LATVIA VS NEW GUINEA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	NEW GUINEA		LATVIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	1,226	1	8,099	- 6,874
Stroke	2	913	2	5,893	- 4,979
Lung Disease	3	814	18	346	+ 467
Diabetes Mellitus	4	813	8	529	+ 283
Tuberculosis	5	712	40	71	+ 640
Influenza and Pneumonia	6	465	9	501	- 36
Malaria	7	439	79	0	+ 439
Diarrhoeal diseases	8	411	54	14	+ 398
Asthma	9	330	46	42	+ 289
Low Birth Weight	10	298	56	11	+ 287
Birth Trauma	11	270	55	12	+ 258
Road Traffic Accidents	12	198	27	154	+ 45
Hypertension	13	196	3	1,194	- 997
Rheumatic Heart Disease	14	192	47	41	+ 151
Violence	15	174	37	94	+ 79
Congenital Anomalies	16	170	43	46	+ 124
Breast Cancer	17	137	10	472	- 335
Kidney Disease	18	123	17	356	- 233
Cervical Cancer	19	119	33	128	- 9
Other Injuries	20	116	16	362	- 246
Liver Cancer	21	115	26	157	- 41
Liver Disease	22	112	15	365	- 253
Lung Cancers	23	112	4	956	- 845
HIV/AIDS	24	110	39	74	+ 35
Oral Cancer	25	104	22	214	- 110
Falls	26	90	23	201	- 111
Fires	27	87	36	103	- 16
Stomach Cancer	28	80	11	470	- 389
Colon-Rectum Cancers	29	80	6	722	- 642
Maternal Conditions	30	75	60	5	+ 71
Skin Cancers	31	75	30	144	- 70
Lymphomas	32	63	19	245	- 182
Alzheimers & Dementia	33	61	7	664	- 602
Meningitis	34	58	52	15	+ 43
Peptic Ulcer Disease	35	54	31	142	- 88
Prostate Cancer	36	51	12	464	- 413
Suicide	37	46	14	384	- 337
Leukemia	38	45	25	186	- 141
Pertussis	39	44	70	0	+ 44
Drownings	40	43	34	127	- 84
Measles	41	43	72	0	+ 43
Syphilis	42	42	65	1	+ 41
Inflammatory/Heart	43	41	5	921	- 880
Oesophagus Cancer	44	36	32	131	- 95
Parkinson's Disease	45	33	35	125	- 92
Ovary Cancer	46	32	24	196	- 164
Endocrine Disorders	47	27	41	59	- 32
Malnutrition	48	24	64	2	+ 22
Skin Disease	49	23	38	76	- 54
Poisonings	50	22	49	23	- 1
Epilepsy	51	20	45	44	- 24
Pancreas Cancer	52	19	13	436	- 417
Alcohol	53	17	21	227	- 211
Bladder Cancer	54	15	20	228	- 213
Uterin Cancer	55	15	29	148	- 133
Tetanus	56	9	71	0	+ 9
Encephalitis	57	5	69	0	+ 5
Hepatitis B	58	5	63	3	+ 2
Appendicitis	59	4	59	5	- 1
Other Neoplasms	60	3	28	153	- 150
Drug Use	61	2	48	41	- 39
Hepatitis C	62	1	42	53	- 51
Ascariasis	63	1	84	0	+ 1
Dengue	64	1	83	0	+ 1
Rheumatoid Arthritis	65	1	51	20	- 19
Multiple Sclerosis	66	1	50	20	- 19
Diphtheria	67	1	67	1	- 0
Upper Respiratory	68	0	62	4	- 3
War	69	0	68	0	- 0
Chlamydia	70	0	75	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	71	0	66	1	- 1
Leprosy	72	0	74	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	73	0	78	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	74	0	77	0	- 0
Chagas disease	75	0	80	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	76	0	76	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	77	0	73	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	78	0	81	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	79	0	82	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	80	0	57	7	- 7
Depression	81	0	86	0	- 0
Anemia	82	0	53	14	- 14
Vitamin A Deficiency	83	0	85	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	84	0	44	45	- 45
Osteoarthritis	85	0	58	7	- 7
Oral conditions	86	0	61	4	- 4
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to LATVIA

New Guinea

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.