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Latvia Population Pyramid
 


Latvia
LATVIA LIFE EXPECTANCY HISTORY
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
        World Rank
  Male Female All M F All
1960
66.3
73.5
69.8
24
11
15
1970
65.7
74.2
69.8
42
20
32
1980
63.8
74.1
68.8
74
38
56
1990
64.2
74.6
69.3
94
54
74
2000
65.0
76.0
70.4
105
56
83
2010
67.3
77.8
72.4
113
63
89
 
 
Latvia
LATVIA LIFE EXPECTANCY BY AGE
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
      World Rank
  Male Female M F
At Birth
67.3
77.8
113
63
Age 5
67.5
77.9
127
71
Age 10
67.6
78.0
129
71
Age 15
67.7
78.0
132
74
Age 20
67.9
78.2
132
72
Age 25
68.3
78.3
134
74
Age 30
68.8
78.4
138
74
Age 35
69.3
78.6
139
75
Age 40
70.1
78.9
139
74
Age 45
71.0
79.3
139
73
Age 50
72.3
79.8
137
73
Age 55
73.8
80.6
130
67
Age 60
75.7
81.5
126
68
Age 65
78.1
82.6
116
68
Age 70
80.6
83.9
104
68
Age 75
83.3
85.5
96
73
Age 80
86.3
87.7
89
79
Age 85
89.7
90.5
87
80
Age 90
93.4
93.8
91
82
Age 95
97.5
97.7
88
77
Age 100
101.9
102.0
85
77
 
 
Latvia
LATVIA TOTAL DEATHS BY CAUSE
PERCENT TOP 50 CAUSES
 
  Deaths %
1 Coronary Heart Disease
9,924
35.19
2 Stroke
5,503
19.51
3 Lung Cancers
1,051
3.73
4 Inflammatory/Heart
964
3.42
5 Hypertension
900
3.19
6 Colon-Rectum Cancers
731
2.59
7 Stomach Cancer
611
2.17
8 Suicide
564
2.00
9 Other Injuries
488
1.73
10 Breast Cancer
478
1.69
11 Liver Disease
465
1.65
12 Diabetes Mellitus
431
1.53
13 Prostate Cancer
426
1.51
14 Pancreas Cancer
402
1.43
15 Road Traffic Accidents
387
1.37
16 Influenza & Pneumonia
361
1.28
17 Lung Disease
271
0.96
18 Kidney Disease
259
0.92
19 Lymphomas
240
0.85
20 Poisonings
240
0.85
21 Falls
215
0.76
22 Bladder Cancer
212
0.75
23 Alzheimers/Dementia
202
0.72
24 Ovary Cancer
200
0.71
25 Drownings
193
0.68
  Deaths %
26 Leukemia
190
0.67
27 Violence
188
0.67
28 Cervical Cancer
165
0.59
29 Oral Cancer
147
0.52
30 Fires
138
0.49
31 Peptic Ulcer Disease
130
0.46
32 Liver Cancer
129
0.46
33 Skin Cancers
125
0.44
34 Oesophagus Cancer
121
0.43
35 Tuberculosis
119
0.42
36 Other Neoplasms
103
0.37
37 Congenital Anomalies
101
0.36
38 Uterin Cancer
98
0.35
39 Alcohol
95
0.34
40 Rheumatic Heart Disease
80
0.28
41 Epilepsy
75
0.27
42 Endocrine Disorders
67
0.24
43 HIV/AIDS
63
0.22
44 Asthma
55
0.20
45 Prostatic Hypertrophy
45
0.16
46 Skin Disease
35
0.12
47 Drug Use
34
0.12
48 Parkinson Disease
30
0.11
49 Birth Trauma
26
0.09
50 Hepatitis C
26
0.09
 
