LATVIA VS SAINT LUCIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	SAINT LUCIA		LATVIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Stroke	1	2,019	2	5,893	- 3,874
Coronary Heart Disease	2	1,594	1	8,099	- 6,505
Diabetes Mellitus	3	1,497	8	529	+ 967
Kidney Disease	4	854	17	356	+ 498
Influenza and Pneumonia	5	704	9	501	+ 203
Prostate Cancer	6	603	12	464	+ 139
Road Traffic Accidents	7	585	27	154	+ 431
Lung Disease	8	566	18	346	+ 220
Hypertension	9	562	3	1,194	- 631
Alzheimers & Dementia	10	510	7	664	- 154
Violence	11	397	37	94	+ 302
Liver Disease	12	373	15	365	+ 9
Inflammatory/Heart	13	338	5	921	- 583
Breast Cancer	14	273	10	472	- 200
Stomach Cancer	15	235	11	470	- 235
Colon-Rectum Cancers	16	226	6	722	- 496
Endocrine Disorders	17	216	41	59	+ 157
Lung Cancers	18	200	4	956	- 756
Low Birth Weight	19	184	56	11	+ 173
Skin Disease	20	173	38	76	+ 97
Other Injuries	21	158	16	362	- 204
Suicide	22	154	14	384	- 229
Parkinson's Disease	23	149	35	125	+ 23
Lymphomas	24	140	19	245	- 105
Cervical Cancer	25	127	33	128	- 1
Falls	26	113	23	201	- 89
Asthma	27	103	46	42	+ 61
Drownings	28	100	34	127	- 27
Alcohol	29	99	21	227	- 128
Congenital Anomalies	30	87	43	46	+ 40
Pancreas Cancer	31	86	13	436	- 350
Epilepsy	32	76	45	44	+ 32
Malnutrition	33	71	64	2	+ 69
Peptic Ulcer Disease	34	58	31	142	- 84
Diarrhoeal diseases	35	49	54	14	+ 35
Leukemia	36	47	25	186	- 139
Liver Cancer	37	43	26	157	- 113
Rheumatic Heart Disease	38	42	47	41	+ 1
Fires	39	36	36	103	- 68
Oesophagus Cancer	40	34	32	131	- 98
Ovary Cancer	41	34	24	196	- 163
Birth Trauma	42	33	55	12	+ 22
Oral Cancer	43	33	22	214	- 181
Tuberculosis	44	31	40	71	- 40
Uterin Cancer	45	22	29	148	- 126
Drug Use	46	21	48	41	- 20
Maternal Conditions	47	20	60	5	+ 15
Other Neoplasms	48	19	28	153	- 133
Meningitis	49	16	52	15	+ 1
Rheumatoid Arthritis	50	14	51	20	- 6
Appendicitis	51	12	59	5	+ 7
Encephalitis	52	12	69	0	+ 12
Dengue	53	6	83	0	+ 6
Multiple Sclerosis	54	5	50	20	- 16
Poisonings	55	3	49	23	- 20
Tetanus	56	2	71	0	+ 2
Syphilis	57	2	65	1	+ 1
War	58	2	68	0	+ 2
Upper Respiratory	59	1	62	4	- 2
Hepatitis B	60	1	63	3	- 3
Schistosomiasis	61	1	78	0	+ 1
Chlamydia	62	0	75	0	+ 0
Pertussis	63	0	70	0	+ 0
Ascariasis	64	0	84	0	+ 0
Hepatitis C	65	0	42	53	- 53
Otitis Media	66	0	66	1	- 1
Diphtheria	67	0	67	1	- 1
Skin Cancers	68	0	30	144	- 144
Vitamin A Deficiency	69	0	85	0	- 0
Anemia	70	0	53	14	- 14
Depression	71	0	86	0	- 0
Bladder Cancer	72	0	20	228	- 228
Schizophrenia	73	0	57	7	- 7
Oral conditions	74	0	61	4	- 4
Osteoarthritis	75	0	58	7	- 7
Prostatic Hypertrophy	76	0	44	45	- 45
Measles	77	0	72	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	78	0	73	0	- 0
Chagas disease	79	0	80	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	80	0	76	0	- 0
Malaria	81	0	79	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	82	0	77	0	- 0
Leprosy	83	0	74	0	- 0
HIV/AIDS	84	0	39	74	- 74
Trichuriasis	85	0	81	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	86	0	82	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to LATVIA

Saint Lucia

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.