LATVIA VS MAURITANIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	MAURITANIA		LATVIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Influenza and Pneumonia	1	1,147	9	501	+ 646
Low Birth Weight	2	838	56	11	+ 827
Diarrhoeal diseases	3	689	54	14	+ 676
Coronary Heart Disease	4	681	1	8,099	- 7,418
Malaria	5	592	79	0	+ 592
Stroke	6	544	2	5,893	- 5,349
Birth Trauma	7	501	55	12	+ 490
Road Traffic Accidents	8	482	27	154	+ 329
Tuberculosis	9	298	40	71	+ 227
Congenital Anomalies	10	277	43	46	+ 230
Maternal Conditions	11	266	60	5	+ 261
Diabetes Mellitus	12	247	8	529	- 282
Liver Disease	13	244	15	365	- 121
Pertussis	14	239	70	0	+ 239
Kidney Disease	15	231	17	356	- 126
Violence	16	205	37	94	+ 110
Malnutrition	17	192	64	2	+ 191
Meningitis	18	149	52	15	+ 134
Other Injuries	19	143	16	362	- 220
Cervical Cancer	20	139	33	128	+ 11
Liver Cancer	21	130	26	157	- 27
Hypertension	22	119	3	1,194	- 1,075
Lung Disease	23	114	18	346	- 232
Alzheimers & Dementia	24	105	7	664	- 559
HIV/AIDS	25	96	39	74	+ 22
Syphilis	26	85	65	1	+ 84
Endocrine Disorders	27	82	41	59	+ 23
Breast Cancer	28	79	10	472	- 394
Asthma	29	71	46	42	+ 29
Suicide	30	59	14	384	- 325
Falls	31	58	23	201	- 143
Stomach Cancer	32	55	11	470	- 415
Fires	33	51	36	103	- 52
Prostate Cancer	34	49	12	464	- 415
Drownings	35	48	34	127	- 78
Inflammatory/Heart	36	46	5	921	- 875
Colon-Rectum Cancers	37	46	6	722	- 676
Peptic Ulcer Disease	38	35	31	142	- 107
Epilepsy	39	31	45	44	- 13
Drug Use	40	30	48	41	- 11
Parkinson's Disease	41	29	35	125	- 97
Poisonings	42	28	49	23	+ 5
Lymphomas	43	27	19	245	- 218
Lung Cancers	44	25	4	956	- 931
Tetanus	45	24	71	0	+ 24
Skin Cancers	46	21	30	144	- 124
Skin Disease	47	20	38	76	- 57
Oral Cancer	48	19	22	214	- 195
Ovary Cancer	49	18	24	196	- 178
Bladder Cancer	50	18	20	228	- 210
Pancreas Cancer	51	16	13	436	- 420
Rheumatic Heart Disease	52	14	47	41	- 27
Encephalitis	53	14	69	0	+ 14
Oesophagus Cancer	54	12	32	131	- 119
Leukemia	55	9	25	186	- 177
Hepatitis B	56	9	63	3	+ 6
Uterin Cancer	57	7	29	148	- 141
Alcohol	58	7	21	227	- 221
Schistosomiasis	59	6	78	0	+ 6
Appendicitis	60	4	59	5	- 1
Measles	61	4	72	0	+ 4
Other Neoplasms	62	3	28	153	- 150
Multiple Sclerosis	63	2	50	20	- 18
Rheumatoid Arthritis	64	2	51	20	- 18
Diphtheria	65	1	67	1	+ 1
Ascariasis	66	1	84	0	+ 1
Hepatitis C	67	1	42	53	- 52
Upper Respiratory	68	1	62	4	- 3
Leishmaniasis	69	1	77	0	+ 1
War	70	1	68	0	+ 0
Chlamydia	71	0	75	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	72	0	66	1	- 1
Dengue	73	0	83	0	+ 0
Hookworm Disease	74	0	82	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	75	0	81	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	76	0	73	0	- 0
Leprosy	77	0	74	0	- 0
Chagas disease	78	0	80	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	79	0	76	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
Anemia	84	0	53	14	- 14
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	85	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	86	0	57	7	- 7
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to LATVIA

Mauritania

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.