LATVIA VS LESOTHO: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	LESOTHO		LATVIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
HIV/AIDS	1	3,855	39	74	+ 3,781
Influenza and Pneumonia	2	2,599	9	501	+ 2,098
Stroke	3	2,278	2	5,893	- 3,615
Diarrhoeal diseases	4	1,904	54	14	+ 1,890
Coronary Heart Disease	5	1,699	1	8,099	- 6,400
Diabetes Mellitus	6	1,617	8	529	+ 1,087
Suicide	7	1,245	14	384	+ 861
Tuberculosis	8	977	40	71	+ 906
Lung Disease	9	891	18	346	+ 545
Kidney Disease	10	820	17	356	+ 464
Hypertension	11	800	3	1,194	- 393
Low Birth Weight	12	774	56	11	+ 762
Violence	13	747	37	94	+ 653
Liver Disease	14	640	15	365	+ 276
Birth Trauma	15	580	55	12	+ 568
Road Traffic Accidents	16	549	27	154	+ 395
Asthma	17	548	46	42	+ 506
Other Injuries	18	431	16	362	+ 68
Congenital Anomalies	19	315	43	46	+ 268
Cervical Cancer	20	301	33	128	+ 173
Malnutrition	21	289	64	2	+ 287
Meningitis	22	257	52	15	+ 242
Inflammatory/Heart	23	247	5	921	- 674
Maternal Conditions	24	236	60	5	+ 232
Peptic Ulcer Disease	25	225	31	142	+ 84
Fires	26	217	36	103	+ 114
Endocrine Disorders	27	190	41	59	+ 131
Drownings	28	162	34	127	+ 35
Alzheimers & Dementia	29	157	7	664	- 507
Epilepsy	30	116	45	44	+ 72
Falls	31	103	23	201	- 98
Rheumatic Heart Disease	32	102	47	41	+ 61
Poisonings	33	90	49	23	+ 67
Breast Cancer	34	79	10	472	- 394
Prostate Cancer	35	65	12	464	- 399
Lymphomas	36	63	19	245	- 182
Oesophagus Cancer	37	59	32	131	- 72
Alcohol	38	57	21	227	- 170
Liver Cancer	39	57	26	157	- 100
Skin Disease	40	56	38	76	- 20
Parkinson's Disease	41	44	35	125	- 81
Oral Cancer	42	42	22	214	- 172
Lung Cancers	43	41	4	956	- 915
Pertussis	44	41	70	0	+ 41
Syphilis	45	41	65	1	+ 40
Skin Cancers	46	37	30	144	- 107
Tetanus	47	37	71	0	+ 37
Colon-Rectum Cancers	48	32	6	722	- 690
Leukemia	49	31	25	186	- 155
Drug Use	50	26	48	41	- 15
Hepatitis B	51	22	63	3	+ 18
Appendicitis	52	20	59	5	+ 15
Ovary Cancer	53	20	24	196	- 177
Uterin Cancer	54	19	29	148	- 129
Upper Respiratory	55	15	62	4	+ 11
Rheumatoid Arthritis	56	15	51	20	- 5
Encephalitis	57	11	69	0	+ 11
Pancreas Cancer	58	10	13	436	- 426
Measles	59	9	72	0	+ 9
Stomach Cancer	60	9	11	470	- 461
Bladder Cancer	61	8	20	228	- 220
Other Neoplasms	62	7	28	153	- 145
Multiple Sclerosis	63	5	50	20	- 15
Hepatitis C	64	2	42	53	- 51
Chlamydia	65	1	75	0	+ 1
Otitis Media	66	1	66	1	+ 0
Ascariasis	67	1	84	0	+ 1
War	68	0	68	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	69	0	67	1	- 0
Dengue	70	0	83	0	+ 0
Trichuriasis	71	0	81	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	72	0	82	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	73	0	73	0	- 0
Leprosy	74	0	74	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	75	0	77	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	76	0	78	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	77	0	76	0	- 0
Chagas disease	78	0	80	0	- 0
Malaria	79	0	79	0	- 0
Depression	80	0	86	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	81	0	57	7	- 7
Vitamin A Deficiency	82	0	85	0	- 0
Anemia	83	0	53	14	- 14
Osteoarthritis	84	0	58	7	- 7
Prostatic Hypertrophy	85	0	44	45	- 45
Oral conditions	86	0	61	4	- 4
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to LATVIA

Lesotho

Latvia

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.