LATVIA VS PORTUGAL: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	PORTUGAL		LATVIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	2,273	1	8,099	- 5,827
Stroke	2	2,178	2	5,893	- 3,715
Alzheimers & Dementia	3	1,269	7	664	+ 605
Influenza and Pneumonia	4	1,209	9	501	+ 708
Lung Cancers	5	778	4	956	- 179
Colon-Rectum Cancers	6	775	6	722	+ 53
Lung Disease	7	756	18	346	+ 410
Diabetes Mellitus	8	636	8	529	+ 106
Kidney Disease	9	495	17	356	+ 138
Stomach Cancer	10	447	11	470	- 23
Prostate Cancer	11	375	12	464	- 89
Breast Cancer	12	352	10	472	- 120
Other Injuries	13	342	16	362	- 21
Hypertension	14	332	3	1,194	- 862
Pancreas Cancer	15	295	13	436	- 142
Lymphomas	16	284	19	245	+ 38
Endocrine Disorders	17	273	41	59	+ 214
Liver Cancer	18	224	26	157	+ 68
Suicide	19	207	14	384	- 177
Bladder Cancer	20	207	20	228	- 21
Parkinson's Disease	21	201	35	125	+ 76
Liver Disease	22	199	15	365	- 166
Falls	23	182	23	201	- 19
Leukemia	24	179	25	186	- 7
Oral Cancer	25	161	22	214	- 53
Inflammatory/Heart	26	160	5	921	- 760
Road Traffic Accidents	27	148	27	154	- 6
Other Neoplasms	28	115	28	153	- 38
Oesophagus Cancer	29	110	32	131	- 21
Skin Cancers	30	92	30	144	- 52
Epilepsy	31	73	45	44	+ 29
Uterin Cancer	32	72	29	148	- 76
Ovary Cancer	33	70	24	196	- 126
Cervical Cancer	34	58	33	128	- 70
HIV/AIDS	35	56	39	74	- 18
Diarrhoeal diseases	36	41	54	14	+ 27
Peptic Ulcer Disease	37	40	31	142	- 102
Tuberculosis	38	38	40	71	- 34
Skin Disease	39	36	38	76	- 41
Congenital Anomalies	40	35	43	46	- 12
Rheumatic Heart Disease	41	30	47	41	- 11
Anemia	42	27	53	14	+ 12
Asthma	43	26	46	42	- 16
Drug Use	44	23	48	41	- 18
Alcohol	45	20	21	227	- 208
Fires	46	19	36	103	- 84
Rheumatoid Arthritis	47	17	51	20	- 2
Violence	48	17	37	94	- 77
Hepatitis C	49	15	42	53	- 38
Prostatic Hypertrophy	50	15	44	45	- 31
Drownings	51	14	34	127	- 113
Low Birth Weight	52	14	56	11	+ 3
Malnutrition	53	14	64	2	+ 12
Multiple Sclerosis	54	10	50	20	- 10
Schizophrenia	55	9	57	7	+ 1
Meningitis	56	8	52	15	- 7
Poisonings	57	5	49	23	- 18
Osteoarthritis	58	5	58	7	- 2
Hepatitis B	59	5	63	3	+ 1
Birth Trauma	60	4	55	12	- 7
Appendicitis	61	4	59	5	- 1
Upper Respiratory	62	3	62	4	- 1
Maternal Conditions	63	1	60	5	- 3
Syphilis	64	1	65	1	- 1
Oral conditions	65	1	61	4	- 3
Otitis Media	66	0	66	1	- 1
Encephalitis	67	0	69	0	+ 0
Leishmaniasis	68	0	77	0	+ 0
War	69	0	68	0	- 0
Leprosy	70	0	74	0	+ 0
Measles	71	0	72	0	+ 0
Pertussis	72	0	70	0	- 0
Tetanus	73	0	71	0	- 0
Diphtheria	74	0	67	1	- 1
Iodine Deficiency	75	0	73	0	- 0
Chlamydia	76	0	75	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	77	0	78	0	- 0
Malaria	78	0	79	0	- 0
Chagas disease	79	0	80	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	80	0	76	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	81	0	81	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	82	0	82	0	- 0
Ascariasis	83	0	84	0	- 0
Dengue	84	0	83	0	- 0
Depression	85	0	86	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	86	0	85	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to LATVIA

Portugal

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.