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Latvia
COUNTRY #1
Afghanistan Albania Algeria Angola Antigua/Bar. Arab Emirates Argentina Armenia Australia Austria Azerbaijan Bahamas Bahrain Bangladesh Barbados Belarus Belgium Belize Benin Bhutan Bolivia Bosnia/Herzeg. Botswana Brazil Brunei Bulgaria Burkina Faso Burundi Cambodia Cameroon Canada Cape Verde Central Africa Chad Chile China Colombia Comoros Congo Costa Rica Cote d Ivoire Croatia Cuba Cyprus Czech Republic Denmark Djibouti Dominican Rep. DR Congo Ecuador Egypt El Salvador Equ. Guinea Eritrea Estonia Ethiopia Fiji Finland France Gabon Gambia Georgia Germany Ghana Greece Grenada Guatemala Guinea Guinea-Bissau Guyana Haiti Honduras Hungary Iceland India Indonesia Iran Iraq Ireland Israel Italy Jamaica Japan Jordan Kazakhstan Kenya Kiribati Kuwait Kyrgyzstan Laos Latvia Lebanon Lesotho Liberia Libya Lithuania Luxembourg Madagascar Malawi Malaysia Maldives Mali Malta Mauritania Mauritius Mexico Micronesia Moldova Mongolia Montenegro Morocco Mozambique Myanmar Namibia Nepal Netherlands New Guinea New Zealand Nicaragua Niger Nigeria No Macedonia North Korea Norway Oman Pakistan Panama Paraguay Peru Philippines Poland Portugal Qatar Romania Russia Rwanda Saint Lucia Saint Vincent Samoa Sao Tome Saudi Arabia Senegal Serbia Seychelles Sierra Leone Singapore Slovakia Slovenia Solomon Isl. Somalia South Africa South Korea South Sudan Spain Sri Lanka Sudan Suriname Swaziland Sweden Switzerland Syria Tajikistan Tanzania Thailand Timor-Leste Togo Tonga Trinidad/Tob. Tunisia Turkey Turkmenistan Uganda Ukraine United Kingdom United States Uruguay Uzbekistan Vanuatu Venezuela Viet Nam Yemen Zambia Zimbabwe
LATVIA VS BAHAMAS

Compare Latvia and Bahamas health profiles including life expectancy history, causes of death and population dynamics side by side. Health Data used is WHO, World Bank and the United Nations for population.

Bahamas
COUNTRY #2
Afghanistan Albania Algeria Angola Antigua/Bar. Arab Emirates Argentina Armenia Australia Austria Azerbaijan Bahamas Bahrain Bangladesh Barbados Belarus Belgium Belize Benin Bhutan Bolivia Bosnia/Herzeg. Botswana Brazil Brunei Bulgaria Burkina Faso Burundi Cambodia Cameroon Canada Cape Verde Central Africa Chad Chile China Colombia Comoros Congo Costa Rica Cote d Ivoire Croatia Cuba Cyprus Czech Republic Denmark Djibouti Dominican Rep. DR Congo Ecuador Egypt El Salvador Equ. Guinea Eritrea Estonia Ethiopia Fiji Finland France Gabon Gambia Georgia Germany Ghana Greece Grenada Guatemala Guinea Guinea-Bissau Guyana Haiti Honduras Hungary Iceland India Indonesia Iran Iraq Ireland Israel Italy Jamaica Japan Jordan Kazakhstan Kenya Kiribati Kuwait Kyrgyzstan Laos Latvia Lebanon Lesotho Liberia Libya Lithuania Luxembourg Madagascar Malawi Malaysia Maldives Mali Malta Mauritania Mauritius Mexico Micronesia Moldova Mongolia Montenegro Morocco Mozambique Myanmar Namibia Nepal Netherlands New Guinea New Zealand Nicaragua Niger Nigeria No Macedonia North Korea Norway Oman Pakistan Panama Paraguay Peru Philippines Poland Portugal Qatar Romania Russia Rwanda Saint Lucia Saint Vincent Samoa Sao Tome Saudi Arabia Senegal Serbia Seychelles Sierra Leone Singapore Slovakia Slovenia Solomon Isl. Somalia South Africa South Korea South Sudan Spain Sri Lanka Sudan Suriname Swaziland Sweden Switzerland Syria Tajikistan Tanzania Thailand Timor-Leste Togo Tonga Trinidad/Tob. Tunisia Turkey Turkmenistan Uganda Ukraine United Kingdom United States Uruguay Uzbekistan Vanuatu Venezuela Viet Nam Yemen Zambia Zimbabwe
DYNAMIC PYRAMIDS
Data Source: United Nations
Latvia Population Pyramid
1,479,176
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Bahamas Population Pyramid
463,329
LIFE EXPECTANCY HISTORY
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Latvia LATVIA   Bahamas BAHAMAS
  Latvia LATVIA   Bahamas BAHAMAS
       
