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LIFE EXPECTANCY HISTORY
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Latvia
LATVIA		        
  		     
       
World Rank
        
World Rank
  Male Female All M F All   Male Female All M F All
1960
66.3
73.5
69.8
24
11
15
  
68.2
74.2
71.1
9
4
9
1970
65.7
74.2
69.8
42
20
32
  
68.9
75.2
72.0
13
9
9
1980
63.8
74.1
68.8
74
38
56
  
70.7
76.8
73.7
16
14
17
1990
64.2
74.6
69.3
94
54
74
  
73.1
78.8
75.9
17
17
16
2000
65.0
76.0
70.4
105
56
83
  
75.4
80.2
77.7
19
23
22
2010
67.3
77.8
72.4
113
63
89
  
77.8
82.1
79.9
14
24
16
 
 
LIFE EXPECTANCY BY AGE
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
 
  Latvia
LATVIA		      
   
      World Rank       World Rank
  Male Female M F   Male Female M F
At Birth
67.3
77.8
113
63
  
77.8
82.1
14
24
Age 6
68.5
78.9
127
71
  
79.5
83.6
21
28
Age 11
68.6
79.0
129
71
  
79.5
83.6
21
28
Age 16
68.7
79.0
132
74
  
79.5
83.7
21
28
Age 21
68.9
79.2
132
72
  
79.7
83.8
21
28
Age 26
69.3
79.3
134
74
  
79.9
83.8
21
28
Age 31
69.8
79.4
138
74
  
80.1
83.9
21
28
Age 36
70.3
79.6
139
75
  
80.3
84.0
21
29
Age 41
71.1
79.9
139
74
  
80.6
84.2
20
27
Age 46
72.0
80.3
139
73
  
81.0
84.4
20
28
Age 51
73.3
80.8
137
73
  
81.4
84.8
20
27
Age 56
74.8
81.6
130
67
  
82.0
85.2
20
27
Age 61
76.7
82.5
126
68
  
82.8
85.8
20
26
Age 66
79.1
83.6
116
68
  
83.8
86.5
23
25
Age 71
81.6
84.9
104
68
  
85.2
87.5
26
31
Age 76
84.3
86.5
96
73
  
86.9
88.8
26
32
Age 81
87.3
88.7
89
79
  
89.0
90.5
31
32
Age 86
90.7
91.5
87
80
  
91.8
92.8
38
33
Age 91
94.4
94.8
91
82
  
95.0
95.7
44
35
Age 96
98.5
98.7
88
77
  
98.8
99.2
46
37
Age 101
102.9
103.0
85
77
  
103.0
103.2
58
48
 
 
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Latvia
LATVIA		  
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH Rate World Rank   Rate World Rank
1 Coronary Heart Disease
220.77
19
  
