LATVIA VS TURKMENISTAN: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	TURKMENISTAN		LATVIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	3,117	1	8,099	- 4,982
Stroke	2	1,496	2	5,893	- 4,397
HIV/AIDS	3	943	39	74	+ 869
Liver Disease	4	633	15	365	+ 268
Low Birth Weight	5	364	56	11	+ 353
Influenza and Pneumonia	6	356	9	501	- 145
Birth Trauma	7	286	55	12	+ 274
Road Traffic Accidents	8	251	27	154	+ 97
Congenital Anomalies	9	241	43	46	+ 195
Diabetes Mellitus	10	217	8	529	- 312
Inflammatory/Heart	11	208	5	921	- 713
Kidney Disease	12	199	17	356	- 158
Tuberculosis	13	187	40	71	+ 115
Hypertension	14	150	3	1,194	- 1,044
Stomach Cancer	15	139	11	470	- 331
Alzheimers & Dementia	16	138	7	664	- 525
Lung Cancers	17	131	4	956	- 826
Breast Cancer	18	131	10	472	- 342
Oesophagus Cancer	19	123	32	131	- 8
Diarrhoeal diseases	20	110	54	14	+ 96
Suicide	21	106	14	384	- 278
Other Injuries	22	105	16	362	- 257
Lung Disease	23	100	18	346	- 247
Liver Cancer	24	88	26	157	- 69
Cervical Cancer	25	78	33	128	- 49
Oral Cancer	26	57	22	214	- 157
Colon-Rectum Cancers	27	56	6	722	- 667
Violence	28	53	37	94	- 41
Drownings	29	48	34	127	- 79
Alcohol	30	45	21	227	- 183
Endocrine Disorders	31	44	41	59	- 15
Leukemia	32	42	25	186	- 144
Lymphomas	33	41	19	245	- 204
Pancreas Cancer	34	39	13	436	- 397
Fires	35	38	36	103	- 65
Falls	36	32	23	201	- 169
Peptic Ulcer Disease	37	32	31	142	- 110
Epilepsy	38	31	45	44	- 13
Parkinson's Disease	39	30	35	125	- 95
Ovary Cancer	40	29	24	196	- 167
Rheumatic Heart Disease	41	29	47	41	- 12
Encephalitis	42	23	69	0	+ 23
Bladder Cancer	43	22	20	228	- 206
Meningitis	44	20	52	15	+ 5
Prostate Cancer	45	19	12	464	- 445
Uterin Cancer	46	18	29	148	- 129
Skin Cancers	47	17	30	144	- 127
Drug Use	48	14	48	41	- 26
Asthma	49	14	46	42	- 28
Poisonings	50	11	49	23	- 12
Hepatitis B	51	11	63	3	+ 8
Upper Respiratory	52	8	62	4	+ 4
Tetanus	53	5	71	0	+ 5
Skin Disease	54	3	38	76	- 73
Multiple Sclerosis	55	3	50	20	- 17
Malnutrition	56	2	64	2	+ 1
Other Neoplasms	57	2	28	153	- 150
Appendicitis	58	2	59	5	- 3
Maternal Conditions	59	1	60	5	- 3
Rheumatoid Arthritis	60	1	51	20	- 19
Pertussis	61	1	70	0	+ 1
Leishmaniasis	62	1	77	0	+ 1
Hepatitis C	63	1	42	53	- 52
War	64	1	68	0	+ 0
Chlamydia	65	0	75	0	+ 0
Ascariasis	66	0	84	0	+ 0
Syphilis	67	0	65	1	- 1
Dengue	68	0	83	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	69	0	66	1	- 1
Diphtheria	70	0	67	1	- 1
Measles	71	0	72	0	- 0
Leprosy	72	0	74	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	73	0	73	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	74	0	81	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	75	0	82	0	- 0
Malaria	76	0	79	0	- 0
Chagas disease	77	0	80	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	76	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	79	0	78	0	- 0
Depression	80	0	86	0	- 0
Anemia	81	0	53	14	- 14
Vitamin A Deficiency	82	0	85	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	83	0	57	7	- 7
Oral conditions	84	0	61	4	- 4
Prostatic Hypertrophy	85	0	44	45	- 45
Osteoarthritis	86	0	58	7	- 7
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to LATVIA

Turkmenistan

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.