World Rank
        
World Rank
  M F All M F All   M F All M F All
1960
66.3
73.5
69.8
24
11
15
  
60.9
65.9
63.3
51
47
49
1970
65.7
74.2
69.8
42
20
32
  
63.1
69.4
66.2
59
48
55
1980
63.8
74.1
68.8
74
38
56
  
63.8
71.8
67.7
73
59
64
1990
64.2
74.6
69.3
94
54
74
  
66.0
73.3
69.5
76
69
70
2000
64.4
75.7
70.1
106
54
93
  
69.5
75.7
72.6
65
53
55
2010
67.6
77.7
72.8
101
55
88
  
71.7
78.1
75.0
65
51
56
2019
70.6
79.8
75.4
94
51
74
  
69.9
76.6
73.2
101
94
98
LIFE EXPECTANCY BY AGE
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Latvia LATVIA   Bahamas BAHAMAS
      World Rank       World Rank
  M F M F M F M F
At Birth
70.6
79.8
94
51
69.9
76.6
101
94
Age
70.6
79.8
94
51
69.9
76.6
101
94
Age 5
70.8
80.1
114
59
70.7
77.4
115
94
Age 10
70.8
80.1
114
59
70.8
77.5
115
94
Age 15
70.9
80.1
116
61
70.9
77.6
114
94
Age 20
71.1
80.2
118
60
71.3
77.8
113
93
Age 25
71.3
80.3
118
61
71.9
78.0
110
93
Age 30
71.6
80.4
119
62
72.6
78.4
102
92
Age 35
72.2
80.6
119
61
73.5
78.8
97
91
Age 40
72.7
80.8
121
61
74.4
79.3
90
86
Age 45
73.5
81.2
119
61
75.4
79.9
85
82
Age 50
74.4
81.6
118
58
76.5
80.6
80
75
Age 55
75.7
82.2
111
57
77.7
81.4
77
71
Age 60
77.3
83.0
108
56
79.1
82.4
70
66
Age 65
79.1
83.9
104
56
80.8
83.6
67
61
Age 70
81.4
85.0
95
56
82.8
85.0
61
57
Age 75
84.0
86.4
87
59
85.0
86.6
61
56
Age 80
86.7
88.1
85
69
87.5
88.7
56
52
Age 85
89.7
90.2
108
107
90.2
91.3
64
38
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Latvia LATVIA   Bahamas BAHAMAS
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Coronary Heart Disease
146.65
49
89.11
124
2. Stroke
99.14
74
60.37
118
3. Inflammatory/Heart
30.32
3
11.79
20
4. Prostate Cancer
28.10
34
44.70
10
5. Lung Cancers
23.52
33
7.39
119
6. Hypertension
19.91
83
53.15
10
7. Breast Cancer
19.03
63
30.82
10
8. Suicide
16.06
24
3.37
159
9. Colon-Rectum Cancers
15.41
24
11.03
61
10. Liver Disease
13.03
113
16.20
103
11. Influenza and Pneumonia
12.01
149
27.39
90
12. Other Injuries
11.98
45
16.64
13
13. Stomach Cancer
11.16
30
4.71
120
14. Diabetes Mellitus
10.89
141
40.27
61
15. Pancreas Cancer
10.04
4
2.66
125
16. Alzheimers & Dementia
9.94
155
16.83
110
17. Ovary Cancer
8.99
3
4.61
82
18. Alcohol
8.83
9
4.67
20
19. Lung Disease
7.50
177
9.23
170
20. Road Traffic Accidents
7.17
138
7.42
134
21. Cervical Cancer
7.05
105
8.93
90
22. Kidney Disease
6.43
158
30.95
52
23. Oral Cancer
6.18
28
0.83
179
24. Lymphomas
6.05
41
6.37
30
25. Drownings
5.64
21
6.38
17
26. Uterin Cancer
4.89
20
6.41
9
27. Falls
4.77
106
4.97
103
28. Bladder Cancer
4.46
17
0.62
174
29. Leukemia
4.38
53
2.45
143
30. Violence
4.15
98
36.36
10
31. Liver Cancer
3.97
133
3.07
163
32. HIV/AIDS
3.65
82
32.20
32
33. Oesophagus Cancer
3.50
55
2.12
105
34. Fires
3.48
36
2.66
59
35. Peptic Ulcer Disease
3.17
85
2.69
90
36. Skin Cancers
3.11
29
0.23
173
37. Other Neoplasms
3.00
32
0.87
63
38. Congenital Anomalies
2.45
168
4.13
133
39. Tuberculosis
2.34
103
0.08
180
40. Parkinson's Disease
2.07
160
4.97
49
41. Hepatitis C
1.99
1
0.01
162
42. Endocrine Disorders
1.76
156
16.00
7
43. Epilepsy
1.76
84
1.91
73
44. Drug Use
1.72
59
0.62
149
45. Skin Disease
