LATVIA VS MICRONESIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	MICRONESIA		LATVIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	3,495	1	8,099	- 4,605
Diabetes Mellitus	2	2,219	8	529	+ 1,690
Stroke	3	2,154	2	5,893	- 3,739
Kidney Disease	4	1,017	17	356	+ 661
Influenza and Pneumonia	5	936	9	501	+ 435
Lung Disease	6	746	18	346	+ 399
Suicide	7	581	14	384	+ 197
Hypertension	8	490	3	1,194	- 703
Liver Disease	9	429	15	365	+ 64
Lung Cancers	10	415	4	956	- 542
Drownings	11	311	34	127	+ 185
Breast Cancer	12	307	10	472	- 165
Asthma	13	288	46	42	+ 246
Low Birth Weight	14	271	56	11	+ 259
Rheumatic Heart Disease	15	248	47	41	+ 207
Diarrhoeal diseases	16	243	54	14	+ 229
Other Injuries	17	241	16	362	- 122
Congenital Anomalies	18	240	43	46	+ 194
Tuberculosis	19	226	40	71	+ 155
Stomach Cancer	20	212	11	470	- 257
Birth Trauma	21	196	55	12	+ 184
Colon-Rectum Cancers	22	152	6	722	- 570
Cervical Cancer	23	151	33	128	+ 23
Liver Cancer	24	148	26	157	- 9
Peptic Ulcer Disease	25	120	31	142	- 22
Alzheimers & Dementia	26	118	7	664	- 546
Falls	27	111	23	201	- 90
Inflammatory/Heart	28	109	5	921	- 812
Prostate Cancer	29	100	12	464	- 364
Endocrine Disorders	30	96	41	59	+ 37
Violence	31	95	37	94	+ 1
Leukemia	32	91	25	186	- 95
Parkinson's Disease	33	84	35	125	- 41
Maternal Conditions	34	66	60	5	+ 62
Pancreas Cancer	35	66	13	436	- 371
Lymphomas	36	65	19	245	- 180
Pertussis	37	64	70	0	+ 64
Oral Cancer	38	61	22	214	- 153
Meningitis	39	58	52	15	+ 43
Syphilis	40	55	65	1	+ 53
Uterin Cancer	41	52	29	148	- 96
Skin Disease	42	50	38	76	- 27
Epilepsy	43	49	45	44	+ 5
Malnutrition	44	48	64	2	+ 46
Ovary Cancer	45	42	24	196	- 155
Alcohol	46	41	21	227	- 186
Oesophagus Cancer	47	39	32	131	- 92
Fires	48	36	36	103	- 67
Bladder Cancer	49	28	20	228	- 200
Poisonings	50	18	49	23	- 5
Skin Cancers	51	16	30	144	- 128
Drug Use	52	11	48	41	- 30
Encephalitis	53	11	69	0	+ 11
Appendicitis	54	8	59	5	+ 3
Other Neoplasms	55	7	28	153	- 146
Measles	56	6	72	0	+ 6
Hepatitis B	57	5	63	3	+ 2
Road Traffic Accidents	58	3	27	154	- 150
Tetanus	59	3	71	0	+ 3
Rheumatoid Arthritis	60	3	51	20	- 17
Dengue	61	3	83	0	+ 3
Multiple Sclerosis	62	2	50	20	- 18
Hepatitis C	63	1	42	53	- 52
Diphtheria	64	1	67	1	- 0
Ascariasis	65	1	84	0	+ 1
War	66	0	68	0	+ 0
Chlamydia	67	0	75	0	+ 0
Upper Respiratory	68	0	62	4	- 3
Otitis Media	69	0	66	1	- 1
Leprosy	70	0	74	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	71	0	81	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	72	0	82	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	73	0	73	0	- 0
HIV/AIDS	74	0	39	74	- 74
Leishmaniasis	75	0	77	0	- 0
Chagas disease	76	0	80	0	- 0
Malaria	77	0	79	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	76	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	79	0	78	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
Schizophrenia	84	0	57	7	- 7
Anemia	85	0	53	14	- 14
Vitamin A Deficiency	86	0	85	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to LATVIA

Micronesia

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.