LATVIA VS MALDIVES: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	MALDIVES		LATVIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	1,293	1	8,099	- 6,806
Stroke	2	663	2	5,893	- 5,229
Lung Disease	3	422	18	346	+ 76
Kidney Disease	4	372	17	356	+ 16
Alzheimers & Dementia	5	219	7	664	- 445
Diabetes Mellitus	6	217	8	529	- 312
Lung Cancers	7	168	4	956	- 788
Influenza and Pneumonia	8	153	9	501	- 348
Breast Cancer	9	130	10	472	- 343
Liver Cancer	10	124	26	157	- 32
Liver Disease	11	113	15	365	- 252
Endocrine Disorders	12	100	41	59	+ 41
Cervical Cancer	13	100	33	128	- 28
Colon-Rectum Cancers	14	97	6	722	- 625
Congenital Anomalies	15	89	43	46	+ 43
Falls	16	87	23	201	- 114
Hypertension	17	76	3	1,194	- 1,118
Other Injuries	18	73	16	362	- 290
Oral Cancer	19	71	22	214	- 143
Low Birth Weight	20	68	56	11	+ 57
Suicide	21	67	14	384	- 316
Diarrhoeal diseases	22	66	54	14	+ 53
Drownings	23	64	34	127	- 63
Leukemia	24	59	25	186	- 127
Parkinson's Disease	25	54	35	125	- 72
Prostate Cancer	26	53	12	464	- 411
Tuberculosis	27	52	40	71	- 19
Violence	28	46	37	94	- 48
Asthma	29	46	46	42	+ 4
Ovary Cancer	30	43	24	196	- 153
Road Traffic Accidents	31	40	27	154	- 113
Skin Disease	32	39	38	76	- 37
Dengue	33	35	83	0	+ 35
Lymphomas	34	34	19	245	- 211
Maternal Conditions	35	25	60	5	+ 21
Inflammatory/Heart	36	25	5	921	- 896
Bladder Cancer	37	24	20	228	- 204
Epilepsy	38	23	45	44	- 22
Birth Trauma	39	22	55	12	+ 11
Pancreas Cancer	40	20	13	436	- 416
Fires	41	18	36	103	- 85
Peptic Ulcer Disease	42	17	31	142	- 125
Rheumatic Heart Disease	43	16	47	41	- 25
Encephalitis	44	13	69	0	+ 13
Malnutrition	45	13	64	2	+ 11
Other Neoplasms	46	9	28	153	- 143
Uterin Cancer	47	9	29	148	- 139
Drug Use	48	8	48	41	- 32
Stomach Cancer	49	6	11	470	- 464
Meningitis	50	5	52	15	- 10
Alcohol	51	3	21	227	- 224
Pertussis	52	2	70	0	+ 2
Rheumatoid Arthritis	53	2	51	20	- 18
Tetanus	54	1	71	0	+ 1
Poisonings	55	1	49	23	- 22
Hepatitis B	56	1	63	3	- 2
Multiple Sclerosis	57	1	50	20	- 19
Syphilis	58	1	65	1	- 1
Oesophagus Cancer	59	1	32	131	- 130
Measles	60	1	72	0	+ 1
Appendicitis	61	1	59	5	- 4
War	62	0	68	0	+ 0
Skin Cancers	63	0	30	144	- 144
Hepatitis C	64	0	42	53	- 53
Ascariasis	65	0	84	0	+ 0
Upper Respiratory	66	0	62	4	- 3
Chlamydia	67	0	75	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	68	0	67	1	- 1
Otitis Media	69	0	66	1	- 1
Leprosy	70	0	74	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	71	0	78	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	72	0	77	0	- 0
Chagas disease	73	0	80	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	74	0	76	0	- 0
Malaria	75	0	79	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	76	0	82	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	77	0	81	0	- 0
HIV/AIDS	78	0	39	74	- 74
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	73	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	80	0	44	45	- 45
Osteoarthritis	81	0	58	7	- 7
Oral conditions	82	0	61	4	- 4
Depression	83	0	86	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	84	0	85	0	- 0
Anemia	85	0	53	14	- 14
Schizophrenia	86	0	57	7	- 7
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to LATVIA

Maldives

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.