LESOTHO VS LATVIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	LATVIA		LESOTHO		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	10,016	5	2,101	+ 7,915
Stroke	2	7,287	3	2,817	+ 4,470
Hypertension	3	1,476	11	990	+ 486
Lung Cancers	4	1,183	43	51	+ 1,132
Inflammatory/Heart	5	1,139	23	305	+ 834
Colon-Rectum Cancers	6	893	48	40	+ 853
Alzheimers & Dementia	7	821	29	194	+ 626
Diabetes Mellitus	8	655	6	2,000	- 1,345
Influenza and Pneumonia	9	620	2	3,214	- 2,594
Breast Cancer	10	584	34	97	+ 487
Stomach Cancer	11	581	60	11	+ 570
Prostate Cancer	12	574	35	81	+ 493
Pancreas Cancer	13	539	58	12	+ 527
Suicide	14	475	7	1,539	- 1,065
Liver Disease	15	451	14	792	- 341
Other Injuries	16	448	18	533	- 85
Kidney Disease	17	441	10	1,015	- 574
Lung Disease	18	428	9	1,102	- 674
Lymphomas	19	303	36	78	+ 226
Bladder Cancer	20	282	61	10	+ 272
Alcohol	21	281	38	71	+ 210
Oral Cancer	22	265	42	52	+ 213
Falls	23	249	31	128	+ 121
Ovary Cancer	24	243	53	24	+ 218
Leukemia	25	230	49	39	+ 191
Liver Cancer	26	194	39	71	+ 123
Road Traffic Accidents	27	190	16	678	- 489
Other Neoplasms	28	189	62	9	+ 180
Uterin Cancer	29	183	54	23	+ 159
Skin Cancers	30	179	46	46	+ 132
Peptic Ulcer Disease	31	175	25	279	- 103
Oesophagus Cancer	32	162	37	73	+ 89
Cervical Cancer	33	158	20	372	- 214
Drownings	34	157	28	200	- 43
Parkinson's Disease	35	155	41	55	+ 100
Fires	36	128	26	269	- 141
Violence	37	117	13	924	- 807
Skin Disease	38	95	40	70	+ 25
HIV/AIDS	39	92	1	4,767	- 4,676
Tuberculosis	40	88	8	1,208	- 1,120
Endocrine Disorders	41	73	27	235	- 162
Hepatitis C	42	65	64	2	+ 63
Congenital Anomalies	43	57	19	389	- 332
Prostatic Hypertrophy	44	56	85	0	+ 56
Epilepsy	45	55	30	143	- 89
Asthma	46	52	17	678	- 626
Rheumatic Heart Disease	47	50	32	126	- 75
Drug Use	48	50	50	32	+ 19
Poisonings	49	29	33	111	- 82
Multiple Sclerosis	50	25	63	6	+ 19
Rheumatoid Arthritis	51	25	56	18	+ 6
Meningitis	52	18	22	318	- 300
Anemia	53	17	83	0	+ 17
Diarrhoeal diseases	54	17	4	2,354	- 2,337
Birth Trauma	55	14	15	717	- 703
Low Birth Weight	56	14	12	957	- 943
Schizophrenia	57	9	81	0	+ 9
Osteoarthritis	58	9	84	0	+ 9
Appendicitis	59	6	52	25	- 19
Maternal Conditions	60	6	24	292	- 287
Oral conditions	61	4	86	0	+ 4
Upper Respiratory	62	4	55	18	- 14
Hepatitis B	63	4	51	27	- 23
Malnutrition	64	2	21	357	- 355
Syphilis	65	2	45	50	- 49
Otitis Media	66	1	66	1	- 0
Diphtheria	67	1	69	0	+ 1
War	68	0	68	0	- 0
Encephalitis	69	0	57	14	- 14
Pertussis	70	0	44	51	- 51
Tetanus	71	0	47	45	- 45
Measles	72	0	59	12	- 12
Iodine Deficiency	73	0	73	0	- 0
Leprosy	74	0	74	0	- 0
Chlamydia	75	0	65	2	- 2
Trypanosomiasis	76	0	77	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	77	0	75	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	78	0	76	0	- 0
Malaria	79	0	79	0	- 0
Chagas disease	80	0	78	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	81	0	71	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	82	0	72	0	- 0
Dengue	83	0	70	0	- 0
Ascariasis	84	0	67	1	- 1
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	82	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	80	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to LESOTHO

Latvia

Lesotho

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.