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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

Compare Latvia and Egypt 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.

Egypt
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
Created with Raphaël 2.2.0 95+ 90-94 85-89 80-84 75-79 70-74 65-69 60-64 55-59 50-54 45-49 40-44 35-39 30-34 25-29 20-24 15-19 10-14 5-9 0-42.5%2.5%5%5%7.5%7.5%
Egypt Population Pyramid
159,956,809
Created with Raphaël 2.2.0 95+ 90-94 85-89 80-84 75-79 70-74 65-69 60-64 55-59 50-54 45-49 40-44 35-39 30-34 25-29 20-24 15-19 10-14 5-9 0-42.5%2.5%5%5%7.5%7.5%
LIFE EXPECTANCY HISTORY
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Latvia LATVIA   Egypt EGYPT
  Latvia LATVIA   Egypt EGYPT
       
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
 
45.1
46.9
46.0
112
115
115
1970
65.7
74.2
69.8
42
20
32
 
49.5
51.3
50.4
121
120
119
1980
63.8
74.1
68.8
74
38
56
 
54.1
55.9
54.9
124
127
127
1990
64.2
74.6
69.3
94
54
74
 
60.8
63.6
62.2
117
123
120
2000
64.4
75.7
70.1
106
54
93
 
66.4
71.4
68.8
96
100
100
2010
67.6
77.7
72.8
101
55
88
 
67.9
72.2
70.0
99
113
105
2019
70.6
79.8
75.4
94
51
74
 
69.6
74.1
71.8
105
111
112
LIFE EXPECTANCY BY AGE
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Latvia LATVIA   Egypt EGYPT
      World Rank       World Rank
  M F M F M F M F
At Birth
70.6
79.8
94
51
69.6
74.1
105
111
Age 5
70.8
80.1
114
59
71.1
75.6
106
112
Age 10
70.8
80.1
114
59
71.3
75.8
106
112
Age 15
70.9
80.1
116
61
71.4
75.9
107
112
Age 20
71.1
80.2
118
60
71.7
76.0
107
112
Age 25
71.3
80.3
118
61
72.0
76.2
109
112
Age 30
71.6
80.4
119
62
72.2
76.3
111
113
Age 35
72.2
80.6
119
61
72.5
76.5
114
113
Age 40
72.7
80.8
121
61
72.9
76.7
115
114
Age 45
73.5
81.2
119
61
73.3
77.0
121
115
Age 50
74.4
81.6
118
58
73.9
77.4
126
117
Age 55
75.7
82.2
111
57
75.0
78.1
132
119
Age 60
77.3
83.0
108
56
76.5
79.1
134
122
Age 65
79.1
83.9
104
56
78.5
80.5
131
117
Age 70
81.4
85.0
95
56
81.0
82.6
116
105
Age 75
84.0
86.4
87
59
83.4
84.7
119
103
Age 80
86.7
88.1
85
69
86.5
87.2
109
103
Age 85
89.7
90.2
108
107
89.8
90.1
98
120
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Latvia LATVIA   Egypt EGYPT
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Coronary Heart Disease
146.65
49
268.11
15
2. Stroke
99.14
74
65.24
110
3. Inflammatory/Heart
30.32
3
3.07
135
4. Prostate Cancer
28.10
34
6.17
154
5. Lung Cancers
23.52
33
8.02
115
6. Hypertension
19.91
83
34.03
35
7. Breast Cancer
19.03
63
24.04
33
8. Suicide
16.06
24
3.41
158
9. Colon-Rectum Cancers
15.41
24
4.35
156
10. Liver Disease
13.03
113
93.37
1
11. Influenza and Pneumonia
12.01
149
25.25
99
12. Other Injuries
11.98
45
4.29
144
13. Stomach Cancer
11.16
30
2.54
168
14. Diabetes Mellitus
10.89
141
27.97
92
15. Pancreas Cancer
10.04
4
4.11
83
16. Alzheimers & Dementia
9.94
155
13.14
148
17. Ovary Cancer
8.99
3
5.11
61
18. Alcohol
8.83
9
0.17
176
19. Lung Disease
7.50
177
20.69
100
20. Road Traffic Accidents
7.17
138
11.77
116
21. Cervical Cancer
7.05
105
1.68
175
22. Kidney Disease
6.43
158
32.58
46
23. Oral Cancer
6.18
28
1.16
170
24. Lymphomas
6.05
41
11.00
2
25. Drownings
5.64
21
1.09
146
26. Uterin Cancer
4.89
20
1.19
154
27. Falls
4.77
106
2.57
161
28. Bladder Cancer
4.46
17
8.13
2
29. Leukemia
4.38
53
4.53
42
30. Violence
4.15
98
4.42
93
31. Liver Cancer
3.97
133
34.11
2
32. HIV/AIDS
3.65
82
0.41
127
33. Oesophagus Cancer
