LATVIA VS TAJIKISTAN: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	TAJIKISTAN		LATVIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	2,488	1	8,099	- 5,611
Stroke	2	1,069	2	5,893	- 4,823
Influenza and Pneumonia	3	541	9	501	+ 40
Liver Disease	4	357	15	365	- 7
Hypertension	5	298	3	1,194	- 896
Diabetes Mellitus	6	280	8	529	- 249
Low Birth Weight	7	271	56	11	+ 259
Road Traffic Accidents	8	253	27	154	+ 100
Birth Trauma	9	220	55	12	+ 209
Lung Disease	10	204	18	346	- 142
Congenital Anomalies	11	188	43	46	+ 141
Stomach Cancer	12	131	11	470	- 339
Diarrhoeal diseases	13	127	54	14	+ 114
Tuberculosis	14	127	40	71	+ 56
Drownings	15	100	34	127	- 26
Oesophagus Cancer	16	94	32	131	- 37
Alzheimers & Dementia	17	90	7	664	- 574
Epilepsy	18	74	45	44	+ 30
Kidney Disease	19	71	17	356	- 286
Suicide	20	69	14	384	- 315
Falls	21	64	23	201	- 137
Meningitis	22	59	52	15	+ 44
Fires	23	55	36	103	- 48
Lung Cancers	24	53	4	956	- 904
HIV/AIDS	25	51	39	74	- 23
Pertussis	26	50	70	0	+ 50
Other Injuries	27	50	16	362	- 313
Asthma	28	48	46	42	+ 6
Parkinson's Disease	29	44	35	125	- 81
Liver Cancer	30	41	26	157	- 116
Rheumatic Heart Disease	31	38	47	41	- 2
Lymphomas	32	38	19	245	- 207
Breast Cancer	33	37	10	472	- 435
Endocrine Disorders	34	35	41	59	- 24
Colon-Rectum Cancers	35	35	6	722	- 687
Violence	36	29	37	94	- 65
Peptic Ulcer Disease	37	28	31	142	- 114
Alcohol	38	22	21	227	- 205
Cervical Cancer	39	20	33	128	- 108
Uterin Cancer	40	19	29	148	- 128
Oral Cancer	41	19	22	214	- 195
Leukemia	42	18	25	186	- 168
Pancreas Cancer	43	17	13	436	- 419
Inflammatory/Heart	44	14	5	921	- 907
Maternal Conditions	45	11	60	5	+ 6
Ovary Cancer	46	10	24	196	- 186
Upper Respiratory	47	10	62	4	+ 6
Bladder Cancer	48	9	20	228	- 219
Hepatitis B	49	7	63	3	+ 4
Poisonings	50	7	49	23	- 17
Skin Cancers	51	6	30	144	- 138
Prostate Cancer	52	6	12	464	- 458
Rheumatoid Arthritis	53	5	51	20	- 15
Encephalitis	54	5	69	0	+ 5
Drug Use	55	4	48	41	- 37
Syphilis	56	4	65	1	+ 2
Tetanus	57	3	71	0	+ 3
Appendicitis	58	3	59	5	- 2
Skin Disease	59	2	38	76	- 75
Hepatitis C	60	1	42	53	- 52
Other Neoplasms	61	1	28	153	- 151
Multiple Sclerosis	62	1	50	20	- 19
Leishmaniasis	63	1	77	0	+ 1
Malnutrition	64	0	64	2	- 1
Chlamydia	65	0	75	0	+ 0
War	66	0	68	0	- 0
Diphtheria	67	0	67	1	- 1
Ascariasis	68	0	84	0	+ 0
Dengue	69	0	83	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	70	0	66	1	- 1
Measles	71	0	72	0	+ 0
Leprosy	72	0	74	0	- 0
Chagas disease	73	0	80	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	74	0	76	0	- 0
Malaria	75	0	79	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	76	0	78	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	77	0	81	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	78	0	82	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	73	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	80	0	57	7	- 7
Depression	81	0	86	0	- 0
Anemia	82	0	53	14	- 14
Vitamin A Deficiency	83	0	85	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	84	0	58	7	- 7
Prostatic Hypertrophy	85	0	44	45	- 45
Oral conditions	86	0	61	4	- 4
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to LATVIA

Tajikistan

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.