SWAZILAND VS LATVIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	LATVIA		SWAZILAND		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	5,117	5	755	+ 4,362
Stroke	2	3,723	4	800	+ 2,923
Hypertension	3	754	10	292	+ 462
Lung Cancers	4	604	46	17	+ 588
Inflammatory/Heart	5	582	24	94	+ 488
Colon-Rectum Cancers	6	456	43	19	+ 438
Alzheimers & Dementia	7	419	27	77	+ 343
Diabetes Mellitus	8	335	3	892	- 557
Influenza and Pneumonia	9	317	2	921	- 604
Breast Cancer	10	298	35	37	+ 262
Stomach Cancer	11	297	53	7	+ 290
Prostate Cancer	12	293	31	45	+ 248
Pancreas Cancer	13	276	56	6	+ 270
Suicide	14	242	9	338	- 95
Liver Disease	15	230	11	274	- 43
Other Injuries	16	229	17	190	+ 39
Kidney Disease	17	225	8	381	- 156
Lung Disease	18	219	12	264	- 46
Lymphomas	19	155	36	31	+ 124
Bladder Cancer	20	144	55	6	+ 138
Alcohol	21	144	48	16	+ 128
Oral Cancer	22	135	51	10	+ 125
Falls	23	127	32	41	+ 86
Ovary Cancer	24	124	52	10	+ 114
Leukemia	25	118	47	16	+ 101
Liver Cancer	26	99	37	29	+ 70
Road Traffic Accidents	27	97	7	384	- 287
Other Neoplasms	28	96	61	4	+ 93
Uterin Cancer	29	93	50	11	+ 82
Skin Cancers	30	91	42	20	+ 71
Peptic Ulcer Disease	31	90	29	51	+ 39
Oesophagus Cancer	32	83	44	18	+ 64
Cervical Cancer	33	81	15	215	- 134
Drownings	34	80	25	87	- 7
Parkinson's Disease	35	79	41	24	+ 55
Fires	36	65	26	84	- 18
Violence	37	60	16	212	- 153
Skin Disease	38	48	40	25	+ 23
HIV/AIDS	39	47	1	2,314	- 2,267
Tuberculosis	40	45	13	256	- 211
Endocrine Disorders	41	37	28	74	- 37
Hepatitis C	42	33	65	0	+ 33
Congenital Anomalies	43	29	19	160	- 131
Prostatic Hypertrophy	44	29	80	0	+ 29
Epilepsy	45	28	30	46	- 18
Asthma	46	26	20	150	- 123
Rheumatic Heart Disease	47	26	39	26	- 0
Drug Use	48	26	38	27	- 1
Poisonings	49	15	34	37	- 23
Multiple Sclerosis	50	13	63	1	+ 11
Rheumatoid Arthritis	51	13	58	5	+ 8
Meningitis	52	9	23	97	- 88
Anemia	53	9	84	0	+ 9
Diarrhoeal diseases	54	9	6	517	- 509
Birth Trauma	55	7	18	166	- 159
Low Birth Weight	56	7	14	233	- 226
Schizophrenia	57	5	83	0	+ 5
Osteoarthritis	58	4	81	0	+ 4
Appendicitis	59	3	54	7	- 4
Maternal Conditions	60	3	21	116	- 113
Oral conditions	61	2	82	0	+ 2
Upper Respiratory	62	2	60	4	- 2
Hepatitis B	63	2	57	6	- 4
Malnutrition	64	1	22	106	- 105
Syphilis	65	1	45	17	- 17
Otitis Media	66	1	68	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	67	0	70	0	+ 0
War	68	0	71	0	- 0
Encephalitis	69	0	59	5	- 5
Pertussis	70	0	33	39	- 39
Tetanus	71	0	62	4	- 4
Measles	72	0	64	1	- 1
Iodine Deficiency	73	0	75	0	- 0
Leprosy	74	0	76	0	- 0
Chlamydia	75	0	69	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	76	0	78	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	77	0	77	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	78	0	49	13	- 13
Malaria	79	0	67	0	- 0
Chagas disease	80	0	79	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	81	0	74	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	82	0	73	0	- 0
Dengue	83	0	72	0	- 0
Ascariasis	84	0	66	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	85	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	86	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to SWAZILAND

Latvia

Swaziland

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.