3.50
55
1.39
132
34. Fires
3.48
36
1.72
83
35. Peptic Ulcer Disease
3.17
85
1.89
119
36. Skin Cancers
3.11
29
1.52
117
37. Other Neoplasms
3.00
32
0.17
171
38. Congenital Anomalies
2.45
168
7.73
38
39. Tuberculosis
2.34
103
0.54
138
40. Parkinson's Disease
2.07
160
4.12
91
41. Hepatitis C
1.99
1
0.13
79
42. Endocrine Disorders
1.76
156
2.96
113
43. Epilepsy
1.76
84
0.48
179
44. Drug Use
1.72
59
0.13
183
45. Skin Disease
1.48
97
0.35
155
46. Rheumatic Heart Disease
0.97
124
1.62
82
47. Poisonings
0.96
69
0.20
151
48. Asthma
0.88
139
10.51
59
49. Prostatic Hypertrophy
0.75
10
0.00
95
50. Multiple Sclerosis
0.68
23
0.22
77
TOTAL DEATHS BY CAUSE
PERCENT TOP 50 CAUSES
  Latvia LATVIA   Egypt EGYPT
  Deaths % Deaths %
1. Coronary Heart Disease
8,099
30.00
173,871
32.40
2. Stroke
5,893
21.83
43,839
8.17
3. Hypertension
1,194
4.42
21,094
3.93
4. Lung Cancers
956
3.54
5,677
1.06
5. Inflammatory/Heart
921
3.41
2,489
0.46
6. Colon-Rectum Cancers
722
2.67
3,083
0.57
7. Alzheimers & Dementia
664
2.46
6,975
1.30
8. Diabetes Mellitus
529
1.96
19,131
3.57
9. Influenza and Pneumonia
501
1.86
20,694
3.86
10. Breast Cancer
472
1.75
9,180
1.71
11. Stomach Cancer
470
1.74
1,844
0.34
12. Prostate Cancer
464
1.72
1,282
0.24
13. Pancreas Cancer
436
1.61
2,906
0.54
14. Suicide
384
1.42
3,022
0.56
15. Liver Disease
365
1.35
60,122
11.20
16. Other Injuries
362
1.34
3,819
0.71
17. Kidney Disease
356
1.32
21,087
3.93
18. Lung Disease
346
1.28
13,393
2.50
19. Lymphomas
245
0.91
7,539
1.40
20. Bladder Cancer
228
0.84
5,133
0.96
21. Alcohol
227
0.84
141
0.03
22. Oral Cancer
214
0.79
793
0.15
23. Falls
201
0.74
2,019
0.38
24. Ovary Cancer
196
0.73
1,944
0.36
25. Leukemia
186
0.69
3,763
0.70
26. Liver Cancer
157
0.58
24,512
4.57
27. Road Traffic Accidents
154
0.57
10,141
1.89
28. Other Neoplasms
153
0.57
116
0.02
29. Uterin Cancer
148
0.55
422
0.08
30. Skin Cancers
144
0.53
1,013
0.19
31. Peptic Ulcer Disease
142
0.53
1,339
0.25
32. Oesophagus Cancer
131
0.49
951
0.18
33. Cervical Cancer
128
0.47
625
0.12
34. Drownings
127
0.47
1,122
0.21
35. Parkinson's Disease
125
0.46
2,391
0.45
36. Fires
103
0.38
1,568
0.29
37. Violence
94
0.35
4,165
0.78
38. Skin Disease
76
0.28
219
0.04
39. HIV/AIDS
74
0.27
397
0.07
40. Tuberculosis
71
0.26
432
0.08
41. Endocrine Disorders
59
0.22
2,372
0.44
42. Hepatitis C
53
0.20
97
0.02
43. Congenital Anomalies
46
0.17
12,163
2.27
44. Prostatic Hypertrophy
45
0.17
0
0.00
45. Epilepsy
44
0.16
451
0.08
46. Asthma
42
0.16
7,104
1.32
47. Drug Use
41
0.15
116
0.02
48. Rheumatic Heart Disease
41
0.15
1,248
0.23
49. Poisonings
23
0.09
195
0.04
50. Multiple Sclerosis
20
0.07
213
0.04
CANCER RANK BY TYPE
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Latvia LATVIA   Egypt EGYPT
  Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Prostate Cancer
28.10
34
6.17
154
2. Lung Cancers
23.52
33
8.02
115
3. Breast Cancer
19.03
63
24.04
33
4. Colon-Rectum Cancers
15.41
24
4.35
156
5. Stomach Cancer
11.16
30
2.54
168
6. Pancreas Cancer
10.04
4
4.11
83
7. Ovary Cancer
8.99
3
5.11
61
8. Cervical Cancer
7.05
105
1.68
175
9. Oral Cancer
6.18
28
1.16
170
10. Lymphomas
6.05
41
11.00
2
11. Uterin Cancer
4.89
20
1.19
154
12. Bladder Cancer
4.46
17
8.13
2
13. Leukemia
4.38
53
4.53
42
14. Liver Cancer
3.97
133
34.11
2
15. Oesophagus Cancer
3.50
55
1.39
132
16. Skin Cancers
3.11
29
1.52
117
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.