LATVIA VS YEMEN: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	YEMEN		LATVIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	1,690	1	8,099	- 6,409
Stroke	2	760	2	5,893	- 5,132
War	3	724	68	0	+ 724
Influenza and Pneumonia	4	671	9	501	+ 170
Low Birth Weight	5	494	56	11	+ 482
Road Traffic Accidents	6	480	27	154	+ 326
Birth Trauma	7	333	55	12	+ 321
Hypertension	8	297	3	1,194	- 897
Diarrhoeal diseases	9	245	54	14	+ 231
Congenital Anomalies	10	240	43	46	+ 194
Lung Disease	11	179	18	346	- 167
Measles	12	169	72	0	+ 169
Liver Disease	13	162	15	365	- 203
Violence	14	159	37	94	+ 65
Kidney Disease	15	150	17	356	- 206
Other Injuries	16	125	16	362	- 238
Asthma	17	118	46	42	+ 76
Tuberculosis	18	106	40	71	+ 35
Diabetes Mellitus	19	101	8	529	- 429
Malaria	20	96	79	0	+ 96
Suicide	21	95	14	384	- 289
Alzheimers & Dementia	22	79	7	664	- 585
Pertussis	23	69	70	0	+ 69
Falls	24	66	23	201	- 136
Drownings	25	64	34	127	- 63
Breast Cancer	26	64	10	472	- 409
Malnutrition	27	59	64	2	+ 57
Meningitis	28	57	52	15	+ 42
Fires	29	56	36	103	- 48
Colon-Rectum Cancers	30	51	6	722	- 671
Stomach Cancer	31	51	11	470	- 419
Maternal Conditions	32	50	60	5	+ 45
Peptic Ulcer Disease	33	47	31	142	- 95
Leukemia	34	44	25	186	- 143
Oesophagus Cancer	35	43	32	131	- 88
Endocrine Disorders	36	41	41	59	- 18
Rheumatic Heart Disease	37	40	47	41	- 1
Drug Use	38	34	48	41	- 6
Liver Cancer	39	34	26	157	- 123
Inflammatory/Heart	40	33	5	921	- 888
Lung Cancers	41	32	4	956	- 925
Oral Cancer	42	31	22	214	- 183
Epilepsy	43	30	45	44	- 14
Poisonings	44	30	49	23	+ 7
Lymphomas	45	24	19	245	- 221
HIV/AIDS	46	22	39	74	- 52
Tetanus	47	22	71	0	+ 22
Encephalitis	48	21	69	0	+ 21
Parkinson's Disease	49	20	35	125	- 105
Hepatitis B	50	17	63	3	+ 14
Pancreas Cancer	51	16	13	436	- 420
Ovary Cancer	52	11	24	196	- 186
Syphilis	53	10	65	1	+ 9
Appendicitis	54	9	59	5	+ 4
Bladder Cancer	55	9	20	228	- 219
Schistosomiasis	56	7	78	0	+ 7
Cervical Cancer	57	7	33	128	- 121
Skin Cancers	58	6	30	144	- 139
Alcohol	59	4	21	227	- 223
Dengue	60	4	83	0	+ 4
Skin Disease	61	2	38	76	- 74
Multiple Sclerosis	62	2	50	20	- 18
Prostate Cancer	63	2	12	464	- 462
Other Neoplasms	64	1	28	153	- 151
Ascariasis	65	1	84	0	+ 1
Rheumatoid Arthritis	66	1	51	20	- 19
Diphtheria	67	1	67	1	+ 0
Hepatitis C	68	0	42	53	- 52
Uterin Cancer	69	0	29	148	- 147
Upper Respiratory	70	0	62	4	- 3
Leishmaniasis	71	0	77	0	+ 0
Chlamydia	72	0	75	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	73	0	66	1	- 1
Leprosy	74	0	74	0	- 0
Chagas disease	75	0	80	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	76	0	76	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	77	0	82	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	78	0	81	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	73	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	80	0	44	45	- 45
Osteoarthritis	81	0	58	7	- 7
Oral conditions	82	0	61	4	- 4
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

Yemen

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.