LATVIA VS SRI LANKA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	SRI LANKA		LATVIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	2,155	1	8,099	- 5,944
Diabetes Mellitus	2	1,021	8	529	+ 492
Lung Disease	3	775	18	346	+ 429
Alzheimers & Dementia	4	569	7	664	- 95
Kidney Disease	5	562	17	356	+ 206
Stroke	6	558	2	5,893	- 5,335
Asthma	7	530	46	42	+ 489
Influenza and Pneumonia	8	419	9	501	- 82
Road Traffic Accidents	9	344	27	154	+ 191
Suicide	10	244	14	384	- 140
Oral Cancer	11	237	22	214	+ 23
Lung Cancers	12	145	4	956	- 811
Oesophagus Cancer	13	127	32	131	- 5
Other Injuries	14	125	16	362	- 237
Breast Cancer	15	113	10	472	- 359
Stomach Cancer	16	108	11	470	- 361
Liver Disease	17	107	15	365	- 258
Leukemia	18	95	25	186	- 91
Liver Cancer	19	89	26	157	- 67
Hypertension	20	86	3	1,194	- 1,107
Lymphomas	21	84	19	245	- 161
Congenital Anomalies	22	81	43	46	+ 35
Falls	23	79	23	201	- 122
Colon-Rectum Cancers	24	75	6	722	- 647
Tuberculosis	25	63	40	71	- 8
Cervical Cancer	26	62	33	128	- 65
Drownings	27	60	34	127	- 67
Diarrhoeal diseases	28	50	54	14	+ 36
Low Birth Weight	29	44	56	11	+ 33
Prostate Cancer	30	42	12	464	- 422
Violence	31	41	37	94	- 54
Endocrine Disorders	32	38	41	59	- 21
Anemia	33	36	53	14	+ 22
Bladder Cancer	34	35	20	228	- 193
Inflammatory/Heart	35	35	5	921	- 886
Skin Disease	36	24	38	76	- 52
Ovary Cancer	37	23	24	196	- 173
War	38	23	68	0	+ 23
Epilepsy	39	22	45	44	- 22
Drug Use	40	21	48	41	- 20
Fires	41	20	36	103	- 84
Uterin Cancer	42	18	29	148	- 130
Pancreas Cancer	43	17	13	436	- 419
Birth Trauma	44	16	55	12	+ 4
Parkinson's Disease	45	14	35	125	- 112
Meningitis	46	12	52	15	- 3
Dengue	47	11	83	0	+ 11
Maternal Conditions	48	8	60	5	+ 3
Poisonings	49	8	49	23	- 16
Other Neoplasms	50	7	28	153	- 146
Alcohol	51	7	21	227	- 221
Skin Cancers	52	5	30	144	- 140
Rheumatic Heart Disease	53	4	47	41	- 37
Malnutrition	54	4	64	2	+ 2
HIV/AIDS	55	3	39	74	- 71
Peptic Ulcer Disease	56	3	31	142	- 139
Tetanus	57	2	71	0	+ 2
Syphilis	58	1	65	1	- 0
Pertussis	59	1	70	0	+ 1
Rheumatoid Arthritis	60	1	51	20	- 19
Encephalitis	61	1	69	0	+ 1
Hepatitis B	62	0	63	3	- 3
Leprosy	63	0	74	0	+ 0
Appendicitis	64	0	59	5	- 4
Schizophrenia	65	0	57	7	- 7
Upper Respiratory	66	0	62	4	- 3
Osteoarthritis	67	0	58	7	- 7
Oral conditions	68	0	61	4	- 3
Multiple Sclerosis	69	0	50	20	- 20
Prostatic Hypertrophy	70	0	44	45	- 45
Hookworm Disease	71	0	82	0	+ 0
Ascariasis	72	0	84	0	+ 0
Leishmaniasis	73	0	77	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	74	0	67	1	- 1
Hepatitis C	75	0	42	53	- 53
Otitis Media	76	0	66	1	- 1
Measles	77	0	72	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	78	0	73	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	79	0	81	0	- 0
Malaria	80	0	79	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	81	0	78	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	82	0	76	0	- 0
Chagas disease	83	0	80	0	- 0
Chlamydia	84	0	75	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	85	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	86	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to LATVIA

Sri Lanka

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.