MAURITIUS VS LATVIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	LATVIA		MAURITIUS		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	5,893	2	1,805	+ 4,088
Stroke	2	4,287	3	985	+ 3,302
Hypertension	3	869	6	592	+ 277
Lung Cancers	4	696	9	182	+ 514
Inflammatory/Heart	5	670	16	108	+ 562
Colon-Rectum Cancers	6	525	10	182	+ 343
Alzheimers & Dementia	7	483	34	42	+ 441
Diabetes Mellitus	8	385	1	1,873	- 1,488
Influenza and Pneumonia	9	365	7	346	+ 19
Breast Cancer	10	344	8	232	+ 111
Stomach Cancer	11	342	18	104	+ 237
Prostate Cancer	12	338	15	115	+ 223
Pancreas Cancer	13	317	28	55	+ 263
Suicide	14	279	14	120	+ 159
Liver Disease	15	265	12	145	+ 120
Other Injuries	16	264	21	66	+ 198
Kidney Disease	17	259	4	724	- 465
Lung Disease	18	252	5	646	- 394
Lymphomas	19	179	24	57	+ 122
Bladder Cancer	20	166	44	21	+ 145
Alcohol	21	165	29	53	+ 112
Oral Cancer	22	156	23	63	+ 92
Falls	23	146	26	57	+ 90
Ovary Cancer	24	143	32	46	+ 97
Leukemia	25	135	31	48	+ 87
Liver Cancer	26	114	27	56	+ 58
Road Traffic Accidents	27	112	11	155	- 44
Other Neoplasms	28	111	20	77	+ 34
Uterin Cancer	29	107	40	32	+ 76
Skin Cancers	30	105	53	5	+ 101
Peptic Ulcer Disease	31	103	43	22	+ 81
Oesophagus Cancer	32	95	37	35	+ 60
Cervical Cancer	33	93	30	49	+ 44
Drownings	34	92	33	43	+ 49
Parkinson's Disease	35	91	47	12	+ 80
Fires	36	75	50	10	+ 65
Violence	37	69	41	30	+ 39
Skin Disease	38	56	22	64	- 9
HIV/AIDS	39	54	13	141	- 87
Tuberculosis	40	52	45	17	+ 34
Endocrine Disorders	41	43	19	101	- 58
Hepatitis C	42	38	51	9	+ 30
Congenital Anomalies	43	34	25	57	- 23
Prostatic Hypertrophy	44	33	58	2	+ 31
Epilepsy	45	32	38	35	- 3
Asthma	46	30	17	107	- 77
Rheumatic Heart Disease	47	30	56	3	+ 27
Drug Use	48	30	46	16	+ 14
Poisonings	49	17	49	11	+ 6
Multiple Sclerosis	50	15	84	0	+ 15
Rheumatoid Arthritis	51	14	60	1	+ 13
Meningitis	52	11	57	2	+ 8
Anemia	53	10	39	33	- 23
Diarrhoeal diseases	54	10	42	23	- 13
Birth Trauma	55	8	36	37	- 28
Low Birth Weight	56	8	35	37	- 29
Schizophrenia	57	5	52	5	+ 0
Osteoarthritis	58	5	83	0	+ 5
Appendicitis	59	3	59	1	+ 2
Maternal Conditions	60	3	48	11	- 7
Oral conditions	61	3	55	3	- 1
Upper Respiratory	62	3	63	0	+ 3
Hepatitis B	63	2	65	0	+ 2
Malnutrition	64	1	54	4	- 2
Syphilis	65	1	67	0	+ 1
Otitis Media	66	1	80	0	+ 1
Diphtheria	67	1	75	0	+ 1
War	68	0	62	0	+ 0
Encephalitis	69	0	61	1	- 1
Pertussis	70	0	66	0	+ 0
Tetanus	71	0	76	0	- 0
Measles	72	0	77	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	73	0	82	0	- 0
Leprosy	74	0	81	0	- 0
Chlamydia	75	0	74	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	76	0	73	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	77	0	72	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	78	0	69	0	- 0
Malaria	79	0	70	0	- 0
Chagas disease	80	0	71	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	81	0	78	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	82	0	79	0	- 0
Dengue	83	0	68	0	- 0
Ascariasis	84	0	64	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	85	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	86	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to MAURITIUS

Latvia

Mauritius

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.