68.80
155
2 Stroke
117.10
74
  
36.89
160
3 Inflammatory/Heart
31.53
4
  
2.97
152
4 Lung Cancers
27.14
32
  
30.98
18
5 Breast Cancer
20.97
36
  
23.62
20
6 Suicide
20.57
12
  
6.90
101
7 Hypertension
20.46
123
  
3.67
183
8 Colon-Rectum Cancers
17.26
21
  
15.49
33
9 Other Injuries
16.84
65
  
5.54
170
10 Road Traffic Accidents
15.48
96
  
4.77
180
11 Liver Disease
15.32
56
  
9.48
96
12 Stomach Cancer
15.17
27
  
4.81
130
13 Influenza & Pneumonia
10.75
161
  
23.69
125
14 Diabetes Mellitus
10.36
159
  
5.04
185
15 Pancreas Cancer
9.91
4
  
6.81
39
16 Prostate Cancer
9.25
46
  
8.21
58
17 Poisonings
8.96
18
  
2.81
89
18 Drownings
7.42
25
  
0.35
187
19 Violence
7.12
85
  
1.14
160
20 Lung Disease
6.56
176
  
21.47
98
21 Congenital Anomalies
6.43
90
  
3.68
164
22 Falls
6.37
38
  
3.51
109
23 Lymphomas
6.16
60
  
7.35
36
24 Kidney Disease
6.13
154
  
3.23
185
25 Ovary Cancer
5.36
4
  
3.96
20
26 Cervical Cancer
4.91
102
  
1.38
161
27 Bladder Cancer
4.83
16
  
4.27
28
28 Leukemia
4.71
48
  
4.39
63
29 Alzheimers/Dementia
4.62
94
  
17.08
14
30 Fires
4.60
47
  
0.45
158
31 Oral Cancer
4.22
59
  
2.39
113
32 Tuberculosis
4.01
110
  
0.41
170
33 Liver Cancer
3.26
159
  
3.07
164
34 Skin Cancers
3.24
20
  
2.74
32
35 Peptic Ulcer Disease
3.17
104
  
2.54
123
36 Oesophagus Cancer
3.16
85
  
7.62
30
37 Alcohol
3.14
27
  
1.10
76
38 Epilepsy
2.95
63
  
1.57
104
39 HIV/AIDS
2.79
100
  
0.40
137
40 Other Neoplasms
2.38
118
  
2.95
92
41 Endocrine Disorders
2.22
161
  
3.13
147
42 Uterin Cancer
2.21
32
  
1.53
64
43 Rheumatic Heart Disease
2.14
63
  
0.90
140
44 Birth Trauma
2.08
133
  
0.64
166
45 Drug Use
1.41
38
  
2.14
27
46 Asthma
1.28
146
  
1.09
153
47 Skin Disease
1.01
120
  
1.50
104
48 Low Birth Weight
0.99
176
  
3.39
144
49 Hepatitis C
0.93
43
  
0.23
107
50 Prostatic Hypertrophy
0.90
59
  
0.12
153
 
 
TOTAL DEATHS BY CAUSE
PERCENT TOP 50 CAUSES
 
  Latvia
LATVIA		  
  Deaths %   Deaths %
1 Coronary Heart Disease
9,924
35.19
  
92,299
19.77
2 Stroke
5,503
19.51
  
55,919
11.98
3 Lung Cancers
1,051
3.73
  
35,845
7.68
4 Inflammatory/Heart
964
3.42
  
3,014
0.65
5 Hypertension
900
3.19
  
5,191
1.11
6 Colon-Rectum Cancers
731
2.59
  
18,951
4.06
7 Stomach Cancer
611
2.17
  
6,006
1.29
8 Suicide
564
2.00
  
4,660
1.00
9 Other Injuries
488
1.73
  
6,029
1.29
10 Breast Cancer
478
1.69
  
14,343
3.07
11 Liver Disease
465
1.65
  
7,767
1.66
12 Diabetes Mellitus
431
1.53
  
6,682
1.43
13 Prostate Cancer
426
1.51
  
11,508
2.46
14 Pancreas Cancer
402
1.43
  
7,954
1.70
15 Road Traffic Accidents
387
1.37
  
3,073
0.66
16 Influenza & Pneumonia
361
1.28
  
37,348
8.00
17 Lung Disease
271
0.96
  
29,069
6.23
18 Kidney Disease
259
0.92
  
4,804
1.03
19 Lymphomas
240
0.85
  
8,744
1.87
20 Poisonings
240
0.85
  
1,805
0.39
21 Falls
215
0.76
  
4,450
0.95
22 Bladder Cancer
212
0.75
  
5,842
1.25
