LATVIA VS ZAMBIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	ZAMBIA		LATVIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
HIV/AIDS	1	1,493	39	74	+ 1,418
Influenza and Pneumonia	2	824	9	501	+ 323
Stroke	3	688	2	5,893	- 5,204
Malaria	4	683	79	0	+ 683
Diarrhoeal diseases	5	543	54	14	+ 530
Tuberculosis	6	515	40	71	+ 443
Birth Trauma	7	438	55	12	+ 427
Low Birth Weight	8	421	56	11	+ 409
Liver Disease	9	390	15	365	+ 25
Coronary Heart Disease	10	384	1	8,099	- 7,715
Road Traffic Accidents	11	316	27	154	+ 163
Congenital Anomalies	12	272	43	46	+ 226
Hypertension	13	227	3	1,194	- 967
Diabetes Mellitus	14	207	8	529	- 322
Malnutrition	15	199	64	2	+ 198
Meningitis	16	171	52	15	+ 156
Cervical Cancer	17	156	33	128	+ 28
Kidney Disease	18	152	17	356	- 204
Other Injuries	19	150	16	362	- 213
Suicide	20	113	14	384	- 271
Lung Disease	21	110	18	346	- 236
Maternal Conditions	22	103	60	5	+ 98
Violence	23	100	37	94	+ 5
Syphilis	24	77	65	1	+ 75
Pertussis	25	64	70	0	+ 64
Asthma	26	64	46	42	+ 22
Drownings	27	60	34	127	- 67
Falls	28	52	23	201	- 150
Alzheimers & Dementia	29	51	7	664	- 613
Prostate Cancer	30	49	12	464	- 415
Lymphomas	31	47	19	245	- 198
Fires	32	47	36	103	- 56
Inflammatory/Heart	33	43	5	921	- 877
Poisonings	34	40	49	23	+ 16
Breast Cancer	35	32	10	472	- 441
Oesophagus Cancer	36	31	32	131	- 100
Endocrine Disorders	37	31	41	59	- 28
Epilepsy	38	29	45	44	- 15
Leukemia	39	23	25	186	- 164
Peptic Ulcer Disease	40	21	31	142	- 121
Lung Cancers	41	20	4	956	- 937
Stomach Cancer	42	18	11	470	- 452
Colon-Rectum Cancers	43	18	6	722	- 705
Tetanus	44	16	71	0	+ 16
Rheumatic Heart Disease	45	16	47	41	- 24
Liver Cancer	46	15	26	157	- 141
Parkinson's Disease	47	14	35	125	- 111
Oral Cancer	48	13	22	214	- 201
Alcohol	49	12	21	227	- 215
Bladder Cancer	50	11	20	228	- 217
Schistosomiasis	51	11	78	0	+ 11
Skin Disease	52	11	38	76	- 66
Drug Use	53	11	48	41	- 30
Skin Cancers	54	9	30	144	- 135
Hepatitis B	55	9	63	3	+ 6
Appendicitis	56	7	59	5	+ 3
Ovary Cancer	57	7	24	196	- 189
Leishmaniasis	58	6	77	0	+ 6
Encephalitis	59	6	69	0	+ 6
Upper Respiratory	60	6	62	4	+ 2
Measles	61	4	72	0	+ 4
Pancreas Cancer	62	4	13	436	- 433
Rheumatoid Arthritis	63	3	51	20	- 17
Uterin Cancer	64	3	29	148	- 145
Other Neoplasms	65	2	28	153	- 151
Hepatitis C	66	2	42	53	- 51
Multiple Sclerosis	67	1	50	20	- 19
Ascariasis	68	1	84	0	+ 1
War	69	1	68	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	70	0	66	1	- 1
Chlamydia	71	0	75	0	+ 0
Trypanosomiasis	72	0	76	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	73	0	67	1	- 0
Dengue	74	0	83	0	+ 0
Trichuriasis	75	0	81	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	76	0	82	0	- 0
Leprosy	77	0	74	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	78	0	73	0	- 0
Chagas disease	79	0	80	0	- 0
Depression	80	0	86	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	81	0	57	7	- 7
Vitamin A Deficiency	82	0	85	0	- 0
Anemia	83	0	53	14	- 14
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

Zambia

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.