LATVIA VS RUSSIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	RUSSIA		LATVIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	7,198	1	8,099	- 901
Stroke	2	4,185	2	5,893	- 1,707
Lung Cancers	3	695	4	956	- 261
Inflammatory/Heart	4	691	5	921	- 229
Alzheimers & Dementia	5	621	7	664	- 43
Liver Disease	6	582	15	365	+ 217
Colon-Rectum Cancers	7	545	6	722	- 177
Suicide	8	468	14	384	+ 85
Lung Disease	9	468	18	346	+ 122
Influenza and Pneumonia	10	414	9	501	- 87
Stomach Cancer	11	376	11	470	- 94
Alcohol	12	358	21	227	+ 131
Breast Cancer	13	297	10	472	- 175
Other Injuries	14	288	16	362	- 74
HIV/AIDS	15	272	39	74	+ 198
Pancreas Cancer	16	259	13	436	- 177
Hypertension	17	235	3	1,194	- 959
Diabetes Mellitus	18	235	8	529	- 295
Road Traffic Accidents	19	224	27	154	+ 70
Prostate Cancer	20	180	12	464	- 284
Falls	21	150	23	201	- 52
Kidney Disease	22	148	17	356	- 208
Violence	23	146	37	94	+ 52
Liver Cancer	24	143	26	157	- 14
Oral Cancer	25	139	22	214	- 75
Parkinson's Disease	26	120	35	125	- 6
Drug Use	27	117	48	41	+ 76
Peptic Ulcer Disease	28	114	31	142	- 28
Lymphomas	29	114	19	245	- 131
Tuberculosis	30	108	40	71	+ 36
Leukemia	31	105	25	186	- 81
Ovary Cancer	32	104	24	196	- 93
Oesophagus Cancer	33	95	32	131	- 36
Cervical Cancer	34	95	33	128	- 33
Uterin Cancer	35	88	29	148	- 60
Drownings	36	85	34	127	- 42
Fires	37	82	36	103	- 22
Bladder Cancer	38	81	20	228	- 147
Skin Cancers	39	72	30	144	- 73
Poisonings	40	71	49	23	+ 48
Congenital Anomalies	41	54	43	46	+ 7
Rheumatic Heart Disease	42	35	47	41	- 5
Skin Disease	43	35	38	76	- 41
Low Birth Weight	44	28	56	11	+ 16
Endocrine Disorders	45	26	41	59	- 33
Asthma	46	23	46	42	- 19
Encephalitis	47	14	69	0	+ 14
Meningitis	48	13	52	15	- 2
Multiple Sclerosis	49	11	50	20	- 10
Rheumatoid Arthritis	50	10	51	20	- 10
Other Neoplasms	51	9	28	153	- 143
Epilepsy	52	9	45	44	- 35
Birth Trauma	53	9	55	12	- 2
Appendicitis	54	5	59	5	+ 0
Diarrhoeal diseases	55	5	54	14	- 8
Maternal Conditions	56	3	60	5	- 1
Malnutrition	57	3	64	2	+ 1
Upper Respiratory	58	2	62	4	- 2
War	59	2	68	0	+ 1
Hepatitis B	60	1	63	3	- 3
Chlamydia	61	0	75	0	+ 0
Syphilis	62	0	65	1	- 1
Tetanus	63	0	71	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	64	0	66	1	- 1
Pertussis	65	0	70	0	- 0
Hepatitis C	66	0	42	53	- 53
Diphtheria	67	0	67	1	- 1
Measles	68	0	72	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	69	0	73	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	70	0	76	0	- 0
Chagas disease	71	0	80	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	72	0	78	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	73	0	77	0	- 0
Malaria	74	0	79	0	- 0
Leprosy	75	0	74	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	76	0	82	0	- 0
Ascariasis	77	0	84	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	78	0	81	0	- 0
Dengue	79	0	83	0	- 0
Depression	80	0	86	0	- 0
Anemia	81	0	53	14	- 14
Vitamin A Deficiency	82	0	85	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	83	0	57	7	- 7
Osteoarthritis	84	0	58	7	- 7
Prostatic Hypertrophy	85	0	44	45	- 45
Oral conditions	86	0	61	4	- 4
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.