LITHUANIA VS LATVIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	LATVIA		LITHUANIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	11,817	1	15,329	- 3,512
Stroke	2	8,598	2	5,643	+ 2,955
Hypertension	3	1,742	4	1,289	+ 453
Lung Cancers	4	1,396	3	1,329	+ 67
Inflammatory/Heart	5	1,344	17	484	+ 860
Colon-Rectum Cancers	6	1,054	5	1,074	- 20
Alzheimers & Dementia	7	968	8	649	+ 319
Diabetes Mellitus	8	772	14	525	+ 247
Influenza and Pneumonia	9	731	7	654	+ 77
Breast Cancer	10	689	11	629	+ 60
Stomach Cancer	11	685	10	639	+ 46
Prostate Cancer	12	677	12	598	+ 79
Pancreas Cancer	13	636	13	578	+ 58
Suicide	14	560	6	721	- 162
Liver Disease	15	532	9	644	- 111
Other Injuries	16	529	18	416	+ 113
Kidney Disease	17	520	19	372	+ 148
Lung Disease	18	505	16	513	- 8
Lymphomas	19	358	21	321	+ 37
Bladder Cancer	20	333	23	292	+ 40
Alcohol	21	332	33	192	+ 140
Oral Cancer	22	312	20	338	- 26
Falls	23	294	15	518	- 224
Ovary Cancer	24	287	26	233	+ 53
Leukemia	25	272	24	284	- 12
Liver Cancer	26	229	25	239	- 10
Road Traffic Accidents	27	224	27	225	- 1
Other Neoplasms	28	223	31	212	+ 11
Uterin Cancer	29	215	34	159	+ 56
Skin Cancers	30	211	32	197	+ 14
Peptic Ulcer Disease	31	207	22	313	- 106
Oesophagus Cancer	32	191	30	219	- 27
Cervical Cancer	33	186	28	224	- 38
Drownings	34	185	35	150	+ 35
Parkinson's Disease	35	183	29	222	- 39
Fires	36	151	43	51	+ 100
Violence	37	138	36	132	+ 6
Skin Disease	38	112	44	48	+ 64
HIV/AIDS	39	108	51	22	+ 86
Tuberculosis	40	104	38	119	- 15
Endocrine Disorders	41	86	39	72	+ 14
Hepatitis C	42	77	50	23	+ 54
Congenital Anomalies	43	68	41	62	+ 6
Prostatic Hypertrophy	44	66	57	8	+ 58
Epilepsy	45	65	40	62	+ 3
Asthma	46	61	46	45	+ 15
Rheumatic Heart Disease	47	60	48	29	+ 30
Drug Use	48	59	37	122	- 63
Poisonings	49	34	45	46	- 12
Multiple Sclerosis	50	30	49	29	+ 1
Rheumatoid Arthritis	51	29	47	41	- 12
Meningitis	52	22	52	19	+ 2
Anemia	53	21	60	5	+ 15
Diarrhoeal diseases	54	20	42	59	- 40
Birth Trauma	55	17	53	10	+ 7
Low Birth Weight	56	16	55	9	+ 8
Schizophrenia	57	11	56	8	+ 2
Osteoarthritis	58	10	59	6	+ 4
Appendicitis	59	7	54	10	- 3
Maternal Conditions	60	7	63	2	+ 5
Oral conditions	61	5	64	2	+ 3
Upper Respiratory	62	5	68	0	+ 5
Hepatitis B	63	5	61	5	- 0
Malnutrition	64	3	58	7	- 4
Syphilis	65	2	70	0	+ 2
Otitis Media	66	1	66	1	+ 0
Diphtheria	67	1	82	0	+ 1
War	68	0	67	0	+ 0
Encephalitis	69	0	65	2	- 2
Pertussis	70	0	69	0	+ 0
Tetanus	71	0	62	2	- 2
Measles	72	0	83	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	73	0	84	0	- 0
Leprosy	74	0	72	0	- 0
Chlamydia	75	0	71	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	76	0	80	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	77	0	77	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	78	0	78	0	- 0
Malaria	79	0	81	0	- 0
Chagas disease	80	0	79	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	81	0	73	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	82	0	75	0	- 0
Dengue	83	0	76	0	- 0
Ascariasis	84	0	74	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	85	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	86	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to LITHUANIA

Latvia

Lithuania

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.