LATVIA VS SOUTH AFRICA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	SOUTH AFRICA		LATVIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
HIV/AIDS	1	2,146	39	74	+ 2,071
Influenza and Pneumonia	2	1,172	9	501	+ 671
Coronary Heart Disease	3	976	1	8,099	- 7,124
Stroke	4	915	2	5,893	- 4,978
Diabetes Mellitus	5	900	8	529	+ 370
Tuberculosis	6	655	40	71	+ 583
Violence	7	626	37	94	+ 531
Diarrhoeal diseases	8	472	54	14	+ 459
Kidney Disease	9	456	17	356	+ 100
Suicide	10	410	14	384	+ 27
Road Traffic Accidents	11	388	27	154	+ 234
Hypertension	12	381	3	1,194	- 813
Lung Disease	13	354	18	346	+ 8
Liver Disease	14	269	15	365	- 96
Lung Cancers	15	230	4	956	- 727
Low Birth Weight	16	186	56	11	+ 175
Other Injuries	17	179	16	362	- 183
Asthma	18	178	46	42	+ 136
Endocrine Disorders	19	176	41	59	+ 116
Cervical Cancer	20	166	33	128	+ 38
Inflammatory/Heart	21	161	5	921	- 760
Alzheimers & Dementia	22	139	7	664	- 524
Breast Cancer	23	135	10	472	- 337
Prostate Cancer	24	130	12	464	- 334
Congenital Anomalies	25	130	43	46	+ 83
Meningitis	26	109	52	15	+ 94
Fires	27	108	36	103	+ 5
Colon-Rectum Cancers	28	107	6	722	- 615
Oesophagus Cancer	29	104	32	131	- 27
Birth Trauma	30	90	55	12	+ 78
Lymphomas	31	84	19	245	- 161
Drownings	32	72	34	127	- 55
Liver Cancer	33	71	26	157	- 86
Malnutrition	34	71	64	2	+ 69
Pancreas Cancer	35	60	13	436	- 376
Peptic Ulcer Disease	36	56	31	142	- 85
Epilepsy	37	56	45	44	+ 11
Maternal Conditions	38	51	60	5	+ 46
Stomach Cancer	39	46	11	470	- 424
Leukemia	40	44	25	186	- 143
Oral Cancer	41	42	22	214	- 172
Falls	42	42	23	201	- 160
Pertussis	43	34	70	0	+ 34
Syphilis	44	34	65	1	+ 32
Skin Disease	45	33	38	76	- 44
Parkinson's Disease	46	32	35	125	- 93
Rheumatic Heart Disease	47	30	47	41	- 11
Skin Cancers	48	30	30	144	- 115
Alcohol	49	29	21	227	- 198
Poisonings	50	29	49	23	+ 6
Ovary Cancer	51	28	24	196	- 168
Bladder Cancer	52	25	20	228	- 203
Drug Use	53	23	48	41	- 18
Uterin Cancer	54	15	29	148	- 132
Rheumatoid Arthritis	55	11	51	20	- 9
Appendicitis	56	8	59	5	+ 3
Measles	57	8	72	0	+ 8
Other Neoplasms	58	8	28	153	- 145
Encephalitis	59	7	69	0	+ 7
Upper Respiratory	60	7	62	4	+ 3
Hepatitis B	61	4	63	3	+ 1
Multiple Sclerosis	62	3	50	20	- 17
Malaria	63	2	79	0	+ 2
War	64	2	68	0	+ 2
Tetanus	65	1	71	0	+ 1
Schistosomiasis	66	1	78	0	+ 1
Otitis Media	67	1	66	1	- 0
Chlamydia	68	1	75	0	+ 1
Diphtheria	69	0	67	1	- 0
Hepatitis C	70	0	42	53	- 53
Ascariasis	71	0	84	0	+ 0
Hookworm Disease	72	0	82	0	- 0
Dengue	73	0	83	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	74	0	81	0	- 0
Leprosy	75	0	74	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	76	0	76	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	77	0	77	0	- 0
Chagas disease	78	0	80	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	73	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	80	0	57	7	- 7
Vitamin A Deficiency	81	0	85	0	- 0
Anemia	82	0	53	14	- 14
Depression	83	0	86	0	- 0
Oral conditions	84	0	61	4	- 4
Osteoarthritis	85	0	58	7	- 7
Prostatic Hypertrophy	86	0	44	45	- 45
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to LATVIA

South Africa

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.