ROMANIA VS LATVIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	LATVIA		ROMANIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	81,602	1	71,810	+ 9,791
Stroke	2	59,370	2	49,707	+ 9,663
Hypertension	3	12,027	3	11,007	+ 1,020
Lung Cancers	4	9,637	4	10,113	- 477
Inflammatory/Heart	5	9,278	10	4,433	+ 4,845
Colon-Rectum Cancers	6	7,275	8	6,835	+ 440
Alzheimers & Dementia	7	6,686	15	2,839	+ 3,847
Diabetes Mellitus	8	5,334	18	2,230	+ 3,104
Influenza and Pneumonia	9	5,049	5	9,357	- 4,308
Breast Cancer	10	4,760	11	3,851	+ 909
Stomach Cancer	11	4,731	12	3,457	+ 1,274
Prostate Cancer	12	4,675	16	2,449	+ 2,226
Pancreas Cancer	13	4,395	14	2,935	+ 1,460
Suicide	14	3,866	21	1,886	+ 1,980
Liver Disease	15	3,675	6	8,920	- 5,245
Other Injuries	16	3,651	19	2,139	+ 1,512
Kidney Disease	17	3,591	9	5,175	- 1,583
Lung Disease	18	3,489	7	7,359	- 3,870
Lymphomas	19	2,473	25	1,385	+ 1,088
Bladder Cancer	20	2,297	23	1,715	+ 582
Alcohol	21	2,291	37	409	+ 1,881
Oral Cancer	22	2,156	17	2,290	- 133
Falls	23	2,029	24	1,504	+ 525
Ovary Cancer	24	1,979	27	1,109	+ 870
Leukemia	25	1,875	26	1,342	+ 533
Liver Cancer	26	1,579	13	3,114	- 1,535
Road Traffic Accidents	27	1,547	20	1,992	- 445
Other Neoplasms	28	1,538	43	289	+ 1,249
Uterin Cancer	29	1,488	34	522	+ 966
Skin Cancers	30	1,455	29	1,003	+ 452
Peptic Ulcer Disease	31	1,429	33	531	+ 898
Oesophagus Cancer	32	1,321	30	755	+ 567
Cervical Cancer	33	1,286	22	1,870	- 584
Drownings	34	1,278	32	596	+ 682
Parkinson's Disease	35	1,264	31	741	+ 523
Fires	36	1,041	36	421	+ 619
Violence	37	952	44	255	+ 697
Skin Disease	38	770	53	97	+ 673
HIV/AIDS	39	746	47	219	+ 528
Tuberculosis	40	718	28	1,015	- 297
Endocrine Disorders	41	595	48	193	+ 403
Hepatitis C	42	533	52	98	+ 434
Congenital Anomalies	43	468	38	367	+ 101
Prostatic Hypertrophy	44	458	49	143	+ 315
Epilepsy	45	446	42	314	+ 132
Asthma	46	420	45	225	+ 195
Rheumatic Heart Disease	47	411	35	440	- 29
Drug Use	48	411	40	346	+ 65
Poisonings	49	234	39	366	- 132
Multiple Sclerosis	50	204	55	66	+ 138
Rheumatoid Arthritis	51	200	85	0	+ 200
Meningitis	52	149	54	76	+ 72
Anemia	53	142	56	59	+ 84
Diarrhoeal diseases	54	137	46	223	- 86
Birth Trauma	55	117	57	38	+ 79
Low Birth Weight	56	114	41	317	- 203
Schizophrenia	57	75	51	103	- 27
Osteoarthritis	58	69	86	0	+ 69
Appendicitis	59	48	60	21	+ 27
Maternal Conditions	60	46	58	35	+ 11
Oral conditions	61	36	64	2	+ 34
Upper Respiratory	62	36	63	3	+ 33
Hepatitis B	63	32	59	30	+ 1
Malnutrition	64	19	50	142	- 122
Syphilis	65	13	66	1	+ 12
Otitis Media	66	10	68	1	+ 9
Diphtheria	67	7	71	0	+ 7
War	68	2	65	2	- 0
Encephalitis	69	0	62	6	- 5
Pertussis	70	0	69	0	+ 0
Tetanus	71	0	67	1	- 1
Measles	72	0	61	7	- 7
Iodine Deficiency	73	0	73	0	- 0
Leprosy	74	0	72	0	- 0
Chlamydia	75	0	78	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	76	0	77	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	77	0	70	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	78	0	74	0	- 0
Malaria	79	0	75	0	- 0
Chagas disease	80	0	76	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	81	0	80	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	82	0	79	0	- 0
Dengue	83	0	81	0	- 0
Ascariasis	84	0	82	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	83	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	84	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to ROMANIA

Latvia

Romania

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.worldlifeexpectancy.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.