LATVIA VS LIBERIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	LIBERIA		LATVIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Tuberculosis	1	916	40	71	+ 845
Influenza and Pneumonia	2	892	9	501	+ 391
Measles	3	846	72	0	+ 846
Malaria	4	804	79	0	+ 804
Road Traffic Accidents	5	636	27	154	+ 483
HIV/AIDS	6	636	39	74	+ 562
Coronary Heart Disease	7	624	1	8,099	- 7,475
Low Birth Weight	8	547	56	11	+ 536
Birth Trauma	9	531	55	12	+ 519
Diarrhoeal diseases	10	527	54	14	+ 514
Stroke	11	523	2	5,893	- 5,370
Maternal Conditions	12	288	60	5	+ 284
Liver Disease	13	284	15	365	- 80
Congenital Anomalies	14	276	43	46	+ 229
Diabetes Mellitus	15	215	8	529	- 314
Kidney Disease	16	202	17	356	- 155
Meningitis	17	183	52	15	+ 168
Violence	18	158	37	94	+ 64
Cervical Cancer	19	157	33	128	+ 29
Liver Cancer	20	146	26	157	- 11
Syphilis	21	131	65	1	+ 129
Other Injuries	22	126	16	362	- 236
Hypertension	23	123	3	1,194	- 1,071
Malnutrition	24	117	64	2	+ 115
Prostate Cancer	25	99	12	464	- 365
Lung Disease	26	97	18	346	- 249
Breast Cancer	27	81	10	472	- 391
Endocrine Disorders	28	81	41	59	+ 22
Alzheimers & Dementia	29	78	7	664	- 586
Suicide	30	73	14	384	- 311
Asthma	31	66	46	42	+ 24
Pertussis	32	65	70	0	+ 65
Falls	33	51	23	201	- 150
Fires	34	51	36	103	- 53
Drownings	35	42	34	127	- 85
Peptic Ulcer Disease	36	42	31	142	- 100
Stomach Cancer	37	40	11	470	- 429
Inflammatory/Heart	38	38	5	921	- 883
Lymphomas	39	31	19	245	- 214
Colon-Rectum Cancers	40	30	6	722	- 692
Poisonings	41	27	49	23	+ 4
Epilepsy	42	27	45	44	- 17
Parkinson's Disease	43	24	35	125	- 102
Lung Cancers	44	22	4	956	- 935
Schistosomiasis	45	17	78	0	+ 17
Skin Cancers	46	17	30	144	- 127
Ovary Cancer	47	17	24	196	- 180
Oral Cancer	48	17	22	214	- 197
Rheumatic Heart Disease	49	17	47	41	- 24
Drug Use	50	14	48	41	- 27
Skin Disease	51	14	38	76	- 63
Hepatitis B	52	13	63	3	+ 10
Pancreas Cancer	53	12	13	436	- 424
Tetanus	54	10	71	0	+ 10
Uterin Cancer	55	9	29	148	- 138
Encephalitis	56	9	69	0	+ 9
Alcohol	57	8	21	227	- 219
Leukemia	58	8	25	186	- 178
Bladder Cancer	59	6	20	228	- 222
Oesophagus Cancer	60	5	32	131	- 126
Appendicitis	61	4	59	5	- 1
Other Neoplasms	62	2	28	153	- 151
Multiple Sclerosis	63	1	50	20	- 19
Rheumatoid Arthritis	64	1	51	20	- 18
Hepatitis C	65	1	42	53	- 52
Ascariasis	66	1	84	0	+ 1
Upper Respiratory	67	1	62	4	- 3
Diphtheria	68	0	67	1	- 0
Chlamydia	69	0	75	0	+ 0
War	70	0	68	0	- 0
Otitis Media	71	0	66	1	- 1
Dengue	72	0	83	0	+ 0
Trichuriasis	73	0	81	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	74	0	82	0	- 0
Leprosy	75	0	74	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	76	0	76	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	77	0	77	0	- 0
Chagas disease	78	0	80	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	73	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	80	0	57	7	- 7
Depression	81	0	86	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	82	0	85	0	- 0
Anemia	83	0	53	14	- 14
Prostatic Hypertrophy	84	0	44	45	- 45
Osteoarthritis	85	0	58	7	- 7
Oral conditions	86	0	61	4	- 4
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to LATVIA

Liberia

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.