LATVIA VS VIET NAM: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	VIET NAM		LATVIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Stroke	1	2,709	2	5,893	- 3,184
Coronary Heart Disease	2	1,566	1	8,099	- 6,533
Lung Disease	3	611	18	346	+ 265
Diabetes Mellitus	4	577	8	529	+ 47
Road Traffic Accidents	5	502	27	154	+ 348
Alzheimers & Dementia	6	499	7	664	- 164
Influenza and Pneumonia	7	474	9	501	- 27
Kidney Disease	8	430	17	356	+ 74
Liver Cancer	9	426	26	157	+ 269
Liver Disease	10	407	15	365	+ 42
Lung Cancers	11	363	4	956	- 594
Hypertension	12	339	3	1,194	- 855
Falls	13	263	23	201	+ 61
Stomach Cancer	14	258	11	470	- 212
Tuberculosis	15	161	40	71	+ 90
Colon-Rectum Cancers	16	141	6	722	- 581
Asthma	17	139	46	42	+ 97
Suicide	18	123	14	384	- 260
Low Birth Weight	19	121	56	11	+ 110
Oral Cancer	20	121	22	214	- 93
Congenital Anomalies	21	120	43	46	+ 74
Breast Cancer	22	105	10	472	- 367
Other Injuries	23	94	16	362	- 268
Inflammatory/Heart	24	91	5	921	- 830
Parkinson's Disease	25	91	35	125	- 35
Drownings	26	87	34	127	- 40
HIV/AIDS	27	85	39	74	+ 11
Leukemia	28	83	25	186	- 103
Diarrhoeal diseases	29	75	54	14	+ 61
Lymphomas	30	50	19	245	- 195
Cervical Cancer	31	41	33	128	- 87
Birth Trauma	32	40	55	12	+ 28
Oesophagus Cancer	33	39	32	131	- 93
Endocrine Disorders	34	35	41	59	- 24
Prostate Cancer	35	33	12	464	- 431
Violence	36	30	37	94	- 64
Measles	37	30	72	0	+ 30
Rheumatic Heart Disease	38	29	47	41	- 12
Encephalitis	39	27	69	0	+ 26
Skin Disease	40	26	38	76	- 51
Drug Use	41	23	48	41	- 18
Uterin Cancer	42	20	29	148	- 128
Peptic Ulcer Disease	43	16	31	142	- 126
Pancreas Cancer	44	16	13	436	- 420
Bladder Cancer	45	15	20	228	- 213
Alcohol	46	15	21	227	- 213
Ovary Cancer	47	15	24	196	- 182
Poisonings	48	14	49	23	- 9
Maternal Conditions	49	13	60	5	+ 9
Pertussis	50	12	70	0	+ 12
Meningitis	51	11	52	15	- 4
Fires	52	10	36	103	- 93
Epilepsy	53	10	45	44	- 34
Skin Cancers	54	8	30	144	- 136
Hepatitis B	55	6	63	3	+ 3
Syphilis	56	6	65	1	+ 4
Other Neoplasms	57	6	28	153	- 147
Tetanus	58	5	71	0	+ 5
Rheumatoid Arthritis	59	4	51	20	- 16
Appendicitis	60	3	59	5	- 1
Multiple Sclerosis	61	2	50	20	- 18
Dengue	62	2	83	0	+ 2
Malnutrition	63	2	64	2	+ 0
Hepatitis C	64	1	42	53	- 52
War	65	1	68	0	+ 0
Upper Respiratory	66	1	62	4	- 3
Malaria	67	0	79	0	+ 0
Ascariasis	68	0	84	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	69	0	67	1	- 1
Chlamydia	70	0	75	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	71	0	66	1	- 1
Leprosy	72	0	74	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	73	0	81	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	74	0	82	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	75	0	73	0	- 0
Chagas disease	76	0	80	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	77	0	78	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	78	0	77	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	79	0	76	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	80	0	85	0	- 0
Anemia	81	0	53	14	- 14
Schizophrenia	82	0	57	7	- 7
Depression	83	0	86	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	84	0	44	45	- 45
Osteoarthritis	85	0	58	7	- 7
Oral conditions	86	0	61	4	- 4
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to LATVIA

Viet Nam

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.