatic Heart Disease	47	18	47	13	+ 5
Drug Use	48	18	45	16	+ 2
Poisonings	49	10	65	1	+ 10
Multiple Sclerosis	50	9	61	1	+ 8
Rheumatoid Arthritis	51	9	63	1	+ 8
Meningitis	52	7	44	17	- 11
Anemia	53	6	18	99	- 93
Diarrhoeal diseases	54	6	27	48	- 42
Birth Trauma	55	5	24	64	- 59
Low Birth Weight	56	5	22	89	- 84
Schizophrenia	57	3	62	1	+ 2
Osteoarthritis	58	3	58	3	+ 0
Appendicitis	59	2	54	6	- 4
Maternal Conditions	60	2	35	28	- 26
Oral conditions	61	2	67	0	+ 1
Upper Respiratory	62	2	66	1	+ 1
Hepatitis B	63	1	59	2	- 1
Malnutrition	64	1	30	37	- 36
Syphilis	65	1	71	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	66	0	76	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	67	0	75	0	+ 0
War	68	0	64	1	- 1
Encephalitis	69	0	53	7	- 7
Pertussis	70	0	73	0	- 0
Tetanus	71	0	72	0	- 0
Measles	72	0	77	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	73	0	85	0	- 0
Leprosy	74	0	68	0	- 0
Chlamydia	75	0	80	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	76	0	82	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	77	0	83	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	78	0	84	0	- 0
Malaria	79	0	33	30	- 30
Chagas disease	80	0	81	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	81	0	78	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	82	0	79	0	- 0
Dengue	83	0	60	2	- 2
Ascariasis	84	0	74	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	70	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	86	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to GUYANA

Latvia

Guyana

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.