LATVIA VS TANZANIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	TANZANIA		LATVIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
HIV/AIDS	1	732	39	74	+ 658
Influenza and Pneumonia	2	695	9	501	+ 194
Malaria	3	581	79	0	+ 581
Tuberculosis	4	541	40	71	+ 470
Road Traffic Accidents	5	482	27	154	+ 329
Diarrhoeal diseases	6	470	54	14	+ 456
Stroke	7	451	2	5,893	- 5,442
Birth Trauma	8	403	55	12	+ 391
Coronary Heart Disease	9	353	1	8,099	- 7,746
Low Birth Weight	10	325	56	11	+ 314
Congenital Anomalies	11	261	43	46	+ 215
Maternal Conditions	12	182	60	5	+ 178
Liver Disease	13	176	15	365	- 189
Cervical Cancer	14	172	33	128	+ 44
Diabetes Mellitus	15	167	8	529	- 363
Malnutrition	16	149	64	2	+ 147
Hypertension	17	139	3	1,194	- 1,055
Violence	18	126	37	94	+ 31
Kidney Disease	19	121	17	356	- 235
Other Injuries	20	114	16	362	- 248
Meningitis	21	85	52	15	+ 70
Lung Disease	22	81	18	346	- 265
Pertussis	23	74	70	0	+ 74
Suicide	24	66	14	384	- 318
Oesophagus Cancer	25	60	32	131	- 71
Syphilis	26	56	65	1	+ 55
Alzheimers & Dementia	27	55	7	664	- 609
Prostate Cancer	28	49	12	464	- 415
Endocrine Disorders	29	47	41	59	- 12
Asthma	30	45	46	42	+ 4
Oral Cancer	31	44	22	214	- 170
Drownings	32	44	34	127	- 83
Colon-Rectum Cancers	33	42	6	722	- 680
Falls	34	41	23	201	- 160
Fires	35	38	36	103	- 65
Liver Cancer	36	38	26	157	- 119
Breast Cancer	37	34	10	472	- 438
Inflammatory/Heart	38	33	5	921	- 888
Stomach Cancer	39	32	11	470	- 438
Poisonings	40	31	49	23	+ 8
Lymphomas	41	22	19	245	- 224
Skin Cancers	42	20	30	144	- 125
Epilepsy	43	19	45	44	- 25
Bladder Cancer	44	18	20	228	- 210
Parkinson's Disease	45	14	35	125	- 112
Peptic Ulcer Disease	46	12	31	142	- 130
Leukemia	47	11	25	186	- 175
Drug Use	48	11	48	41	- 30
Tetanus	49	11	71	0	+ 11
Rheumatic Heart Disease	50	11	47	41	- 30
Schistosomiasis	51	10	78	0	+ 10
Skin Disease	52	10	38	76	- 67
Ovary Cancer	53	9	24	196	- 187
Upper Respiratory	54	8	62	4	+ 4
Measles	55	8	72	0	+ 8
Alcohol	56	7	21	227	- 220
Uterin Cancer	57	6	29	148	- 142
Appendicitis	58	6	59	5	+ 1
Encephalitis	59	5	69	0	+ 5
Hepatitis B	60	4	63	3	+ 1
Lung Cancers	61	4	4	956	- 952
Pancreas Cancer	62	4	13	436	- 432
Rheumatoid Arthritis	63	2	51	20	- 18
Other Neoplasms	64	2	28	153	- 151
Ascariasis	65	1	84	0	+ 1
Hepatitis C	66	1	42	53	- 52
War	67	1	68	0	+ 1
Multiple Sclerosis	68	1	50	20	- 20
Otitis Media	69	0	66	1	- 1
Diphtheria	70	0	67	1	- 0
Chlamydia	71	0	75	0	+ 0
Trypanosomiasis	72	0	76	0	+ 0
Dengue	73	0	83	0	+ 0
Trichuriasis	74	0	81	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	75	0	82	0	- 0
Leprosy	76	0	74	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	77	0	77	0	- 0
Chagas disease	78	0	80	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
Oral conditions	84	0	61	4	- 4
Osteoarthritis	85	0	58	7	- 7
Prostatic Hypertrophy	86	0	44	45	- 45
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to LATVIA

Tanzania

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.