LATVIA VS LUXEMBOURG: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	LUXEMBOURG		LATVIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	1,757	1	8,099	- 6,342
Alzheimers & Dementia	2	799	7	664	+ 136
Lung Cancers	3	697	4	956	- 259
Stroke	4	690	2	5,893	- 5,203
Lung Disease	5	650	18	346	+ 304
Colon-Rectum Cancers	6	352	6	722	- 370
Breast Cancer	7	304	10	472	- 168
Influenza and Pneumonia	8	298	9	501	- 203
Kidney Disease	9	244	17	356	- 112
Other Injuries	10	237	16	362	- 125
Pancreas Cancer	11	219	13	436	- 217
Liver Disease	12	201	15	365	- 163
Suicide	13	186	14	384	- 198
Lymphomas	14	173	19	245	- 73
Prostate Cancer	15	171	12	464	- 293
Parkinson's Disease	16	166	35	125	+ 41
Diabetes Mellitus	17	164	8	529	- 366
Falls	18	163	23	201	- 39
Hypertension	19	144	3	1,194	- 1,050
Leukemia	20	142	25	186	- 44
Endocrine Disorders	21	142	41	59	+ 82
Stomach Cancer	22	137	11	470	- 332
Inflammatory/Heart	23	132	5	921	- 789
Other Neoplasms	24	131	28	153	- 22
Liver Cancer	25	130	26	157	- 27
Bladder Cancer	26	117	20	228	- 111
Ovary Cancer	27	95	24	196	- 102
Oesophagus Cancer	28	85	32	131	- 46
Alcohol	29	68	21	227	- 159
Road Traffic Accidents	30	67	27	154	- 86
Skin Cancers	31	58	30	144	- 86
Malnutrition	32	52	64	2	+ 50
Oral Cancer	33	51	22	214	- 163
Rheumatic Heart Disease	34	51	47	41	+ 10
Epilepsy	35	45	45	44	+ 1
Uterin Cancer	36	42	29	148	- 106
Congenital Anomalies	37	28	43	46	- 19
Cervical Cancer	38	26	33	128	- 102
Drug Use	39	25	48	41	- 16
Anemia	40	23	53	14	+ 9
Peptic Ulcer Disease	41	18	31	142	- 124
Diarrhoeal diseases	42	17	54	14	+ 3
Schizophrenia	43	16	57	7	+ 8
Skin Disease	44	14	38	76	- 62
Asthma	45	12	46	42	- 29
Multiple Sclerosis	46	11	50	20	- 9
Hepatitis C	47	10	42	53	- 43
Violence	48	8	37	94	- 86
Low Birth Weight	49	8	56	11	- 3
Osteoarthritis	50	7	58	7	+ 0
Fires	51	7	36	103	- 96
HIV/AIDS	52	7	39	74	- 67
Rheumatoid Arthritis	53	6	51	20	- 14
Drownings	54	5	34	127	- 122
Tuberculosis	55	5	40	71	- 66
Poisonings	56	4	49	23	- 19
Prostatic Hypertrophy	57	3	44	45	- 42
Meningitis	58	2	52	15	- 13
Birth Trauma	59	2	55	12	- 10
Hepatitis B	60	1	63	3	- 2
Upper Respiratory	61	1	62	4	- 3
Appendicitis	62	1	59	5	- 4
Maternal Conditions	63	1	60	5	- 4
Oral conditions	64	1	61	4	- 3
Encephalitis	65	0	69	0	+ 0
Syphilis	66	0	65	1	- 1
War	67	0	68	0	- 0
Pertussis	68	0	70	0	- 0
Tetanus	69	0	71	0	- 0
Measles	70	0	72	0	- 0
Diphtheria	71	0	67	1	- 1
Chlamydia	72	0	75	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	73	0	73	0	- 0
Otitis Media	74	0	66	1	- 1
Leprosy	75	0	74	0	- 0
Ascariasis	76	0	84	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	77	0	82	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	78	0	81	0	- 0
Dengue	79	0	83	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	80	0	78	0	- 0
Malaria	81	0	79	0	- 0
Chagas disease	82	0	80	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	83	0	77	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	84	0	76	0	- 0
Depression	85	0	86	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	86	0	85	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to LATVIA

Luxembourg

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.