LATVIA VS SWEDEN: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	SWEDEN		LATVIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	2,574	1	8,099	- 5,525
Alzheimers & Dementia	2	1,857	7	664	+ 1,193
Stroke	3	1,026	2	5,893	- 4,866
Lung Disease	4	739	18	346	+ 393
Lung Cancers	5	633	4	956	- 323
Colon-Rectum Cancers	6	519	6	722	- 203
Influenza and Pneumonia	7	452	9	501	- 49
Prostate Cancer	8	446	12	464	- 18
Pancreas Cancer	9	314	13	436	- 122
Hypertension	10	313	3	1,194	- 881
Diabetes Mellitus	11	312	8	529	- 217
Kidney Disease	12	277	17	356	- 79
Breast Cancer	13	269	10	472	- 203
Suicide	14	252	14	384	- 132
Other Injuries	15	234	16	362	- 129
Lymphomas	16	231	19	245	- 15
Falls	17	189	23	201	- 13
Other Neoplasms	18	176	28	153	+ 24
Parkinson's Disease	19	160	35	125	+ 35
Leukemia	20	140	25	186	- 46
Bladder Cancer	21	129	20	228	- 99
Liver Cancer	22	128	26	157	- 29
Liver Disease	23	123	15	365	- 242
Endocrine Disorders	24	119	41	59	+ 60
Skin Cancers	25	111	30	144	- 34
Stomach Cancer	26	104	11	470	- 365
Ovary Cancer	27	94	24	196	- 102
Inflammatory/Heart	28	93	5	921	- 828
Oesophagus Cancer	29	92	32	131	- 40
Drug Use	30	72	48	41	+ 31
Oral Cancer	31	65	22	214	- 150
Alcohol	32	61	21	227	- 166
Uterin Cancer	33	59	29	148	- 89
Road Traffic Accidents	34	54	27	154	- 100
Congenital Anomalies	35	52	43	46	+ 6
Diarrhoeal diseases	36	49	54	14	+ 36
Peptic Ulcer Disease	37	47	31	142	- 95
Cervical Cancer	38	39	33	128	- 89
Skin Disease	39	37	38	76	- 39
Anemia	40	30	53	14	+ 16
Multiple Sclerosis	41	29	50	20	+ 9
Asthma	42	27	46	42	- 15
Rheumatoid Arthritis	43	22	51	20	+ 2
Epilepsy	44	21	45	44	- 24
Malnutrition	45	20	64	2	+ 18
Drownings	46	19	34	127	- 107
Violence	47	19	37	94	- 75
Rheumatic Heart Disease	48	19	47	41	- 22
Fires	49	11	36	103	- 92
Schizophrenia	50	11	57	7	+ 3
Low Birth Weight	51	9	56	11	- 3
Prostatic Hypertrophy	52	8	44	45	- 38
Hepatitis C	53	7	42	53	- 45
Meningitis	54	6	52	15	- 9
Birth Trauma	55	6	55	12	- 6
Tuberculosis	56	4	40	71	- 67
Osteoarthritis	57	4	58	7	- 3
Upper Respiratory	58	3	62	4	- 0
Appendicitis	59	3	59	5	- 2
Poisonings	60	3	49	23	- 20
HIV/AIDS	61	2	39	74	- 72
Hepatitis B	62	2	63	3	- 2
Oral conditions	63	1	61	4	- 2
Maternal Conditions	64	1	60	5	- 4
War	65	0	68	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	66	0	66	1	- 1
Pertussis	67	0	70	0	+ 0
Tetanus	68	0	71	0	+ 0
Schistosomiasis	69	0	78	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	70	0	67	1	- 1
Encephalitis	71	0	69	0	- 0
Syphilis	72	0	65	1	- 1
Chlamydia	73	0	75	0	- 0
Malaria	74	0	79	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	75	0	77	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	76	0	76	0	- 0
Chagas disease	77	0	80	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	78	0	81	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	79	0	82	0	- 0
Dengue	80	0	83	0	- 0
Ascariasis	81	0	84	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	82	0	73	0	- 0
Measles	83	0	72	0	- 0
Leprosy	84	0	74	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	85	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	86	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to LATVIA

Sweden

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.