LATVIA VS SAUDI ARABIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	SAUDI ARABIA		LATVIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	1,924	1	8,099	- 6,175
Stroke	2	828	2	5,893	- 5,065
Road Traffic Accidents	3	607	27	154	+ 454
Kidney Disease	4	446	17	356	+ 90
Influenza and Pneumonia	5	302	9	501	- 199
Falls	6	263	23	201	+ 62
Liver Disease	7	243	15	365	- 122
Other Injuries	8	197	16	362	- 165
Diabetes Mellitus	9	192	8	529	- 338
Lung Disease	10	140	18	346	- 206
Alzheimers & Dementia	11	120	7	664	- 543
Congenital Anomalies	12	114	43	46	+ 67
Suicide	13	101	14	384	- 283
Colon-Rectum Cancers	14	80	6	722	- 642
Endocrine Disorders	15	71	41	59	+ 12
Inflammatory/Heart	16	66	5	921	- 855
Asthma	17	58	46	42	+ 16
Low Birth Weight	18	49	56	11	+ 37
Leukemia	19	46	25	186	- 141
Breast Cancer	20	45	10	472	- 428
Liver Cancer	21	42	26	157	- 115
Hypertension	22	41	3	1,194	- 1,153
Fires	23	41	36	103	- 63
Drownings	24	40	34	127	- 86
Parkinson's Disease	25	38	35	125	- 87
Lung Cancers	26	38	4	956	- 918
Tuberculosis	27	37	40	71	- 34
Lymphomas	28	35	19	245	- 210
Epilepsy	29	34	45	44	- 10
Violence	30	32	37	94	- 63
Pancreas Cancer	31	26	13	436	- 410
Skin Disease	32	25	38	76	- 51
Drug Use	33	24	48	41	- 17
Oral Cancer	34	23	22	214	- 191
Diarrhoeal diseases	35	23	54	14	+ 9
Stomach Cancer	36	19	11	470	- 450
Birth Trauma	37	17	55	12	+ 5
Uterin Cancer	38	16	29	148	- 132
Rheumatic Heart Disease	39	14	47	41	- 27
Poisonings	40	14	49	23	- 9
Peptic Ulcer Disease	41	14	31	142	- 128
Ovary Cancer	42	12	24	196	- 184
Encephalitis	43	12	69	0	+ 12
Oesophagus Cancer	44	11	32	131	- 120
Meningitis	45	11	52	15	- 4
Bladder Cancer	46	11	20	228	- 217
HIV/AIDS	47	9	39	74	- 65
Maternal Conditions	48	8	60	5	+ 4
Cervical Cancer	49	8	33	128	- 120
Prostate Cancer	50	7	12	464	- 457
Alcohol	51	6	21	227	- 221
Malnutrition	52	4	64	2	+ 2
Hepatitis B	53	3	63	3	- 0
Pertussis	54	3	70	0	+ 3
Skin Cancers	55	3	30	144	- 142
Multiple Sclerosis	56	2	50	20	- 18
Other Neoplasms	57	2	28	153	- 151
Appendicitis	58	2	59	5	- 3
Syphilis	59	2	65	1	+ 0
Schistosomiasis	60	1	78	0	+ 1
Tetanus	61	1	71	0	+ 1
Rheumatoid Arthritis	62	0	51	20	- 19
Dengue	63	0	83	0	+ 0
Hepatitis C	64	0	42	53	- 53
War	65	0	68	0	- 0
Ascariasis	66	0	84	0	+ 0
Leishmaniasis	67	0	77	0	+ 0
Measles	68	0	72	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	69	0	67	1	- 1
Upper Respiratory	70	0	62	4	- 4
Chlamydia	71	0	75	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	72	0	66	1	- 1
Leprosy	73	0	74	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	74	0	76	0	- 0
Malaria	75	0	79	0	- 0
Chagas disease	76	0	80	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	77	0	73	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	78	0	81	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	79	0	82	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	80	0	58	7	- 7
Prostatic Hypertrophy	81	0	44	45	- 45
Oral conditions	82	0	61	4	- 4
Depression	83	0	86	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	84	0	57	7	- 7
Anemia	85	0	53	14	- 14
Vitamin A Deficiency	86	0	85	0	- 0
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.