LATVIA VS UKRAINE: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	UKRAINE		LATVIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	14,077	1	8,099	+ 5,978
Stroke	2	4,035	2	5,893	- 1,858
Liver Disease	3	768	15	365	+ 403
Lung Cancers	4	759	4	956	- 198
Alzheimers & Dementia	5	717	7	664	+ 53
Colon-Rectum Cancers	6	682	6	722	- 40
Inflammatory/Heart	7	616	5	921	- 305
Lung Disease	8	486	18	346	+ 140
Suicide	9	481	14	384	+ 97
Stomach Cancer	10	409	11	470	- 60
Breast Cancer	11	409	10	472	- 63
Influenza and Pneumonia	12	344	9	501	- 157
HIV/AIDS	13	297	39	74	+ 223
Pancreas Cancer	14	293	13	436	- 143
Alcohol	15	286	21	227	+ 59
Prostate Cancer	16	242	12	464	- 222
Oral Cancer	17	228	22	214	+ 14
Road Traffic Accidents	18	227	27	154	+ 73
Other Injuries	19	214	16	362	- 149
Tuberculosis	20	161	40	71	+ 90
Parkinson's Disease	21	157	35	125	+ 31
Falls	22	145	23	201	- 56
Violence	23	140	37	94	+ 45
Lymphomas	24	133	19	245	- 112
Ovary Cancer	25	132	24	196	- 64
Leukemia	26	128	25	186	- 58
Bladder Cancer	27	123	20	228	- 105
Cervical Cancer	28	123	33	128	- 5
Uterin Cancer	29	120	29	148	- 28
Drownings	30	117	34	127	- 10
Diabetes Mellitus	31	114	8	529	- 415
Liver Cancer	32	112	26	157	- 45
Kidney Disease	33	110	17	356	- 247
Skin Cancers	34	102	30	144	- 43
Oesophagus Cancer	35	100	32	131	- 31
Peptic Ulcer Disease	36	84	31	142	- 58
Fires	37	83	36	103	- 20
Congenital Anomalies	38	70	43	46	+ 24
Drug Use	39	58	48	41	+ 17
Poisonings	40	56	49	23	+ 33
Hypertension	41	49	3	1,194	- 1,145
Low Birth Weight	42	43	56	11	+ 32
Rheumatic Heart Disease	43	41	47	41	+ 0
Epilepsy	44	21	45	44	- 23
Endocrine Disorders	45	21	41	59	- 38
Encephalitis	46	20	69	0	+ 20
Multiple Sclerosis	47	17	50	20	- 3
Skin Disease	48	16	38	76	- 61
War	49	14	68	0	+ 14
Meningitis	50	13	52	15	- 2
Birth Trauma	51	12	55	12	+ 1
Asthma	52	12	46	42	- 30
Diarrhoeal diseases	53	10	54	14	- 4
Other Neoplasms	54	7	28	153	- 146
Rheumatoid Arthritis	55	5	51	20	- 15
Appendicitis	56	4	59	5	- 1
Maternal Conditions	57	3	60	5	- 2
Malnutrition	58	3	64	2	+ 1
Hepatitis B	59	2	63	3	- 1
Measles	60	2	72	0	+ 2
Upper Respiratory	61	2	62	4	- 2
Hepatitis C	62	0	42	53	- 52
Chlamydia	63	0	75	0	+ 0
Syphilis	64	0	65	1	- 1
Tetanus	65	0	71	0	+ 0
Pertussis	66	0	70	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	67	0	67	1	- 1
Otitis Media	68	0	66	1	- 1
Leprosy	69	0	74	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	70	0	82	0	- 0
Ascariasis	71	0	84	0	- 0
Dengue	72	0	83	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	73	0	81	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	74	0	73	0	- 0
Chagas disease	75	0	80	0	- 0
Malaria	76	0	79	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	77	0	76	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	78	0	78	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	79	0	77	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
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

Ukraine

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.