LATVIA VS PHILIPPINES: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	PHILIPPINES		LATVIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	1,979	1	8,099	- 6,120
Influenza and Pneumonia	2	1,429	9	501	+ 927
Stroke	3	1,129	2	5,893	- 4,763
Kidney Disease	4	600	17	356	+ 243
Hypertension	5	525	3	1,194	- 668
Lung Disease	6	496	18	346	+ 150
Diabetes Mellitus	7	491	8	529	- 38
Tuberculosis	8	412	40	71	+ 341
Violence	9	226	37	94	+ 131
Road Traffic Accidents	10	198	27	154	+ 45
Asthma	11	174	46	42	+ 132
Endocrine Disorders	12	159	41	59	+ 100
Lung Cancers	13	157	4	956	- 800
Low Birth Weight	14	154	56	11	+ 143
Breast Cancer	15	149	10	472	- 323
Colon-Rectum Cancers	16	123	6	722	- 599
Congenital Anomalies	17	123	43	46	+ 76
Birth Trauma	18	121	55	12	+ 110
Liver Cancer	19	117	26	157	- 40
Liver Disease	20	108	15	365	- 257
Peptic Ulcer Disease	21	105	31	142	- 37
Diarrhoeal diseases	22	94	54	14	+ 81
Other Neoplasms	23	78	28	153	- 74
Malnutrition	24	66	64	2	+ 64
Skin Disease	25	64	38	76	- 12
Prostate Cancer	26	63	12	464	- 401
Drownings	27	59	34	127	- 68
Falls	28	59	23	201	- 143
Leukemia	29	55	25	186	- 131
Inflammatory/Heart	30	54	5	921	- 867
Other Injuries	31	54	16	362	- 309
Anemia	32	52	53	14	+ 38
Cervical Cancer	33	47	33	128	- 81
Oral Cancer	34	44	22	214	- 170
Suicide	35	35	14	384	- 348
Lymphomas	36	35	19	245	- 211
Pancreas Cancer	37	32	13	436	- 404
Maternal Conditions	38	31	60	5	+ 27
Alzheimers & Dementia	39	31	7	664	- 633
Ovary Cancer	40	30	24	196	- 166
Stomach Cancer	41	28	11	470	- 441
Rheumatic Heart Disease	42	28	47	41	- 13
Pertussis	43	27	70	0	+ 27
Syphilis	44	18	65	1	+ 16
Epilepsy	45	17	45	44	- 27
Dengue	46	16	83	0	+ 16
Meningitis	47	16	52	15	+ 1
Measles	48	14	72	0	+ 14
War	49	12	68	0	+ 12
Uterin Cancer	50	12	29	148	- 136
Prostatic Hypertrophy	51	11	44	45	- 34
Drug Use	52	11	48	41	- 30
Oesophagus Cancer	53	10	32	131	- 121
Fires	54	9	36	103	- 94
Parkinson's Disease	55	9	35	125	- 116
Hepatitis B	56	9	63	3	+ 6
Osteoarthritis	57	9	58	7	+ 2
Bladder Cancer	58	9	20	228	- 219
Tetanus	59	8	71	0	+ 8
Alcohol	60	6	21	227	- 221
Skin Cancers	61	6	30	144	- 139
Rheumatoid Arthritis	62	5	51	20	- 15
Appendicitis	63	4	59	5	- 1
Schistosomiasis	64	4	78	0	+ 4
Poisonings	65	3	49	23	- 20
HIV/AIDS	66	3	39	74	- 71
Encephalitis	67	3	69	0	+ 3
Schizophrenia	68	2	57	7	- 6
Malaria	69	1	79	0	+ 1
Upper Respiratory	70	1	62	4	- 3
Leprosy	71	1	74	0	+ 1
Multiple Sclerosis	72	0	50	20	- 20
Oral conditions	73	0	61	4	- 3
Otitis Media	74	0	66	1	- 1
Diphtheria	75	0	67	1	- 0
Ascariasis	76	0	84	0	+ 0
Iodine Deficiency	77	0	73	0	+ 0
Chlamydia	78	0	75	0	+ 0
Chagas disease	79	0	80	0	+ 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	80	0	85	0	+ 0
Hepatitis C	81	0	42	53	- 53
Leishmaniasis	82	0	77	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	83	0	76	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	84	0	82	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	85	0	81	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	86	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to LATVIA

Philippines

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.