LATVIA VS NORWAY: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	NORWAY		LATVIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	1,739	1	8,099	- 6,360
Alzheimers & Dementia	2	1,459	7	664	+ 796
Lung Disease	3	890	18	346	+ 544
Stroke	4	809	2	5,893	- 5,083
Lung Cancers	5	758	4	956	- 198
Influenza and Pneumonia	6	587	9	501	+ 86
Colon-Rectum Cancers	7	584	6	722	- 138
Prostate Cancer	8	383	12	464	- 81
Falls	9	254	23	201	+ 53
Pancreas Cancer	10	252	13	436	- 184
Breast Cancer	11	228	10	472	- 244
Lymphomas	12	211	19	245	- 34
Suicide	13	207	14	384	- 177
Kidney Disease	14	200	17	356	- 157
Other Injuries	15	191	16	362	- 172
Diabetes Mellitus	16	183	8	529	- 347
Parkinson's Disease	17	181	35	125	+ 56
Skin Cancers	18	133	30	144	- 11
Endocrine Disorders	19	117	41	59	+ 58
Bladder Cancer	20	116	20	228	- 112
Leukemia	21	116	25	186	- 70
Stomach Cancer	22	112	11	470	- 357
Other Neoplasms	23	106	28	153	- 47
Ovary Cancer	24	101	24	196	- 95
Drug Use	25	86	48	41	+ 45
Liver Cancer	26	85	26	157	- 72
Oesophagus Cancer	27	81	32	131	- 50
Hypertension	28	75	3	1,194	- 1,119
Inflammatory/Heart	29	72	5	921	- 849
Liver Disease	30	70	15	365	- 295
Alcohol	31	67	21	227	- 160
Oral Cancer	32	55	22	214	- 159
Peptic Ulcer Disease	33	52	31	142	- 90
Congenital Anomalies	34	45	43	46	- 2
Malnutrition	35	44	64	2	+ 42
Uterin Cancer	36	44	29	148	- 104
Diarrhoeal diseases	37	42	54	14	+ 28
Skin Disease	38	42	38	76	- 35
Cervical Cancer	39	41	33	128	- 87
Epilepsy	40	39	45	44	- 5
Multiple Sclerosis	41	39	50	20	+ 19
Road Traffic Accidents	42	37	27	154	- 116
Asthma	43	28	46	42	- 14
Anemia	44	24	53	14	+ 10
Drownings	45	21	34	127	- 106
Rheumatic Heart Disease	46	20	47	41	- 21
Rheumatoid Arthritis	47	20	51	20	- 0
Fires	48	15	36	103	- 89
Prostatic Hypertrophy	49	11	44	45	- 35
Violence	50	10	37	94	- 84
Osteoarthritis	51	9	58	7	+ 2
Low Birth Weight	52	8	56	11	- 4
Schizophrenia	53	7	57	7	- 0
Birth Trauma	54	6	55	12	- 6
Hepatitis C	55	6	42	53	- 47
Tuberculosis	56	5	40	71	- 66
Poisonings	57	5	49	23	- 19
Meningitis	58	4	52	15	- 10
Appendicitis	59	4	59	5	- 1
Upper Respiratory	60	4	62	4	+ 0
HIV/AIDS	61	3	39	74	- 71
Oral conditions	62	3	61	4	- 1
Hepatitis B	63	1	63	3	- 2
Pertussis	64	0	70	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	65	0	66	1	- 1
Maternal Conditions	66	0	60	5	- 4
Syphilis	67	0	65	1	- 1
War	68	0	68	0	- 0
Tetanus	69	0	71	0	+ 0
Encephalitis	70	0	69	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	71	0	67	1	- 1
Measles	72	0	72	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	73	0	81	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	74	0	82	0	- 0
Dengue	75	0	83	0	- 0
Ascariasis	76	0	84	0	- 0
Chlamydia	77	0	75	0	- 0
Leprosy	78	0	74	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	73	0	- 0
Chagas disease	80	0	80	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	81	0	77	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	82	0	76	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	83	0	78	0	- 0
Malaria	84	0	79	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	85	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	86	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to LATVIA

Norway

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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.