LATVIA VS VANUATU: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	VANUATU		LATVIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	2,573	1	8,099	- 5,526
Stroke	2	1,633	2	5,893	- 4,259
Diabetes Mellitus	3	719	8	529	+ 189
Influenza and Pneumonia	4	704	9	501	+ 203
Lung Disease	5	614	18	346	+ 268
Diarrhoeal diseases	6	453	54	14	+ 439
Kidney Disease	7	399	17	356	+ 43
Suicide	8	306	14	384	- 77
Liver Disease	9	291	15	365	- 73
Congenital Anomalies	10	270	43	46	+ 224
Hypertension	11	266	3	1,194	- 927
Road Traffic Accidents	12	252	27	154	+ 99
Asthma	13	252	46	42	+ 211
Low Birth Weight	14	245	56	11	+ 234
Rheumatic Heart Disease	15	198	47	41	+ 157
Drownings	16	197	34	127	+ 70
Other Injuries	17	169	16	362	- 193
Liver Cancer	18	156	26	157	- 1
Birth Trauma	19	111	55	12	+ 100
Peptic Ulcer Disease	20	104	31	142	- 37
Alzheimers & Dementia	21	100	7	664	- 564
Tuberculosis	22	92	40	71	+ 21
Lung Cancers	23	85	4	956	- 871
Maternal Conditions	24	80	60	5	+ 75
Falls	25	75	23	201	- 127
Breast Cancer	26	73	10	472	- 399
Cervical Cancer	27	73	33	128	- 55
Parkinson's Disease	28	66	35	125	- 60
Inflammatory/Heart	29	63	5	921	- 858
Pertussis	30	57	70	0	+ 57
Malnutrition	31	57	64	2	+ 55
Leukemia	32	51	25	186	- 135
Endocrine Disorders	33	50	41	59	- 9
Prostate Cancer	34	49	12	464	- 415
Colon-Rectum Cancers	35	48	6	722	- 674
Meningitis	36	46	52	15	+ 31
Syphilis	37	43	65	1	+ 42
Violence	38	38	37	94	- 56
Skin Disease	39	38	38	76	- 38
Stomach Cancer	40	35	11	470	- 435
Epilepsy	41	30	45	44	- 14
Fires	42	24	36	103	- 80
Alcohol	43	23	21	227	- 205
Ovary Cancer	44	22	24	196	- 174
Lymphomas	45	18	19	245	- 227
Tetanus	46	16	71	0	+ 16
Poisonings	47	12	49	23	- 11
Uterin Cancer	48	11	29	148	- 137
Bladder Cancer	49	11	20	228	- 217
Appendicitis	50	8	59	5	+ 3
Hepatitis B	51	7	63	3	+ 4
Encephalitis	52	6	69	0	+ 6
Pancreas Cancer	53	5	13	436	- 431
Oral Cancer	54	5	22	214	- 209
Other Neoplasms	55	4	28	153	- 148
Drug Use	56	2	48	41	- 38
Multiple Sclerosis	57	2	50	20	- 19
Rheumatoid Arthritis	58	1	51	20	- 18
Dengue	59	1	83	0	+ 1
Diphtheria	60	1	67	1	+ 0
Hepatitis C	61	1	42	53	- 52
Measles	62	1	72	0	+ 1
Ascariasis	63	0	84	0	+ 0
War	64	0	68	0	- 0
Upper Respiratory	65	0	62	4	- 3
Chlamydia	66	0	75	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	67	0	66	1	- 1
Leprosy	68	0	74	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	69	0	82	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	70	0	81	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	71	0	73	0	- 0
HIV/AIDS	72	0	39	74	- 74
Trypanosomiasis	73	0	76	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	74	0	77	0	- 0
Malaria	75	0	79	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	76	0	78	0	- 0
Chagas disease	77	0	80	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	78	0	44	45	- 45
Osteoarthritis	79	0	58	7	- 7
Oral conditions	80	0	61	4	- 4
Depression	81	0	86	0	- 0
Oesophagus Cancer	82	0	32	131	- 131
Anemia	83	0	53	14	- 14
Vitamin A Deficiency	84	0	85	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	85	0	57	7	- 7
Skin Cancers	86	0	30	144	- 144
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to LATVIA

Vanuatu

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.