LATVIA VS ZIMBABWE: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	ZIMBABWE		LATVIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
HIV/AIDS	1	2,099	39	74	+ 2,025
Influenza and Pneumonia	2	1,132	9	501	+ 631
Coronary Heart Disease	3	892	1	8,099	- 7,207
Road Traffic Accidents	4	634	27	154	+ 481
Stroke	5	538	2	5,893	- 5,354
Diarrhoeal diseases	6	483	54	14	+ 469
Low Birth Weight	7	424	56	11	+ 413
Birth Trauma	8	358	55	12	+ 346
Diabetes Mellitus	9	351	8	529	- 178
Malnutrition	10	252	64	2	+ 250
Congenital Anomalies	11	233	43	46	+ 186
Kidney Disease	12	232	17	356	- 124
Suicide	13	217	14	384	- 166
Cervical Cancer	14	212	33	128	+ 85
Malaria	15	210	79	0	+ 210
Tuberculosis	16	210	40	71	+ 139
Liver Disease	17	204	15	365	- 161
Violence	18	201	37	94	+ 107
Maternal Conditions	19	184	60	5	+ 179
Other Injuries	20	174	16	362	- 188
Asthma	21	161	46	42	+ 119
Meningitis	22	139	52	15	+ 124
Lung Disease	23	122	18	346	- 224
Hypertension	24	120	3	1,194	- 1,073
Inflammatory/Heart	25	110	5	921	- 811
Lymphomas	26	101	19	245	- 145
Drownings	27	100	34	127	- 26
Breast Cancer	28	88	10	472	- 384
Oesophagus Cancer	29	84	32	131	- 47
Fires	30	83	36	103	- 20
Alzheimers & Dementia	31	81	7	664	- 583
Prostate Cancer	32	66	12	464	- 398
Stomach Cancer	33	59	11	470	- 411
Endocrine Disorders	34	58	41	59	- 1
Peptic Ulcer Disease	35	58	31	142	- 84
Rheumatic Heart Disease	36	57	47	41	+ 16
Poisonings	37	54	49	23	+ 31
Liver Cancer	38	54	26	157	- 103
Epilepsy	39	53	45	44	+ 9
Colon-Rectum Cancers	40	53	6	722	- 669
Falls	41	49	23	201	- 153
Pertussis	42	44	70	0	+ 44
Lung Cancers	43	30	4	956	- 926
Skin Cancers	44	28	30	144	- 117
Leukemia	45	26	25	186	- 161
Parkinson's Disease	46	24	35	125	- 102
Pancreas Cancer	47	23	13	436	- 413
Drug Use	48	22	48	41	- 18
Oral Cancer	49	22	22	214	- 192
Uterin Cancer	50	19	29	148	- 129
Ovary Cancer	51	18	24	196	- 178
Skin Disease	52	18	38	76	- 58
Schistosomiasis	53	18	78	0	+ 18
Bladder Cancer	54	13	20	228	- 215
Syphilis	55	13	65	1	+ 12
Encephalitis	56	12	69	0	+ 12
Tetanus	57	11	71	0	+ 11
Appendicitis	58	7	59	5	+ 2
Upper Respiratory	59	7	62	4	+ 3
Hepatitis B	60	6	63	3	+ 3
Alcohol	61	5	21	227	- 222
Other Neoplasms	62	4	28	153	- 149
Measles	63	3	72	0	+ 3
Rheumatoid Arthritis	64	3	51	20	- 17
War	65	3	68	0	+ 3
Hepatitis C	66	1	42	53	- 51
Multiple Sclerosis	67	1	50	20	- 19
Otitis Media	68	0	66	1	- 1
Chlamydia	69	0	75	0	+ 0
Ascariasis	70	0	84	0	+ 0
Trypanosomiasis	71	0	76	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	72	0	67	1	- 1
Dengue	73	0	83	0	+ 0
Trichuriasis	74	0	81	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	75	0	82	0	- 0
Chagas disease	76	0	80	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	77	0	77	0	- 0
Leprosy	78	0	74	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

Zimbabwe

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.