LATVIA VS MOROCCO: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	MOROCCO		LATVIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	3,726	1	8,099	- 4,373
Stroke	2	1,535	2	5,893	- 4,358
Hypertension	3	517	3	1,194	- 676
Kidney Disease	4	492	17	356	+ 136
Diabetes Mellitus	5	355	8	529	- 174
Influenza and Pneumonia	6	349	9	501	- 153
Lung Cancers	7	317	4	956	- 639
Lung Disease	8	303	18	346	- 43
Road Traffic Accidents	9	298	27	154	+ 144
Alzheimers & Dementia	10	239	7	664	- 424
Liver Disease	11	234	15	365	- 130
Breast Cancer	12	174	10	472	- 299
Asthma	13	161	46	42	+ 119
Low Birth Weight	14	159	56	11	+ 148
Tuberculosis	15	138	40	71	+ 67
Suicide	16	126	14	384	- 258
Colon-Rectum Cancers	17	123	6	722	- 599
Cervical Cancer	18	121	33	128	- 7
Falls	19	118	23	201	- 83
Lymphomas	20	110	19	245	- 136
Other Injuries	21	109	16	362	- 253
Congenital Anomalies	22	102	43	46	+ 56
Birth Trauma	23	100	55	12	+ 88
Prostate Cancer	24	92	12	464	- 372
Stomach Cancer	25	81	11	470	- 388
Parkinson's Disease	26	73	35	125	- 53
Diarrhoeal diseases	27	57	54	14	+ 44
Endocrine Disorders	28	54	41	59	- 5
Peptic Ulcer Disease	29	52	31	142	- 90
Bladder Cancer	30	51	20	228	- 177
Leukemia	31	50	25	186	- 136
Inflammatory/Heart	32	49	5	921	- 872
Fires	33	44	36	103	- 60
Ovary Cancer	34	39	24	196	- 158
Oral Cancer	35	38	22	214	- 176
Pancreas Cancer	36	36	13	436	- 400
Rheumatic Heart Disease	37	35	47	41	- 6
Maternal Conditions	38	34	60	5	+ 29
Violence	39	30	37	94	- 64
Meningitis	40	26	52	15	+ 11
Skin Cancers	41	23	30	144	- 121
Oesophagus Cancer	42	21	32	131	- 110
Drownings	43	21	34	127	- 106
Liver Cancer	44	20	26	157	- 136
Epilepsy	45	16	45	44	- 28
Pertussis	46	16	70	0	+ 16
Drug Use	47	15	48	41	- 25
Hepatitis B	48	15	63	3	+ 12
HIV/AIDS	49	14	39	74	- 60
Poisonings	50	13	49	23	- 10
Malnutrition	51	10	64	2	+ 8
Encephalitis	52	8	69	0	+ 8
Uterin Cancer	53	7	29	148	- 140
Skin Disease	54	7	38	76	- 69
Syphilis	55	7	65	1	+ 5
Appendicitis	56	6	59	5	+ 2
Alcohol	57	5	21	227	- 222
Multiple Sclerosis	58	5	50	20	- 15
Tetanus	59	4	71	0	+ 4
Other Neoplasms	60	3	28	153	- 149
Schistosomiasis	61	3	78	0	+ 3
Rheumatoid Arthritis	62	2	51	20	- 18
War	63	1	68	0	+ 1
Leishmaniasis	64	1	77	0	+ 1
Hepatitis C	65	0	42	53	- 53
Ascariasis	66	0	84	0	+ 0
Upper Respiratory	67	0	62	4	- 3
Chlamydia	68	0	75	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	69	0	67	1	- 1
Measles	70	0	72	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	71	0	66	1	- 1
Leprosy	72	0	74	0	- 0
Malaria	73	0	79	0	- 0
Chagas disease	74	0	80	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	75	0	76	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	76	0	82	0	- 0
Dengue	77	0	83	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	78	0	81	0	- 0
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
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

Morocco

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.