1.48
97
7.42
9
46. Rheumatic Heart Disease
0.97
124
1.06
112
47. Poisonings
0.96
69
0.16
155
48. Asthma
0.88
139
2.16
112
49. Prostatic Hypertrophy
0.75
10
0.00
69
50. Multiple Sclerosis
0.68
23
0.35
46
TOTAL DEATHS BY CAUSE
PERCENT TOP 50 CAUSES
  Latvia LATVIA   Bahamas BAHAMAS
  Deaths % Deaths %
1. Coronary Heart Disease
8,099
30.00
334
14.26
2. Stroke
5,893
21.83
224
9.56
3. Hypertension
1,194
4.42
198
8.45
4. Lung Cancers
956
3.54
29
1.24
5. Inflammatory/Heart
921
3.41
47
2.01
6. Colon-Rectum Cancers
722
2.67
42
1.79
7. Alzheimers & Dementia
664
2.46
53
2.26
8. Diabetes Mellitus
529
1.96
154
6.58
9. Influenza and Pneumonia
501
1.86
98
4.18
10. Breast Cancer
472
1.75
69
2.95
11. Stomach Cancer
470
1.74
18
0.77
12. Prostate Cancer
464
1.72
65
2.78
13. Pancreas Cancer
436
1.61
10
0.43
14. Suicide
384
1.42
14
0.60
15. Liver Disease
365
1.35
67
2.86
16. Other Injuries
362
1.34
67
2.86
17. Kidney Disease
356
1.32
120
5.12
18. Lung Disease
346
1.28
33
1.41
19. Lymphomas
245
0.91
25
1.07
20. Bladder Cancer
228
0.84
2
0.09
21. Alcohol
227
0.84
20
0.85
22. Oral Cancer
214
0.79
3
0.13
23. Falls
201
0.74
18
0.77
24. Ovary Cancer
196
0.73
10
0.43
25. Leukemia
186
0.69
10
0.43
26. Liver Cancer
157
0.58
12
0.51
27. Road Traffic Accidents
154
0.57
30
1.28
28. Other Neoplasms
153
0.57
3
0.13
29. Uterin Cancer
148
0.55
14
0.60
30. Skin Cancers
144
0.53
1
0.04
31. Peptic Ulcer Disease
142
0.53
10
0.43
32. Oesophagus Cancer
131
0.49
9
0.38
33. Cervical Cancer
128
0.47
21
0.90
34. Drownings
127
0.47
26
1.11
35. Parkinson's Disease
125
0.46
17
0.73
36. Fires
103
0.38
10
0.43
37. Violence
94
0.35
148
6.32
38. Skin Disease
76
0.28
27
1.15
39. HIV/AIDS
74
0.27
134
5.72
40. Tuberculosis
71
0.26
0
0.00
41. Endocrine Disorders
59
0.22
62
2.65
42. Hepatitis C
53
0.20
0
0.00
43. Congenital Anomalies
46
0.17
16
0.68
44. Prostatic Hypertrophy
45
0.17
0
0.00
45. Epilepsy
44
0.16
8
0.34
46. Asthma
42
0.16
9
0.38
47. Drug Use
41
0.15
2
0.09
48. Rheumatic Heart Disease
41
0.15
4
0.17
49. Poisonings
23
0.09
1
0.04
50. Multiple Sclerosis
20
0.07
2
0.09
CANCER RANK BY TYPE
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Latvia LATVIA   Bahamas BAHAMAS
  Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Prostate Cancer
28.10
34
44.70
10
2. Lung Cancers
23.52
33
7.39
119
3. Breast Cancer
19.03
63
30.82
10
4. Colon-Rectum Cancers
15.41
24
11.03
61
5. Stomach Cancer
11.16
30
4.71
120
6. Pancreas Cancer
10.04
4
2.66
125
7. Ovary Cancer
8.99
3
4.61
82
8. Cervical Cancer
7.05
105
8.93
90
9. Oral Cancer
6.18
28
0.83
179
10. Lymphomas
6.05
41
6.37
30
11. Uterin Cancer
4.89
20
6.41
9
12. Bladder Cancer
4.46
17
0.62
174
13. Leukemia
4.38
53
2.45
143
14. Liver Cancer
3.97
133
3.07
163
15. Oesophagus Cancer
3.50
55
2.12
105
16. Skin Cancers
3.11
29
0.23
173
Data rounded. Decimals affect ranking.
Data Source: WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION 2020
Data Accuracy Not Guaranteed
WHO Excludes Cause of Death Data For the following countries: Andorra, Cook Islands, Dominica, Marshall Islands, Monaco, Nauru, Niue, Palau, Saint Kitts, San Marino, Tuvalu.