LATVIA VS THAILAND: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	THAILAND		LATVIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	1,322	1	8,099	- 6,777
Stroke	2	1,295	2	5,893	- 4,598
Influenza and Pneumonia	3	806	9	501	+ 305
Kidney Disease	4	691	17	356	+ 335
Liver Cancer	5	615	26	157	+ 459
Alzheimers & Dementia	6	589	7	664	- 75
Road Traffic Accidents	7	578	27	154	+ 424
Lung Cancers	8	574	4	956	- 382
Lung Disease	9	502	18	346	+ 155
Diabetes Mellitus	10	484	8	529	- 46
Liver Disease	11	453	15	365	+ 89
HIV/AIDS	12	359	39	74	+ 285
Colon-Rectum Cancers	13	255	6	722	- 467
Tuberculosis	14	246	40	71	+ 175
Diarrhoeal diseases	15	177	54	14	+ 163
Suicide	16	158	14	384	- 225
Breast Cancer	17	156	10	472	- 316
Falls	18	139	23	201	- 62
Cervical Cancer	19	132	33	128	+ 4
Oral Cancer	20	128	22	214	- 86
Other Injuries	21	125	16	362	- 237
Lymphomas	22	117	19	245	- 128
Parkinson's Disease	23	111	35	125	- 15
Asthma	24	108	46	42	+ 66
Drownings	25	102	34	127	- 25
Leukemia	26	101	25	186	- 86
Stomach Cancer	27	89	11	470	- 381
Skin Disease	28	87	38	76	+ 11
Oesophagus Cancer	29	81	32	131	- 50
Prostate Cancer	30	78	12	464	- 386
Violence	31	76	37	94	- 18
Inflammatory/Heart	32	74	5	921	- 847
Pancreas Cancer	33	61	13	436	- 375
Hypertension	34	56	3	1,194	- 1,138
Congenital Anomalies	35	54	43	46	+ 8
Ovary Cancer	36	52	24	196	- 145
Endocrine Disorders	37	49	41	59	- 10
Bladder Cancer	38	46	20	228	- 182
Peptic Ulcer Disease	39	43	31	142	- 99
Low Birth Weight	40	40	56	11	+ 29
Skin Cancers	41	29	30	144	- 115
Malnutrition	42	25	64	2	+ 23
Meningitis	43	24	52	15	+ 9
Uterin Cancer	44	22	29	148	- 125
Drug Use	45	20	48	41	- 20
Encephalitis	46	19	69	0	+ 19
Epilepsy	47	18	45	44	- 27
Fires	48	16	36	103	- 87
Alcohol	49	14	21	227	- 213
Birth Trauma	50	14	55	12	+ 2
Rheumatic Heart Disease	51	11	47	41	- 30
Maternal Conditions	52	6	60	5	+ 1
Rheumatoid Arthritis	53	5	51	20	- 15
Other Neoplasms	54	5	28	153	- 148
Dengue	55	4	83	0	+ 4
Hepatitis B	56	4	63	3	+ 1
Poisonings	57	3	49	23	- 20
Tetanus	58	3	71	0	+ 3
Appendicitis	59	3	59	5	- 2
War	60	2	68	0	+ 2
Multiple Sclerosis	61	2	50	20	- 18
Pertussis	62	2	70	0	+ 2
Measles	63	1	72	0	+ 1
Syphilis	64	1	65	1	- 0
Upper Respiratory	65	0	62	4	- 3
Malaria	66	0	79	0	+ 0
Hepatitis C	67	0	42	53	- 53
Otitis Media	68	0	66	1	- 1
Ascariasis	69	0	84	0	+ 0
Chlamydia	70	0	75	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	71	0	67	1	- 1
Leishmaniasis	72	0	77	0	+ 0
Chagas disease	73	0	80	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	74	0	76	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	75	0	78	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	76	0	73	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	77	0	82	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	78	0	81	0	- 0
Leprosy	79	0	74	0	- 0
Oral conditions	80	0	61	4	- 4
Prostatic Hypertrophy	81	0	44	45	- 45
Osteoarthritis	82	0	58	7	- 7
Depression	83	0	86	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	84	0	57	7	- 7
Anemia	85	0	53	14	- 14
Vitamin A Deficiency	86	0	85	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to LATVIA

Thailand

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.