LATVIA VS MADAGASCAR: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	MADAGASCAR		LATVIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Stroke	1	1,099	2	5,893	- 4,794
Influenza and Pneumonia	2	893	9	501	+ 392
Coronary Heart Disease	3	758	1	8,099	- 7,342
Tuberculosis	4	710	40	71	+ 638
Diarrhoeal diseases	5	678	54	14	+ 664
Measles	6	561	72	0	+ 561
Road Traffic Accidents	7	482	27	154	+ 328
Hypertension	8	380	3	1,194	- 814
Malaria	9	337	79	0	+ 337
Low Birth Weight	10	327	56	11	+ 316
Birth Trauma	11	327	55	12	+ 315
Liver Disease	12	294	15	365	- 71
Malnutrition	13	259	64	2	+ 257
Lung Disease	14	242	18	346	- 104
Congenital Anomalies	15	207	43	46	+ 160
Diabetes Mellitus	16	200	8	529	- 329
Cervical Cancer	17	185	33	128	+ 57
Maternal Conditions	18	170	60	5	+ 165
Asthma	19	153	46	42	+ 112
Meningitis	20	146	52	15	+ 131
Other Injuries	21	144	16	362	- 218
Kidney Disease	22	135	17	356	- 222
Violence	23	107	37	94	+ 12
Suicide	24	90	14	384	- 293
HIV/AIDS	25	82	39	74	+ 8
Alzheimers & Dementia	26	69	7	664	- 595
Oesophagus Cancer	27	66	32	131	- 65
Inflammatory/Heart	28	64	5	921	- 857
Prostate Cancer	29	61	12	464	- 403
Liver Cancer	30	57	26	157	- 100
Drownings	31	50	34	127	- 76
Oral Cancer	32	43	22	214	- 171
Syphilis	33	42	65	1	+ 40
Lymphomas	34	41	19	245	- 204
Fires	35	40	36	103	- 63
Falls	36	40	23	201	- 161
Breast Cancer	37	38	10	472	- 434
Rheumatic Heart Disease	38	38	47	41	- 2
Colon-Rectum Cancers	39	37	6	722	- 685
Poisonings	40	35	49	23	+ 12
Pertussis	41	32	70	0	+ 32
Peptic Ulcer Disease	42	30	31	142	- 112
Skin Cancers	43	29	30	144	- 116
Endocrine Disorders	44	28	41	59	- 31
Leukemia	45	25	25	186	- 162
Epilepsy	46	24	45	44	- 21
Stomach Cancer	47	22	11	470	- 447
Bladder Cancer	48	17	20	228	- 211
Parkinson's Disease	49	16	35	125	- 109
Schistosomiasis	50	16	78	0	+ 16
Skin Disease	51	11	38	76	- 65
Tetanus	52	11	71	0	+ 11
Alcohol	53	10	21	227	- 218
War	54	9	68	0	+ 9
Lung Cancers	55	9	4	956	- 947
Appendicitis	56	9	59	5	+ 4
Ovary Cancer	57	8	24	196	- 188
Hepatitis B	58	6	63	3	+ 3
Uterin Cancer	59	6	29	148	- 142
Encephalitis	60	6	69	0	+ 6
Pancreas Cancer	61	5	13	436	- 431
Drug Use	62	4	48	41	- 37
Upper Respiratory	63	3	62	4	- 1
Rheumatoid Arthritis	64	3	51	20	- 17
Other Neoplasms	65	1	28	153	- 151
Multiple Sclerosis	66	1	50	20	- 19
Hepatitis C	67	1	42	53	- 52
Otitis Media	68	1	66	1	- 0
Chlamydia	69	0	75	0	+ 0
Ascariasis	70	0	84	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	71	0	67	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
Chagas disease	76	0	80	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	77	0	76	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	78	0	77	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	73	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
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

Madagascar

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.