LATVIA VS UGANDA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	UGANDA		LATVIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
HIV/AIDS	1	774	39	74	+ 700
Influenza and Pneumonia	2	689	9	501	+ 188
Malaria	3	496	79	0	+ 496
Road Traffic Accidents	4	476	27	154	+ 322
Diarrhoeal diseases	5	442	54	14	+ 429
Stroke	6	409	2	5,893	- 5,484
Birth Trauma	7	380	55	12	+ 369
Low Birth Weight	8	354	56	11	+ 342
Coronary Heart Disease	9	321	1	8,099	- 7,778
Tuberculosis	10	265	40	71	+ 194
Congenital Anomalies	11	243	43	46	+ 196
Violence	12	226	37	94	+ 131
Liver Disease	13	187	15	365	- 178
Diabetes Mellitus	14	175	8	529	- 354
Cervical Cancer	15	160	33	128	+ 32
Meningitis	16	136	52	15	+ 121
Maternal Conditions	17	133	60	5	+ 129
Malnutrition	18	121	64	2	+ 119
Kidney Disease	19	116	17	356	- 241
Other Injuries	20	114	16	362	- 248
Hypertension	21	114	3	1,194	- 1,080
Lung Disease	22	112	18	346	- 235
Syphilis	23	82	65	1	+ 80
Suicide	24	74	14	384	- 309
Pertussis	25	70	70	0	+ 70
Lymphomas	26	64	19	245	- 181
Asthma	27	64	46	42	+ 22
Oesophagus Cancer	28	61	32	131	- 70
Liver Cancer	29	56	26	157	- 101
Alzheimers & Dementia	30	47	7	664	- 617
Drownings	31	45	34	127	- 82
Breast Cancer	32	41	10	472	- 431
Falls	33	41	23	201	- 160
Prostate Cancer	34	35	12	464	- 429
Colon-Rectum Cancers	35	34	6	722	- 688
Fires	36	32	36	103	- 71
Inflammatory/Heart	37	31	5	921	- 889
Endocrine Disorders	38	28	41	59	- 31
Poisonings	39	27	49	23	+ 4
Oral Cancer	40	27	22	214	- 187
Peptic Ulcer Disease	41	25	31	142	- 117
Leukemia	42	22	25	186	- 164
Epilepsy	43	22	45	44	- 22
Ovary Cancer	44	19	24	196	- 177
Stomach Cancer	45	19	11	470	- 451
Lung Cancers	46	16	4	956	- 940
Pancreas Cancer	47	13	13	436	- 423
Parkinson's Disease	48	13	35	125	- 113
Skin Cancers	49	13	30	144	- 132
Rheumatic Heart Disease	50	13	47	41	- 28
Measles	51	13	72	0	+ 13
Schistosomiasis	52	10	78	0	+ 10
Tetanus	53	10	71	0	+ 10
Alcohol	54	9	21	227	- 218
Skin Disease	55	9	38	76	- 68
Uterin Cancer	56	9	29	148	- 139
Drug Use	57	9	48	41	- 32
Appendicitis	58	8	59	5	+ 3
Bladder Cancer	59	7	20	228	- 221
Upper Respiratory	60	5	62	4	+ 2
Hepatitis B	61	5	63	3	+ 1
Encephalitis	62	4	69	0	+ 4
War	63	3	68	0	+ 3
Rheumatoid Arthritis	64	2	51	20	- 18
Trypanosomiasis	65	2	76	0	+ 2
Other Neoplasms	66	1	28	153	- 151
Hepatitis C	67	1	42	53	- 52
Leishmaniasis	68	1	77	0	+ 1
Multiple Sclerosis	69	1	50	20	- 20
Ascariasis	70	1	84	0	+ 1
Otitis Media	71	0	66	1	- 1
Diphtheria	72	0	67	1	- 0
Chlamydia	73	0	75	0	+ 0
Dengue	74	0	83	0	+ 0
Trichuriasis	75	0	81	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	76	0	82	0	- 0
Leprosy	77	0	74	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	78	0	73	0	- 0
Chagas disease	79	0	80	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	80	0	58	7	- 7
Prostatic Hypertrophy	81	0	44	45	- 45
Oral conditions	82	0	61	4	- 4
Depression	83	0	86	0	- 0
Anemia	84	0	53	14	- 14
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	85	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	86	0	57	7	- 7
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to LATVIA

Uganda

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.