23 Alzheimers/Dementia
202
0.72
  
29,116
6.24
24 Ovary Cancer
200
0.71
  
4,366
0.94
25 Drownings
193
0.68
  
233
0.05
26 Leukemia
190
0.67
  
5,077
1.09
27 Violence
188
0.67
  
703
0.15
28 Cervical Cancer
165
0.59
  
1,322
0.28
29 Oral Cancer
147
0.52
  
2,428
0.52
30 Fires
138
0.49
  
380
0.08
31 Peptic Ulcer Disease
130
0.46
  
3,294
0.71
32 Liver Cancer
129
0.46
  
3,470
0.74
33 Skin Cancers
125
0.44
  
2,947
0.63
34 Oesophagus Cancer
121
0.43
  
8,762
1.88
35 Tuberculosis
119
0.42
  
443
0.09
36 Other Neoplasms
103
0.37
  
3,829
0.82
37 Congenital Anomalies
101
0.36
  
1,950
0.42
38 Uterin Cancer
98
0.35
  
1,852
0.40
39 Alcohol
95
0.34
  
862
0.18
40 Rheumatic Heart Disease
80
0.28
  
1,204
0.26
41 Epilepsy
75
0.27
  
1,201
0.26
42 Endocrine Disorders
67
0.24
  
3,056
0.65
43 HIV/AIDS
63
0.22
  
266
0.06
44 Asthma
55
0.20
  
1,260
0.27
45 Prostatic Hypertrophy
45
0.16
  
193
0.04
46 Skin Disease
35
0.12
  
2,188
0.47
47 Drug Use
34
0.12
  
1,247
0.27
48 Parkinson Disease
30
0.11
  
5,348
1.15
49 Birth Trauma
26
0.09
  
262
0.06
50 Hepatitis C
26
0.09
  
189
0.04
 
 
CANCER RANK BY TYPE
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Latvia
LATVIA		  
  Rate World Rank   Rate World Rank
1 Lung Cancers
27.14
32
  
30.98
18
2 Breast Cancer
20.97
36
  
23.62
20
3 Colon-Rectum Cancers
17.26
21
  
15.49
33
4 Stomach Cancer
15.17
27
  
4.81
130
5 Pancreas Cancer
9.91
4
  
6.81
39
6 Prostate Cancer
9.25
46
  
8.21
58
7 Lymphomas
6.16
60
  
7.35
36
8 Ovary Cancer
5.36
4
  
3.96
20
9 Cervical Cancer
4.91
102
  
1.38
161
10 Bladder Cancer
4.83
16
  
4.27
28
11 Leukemia
4.71
48
  
4.39
63
12 Oral Cancer
4.22
59
  
2.39
113
13 Liver Cancer
3.26
159
  
3.07
164
14 Skin Cancers
3.24
20
  
2.74
32
15 Oesophagus Cancer
3.16
85
  
7.62
30
16 Other Neoplasms
2.38
118
  
2.95
92
17 Uterin Cancer
2.21
32
  
1.53
64
 
 
DEMOGRAPHIC SUMMARY
 
  Latvia
LATVIA		  
  Value World Rank   Value World Rank
Population Total
2,231,503
136
 
61,113,205
22
Sex Ratio M / F
0.86
191
 
0.98
125
Population 0-14
13.3 %
192
 
16.7 %
158
Population 15-64
69.6 %
33
 
67.1 %
64
Population 65 +
17.0 %
15
 
16.2 %
23
Birth Rate / 1000
9.78
169
 
10.65
155
Death Rate / 1000
13.62
26
 
10.02
61
Fertulity Rate
1.30
179
 
1.66
153
Infant Mortality
8.77
147
 
4.85
167
Sex Ratio At Birth M / F
1.05
130
 
1.05
130
Sex Ratio Under 15 M / F
1.05
77
 
1.05
77
Sex Ratio 15-64 M / F
0.95
169
 
1.03
46
Sex Ratio 65 + M / F
0.49
189
 
0.76
105
Net Migrattion
-2.30
121
 
2.16
29
Population Growth
-0.61
188
 
0.28
152
Literacy Total
99.7
12
 
99.0
41
Literacy Male
99.8
11
 
99.0
50
Literacy Female
99.7
11
 
99.0
41
Unemployment
5.5
113
 
5.5
113
LIFE EXPECTANCY / BIRTH
72.4
89
  
79.9
16
HEALTHY LIFE EXPECTANCY
64.0
82
  
72.0
27
GDP PER CAPITA USD
$17,800
51
  
$36,600
23
 

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