SLOVENIA VS LATVIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	LATVIA		SLOVENIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	9,433	1	3,617	+ 5,816
Stroke	2	6,863	2	1,977	+ 4,886
Hypertension	3	1,390	4	881	+ 510
Lung Cancers	4	1,114	3	1,261	- 147
Inflammatory/Heart	5	1,073	20	239	+ 833
Colon-Rectum Cancers	6	841	5	743	+ 98
Alzheimers & Dementia	7	773	16	375	+ 397
Diabetes Mellitus	8	617	18	340	+ 276
Influenza and Pneumonia	9	584	13	412	+ 172
Breast Cancer	10	550	9	484	+ 66
Stomach Cancer	11	547	17	341	+ 206
Prostate Cancer	12	540	10	476	+ 64
Pancreas Cancer	13	508	15	409	+ 99
Suicide	14	447	14	411	+ 36
Liver Disease	15	425	12	429	- 4
Other Injuries	16	422	23	203	+ 219
Kidney Disease	17	415	28	143	+ 272
Lung Disease	18	403	7	675	- 271
Lymphomas	19	286	11	465	- 179
Bladder Cancer	20	266	22	211	+ 54
Alcohol	21	265	8	511	- 246
Oral Cancer	22	249	27	145	+ 104
Falls	23	235	6	708	- 473
Ovary Cancer	24	229	29	122	+ 106
Leukemia	25	217	21	225	- 9
Liver Cancer	26	182	19	285	- 102
Road Traffic Accidents	27	179	31	105	+ 74
Other Neoplasms	28	178	34	69	+ 109
Uterin Cancer	29	172	30	106	+ 66
Skin Cancers	30	168	25	191	- 22
Peptic Ulcer Disease	31	165	37	55	+ 111
Oesophagus Cancer	32	153	32	93	+ 60
Cervical Cancer	33	149	36	60	+ 88
Drownings	34	148	44	17	+ 131
Parkinson's Disease	35	146	24	196	- 50
Fires	36	120	48	8	+ 112
Violence	37	110	42	19	+ 91
Skin Disease	38	89	49	5	+ 84
HIV/AIDS	39	86	70	0	+ 86
Tuberculosis	40	83	46	15	+ 68
Endocrine Disorders	41	69	33	93	- 24
Hepatitis C	42	62	67	0	+ 62
Congenital Anomalies	43	54	38	49	+ 5
Prostatic Hypertrophy	44	53	86	0	+ 53
Epilepsy	45	52	35	62	- 11
Asthma	46	49	45	16	+ 32
Rheumatic Heart Disease	47	48	26	151	- 104
Drug Use	48	47	41	24	+ 23
Poisonings	49	27	51	4	+ 23
Multiple Sclerosis	50	24	39	35	- 11
Rheumatoid Arthritis	51	23	40	30	- 7
Meningitis	52	17	50	5	+ 12
Anemia	53	16	60	1	+ 15
Diarrhoeal diseases	54	16	52	4	+ 12
Birth Trauma	55	14	57	1	+ 12
Low Birth Weight	56	13	43	17	- 4
Schizophrenia	57	9	47	9	- 1
Osteoarthritis	58	8	85	0	+ 8
Appendicitis	59	6	54	2	+ 3
Maternal Conditions	60	5	56	1	+ 4
Oral conditions	61	4	53	3	+ 1
Upper Respiratory	62	4	63	0	+ 4
Hepatitis B	63	4	58	1	+ 3
Malnutrition	64	2	64	0	+ 2
Syphilis	65	2	55	2	- 0
Otitis Media	66	1	68	0	+ 1
Diphtheria	67	1	77	0	+ 1
War	68	0	61	0	+ 0
Encephalitis	69	0	65	0	+ 0
Pertussis	70	0	66	0	+ 0
Tetanus	71	0	59	1	- 1
Measles	72	0	76	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	73	0	78	0	- 0
Leprosy	74	0	69	0	- 0
Chlamydia	75	0	71	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	76	0	80	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	77	0	62	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	78	0	82	0	- 0
Malaria	79	0	81	0	- 0
Chagas disease	80	0	79	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	81	0	72	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	82	0	74	0	- 0
Dengue	83	0	75	0	- 0
Ascariasis	84	0	73	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	83	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	84	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to SLOVENIA

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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.