NAMIBIA VS LATVIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	LATVIA		NAMIBIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	12,606	5	1,221	+ 11,386
Stroke	2	9,172	4	1,333	+ 7,839
Hypertension	3	1,858	12	428	+ 1,430
Lung Cancers	4	1,489	35	59	+ 1,430
Inflammatory/Heart	5	1,433	22	162	+ 1,272
Colon-Rectum Cancers	6	1,124	36	54	+ 1,069
Alzheimers & Dementia	7	1,033	21	176	+ 857
Diabetes Mellitus	8	824	7	724	+ 100
Influenza and Pneumonia	9	780	2	1,464	- 684
Breast Cancer	10	735	24	121	+ 614
Stomach Cancer	11	731	45	33	+ 698
Prostate Cancer	12	722	31	94	+ 628
Pancreas Cancer	13	679	53	18	+ 661
Suicide	14	597	17	243	+ 355
Liver Disease	15	568	14	336	+ 232
Other Injuries	16	564	19	207	+ 357
Kidney Disease	17	555	15	322	+ 233
Lung Disease	18	539	10	461	+ 78
Lymphomas	19	382	40	46	+ 336
Bladder Cancer	20	355	54	16	+ 339
Alcohol	21	354	48	28	+ 326
Oral Cancer	22	333	30	100	+ 233
Falls	23	313	34	62	+ 251
Ovary Cancer	24	306	50	23	+ 282
Leukemia	25	290	49	24	+ 266
Liver Cancer	26	244	41	45	+ 199
Road Traffic Accidents	27	239	6	868	- 629
Other Neoplasms	28	238	60	8	+ 230
Uterin Cancer	29	230	56	11	+ 218
Skin Cancers	30	225	29	108	+ 117
Peptic Ulcer Disease	31	221	32	76	+ 145
Oesophagus Cancer	32	204	52	21	+ 183
Cervical Cancer	33	199	23	133	+ 66
Drownings	34	197	26	110	+ 88
Parkinson's Disease	35	195	42	43	+ 152
Fires	36	161	28	109	+ 52
Violence	37	147	11	450	- 303
Skin Disease	38	119	47	31	+ 88
HIV/AIDS	39	115	1	2,928	- 2,813
Tuberculosis	40	111	3	1,416	- 1,305
Endocrine Disorders	41	92	33	73	+ 19
Hepatitis C	42	82	66	1	+ 82
Congenital Anomalies	43	72	16	283	- 211
Prostatic Hypertrophy	44	71	82	0	+ 71
Epilepsy	45	69	38	49	+ 20
Asthma	46	65	20	200	- 136
Rheumatic Heart Disease	47	64	44	33	+ 30
Drug Use	48	63	46	32	+ 32
Poisonings	49	36	39	46	- 10
Multiple Sclerosis	50	32	64	2	+ 29
Rheumatoid Arthritis	51	31	57	9	+ 21
Meningitis	52	23	27	109	- 86
Anemia	53	22	83	0	+ 22
Diarrhoeal diseases	54	21	8	645	- 624
Birth Trauma	55	18	13	345	- 326
Low Birth Weight	56	18	9	516	- 498
Schizophrenia	57	12	86	0	+ 12
Osteoarthritis	58	11	81	0	+ 11
Appendicitis	59	7	58	9	- 1
Maternal Conditions	60	7	25	110	- 103
Oral conditions	61	6	80	0	+ 6
Upper Respiratory	62	6	61	6	- 1
Hepatitis B	63	5	63	4	+ 0
Malnutrition	64	3	18	224	- 221
Syphilis	65	2	43	35	- 33
Otitis Media	66	1	70	0	+ 1
Diphtheria	67	1	71	0	+ 1
War	68	0	67	0	- 0
Encephalitis	69	0	59	8	- 8
Pertussis	70	0	37	54	- 54
Tetanus	71	0	62	6	- 6
Measles	72	0	65	2	- 2
Iodine Deficiency	73	0	73	0	- 0
Leprosy	74	0	72	0	- 0
Chlamydia	75	0	68	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	76	0	77	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	77	0	79	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	78	0	55	14	- 14
Malaria	79	0	51	22	- 22
Chagas disease	80	0	78	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	81	0	75	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	82	0	76	0	- 0
Dengue	83	0	74	0	- 0
Ascariasis	84	0	69	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	84	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	85	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to NAMIBIA

Latvia

Namibia

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.