LATVIA VS NICARAGUA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	NICARAGUA		LATVIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	1,576	1	8,099	- 6,523
Kidney Disease	2	953	17	356	+ 597
Stroke	3	600	2	5,893	- 5,292
Diabetes Mellitus	4	558	8	529	+ 28
Lung Disease	5	423	18	346	+ 77
Liver Disease	6	325	15	365	- 40
Influenza and Pneumonia	7	311	9	501	- 191
Road Traffic Accidents	8	299	27	154	+ 146
Hypertension	9	298	3	1,194	- 896
Violence	10	167	37	94	+ 72
Congenital Anomalies	11	154	43	46	+ 107
Liver Cancer	12	137	26	157	- 19
Low Birth Weight	13	132	56	11	+ 121
Stomach Cancer	14	129	11	470	- 341
Prostate Cancer	15	104	12	464	- 360
Cervical Cancer	16	101	33	128	- 27
Other Injuries	17	96	16	362	- 266
Colon-Rectum Cancers	18	85	6	722	- 637
Suicide	19	77	14	384	- 307
Breast Cancer	20	76	10	472	- 396
Alcohol	21	75	21	227	- 152
Falls	22	74	23	201	- 127
Lung Cancers	23	74	4	956	- 883
Leukemia	24	61	25	186	- 125
Birth Trauma	25	53	55	12	+ 42
Other Neoplasms	26	52	28	153	- 101
Pancreas Cancer	27	48	13	436	- 388
Endocrine Disorders	28	44	41	59	- 15
Lymphomas	29	44	19	245	- 201
Malnutrition	30	44	64	2	+ 42
Skin Disease	31	44	38	76	- 33
Drownings	32	42	34	127	- 85
Alzheimers & Dementia	33	40	7	664	- 623
Inflammatory/Heart	34	38	5	921	- 883
HIV/AIDS	35	38	39	74	- 37
Diarrhoeal diseases	36	33	54	14	+ 19
Tuberculosis	37	31	40	71	- 40
Asthma	38	28	46	42	- 13
Maternal Conditions	39	24	60	5	+ 19
Peptic Ulcer Disease	40	23	31	142	- 119
Epilepsy	41	20	45	44	- 24
Parkinson's Disease	42	18	35	125	- 107
Oral Cancer	43	17	22	214	- 197
Ovary Cancer	44	17	24	196	- 180
Skin Cancers	45	16	30	144	- 129
Drug Use	46	14	48	41	- 27
Oesophagus Cancer	47	11	32	131	- 120
Uterin Cancer	48	11	29	148	- 137
Appendicitis	49	9	59	5	+ 4
Rheumatoid Arthritis	50	8	51	20	- 12
Meningitis	51	8	52	15	- 7
Bladder Cancer	52	8	20	228	- 220
Anemia	53	8	53	14	- 7
Rheumatic Heart Disease	54	5	47	41	- 35
Poisonings	55	5	49	23	- 18
Prostatic Hypertrophy	56	5	44	45	- 41
Fires	57	4	36	103	- 99
Encephalitis	58	3	69	0	+ 3
Osteoarthritis	59	3	58	7	- 4
Syphilis	60	3	65	1	+ 1
Multiple Sclerosis	61	2	50	20	- 18
Hepatitis B	62	1	63	3	- 2
Oral conditions	63	1	61	4	- 2
Dengue	64	1	83	0	+ 1
Chagas disease	65	1	80	0	+ 1
Schizophrenia	66	1	57	7	- 7
Pertussis	67	1	70	0	+ 1
Hepatitis C	68	0	42	53	- 53
Ascariasis	69	0	84	0	+ 0
War	70	0	68	0	- 0
Leprosy	71	0	74	0	+ 0
Upper Respiratory	72	0	62	4	- 3
Iodine Deficiency	73	0	73	0	+ 0
Chlamydia	74	0	75	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	75	0	66	1	- 1
Leishmaniasis	76	0	77	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	77	0	67	1	- 1
Measles	78	0	72	0	- 0
Tetanus	79	0	71	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	80	0	82	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	81	0	81	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	82	0	76	0	- 0
Malaria	83	0	79	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	84	0	78	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	85	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	86	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to LATVIA

Nicaragua

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.