LATVIA VS SWAZILAND: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

Click Country Link To Compare

	SWAZILAND		LATVIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
HIV/AIDS	1	3,662	39	74	+ 3,588
Influenza and Pneumonia	2	1,457	9	501	+ 956
Diabetes Mellitus	3	1,412	8	529	+ 882
Stroke	4	1,267	2	5,893	- 4,626
Coronary Heart Disease	5	1,195	1	8,099	- 6,904
Diarrhoeal diseases	6	819	54	14	+ 805
Road Traffic Accidents	7	608	27	154	+ 455
Kidney Disease	8	603	17	356	+ 247
Suicide	9	534	14	384	+ 151
Hypertension	10	462	3	1,194	- 731
Liver Disease	11	433	15	365	+ 68
Lung Disease	12	419	18	346	+ 72
Tuberculosis	13	405	40	71	+ 334
Low Birth Weight	14	369	56	11	+ 358
Cervical Cancer	15	340	33	128	+ 212
Violence	16	336	37	94	+ 242
Other Injuries	17	301	16	362	- 61
Birth Trauma	18	263	55	12	+ 252
Congenital Anomalies	19	254	43	46	+ 207
Asthma	20	237	46	42	+ 195
Maternal Conditions	21	183	60	5	+ 179
Malnutrition	22	167	64	2	+ 166
Meningitis	23	154	52	15	+ 139
Inflammatory/Heart	24	148	5	921	- 773
Drownings	25	138	34	127	+ 11
Fires	26	132	36	103	+ 29
Alzheimers & Dementia	27	121	7	664	- 542
Endocrine Disorders	28	117	41	59	+ 58
Peptic Ulcer Disease	29	80	31	142	- 61
Epilepsy	30	72	45	44	+ 28
Prostate Cancer	31	71	12	464	- 393
Falls	32	65	23	201	- 136
Pertussis	33	61	70	0	+ 61
Poisonings	34	59	49	23	+ 36
Breast Cancer	35	58	10	472	- 414
Lymphomas	36	49	19	245	- 196
Liver Cancer	37	46	26	157	- 110
Drug Use	38	42	48	41	+ 2
Rheumatic Heart Disease	39	41	47	41	+ 1
Skin Disease	40	40	38	76	- 36
Parkinson's Disease	41	38	35	125	- 88
Skin Cancers	42	31	30	144	- 113
Colon-Rectum Cancers	43	30	6	722	- 693
Oesophagus Cancer	44	29	32	131	- 102
Syphilis	45	28	65	1	+ 26
Lung Cancers	46	26	4	956	- 930
Leukemia	47	26	25	186	- 160
Alcohol	48	25	21	227	- 202
Schistosomiasis	49	20	78	0	+ 20
Uterin Cancer	50	18	29	148	- 130
Oral Cancer	51	16	22	214	- 198
Ovary Cancer	52	16	24	196	- 181
Stomach Cancer	53	11	11	470	- 459
Appendicitis	54	10	59	5	+ 6
Bladder Cancer	55	10	20	228	- 218
Pancreas Cancer	56	10	13	436	- 427
Hepatitis B	57	9	63	3	+ 6
Rheumatoid Arthritis	58	8	51	20	- 12
Encephalitis	59	8	69	0	+ 8
Upper Respiratory	60	7	62	4	+ 3
Other Neoplasms	61	6	28	153	- 146
Tetanus	62	6	71	0	+ 6
Multiple Sclerosis	63	2	50	20	- 18
Measles	64	1	72	0	+ 1
Hepatitis C	65	1	42	53	- 52
Ascariasis	66	0	84	0	+ 0
Malaria	67	0	79	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	68	0	66	1	- 1
Chlamydia	69	0	75	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	70	0	67	1	- 0
War	71	0	68	0	+ 0
Dengue	72	0	83	0	+ 0
Hookworm Disease	73	0	82	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	74	0	81	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	75	0	73	0	- 0
Leprosy	76	0	74	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	77	0	77	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	76	0	- 0
Chagas disease	79	0	80	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	80	0	44	45	- 45
Osteoarthritis	81	0	58	7	- 7
Oral conditions	82	0	61	4	- 4
Schizophrenia	83	0	57	7	- 7
Anemia	84	0	53	14	- 14
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	85	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	86	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to LATVIA

Swaziland

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.