LATVIA VS RWANDA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	RWANDA		LATVIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Influenza and Pneumonia	1	698	9	501	+ 197
Stroke	2	669	2	5,893	- 5,224
Road Traffic Accidents	3	492	27	154	+ 338
Coronary Heart Disease	4	477	1	8,099	- 7,622
Malaria	5	436	79	0	+ 436
Diarrhoeal diseases	6	413	54	14	+ 399
HIV/AIDS	7	374	39	74	+ 299
Liver Disease	8	337	15	365	- 28
Low Birth Weight	9	290	56	11	+ 279
Birth Trauma	10	250	55	12	+ 238
Diabetes Mellitus	11	246	8	529	- 284
Congenital Anomalies	12	235	43	46	+ 189
Lung Disease	13	206	18	346	- 141
Hypertension	14	179	3	1,194	- 1,014
Kidney Disease	15	159	17	356	- 197
Malnutrition	16	154	64	2	+ 153
Other Injuries	17	125	16	362	- 238
Cervical Cancer	18	124	33	128	- 3
Meningitis	19	112	52	15	+ 97
Stomach Cancer	20	103	11	470	- 366
Maternal Conditions	21	96	60	5	+ 91
Asthma	22	95	46	42	+ 53
Liver Cancer	23	93	26	157	- 63
Suicide	24	93	14	384	- 291
Alzheimers & Dementia	25	87	7	664	- 577
Tuberculosis	26	83	40	71	+ 11
Breast Cancer	27	79	10	472	- 393
Colon-Rectum Cancers	28	78	6	722	- 644
Violence	29	72	37	94	- 22
Lymphomas	30	59	19	245	- 186
Falls	31	55	23	201	- 147
Prostate Cancer	32	52	12	464	- 412
Peptic Ulcer Disease	33	48	31	142	- 94
Inflammatory/Heart	34	46	5	921	- 875
Leukemia	35	42	25	186	- 144
Drownings	36	38	34	127	- 89
Oral Cancer	37	36	22	214	- 178
Fires	38	36	36	103	- 68
Lung Cancers	39	31	4	956	- 925
Poisonings	40	29	49	23	+ 6
Endocrine Disorders	41	29	41	59	- 30
Pertussis	42	29	70	0	+ 29
Pancreas Cancer	43	28	13	436	- 408
Oesophagus Cancer	44	28	32	131	- 103
Epilepsy	45	25	45	44	- 19
Syphilis	46	23	65	1	+ 22
Parkinson's Disease	47	19	35	125	- 106
Rheumatic Heart Disease	48	18	47	41	- 23
Alcohol	49	17	21	227	- 211
Skin Cancers	50	15	30	144	- 130
Schistosomiasis	51	15	78	0	+ 15
Skin Disease	52	14	38	76	- 63
Ovary Cancer	53	12	24	196	- 184
Appendicitis	54	9	59	5	+ 5
Hepatitis B	55	9	63	3	+ 6
Uterin Cancer	56	8	29	148	- 140
Upper Respiratory	57	8	62	4	+ 4
Tetanus	58	7	71	0	+ 7
Measles	59	7	72	0	+ 7
Drug Use	60	6	48	41	- 35
Encephalitis	61	5	69	0	+ 5
Bladder Cancer	62	5	20	228	- 223
Rheumatoid Arthritis	63	3	51	20	- 17
Other Neoplasms	64	2	28	153	- 151
Hepatitis C	65	2	42	53	- 51
Multiple Sclerosis	66	1	50	20	- 19
Ascariasis	67	1	84	0	+ 1
Otitis Media	68	0	66	1	- 0
War	69	0	68	0	+ 0
Chlamydia	70	0	75	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	71	0	67	1	- 1
Dengue	72	0	83	0	+ 0
Trichuriasis	73	0	81	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	74	0	82	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	75	0	73	0	- 0
Leprosy	76	0	74	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	77	0	77	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
Depression	84	0	86	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	85	0	- 0
Anemia	86	0	53	14	- 14
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to LATVIA

Rwanda

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.