LATVIA VS VENEZUELA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	VENEZUELA		LATVIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	1,551	1	8,099	- 6,548
Violence	2	1,045	37	94	+ 951
Stroke	3	699	2	5,893	- 5,193
Diabetes Mellitus	4	644	8	529	+ 115
Road Traffic Accidents	5	641	27	154	+ 488
HIV/AIDS	6	432	39	74	+ 358
Influenza and Pneumonia	7	414	9	501	- 87
Kidney Disease	8	342	17	356	- 15
Hypertension	9	299	3	1,194	- 894
Lung Disease	10	297	18	346	- 49
Lung Cancers	11	225	4	956	- 732
Low Birth Weight	12	178	56	11	+ 167
Prostate Cancer	13	164	12	464	- 300
Congenital Anomalies	14	164	43	46	+ 118
Breast Cancer	15	148	10	472	- 325
Liver Disease	16	135	15	365	- 230
Stomach Cancer	17	125	11	470	- 344
Other Neoplasms	18	125	28	153	- 28
Colon-Rectum Cancers	19	117	6	722	- 605
Cervical Cancer	20	114	33	128	- 13
Other Injuries	21	98	16	362	- 265
Diarrhoeal diseases	22	78	54	14	+ 65
Lymphomas	23	72	19	245	- 173
Birth Trauma	24	63	55	12	+ 51
Pancreas Cancer	25	62	13	436	- 374
Liver Cancer	26	59	26	157	- 97
Leukemia	27	58	25	186	- 128
Falls	28	50	23	201	- 151
Chagas disease	29	48	80	0	+ 48
Endocrine Disorders	30	44	41	59	- 15
Tuberculosis	31	43	40	71	- 28
Malnutrition	32	36	64	2	+ 34
Inflammatory/Heart	33	35	5	921	- 886
Suicide	34	34	14	384	- 350
Alzheimers & Dementia	35	33	7	664	- 631
Ovary Cancer	36	32	24	196	- 164
Skin Cancers	37	32	30	144	- 113
Oral Cancer	38	31	22	214	- 183
Maternal Conditions	39	24	60	5	+ 20
Peptic Ulcer Disease	40	24	31	142	- 118
Epilepsy	41	24	45	44	- 21
Malaria	42	23	79	0	+ 23
Drownings	43	22	34	127	- 104
Oesophagus Cancer	44	21	32	131	- 110
Bladder Cancer	45	21	20	228	- 207
Asthma	46	18	46	42	- 24
Uterin Cancer	47	18	29	148	- 130
Parkinson's Disease	48	15	35	125	- 111
Meningitis	49	14	52	15	- 0
Drug Use	50	13	48	41	- 28
War	51	11	68	0	+ 10
Rheumatoid Arthritis	52	10	51	20	- 9
Prostatic Hypertrophy	53	9	44	45	- 37
Fires	54	8	36	103	- 95
Anemia	55	7	53	14	- 7
Appendicitis	56	6	59	5	+ 1
Rheumatic Heart Disease	57	5	47	41	- 36
Poisonings	58	4	49	23	- 19
Dengue	59	4	83	0	+ 4
Multiple Sclerosis	60	3	50	20	- 17
Encephalitis	61	2	69	0	+ 2
Alcohol	62	2	21	227	- 225
Hepatitis B	63	2	63	3	- 1
Pertussis	64	1	70	0	+ 1
Hepatitis C	65	1	42	53	- 52
Skin Disease	66	1	38	76	- 75
Syphilis	67	1	65	1	- 0
Tetanus	68	0	71	0	+ 0
Schizophrenia	69	0	57	7	- 7
Ascariasis	70	0	84	0	+ 0
Leprosy	71	0	74	0	+ 0
Osteoarthritis	72	0	58	7	- 7
Leishmaniasis	73	0	77	0	+ 0
Upper Respiratory	74	0	62	4	- 3
Otitis Media	75	0	66	1	- 1
Schistosomiasis	76	0	78	0	+ 0
Iodine Deficiency	77	0	73	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	78	0	67	1	- 1
Measles	79	0	72	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	80	0	82	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	81	0	81	0	- 0
Chlamydia	82	0	75	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	83	0	76	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	84	0	85	0	- 0
Depression	85	0	86	0	- 0
Oral conditions	86	0	61	4	- 4
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to LATVIA

Venezuela

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.