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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 Fiji 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.

Fiji
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%
Fiji Population Pyramid
1,071,252
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   Fiji FIJI
  Latvia LATVIA   Fiji FIJI
       
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
 
54.0
58.2
56.0
75
74
74
1970
65.7
74.2
69.8
42
20
32
 
58.0
62.2
60.0
81
81
82
1980
63.8
74.1
68.8
74
38
56
 
62.0
66.2
64.0
79
84
84
1990
64.2
74.6
69.3
94
54
74
 
64.6
68.8
66.7
89
99
97
2000
64.4
75.7
70.1
106
54
93
 
65.2
70.3
67.7
102
110
105
2010
67.6
77.7
72.8
101
55
88
 
66.3
72.3
69.1
112
112
109
2019
70.6
79.8
75.4
94
51
74
 
65.9
70.3
68.0
131
131
133
LIFE EXPECTANCY BY AGE
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Latvia LATVIA   Fiji FIJI
      World Rank       World Rank
  M F M F M F M F
At Birth
70.6
79.8
94
51
65.9
70.3
131
131
Age
70.6
79.8
94
51
65.9
70.3
131
131
Age 5
70.8
80.1
114
59
67.9
72.0
141
139
Age 10
70.8
80.1
114
59
68.0
72.1
146
142
Age 15
70.9
80.1
116
61
68.2
72.3
146
144
Age 20
71.1
80.2
118
60
68.4
72.5
146
146
Age 25
71.3
80.3
118
61
68.8
72.7
146
147
Age 30
71.6
80.4
119
62
69.2
73.0
148
147
Age 35
72.2
80.6
119
61
69.6
73.3
152
151
Age 40
72.7
80.8
121
61
70.1
73.7
158
156
Age 45
73.5
81.2
119
61
70.8
74.3
164
159
Age 50
74.4
81.6
118
58
71.8
75.0
165
161
Age 55
75.7
82.2
111
57
73.2
76.1
167
166
Age 60
77.3
83.0
108
56
74.9
77.5
167
165
Age 65
79.1
83.9
104
56
77.0
79.3
169
162
Age 70
81.4
85.0
95
56
79.4
81.4
171
157
Age 75
84.0
86.4
87
59
82.1
83.9
175
146
Age 80
86.7
88.1
85
69
85.1
86.6
174
152
Age 85
89.7
90.2
108
107
88.4
89.7
178
154
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Latvia LATVIA   Fiji FIJI
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Coronary Heart Disease
146.65
49
229.26
21
2. Stroke
99.14
74
96.45
75
3. Inflammatory/Heart
30.32
3
6.47
57
4. Prostate Cancer
28.10
34
15.69
93
5. Lung Cancers
23.52
33
6.89
123
6. Hypertension
19.91
83
27.17
51
7. Breast Cancer
19.03
63
41.41
2
8. Suicide
16.06
24
9.51
78
9. Colon-Rectum Cancers
15.41
24
7.43
113
10. Liver Disease
13.03
113
10.90
120
11. Influenza and Pneumonia
12.01
149
32.87
80
12. Other Injuries
11.98
45
9.37
72
13. Stomach Cancer
11.16
30
3.19
150
14. Diabetes Mellitus
10.89
141
243.61
1
15. Pancreas Cancer
10.04
4
3.05
110
16. Alzheimers & Dementia
9.94
155
15.70
127
17. Ovary Cancer
8.99
3
7.28
14
18. Alcohol
8.83
9
0.21
172
19. Lung Disease
7.50
177
24.76
80
20. Road Traffic Accidents
7.17
138
14.33
100
21. Cervical Cancer
7.05
105
21.82
34
22. Kidney Disease
6.43
158
43.25
17
23. Oral Cancer
6.18
28
1.90
140
24. Lymphomas
6.05
41
3.38
137
25. Drownings
5.64
21
6.65
15
26. Uterin Cancer
4.89
20
4.99
17
27. Falls
4.77
106
4.37
117
28. Bladder Cancer
4.46
17
1.04
156
29. Leukemia
4.38
53
3.99
72
30. Violence
4.15
98
2.26
125
31. Liver Cancer
3.97
133
9.03
38
32. HIV/AIDS
3.65
82
3.43
86
33. Oesophagus Cancer
3.50
55
2.55
88
34. Fires
3.48
36
3.39
38
35. Peptic Ulcer Disease
3.17
85
5.41
53
36. Skin Cancers
3.11
29
0.26
