MALDIVES VS LATVIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	LATVIA		MALDIVES		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	1,748	1	279	+ 1,469
Stroke	2	1,272	2	143	+ 1,129
Hypertension	3	258	17	16	+ 241
Lung Cancers	4	206	7	36	+ 170
Inflammatory/Heart	5	199	36	5	+ 193
Colon-Rectum Cancers	6	156	14	21	+ 135
Alzheimers & Dementia	7	143	5	47	+ 96
Diabetes Mellitus	8	114	6	47	+ 67
Influenza and Pneumonia	9	108	8	33	+ 75
Breast Cancer	10	102	9	28	+ 74
Stomach Cancer	11	101	49	1	+ 100
Prostate Cancer	12	100	26	11	+ 89
Pancreas Cancer	13	94	40	4	+ 90
Suicide	14	83	21	15	+ 68
Liver Disease	15	79	11	24	+ 54
Other Injuries	16	78	18	16	+ 63
Kidney Disease	17	77	4	80	- 3
Lung Disease	18	75	3	91	- 16
Lymphomas	19	53	34	7	+ 46
Bladder Cancer	20	49	37	5	+ 44
Alcohol	21	49	51	1	+ 48
Oral Cancer	22	46	19	15	+ 31
Falls	23	43	16	19	+ 25
Ovary Cancer	24	42	30	9	+ 33
Leukemia	25	40	24	13	+ 27
Liver Cancer	26	34	10	27	+ 7
Road Traffic Accidents	27	33	31	9	+ 25
Other Neoplasms	28	33	46	2	+ 31
Uterin Cancer	29	32	47	2	+ 30
Skin Cancers	30	31	63	0	+ 31
Peptic Ulcer Disease	31	31	42	4	+ 27
Oesophagus Cancer	32	28	59	0	+ 28
Cervical Cancer	33	28	13	22	+ 6
Drownings	34	27	23	14	+ 14
Parkinson's Disease	35	27	25	12	+ 16
Fires	36	22	41	4	+ 18
Violence	37	20	28	10	+ 10
Skin Disease	38	17	32	8	+ 8
HIV/AIDS	39	16	78	0	+ 16
Tuberculosis	40	15	27	11	+ 4
Endocrine Disorders	41	13	12	22	- 9
Hepatitis C	42	11	64	0	+ 11
Congenital Anomalies	43	10	15	19	- 9
Prostatic Hypertrophy	44	10	80	0	+ 10
Epilepsy	45	10	38	5	+ 5
Asthma	46	9	29	10	- 1
Rheumatic Heart Disease	47	9	43	3	+ 5
Drug Use	48	9	48	2	+ 7
Poisonings	49	5	55	0	+ 5
Multiple Sclerosis	50	4	57	0	+ 4
Rheumatoid Arthritis	51	4	53	0	+ 4
Meningitis	52	3	50	1	+ 2
Anemia	53	3	85	0	+ 3
Diarrhoeal diseases	54	3	22	14	- 11
Birth Trauma	55	3	39	5	- 2
Low Birth Weight	56	2	20	15	- 12
Schizophrenia	57	2	86	0	+ 2
Osteoarthritis	58	1	81	0	+ 1
Appendicitis	59	1	61	0	+ 1
Maternal Conditions	60	1	35	5	- 4
Oral conditions	61	1	82	0	+ 1
Upper Respiratory	62	1	66	0	+ 1
Hepatitis B	63	1	56	0	+ 0
Malnutrition	64	0	45	3	- 2
Syphilis	65	0	58	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	66	0	69	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	67	0	68	0	+ 0
War	68	0	62	0	- 0
Encephalitis	69	0	44	3	- 3
Pertussis	70	0	52	0	- 0
Tetanus	71	0	54	0	- 0
Measles	72	0	60	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	73	0	79	0	- 0
Leprosy	74	0	70	0	- 0
Chlamydia	75	0	67	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	76	0	74	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	77	0	72	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	78	0	71	0	- 0
Malaria	79	0	75	0	- 0
Chagas disease	80	0	73	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	81	0	77	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	82	0	76	0	- 0
Dengue	83	0	33	8	- 8
Ascariasis	84	0	65	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	84	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	83	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to MALDIVES

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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.