LATVIA VS NAMIBIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	NAMIBIA		LATVIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
HIV/AIDS	1	1,881	39	74	+ 1,807
Influenza and Pneumonia	2	941	9	501	+ 440
Tuberculosis	3	910	40	71	+ 839
Stroke	4	856	2	5,893	- 5,036
Coronary Heart Disease	5	784	1	8,099	- 7,315
Road Traffic Accidents	6	558	27	154	+ 404
Diabetes Mellitus	7	465	8	529	- 64
Diarrhoeal diseases	8	414	54	14	+ 401
Low Birth Weight	9	331	56	11	+ 320
Lung Disease	10	296	18	346	- 50
Violence	11	289	37	94	+ 194
Hypertension	12	275	3	1,194	- 919
Birth Trauma	13	221	55	12	+ 210
Liver Disease	14	216	15	365	- 149
Kidney Disease	15	207	17	356	- 150
Congenital Anomalies	16	182	43	46	+ 135
Suicide	17	156	14	384	- 228
Malnutrition	18	144	64	2	+ 142
Other Injuries	19	133	16	362	- 230
Asthma	20	129	46	42	+ 87
Alzheimers & Dementia	21	113	7	664	- 551
Inflammatory/Heart	22	104	5	921	- 817
Cervical Cancer	23	85	33	128	- 42
Breast Cancer	24	78	10	472	- 395
Maternal Conditions	25	71	60	5	+ 66
Drownings	26	70	34	127	- 56
Meningitis	27	70	52	15	+ 55
Fires	28	70	36	103	- 33
Skin Cancers	29	69	30	144	- 75
Oral Cancer	30	64	22	214	- 150
Prostate Cancer	31	61	12	464	- 403
Peptic Ulcer Disease	32	49	31	142	- 93
Endocrine Disorders	33	47	41	59	- 12
Falls	34	40	23	201	- 161
Lung Cancers	35	38	4	956	- 919
Colon-Rectum Cancers	36	35	6	722	- 687
Pertussis	37	35	70	0	+ 35
Epilepsy	38	32	45	44	- 13
Poisonings	39	30	49	23	+ 7
Lymphomas	40	29	19	245	- 216
Liver Cancer	41	29	26	157	- 128
Parkinson's Disease	42	28	35	125	- 98
Syphilis	43	22	65	1	+ 21
Rheumatic Heart Disease	44	21	47	41	- 20
Stomach Cancer	45	21	11	470	- 449
Drug Use	46	20	48	41	- 20
Skin Disease	47	20	38	76	- 57
Alcohol	48	18	21	227	- 209
Leukemia	49	15	25	186	- 171
Ovary Cancer	50	15	24	196	- 181
Malaria	51	14	79	0	+ 14
Oesophagus Cancer	52	13	32	131	- 118
Pancreas Cancer	53	11	13	436	- 425
Bladder Cancer	54	10	20	228	- 218
Schistosomiasis	55	9	78	0	+ 9
Uterin Cancer	56	7	29	148	- 140
Rheumatoid Arthritis	57	6	51	20	- 14
Appendicitis	58	6	59	5	+ 1
Encephalitis	59	5	69	0	+ 5
Other Neoplasms	60	5	28	153	- 148
Upper Respiratory	61	4	62	4	+ 1
Tetanus	62	4	71	0	+ 4
Hepatitis B	63	3	63	3	- 0
Multiple Sclerosis	64	1	50	20	- 19
Measles	65	1	72	0	+ 1
Hepatitis C	66	0	42	53	- 53
War	67	0	68	0	+ 0
Chlamydia	68	0	75	0	+ 0
Ascariasis	69	0	84	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	70	0	66	1	- 1
Diphtheria	71	0	67	1	- 1
Leprosy	72	0	74	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	73	0	73	0	- 0
Dengue	74	0	83	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	75	0	81	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	76	0	82	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	77	0	76	0	- 0
Chagas disease	78	0	80	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	79	0	77	0	- 0
Oral conditions	80	0	61	4	- 4
Osteoarthritis	81	0	58	7	- 7
Prostatic Hypertrophy	82	0	44	45	- 45
Anemia	83	0	53	14	- 14
Vitamin A Deficiency	84	0	85	0	- 0
Depression	85	0	86	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	86	0	57	7	- 7
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to LATVIA

Namibia

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.