170
37. Other Neoplasms
3.00
32
0.54
82
38. Congenital Anomalies
2.45
168
11.65
3
39. Tuberculosis
2.34
103
5.68
82
40. Parkinson's Disease
2.07
160
8.32
5
41. Hepatitis C
1.99
1
0.02
139
42. Endocrine Disorders
1.76
156
3.84
84
43. Epilepsy
1.76
84
1.89
75
44. Drug Use
1.72
59
0.52
158
45. Skin Disease
1.48
97
3.06
26
46. Rheumatic Heart Disease
0.97
124
8.19
12
47. Poisonings
0.96
69
0.26
134
48. Asthma
0.88
139
38.33
5
49. Prostatic Hypertrophy
0.75
10
0.00
100
50. Multiple Sclerosis
0.68
23
0.10
158
TOTAL DEATHS BY CAUSE
PERCENT TOP 50 CAUSES
  Latvia LATVIA   Fiji FIJI
  Deaths % Deaths %
1. Coronary Heart Disease
8,099
30.00
1,481
22.17
2. Stroke
5,893
21.83
583
8.73
3. Hypertension
1,194
4.42
170
2.55
4. Lung Cancers
956
3.54
48
0.72
5. Inflammatory/Heart
921
3.41
45
0.67
6. Colon-Rectum Cancers
722
2.67
45
0.67
7. Alzheimers & Dementia
664
2.46
63
0.94
8. Diabetes Mellitus
529
1.96
1,628
24.37
9. Influenza and Pneumonia
501
1.86
228
3.41
10. Breast Cancer
472
1.75
162
2.43
11. Stomach Cancer
470
1.74
23
0.34
12. Prostate Cancer
464
1.72
41
0.61
13. Pancreas Cancer
436
1.61
21
0.31
14. Suicide
384
1.42
80
1.20
15. Liver Disease
365
1.35
82
1.23
16. Other Injuries
362
1.34
77
1.15
17. Kidney Disease
356
1.32
277
4.15
18. Lung Disease
346
1.28
141
2.11
19. Lymphomas
245
0.91
27
0.40
20. Bladder Cancer
228
0.84
8
0.12
21. Alcohol
227
0.84
2
0.03
22. Oral Cancer
214
0.79
13
0.19
23. Falls
201
0.74
27
0.40
24. Ovary Cancer
196
0.73
29
0.43
25. Leukemia
186
0.69
31
0.46
26. Liver Cancer
157
0.58
68
1.02
27. Road Traffic Accidents
154
0.57
120
1.80
28. Other Neoplasms
153
0.57
3
0.04
29. Uterin Cancer
148
0.55
20
0.30
30. Skin Cancers
144
0.53
1
0.01
31. Peptic Ulcer Disease
142
0.53
34
0.51
32. Oesophagus Cancer
131
0.49
18
0.27
33. Cervical Cancer
128
0.47
86
1.29
34. Drownings
127
0.47
60
0.90
35. Parkinson's Disease
125
0.46
40
0.60
36. Fires
103
0.38
28
0.42
37. Violence
94
0.35
19
0.28
38. Skin Disease
76
0.28
19
0.28
39. HIV/AIDS
74
0.27
30
0.45
40. Tuberculosis
71
0.26
39
0.58
41. Endocrine Disorders
59
0.22
28
0.42
42. Hepatitis C
53
0.20
0
0.00
43. Congenital Anomalies
46
0.17
129
1.93
44. Prostatic Hypertrophy
45
0.17
0
0.00
45. Epilepsy
44
0.16
16
0.24
46. Asthma
42
0.16
226
3.38
47. Drug Use
41
0.15
4
0.06
48. Rheumatic Heart Disease
41
0.15
62
0.93
49. Poisonings
23
0.09
2
0.03
50. Multiple Sclerosis
20
0.07
1
0.01
CANCER RANK BY TYPE
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Latvia LATVIA   Fiji FIJI
  Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Prostate Cancer
28.10
34
15.69
93
2. Lung Cancers
23.52
33
6.89
123
3. Breast Cancer
19.03
63
41.41
2
4. Colon-Rectum Cancers
15.41
24
7.43
113
5. Stomach Cancer
11.16
30
3.19
150
6. Pancreas Cancer
10.04
4
3.05
110
7. Ovary Cancer
8.99
3
7.28
14
8. Cervical Cancer
7.05
105
21.82
34
9. Oral Cancer
6.18
28
1.90
140
10. Lymphomas
6.05
41
3.38
137
11. Uterin Cancer
4.89
20
4.99
17
12. Bladder Cancer
4.46
17
1.04
156
13. Leukemia
4.38
53
3.99
72
14. Liver Cancer
3.97
133
9.03
38
15. Oesophagus Cancer
3.50
55
2.55
88
16. Skin Cancers
3.11
29
0.26
170
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.