SRI LANKA VS LATVIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	LATVIA		SRI LANKA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	98,843	1	26,304	+ 72,539
Stroke	2	71,914	6	6,805	+ 65,109
Hypertension	3	14,569	20	1,055	+ 13,513
Lung Cancers	4	11,673	12	1,775	+ 9,898
Inflammatory/Heart	5	11,238	35	425	+ 10,813
Colon-Rectum Cancers	6	8,812	24	911	+ 7,901
Alzheimers & Dementia	7	8,099	4	6,939	+ 1,160
Diabetes Mellitus	8	6,461	2	12,460	- 5,999
Influenza and Pneumonia	9	6,116	8	5,117	+ 999
Breast Cancer	10	5,765	15	1,383	+ 4,382
Stomach Cancer	11	5,730	16	1,321	+ 4,409
Prostate Cancer	12	5,662	30	507	+ 5,156
Pancreas Cancer	13	5,323	43	214	+ 5,110
Suicide	14	4,683	10	2,977	+ 1,706
Liver Disease	15	4,451	17	1,303	+ 3,149
Other Injuries	16	4,422	14	1,529	+ 2,893
Kidney Disease	17	4,350	5	6,858	- 2,508
Lung Disease	18	4,226	3	9,456	- 5,230
Lymphomas	19	2,995	21	1,027	+ 1,968
Bladder Cancer	20	2,782	34	432	+ 2,351
Alcohol	21	2,775	51	82	+ 2,692
Oral Cancer	22	2,612	11	2,893	- 281
Falls	23	2,457	23	964	+ 1,493
Ovary Cancer	24	2,397	37	281	+ 2,116
Leukemia	25	2,272	18	1,155	+ 1,117
Liver Cancer	26	1,912	19	1,090	+ 822
Road Traffic Accidents	27	1,874	9	4,200	- 2,326
Other Neoplasms	28	1,863	50	86	+ 1,777
Uterin Cancer	29	1,802	42	218	+ 1,584
Skin Cancers	30	1,763	52	58	+ 1,704
Peptic Ulcer Disease	31	1,731	56	38	+ 1,693
Oesophagus Cancer	32	1,601	13	1,544	+ 57
Cervical Cancer	33	1,558	26	762	+ 796
Drownings	34	1,548	27	731	+ 817
Parkinson's Disease	35	1,531	45	168	+ 1,364
Fires	36	1,261	41	239	+ 1,022
Violence	37	1,153	31	499	+ 654
Skin Disease	38	933	36	293	+ 640
HIV/AIDS	39	904	55	39	+ 865
Tuberculosis	40	870	25	769	+ 101
Endocrine Disorders	41	721	32	462	+ 259
Hepatitis C	42	645	75	0	+ 645
Congenital Anomalies	43	567	22	989	- 422
Prostatic Hypertrophy	44	555	70	2	+ 553
Epilepsy	45	540	39	269	+ 271
Asthma	46	508	7	6,471	- 5,963
Rheumatic Heart Disease	47	498	53	49	+ 449
Drug Use	48	498	40	257	+ 240
Poisonings	49	284	49	93	+ 190
Multiple Sclerosis	50	247	69	2	+ 245
Rheumatoid Arthritis	51	242	60	11	+ 231
Meningitis	52	180	46	146	+ 34
Anemia	53	172	33	445	- 273
Diarrhoeal diseases	54	166	28	605	- 439
Birth Trauma	55	142	44	193	- 51
Low Birth Weight	56	138	29	536	- 399
Schizophrenia	57	91	65	5	+ 86
Osteoarthritis	58	84	67	3	+ 81
Appendicitis	59	58	64	5	+ 53
Maternal Conditions	60	56	48	96	- 40
Oral conditions	61	44	68	3	+ 41
Upper Respiratory	62	44	66	5	+ 39
Hepatitis B	63	39	62	6	+ 33
Malnutrition	64	23	54	43	- 20
Syphilis	65	16	58	15	+ 1
Otitis Media	66	12	76	0	+ 12
Diphtheria	67	9	74	0	+ 9
War	68	2	38	280	- 277
Encephalitis	69	1	61	10	- 10
Pertussis	70	0	59	15	- 14
Tetanus	71	0	57	27	- 27
Measles	72	0	77	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	73	0	78	0	- 0
Leprosy	74	0	63	6	- 6
Chlamydia	75	0	84	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	76	0	82	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	77	0	73	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	78	0	81	0	- 0
Malaria	79	0	80	0	- 0
Chagas disease	80	0	83	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	81	0	79	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	82	0	71	0	- 0
Dengue	83	0	47	131	- 131
Ascariasis	84	0	72	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	85	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	86	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to SRI LANKA

Latvia

Sri Lanka

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.