LATVIA VS USA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	UNITED STATES		LATVIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	2,660	1	8,099	- 5,440
Alzheimers & Dementia	2	1,513	7	664	+ 849
Lung Disease	3	1,029	18	346	+ 683
Stroke	4	835	2	5,893	- 5,058
Lung Cancers	5	819	4	956	- 137
Kidney Disease	6	452	17	356	+ 96
Drug Use	7	392	48	41	+ 351
Hypertension	8	347	3	1,194	- 846
Colon-Rectum Cancers	9	326	6	722	- 396
Diabetes Mellitus	10	324	8	529	- 206
Influenza and Pneumonia	11	318	9	501	- 183
Suicide	12	280	14	384	- 104
Breast Cancer	13	256	10	472	- 216
Endocrine Disorders	14	247	41	59	+ 188
Pancreas Cancer	15	233	13	436	- 203
Liver Disease	16	229	15	365	- 136
Road Traffic Accidents	17	220	27	154	+ 66
Falls	18	213	23	201	+ 12
Lymphomas	19	212	19	245	- 33
Prostate Cancer	20	188	12	464	- 276
Parkinson's Disease	21	182	35	125	+ 56
Inflammatory/Heart	22	171	5	921	- 750
Liver Cancer	23	143	26	157	- 14
Leukemia	24	142	25	186	- 44
Other Injuries	25	137	16	362	- 225
Bladder Cancer	26	103	20	228	- 125
Violence	27	100	37	94	+ 5
Oesophagus Cancer	28	94	32	131	- 37
Other Neoplasms	29	93	28	153	- 59
Alcohol	30	77	21	227	- 150
Ovary Cancer	31	77	24	196	- 120
Skin Cancers	32	75	30	144	- 69
Stomach Cancer	33	69	11	470	- 401
Congenital Anomalies	34	62	43	46	+ 15
Oral Cancer	35	61	22	214	- 153
Uterin Cancer	36	53	29	148	- 95
Diarrhoeal diseases	37	52	54	14	+ 39
Cervical Cancer	38	37	33	128	- 91
Low Birth Weight	39	36	56	11	+ 25
Malnutrition	40	36	64	2	+ 34
Hepatitis C	41	30	42	53	- 23
HIV/AIDS	42	30	39	74	- 44
Skin Disease	43	28	38	76	- 48
Multiple Sclerosis	44	27	50	20	+ 6
Drownings	45	21	34	127	- 105
Asthma	46	20	46	42	- 22
Rheumatic Heart Disease	47	19	47	41	- 22
Peptic Ulcer Disease	48	18	31	142	- 124
Fires	49	17	36	103	- 87
Epilepsy	50	17	45	44	- 28
Anemia	51	16	53	14	+ 2
Rheumatoid Arthritis	52	13	51	20	- 7
Poisonings	53	9	49	23	- 14
Birth Trauma	54	6	55	12	- 5
War	55	6	68	0	+ 6
Maternal Conditions	56	4	60	5	- 0
Schizophrenia	57	4	57	7	- 4
Prostatic Hypertrophy	58	4	44	45	- 42
Hepatitis B	59	3	63	3	+ 0
Meningitis	60	3	52	15	- 12
Osteoarthritis	61	3	58	7	- 4
Tuberculosis	62	3	40	71	- 68
Appendicitis	63	2	59	5	- 3
Oral conditions	64	2	61	4	- 2
Upper Respiratory	65	1	62	4	- 2
Syphilis	66	0	65	1	- 1
Otitis Media	67	0	66	1	- 1
Encephalitis	68	0	69	0	+ 0
Pertussis	69	0	70	0	+ 0
Chagas disease	70	0	80	0	+ 0
Tetanus	71	0	71	0	+ 0
Schistosomiasis	72	0	78	0	+ 0
Iodine Deficiency	73	0	73	0	+ 0
Leprosy	74	0	74	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	75	0	67	1	- 1
Dengue	76	0	83	0	+ 0
Malaria	77	0	79	0	+ 0
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	76	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	79	0	77	0	- 0
Measles	80	0	72	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	81	0	82	0	- 0
Ascariasis	82	0	84	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	83	0	81	0	- 0
Chlamydia	84	0	75	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	85	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	86	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to LATVIA

United States

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.