 
Latvia
LATVIA TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH Rate World Rank
1 Coronary Heart Disease
220.77
19
2 Stroke
117.10
74
3 Inflammatory/Heart
31.53
4
4 Lung Cancers
27.14
32
5 Breast Cancer
20.97
36
6 Suicide
20.57
12
7 Hypertension
20.46
123
8 Colon-Rectum Cancers
17.26
21
9 Other Injuries
16.84
65
10 Road Traffic Accidents
15.48
96
11 Liver Disease
15.32
56
12 Stomach Cancer
15.17
27
13 Influenza & Pneumonia
10.75
161
14 Diabetes Mellitus
10.36
159
15 Pancreas Cancer
9.91
4
16 Prostate Cancer
9.25
46
17 Poisonings
8.96
18
18 Drownings
7.42
25
19 Violence
7.12
85
20 Lung Disease
6.56
176
21 Congenital Anomalies
6.43
90
22 Falls
6.37
38
23 Lymphomas
6.16
60
24 Kidney Disease
6.13
154
25 Ovary Cancer
5.36
4
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH Rate World Rank
26 Cervical Cancer
4.91
102
27 Bladder Cancer
4.83
16
28 Leukemia
4.71
48
29 Alzheimers/Dementia
4.62
94
30 Fires
4.60
47
31 Oral Cancer
4.22
59
32 Tuberculosis
4.01
110
33 Liver Cancer
3.26
159
34 Skin Cancers
3.24
20
35 Peptic Ulcer Disease
3.17
104
36 Oesophagus Cancer
3.16
85
37 Alcohol
3.14
27
38 Epilepsy
2.95
63
39 HIV/AIDS
2.79
100
40 Other Neoplasms
2.38
118
41 Endocrine Disorders
2.22
161
42 Uterin Cancer
2.21
32
43 Rheumatic Heart Disease
2.14
63
44 Birth Trauma
2.08
133
45 Drug Use
1.41
38
46 Asthma
1.28
146
47 Skin Disease
1.01
120
48 Low Birth Weight
0.99
176
49 Hepatitis C
0.93
43
50 Prostatic Hypertrophy
0.90
59
 
 
Latvia
LATVIA CANCER RANK BY TYPE
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Rate World Rank
1 Lung Cancers
27.14
32
2 Breast Cancer
20.97
36
3 Colon-Rectum Cancers
17.26
21
4 Stomach Cancer
15.17
27
5 Pancreas Cancer
9.91
4
6 Prostate Cancer
9.25
46
7 Lymphomas
6.16
60
8 Ovary Cancer
5.36
4
9 Cervical Cancer
4.91
102
  Rate World Rank
10 Bladder Cancer
4.83
16
11 Leukemia
4.71
48
12 Oral Cancer
4.22
59
13 Liver Cancer
3.26
159
14 Skin Cancers
3.24
20
15 Oesophagus Cancer
3.16
85
16 Other Neoplasms
2.38
118
17 Uterin Cancer
2.21
32
 
 
Latvia
LATVIA HEALTH RISK FACTORS
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
ALCOHOL LITERS
Total Rank
11.6
27
SMOKING PERCENT
M F Rank
54.4
24.1
14
38
OBESITY PERCENT
M F Rank
13.5
22.0
86
98
HAPPINESS SCORE
Total Rank
157
152

 
Latvia
LATVIA DEMOGRAPHIC SUMMARY
 
  Value World Rank
Population Total
2,231,503
136
Sex Ratio M / F
0.86
191
Population 0-14
13.3 %
192
Population 15-64
69.6 %
33
Population 65 +
17.0 %
15
Birth Rate / 1000
9.78
169
Death Rate / 1000
13.62
26
Fertulity Rate
1.30
179
Infant Mortality
8.77
147
Sex Ratio At Birth M / F
1.05
130
Sex Ratio Under 15 M / F
1.05
77
  Value World Rank
Sex Ratio 15-64 M / F
0.95
169
Sex Ratio 65 + M / F
0.49
189
Net Migrattion
-2.30
121
Population Growth
-0.61
188
Literacy Total
99.7
12
Literacy Male
99.8
11
Literacy Female
99.7
11
Unemployment
5.5
113
LIFE EXPECTANCY / BIRTH
72.4
89
HEALTHY LIFE EXPECTANCY
64.0
82
GDP PER CAPITA USD
$17,800
51
 
 
 

Latest WHO data (2010), Death Rates are age-standardized, total deaths are % of population

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