THAILAND VS LATVIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	LATVIA		THAILAND		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	314,394	1	51,305	+ 263,089
Stroke	2	228,740	2	50,273	+ 178,467
Hypertension	3	46,339	34	2,179	+ 44,160
Lung Cancers	4	37,127	8	22,296	+ 14,831
Inflammatory/Heart	5	35,746	32	2,879	+ 32,867
Colon-Rectum Cancers	6	28,029	13	9,908	+ 18,121
Alzheimers & Dementia	7	25,760	6	22,851	+ 2,909
Diabetes Mellitus	8	20,551	10	18,776	+ 1,775
Influenza and Pneumonia	9	19,454	3	31,289	- 11,835
Breast Cancer	10	18,338	17	6,053	+ 12,286
Stomach Cancer	11	18,227	27	3,451	+ 14,776
Prostate Cancer	12	18,011	30	3,013	+ 14,998
Pancreas Cancer	13	16,932	33	2,383	+ 14,549
Suicide	14	14,896	16	6,147	+ 8,749
Liver Disease	15	14,159	11	17,596	- 3,437
Other Injuries	16	14,066	21	4,869	+ 9,197
Kidney Disease	17	13,836	4	26,822	- 12,986
Lung Disease	18	13,443	9	19,474	- 6,031
Lymphomas	19	9,526	22	4,539	+ 4,987
Bladder Cancer	20	8,850	38	1,798	+ 7,051
Alcohol	21	8,825	49	548	+ 8,277
Oral Cancer	22	8,308	20	4,961	+ 3,347
Falls	23	7,816	18	5,409	+ 2,407
Ovary Cancer	24	7,624	36	2,003	+ 5,621
Leukemia	25	7,225	26	3,902	+ 3,323
Liver Cancer	26	6,082	5	23,883	- 17,801
Road Traffic Accidents	27	5,959	7	22,428	- 16,469
Other Neoplasms	28	5,925	54	192	+ 5,734
Uterin Cancer	29	5,733	44	864	+ 4,869
Skin Cancers	30	5,606	41	1,133	+ 4,473
Peptic Ulcer Disease	31	5,506	39	1,679	+ 3,827
Oesophagus Cancer	32	5,091	29	3,156	+ 1,936
Cervical Cancer	33	4,956	19	5,110	- 153
Drownings	34	4,924	25	3,956	+ 968
Parkinson's Disease	35	4,870	23	4,292	+ 578
Fires	36	4,009	48	617	+ 3,392
Violence	37	3,668	31	2,965	+ 702
Skin Disease	38	2,968	28	3,375	- 408
HIV/AIDS	39	2,876	12	13,922	- 11,046
Tuberculosis	40	2,767	14	9,551	- 6,784
Endocrine Disorders	41	2,293	37	1,888	+ 405
Hepatitis C	42	2,053	67	7	+ 2,045
Congenital Anomalies	43	1,804	35	2,107	- 303
Prostatic Hypertrophy	44	1,765	81	0	+ 1,765
Epilepsy	45	1,718	47	689	+ 1,029
Asthma	46	1,617	24	4,182	- 2,565
Rheumatic Heart Disease	47	1,584	51	436	+ 1,149
Drug Use	48	1,583	45	794	+ 789
Poisonings	49	902	57	132	+ 770
Multiple Sclerosis	50	787	61	86	+ 702
Rheumatoid Arthritis	51	770	53	194	+ 575
Meningitis	52	573	43	931	- 357
Anemia	53	549	85	0	+ 549
Diarrhoeal diseases	54	528	15	6,863	- 6,335
Birth Trauma	55	451	50	533	- 82
Low Birth Weight	56	438	40	1,548	- 1,110
Schizophrenia	57	290	84	0	+ 290
Osteoarthritis	58	267	82	0	+ 267
Appendicitis	59	184	59	114	+ 70
Maternal Conditions	60	177	52	227	- 50
Oral conditions	61	140	80	0	+ 140
Upper Respiratory	62	138	65	18	+ 121
Hepatitis B	63	123	56	153	- 31
Malnutrition	64	74	42	962	- 888
Syphilis	65	50	64	36	+ 14
Otitis Media	66	37	68	7	+ 30
Diphtheria	67	28	71	1	+ 26
War	68	8	60	87	- 80
Encephalitis	69	2	46	722	- 720
Pertussis	70	1	62	77	- 76
Tetanus	71	0	58	116	- 116
Measles	72	0	63	56	- 56
Iodine Deficiency	73	0	76	0	- 0
Leprosy	74	0	79	0	- 0
Chlamydia	75	0	70	3	- 3
Trypanosomiasis	76	0	74	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	77	0	72	1	- 1
Schistosomiasis	78	0	75	0	- 0
Malaria	79	0	66	13	- 13
Chagas disease	80	0	73	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	81	0	78	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	82	0	77	0	- 0
Dengue	83	0	55	172	- 172
Ascariasis	84	0	69	4	- 4
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	86	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	83	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to THAILAND

Latvia

Thailand

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.