LATVIA VS NIGER: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	NIGER		LATVIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Influenza and Pneumonia	1	1,442	9	501	+ 941
Malaria	2	1,164	79	0	+ 1,164
Diarrhoeal diseases	3	1,096	54	14	+ 1,083
Low Birth Weight	4	654	56	11	+ 642
Stroke	5	596	2	5,893	- 5,297
Coronary Heart Disease	6	563	1	8,099	- 7,536
Birth Trauma	7	549	55	12	+ 537
Road Traffic Accidents	8	407	27	154	+ 253
Meningitis	9	358	52	15	+ 343
Congenital Anomalies	10	297	43	46	+ 251
Liver Disease	11	281	15	365	- 83
Other Injuries	12	262	16	362	- 101
Tuberculosis	13	253	40	71	+ 182
Maternal Conditions	14	227	60	5	+ 222
Pertussis	15	195	70	0	+ 195
Kidney Disease	16	187	17	356	- 170
Diabetes Mellitus	17	180	8	529	- 350
Measles	18	165	72	0	+ 165
Violence	19	153	37	94	+ 59
Lung Disease	20	149	18	346	- 198
Malnutrition	21	148	64	2	+ 146
Asthma	22	130	46	42	+ 88
Endocrine Disorders	23	124	41	59	+ 64
Drownings	24	108	34	127	- 19
Hypertension	25	93	3	1,194	- 1,101
Falls	26	89	23	201	- 113
Suicide	27	84	14	384	- 300
Fires	28	77	36	103	- 27
Breast Cancer	29	74	10	472	- 399
HIV/AIDS	30	72	39	74	- 2
Peptic Ulcer Disease	31	71	31	142	- 70
Alzheimers & Dementia	32	59	7	664	- 605
Poisonings	33	53	49	23	+ 29
Inflammatory/Heart	34	53	5	921	- 868
Liver Cancer	35	51	26	157	- 106
Epilepsy	36	46	45	44	+ 2
Colon-Rectum Cancers	37	36	6	722	- 686
Cervical Cancer	38	33	33	128	- 94
Rheumatic Heart Disease	39	32	47	41	- 9
Ovary Cancer	40	29	24	196	- 167
War	41	28	68	0	+ 28
Tetanus	42	25	71	0	+ 25
Lymphomas	43	24	19	245	- 221
Stomach Cancer	44	21	11	470	- 449
Skin Cancers	45	20	30	144	- 125
Hepatitis B	46	19	63	3	+ 16
Parkinson's Disease	47	19	35	125	- 107
Leukemia	48	18	25	186	- 169
Oral Cancer	49	17	22	214	- 197
Schistosomiasis	50	16	78	0	+ 16
Leishmaniasis	51	16	77	0	+ 16
Skin Disease	52	15	38	76	- 62
Bladder Cancer	53	11	20	228	- 217
Pancreas Cancer	54	9	13	436	- 427
Oesophagus Cancer	55	9	32	131	- 122
Appendicitis	56	9	59	5	+ 4
Prostate Cancer	57	9	12	464	- 455
Drug Use	58	9	48	41	- 32
Ascariasis	59	9	84	0	+ 9
Alcohol	60	8	21	227	- 219
Encephalitis	61	8	69	0	+ 8
Syphilis	62	7	65	1	+ 6
Upper Respiratory	63	6	62	4	+ 3
Uterin Cancer	64	6	29	148	- 142
Diphtheria	65	4	67	1	+ 3
Hepatitis C	66	3	42	53	- 50
Lung Cancers	67	3	4	956	- 954
Other Neoplasms	68	2	28	153	- 151
Multiple Sclerosis	69	2	50	20	- 19
Rheumatoid Arthritis	70	1	51	20	- 19
Chlamydia	71	0	75	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	72	0	66	1	- 1
Dengue	73	0	83	0	+ 0
Hookworm Disease	74	0	82	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	75	0	81	0	- 0
Leprosy	76	0	74	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	77	0	73	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	76	0	- 0
Chagas disease	79	0	80	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	80	0	44	45	- 45
Osteoarthritis	81	0	58	7	- 7
Oral conditions	82	0	61	4	- 4
Schizophrenia	83	0	57	7	- 7
Vitamin A Deficiency	84	0	85	0	- 0
Anemia	85	0	53	14	- 14
Depression	86	0	86	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to LATVIA

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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.