LATVIA VS NEPAL: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

Click Country Link To Compare

	NEPAL		LATVIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Lung Disease	1	1,564	18	346	+ 1,218
Coronary Heart Disease	2	1,139	1	8,099	- 6,960
Tuberculosis	3	957	40	71	+ 886
Stroke	4	747	2	5,893	- 5,146
Liver Disease	5	369	15	365	+ 5
Influenza and Pneumonia	6	361	9	501	- 140
Diarrhoeal diseases	7	351	54	14	+ 338
Asthma	8	343	46	42	+ 302
Road Traffic Accidents	9	269	27	154	+ 116
Kidney Disease	10	248	17	356	- 108
Low Birth Weight	11	221	56	11	+ 210
Lung Cancers	12	208	4	956	- 749
Falls	13	192	23	201	- 9
Diabetes Mellitus	14	170	8	529	- 360
Birth Trauma	15	155	55	12	+ 143
Suicide	16	149	14	384	- 235
Rheumatic Heart Disease	17	134	47	41	+ 93
Hypertension	18	121	3	1,194	- 1,073
Alzheimers & Dementia	19	117	7	664	- 547
Cervical Cancer	20	114	33	128	- 14
Congenital Anomalies	21	113	43	46	+ 66
Other Injuries	22	96	16	362	- 267
Drownings	23	87	34	127	- 40
Oral Cancer	24	80	22	214	- 134
Stomach Cancer	25	80	11	470	- 390
Colon-Rectum Cancers	26	68	6	722	- 655
Breast Cancer	27	60	10	472	- 412
Maternal Conditions	28	57	60	5	+ 52
Encephalitis	29	51	69	0	+ 51
Epilepsy	30	51	45	44	+ 6
Malnutrition	31	49	64	2	+ 47
Lymphomas	32	44	19	245	- 201
Parkinson's Disease	33	44	35	125	- 81
HIV/AIDS	34	43	39	74	- 31
Violence	35	41	37	94	- 54
Leukemia	36	39	25	186	- 147
Ovary Cancer	37	34	24	196	- 163
Oesophagus Cancer	38	28	32	131	- 103
Poisonings	39	27	49	23	+ 4
Pertussis	40	26	70	0	+ 26
Pancreas Cancer	41	26	13	436	- 410
Skin Cancers	42	23	30	144	- 121
Meningitis	43	22	52	15	+ 7
Bladder Cancer	44	19	20	228	- 209
Endocrine Disorders	45	15	41	59	- 44
Liver Cancer	46	15	26	157	- 142
Appendicitis	47	13	59	5	+ 8
Inflammatory/Heart	48	13	5	921	- 908
Peptic Ulcer Disease	49	11	31	142	- 131
Fires	50	11	36	103	- 93
Rheumatoid Arthritis	51	10	51	20	- 10
Alcohol	52	10	21	227	- 218
Tetanus	53	8	71	0	+ 8
Syphilis	54	8	65	1	+ 6
Dengue	55	7	83	0	+ 7
Hepatitis B	56	7	63	3	+ 4
Drug Use	57	5	48	41	- 35
Prostate Cancer	58	5	12	464	- 459
Measles	59	3	72	0	+ 3
Uterin Cancer	60	3	29	148	- 144
Other Neoplasms	61	3	28	153	- 150
Leishmaniasis	62	2	77	0	+ 2
Multiple Sclerosis	63	2	50	20	- 18
Hepatitis C	64	2	42	53	- 51
War	65	1	68	0	+ 1
Upper Respiratory	66	1	62	4	- 2
Skin Disease	67	1	38	76	- 75
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
Malaria	72	0	79	0	+ 0
Schistosomiasis	73	0	78	0	- 0
Chagas disease	74	0	80	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	75	0	76	0	- 0
Leprosy	76	0	74	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	77	0	81	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	78	0	82	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
Schizophrenia	84	0	57	7	- 7
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	85	0	- 0
Anemia	86	0	53	14	- 14
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to LATVIA

Nepal

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.