TRINIDAD/TOB. VS LATVIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	LATVIA		TRINIDAD/TOB.		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	6,335	1	1,476	+ 4,860
Stroke	2	4,609	3	822	+ 3,787
Hypertension	3	934	11	201	+ 732
Lung Cancers	4	748	8	217	+ 531
Inflammatory/Heart	5	720	25	72	+ 648
Colon-Rectum Cancers	6	565	13	196	+ 369
Alzheimers & Dementia	7	519	9	215	+ 304
Diabetes Mellitus	8	414	2	1,275	- 861
Influenza and Pneumonia	9	392	10	205	+ 187
Breast Cancer	10	370	7	258	+ 111
Stomach Cancer	11	367	26	69	+ 298
Prostate Cancer	12	363	6	330	+ 33
Pancreas Cancer	13	341	19	114	+ 227
Suicide	14	300	17	121	+ 179
Liver Disease	15	285	14	136	+ 149
Other Injuries	16	283	30	61	+ 222
Kidney Disease	17	279	5	439	- 161
Lung Disease	18	271	16	129	+ 142
Lymphomas	19	192	20	111	+ 81
Bladder Cancer	20	178	34	41	+ 138
Alcohol	21	178	42	23	+ 155
Oral Cancer	22	167	38	31	+ 137
Falls	23	158	33	43	+ 114
Ovary Cancer	24	154	24	80	+ 73
Leukemia	25	146	29	62	+ 83
Liver Cancer	26	123	28	66	+ 57
Road Traffic Accidents	27	120	15	130	- 10
Other Neoplasms	28	119	51	10	+ 109
Uterin Cancer	29	116	27	68	+ 48
Skin Cancers	30	113	57	4	+ 109
Peptic Ulcer Disease	31	111	31	52	+ 59
Oesophagus Cancer	32	103	41	24	+ 78
Cervical Cancer	33	100	21	97	+ 3
Drownings	34	99	39	31	+ 68
Parkinson's Disease	35	98	32	51	+ 47
Fires	36	81	48	16	+ 64
Violence	37	74	4	549	- 475
Skin Disease	38	60	36	39	+ 21
HIV/AIDS	39	58	12	196	- 138
Tuberculosis	40	56	43	22	+ 34
Endocrine Disorders	41	46	18	119	- 73
Hepatitis C	42	41	62	0	+ 41
Congenital Anomalies	43	36	22	93	- 57
Prostatic Hypertrophy	44	36	82	0	+ 36
Epilepsy	45	35	37	32	+ 3
Asthma	46	33	35	40	- 8
Rheumatic Heart Disease	47	32	49	11	+ 21
Drug Use	48	32	44	19	+ 13
Poisonings	49	18	59	1	+ 17
Multiple Sclerosis	50	16	58	2	+ 14
Rheumatoid Arthritis	51	16	53	8	+ 7
Meningitis	52	12	52	9	+ 2
Anemia	53	11	85	0	+ 11
Diarrhoeal diseases	54	11	45	18	- 7
Birth Trauma	55	9	40	25	- 16
Low Birth Weight	56	9	23	83	- 74
Schizophrenia	57	6	86	0	+ 6
Osteoarthritis	58	5	81	0	+ 5
Appendicitis	59	4	56	4	- 1
Maternal Conditions	60	4	50	10	- 7
Oral conditions	61	3	80	0	+ 3
Upper Respiratory	62	3	64	0	+ 3
Hepatitis B	63	2	60	0	+ 2
Malnutrition	64	1	47	17	- 15
Syphilis	65	1	61	0	+ 1
Otitis Media	66	1	69	0	+ 1
Diphtheria	67	1	68	0	+ 1
War	68	0	46	17	- 17
Encephalitis	69	0	54	6	- 6
Pertussis	70	0	67	0	+ 0
Tetanus	71	0	65	0	- 0
Measles	72	0	76	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	73	0	79	0	- 0
Leprosy	74	0	70	0	- 0
Chlamydia	75	0	63	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	76	0	75	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	77	0	73	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	78	0	71	0	- 0
Malaria	79	0	72	0	- 0
Chagas disease	80	0	74	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	81	0	78	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	82	0	77	0	- 0
Dengue	83	0	55	5	- 5
Ascariasis	84	0	66	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	84	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	83	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to TRINIDAD/TOB.

Latvia

Trinidad/Tob.

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.