LATVIA VS SUDAN: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	SUDAN		LATVIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	1,569	1	8,099	- 6,530
Stroke	2	735	2	5,893	- 5,158
Low Birth Weight	3	572	56	11	+ 561
Influenza and Pneumonia	4	450	9	501	- 51
Road Traffic Accidents	5	409	27	154	+ 255
Measles	6	332	72	0	+ 332
Birth Trauma	7	304	55	12	+ 293
Hypertension	8	260	3	1,194	- 934
Diarrhoeal diseases	9	224	54	14	+ 210
Malaria	10	200	79	0	+ 200
Congenital Anomalies	11	197	43	46	+ 150
Kidney Disease	12	182	17	356	- 175
Lung Disease	13	156	18	346	- 190
Liver Disease	14	155	15	365	- 210
Tuberculosis	15	152	40	71	+ 80
Breast Cancer	16	110	10	472	- 363
Diabetes Mellitus	17	110	8	529	- 420
Other Injuries	18	104	16	362	- 258
Asthma	19	94	46	42	+ 52
Alzheimers & Dementia	20	92	7	664	- 571
Violence	21	88	37	94	- 6
HIV/AIDS	22	83	39	74	+ 9
Maternal Conditions	23	70	60	5	+ 65
Pertussis	24	68	70	0	+ 68
Leukemia	25	65	25	186	- 121
Drownings	26	60	34	127	- 67
Suicide	27	59	14	384	- 325
Falls	28	56	23	201	- 146
Lymphomas	29	55	19	245	- 191
Endocrine Disorders	30	52	41	59	- 7
Fires	31	47	36	103	- 57
Oesophagus Cancer	32	40	32	131	- 91
Meningitis	33	39	52	15	+ 24
Malnutrition	34	39	64	2	+ 37
Colon-Rectum Cancers	35	37	6	722	- 685
Drug Use	36	37	48	41	- 4
Liver Cancer	37	34	26	157	- 123
Inflammatory/Heart	38	30	5	921	- 891
Ovary Cancer	39	28	24	196	- 168
Peptic Ulcer Disease	40	28	31	142	- 114
Cervical Cancer	41	27	33	128	- 100
Poisonings	42	27	49	23	+ 3
Epilepsy	43	26	45	44	- 18
Hepatitis B	44	26	63	3	+ 23
Parkinson's Disease	45	25	35	125	- 100
Rheumatic Heart Disease	46	24	47	41	- 16
Syphilis	47	22	65	1	+ 20
Lung Cancers	48	19	4	956	- 937
Prostate Cancer	49	19	12	464	- 445
Oral Cancer	50	18	22	214	- 196
Stomach Cancer	51	17	11	470	- 452
Leishmaniasis	52	16	77	0	+ 16
Tetanus	53	13	71	0	+ 13
Bladder Cancer	54	13	20	228	- 215
Skin Cancers	55	13	30	144	- 132
War	56	12	68	0	+ 12
Encephalitis	57	11	69	0	+ 11
Pancreas Cancer	58	10	13	436	- 426
Appendicitis	59	6	59	5	+ 1
Skin Disease	60	4	38	76	- 72
Alcohol	61	3	21	227	- 224
Uterin Cancer	62	3	29	148	- 145
Schistosomiasis	63	2	78	0	+ 2
Multiple Sclerosis	64	2	50	20	- 18
Other Neoplasms	65	1	28	153	- 151
Ascariasis	66	1	84	0	+ 1
Rheumatoid Arthritis	67	1	51	20	- 19
Hepatitis C	68	1	42	53	- 52
Diphtheria	69	0	67	1	- 0
Upper Respiratory	70	0	62	4	- 3
Chlamydia	71	0	75	0	+ 0
Dengue	72	0	83	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	73	0	66	1	- 1
Leprosy	74	0	74	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	75	0	73	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	76	0	82	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	77	0	81	0	- 0
Chagas disease	78	0	80	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	79	0	76	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	80	0	44	45	- 45
Osteoarthritis	81	0	58	7	- 7
Oral conditions	82	0	61	4	- 4
Depression	83	0	86	0	- 0
Anemia	84	0	53	14	- 14
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	85	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	86	0	57	7	- 7
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.