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Latvia
COUNTRY #1
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LATVIA VS GUINEA

Compare Latvia and Guinea 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.

Guinea
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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Guinea Population Pyramid
25,971,807
LIFE EXPECTANCY HISTORY
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Latvia LATVIA   Guinea GUINEA
  Latvia LATVIA   Guinea GUINEA
       
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
  
34.3
36.3
35.3
165
164
164
1970
65.7
74.2
69.8
42
20
32
  
37.3
39.1
38.2
168
166
168
1980
63.8
74.1
68.8
74
38
56
  
41.0
43.1
42.0
170
170
171
1990
64.2
74.6
69.3
94
54
74
  
46.0
48.8
47.4
169
169
169
2000
64.4
75.7
70.1
106
54
93
  
51.7
53.2
52.5
153
155
154
2010
67.6
77.7
72.8
101
55
88
  
56.6
59.0
57.8
158
159
160
2019
70.6
79.8
75.4
94
51
74
  
59.5
62.3
61.0
173
177
173
LIFE EXPECTANCY BY AGE
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Latvia LATVIA   Guinea GUINEA
      World Rank       World Rank
  M F M F M F M F
At Birth
70.6
79.8
94
51
59.5
62.3
173
177
Age
70.6
79.8
94
51
59.5
62.3
173
177
Age 5
70.8
80.1
114
59
66.2
68.4
158
172
Age 10
70.8
80.1
114
59
67.0
69.2
156
170
Age 15
70.9
80.1
116
61
67.3
69.5
158
169
Age 20
71.1
80.2
118
60
67.8
69.9
157
169
Age 25
71.3
80.3
118
61
68.3
70.4
158
169
Age 30
71.6
80.4
119
62
68.8
70.9
156
168
Age 35
72.2
80.6
119
61
69.5
71.6
155
168
Age 40
72.7
80.8
121
61
70.3
72.4
155
167
Age 45
73.5
81.2
119
61
71.3
73.3
155
168
Age 50
74.4
81.6
118
58
72.5
74.4
155
170
Age 55
75.7
82.2
111
57
73.9
75.7
155
170
Age 60
77.3
83.0
108
56
75.6
77.2
155
170
Age 65
79.1
83.9
104
56
77.7
79.0
152
169
Age 70
81.4
85.0
95
56
80.1
81.1
152
167
Age 75
84.0
86.4
87
59
83.0
83.7
144
159
Age 80
86.7
88.1
85
69
86.0
86.6
136
153
Age 85
89.7
90.2
108
107
89.6
90.0
123
130
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Latvia LATVIA   Guinea GUINEA
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Coronary Heart Disease
146.65
49
125.50
71
2. Stroke
99.14
74
121.12
37
3. Inflammatory/Heart
30.32
3
7.28
46
4. Prostate Cancer
28.10
34
37.70
18
5. Lung Cancers
23.52
33
2.08
171
6. Hypertension
19.91
83
27.96
49
7. Breast Cancer
19.03
63
10.16
156
8. Suicide
16.06
24
12.33
48
9. Colon-Rectum Cancers
15.41
24
1.78
182
10. Liver Disease
13.03
113
42.03
20
11. Influenza and Pneumonia
12.01
149
145.90
7
12. Other Injuries
11.98
45
15.68
19
13. Stomach Cancer
11.16
30
4.56
123
14. Diabetes Mellitus
10.89
141
43.29
52
15. Pancreas Cancer
10.04
4
0.30
181
16. Alzheimers & Dementia
9.94
155
20.04
46
17. Ovary Cancer
8.99
3
2.45
163
18. Alcohol
8.83
9
1.38
92
19. Lung Disease
7.50
177
30.27
51
20. Road Traffic Accidents
7.17
138
38.43
29
21. Cervical Cancer
7.05
105
42.44
11
22. Kidney Disease
6.43
158
35.30
37
23. Oral Cancer
6.18
28
2.29
115
24. Lymphomas
6.05
41
2.40
164
25. Drownings
5.64
21
3.61
59
26. Uterin Cancer
4.89
20
1.17
156
27. Falls
4.77
106
8.84
35
28. Bladder Cancer
4.46
17
0.71
169
29. Leukemia
4.38
53
0.20
182
30. Violence
4.15
98
10.25
48
31. Liver Cancer
3.97
133
19.78
9
32. HIV/AIDS
3.65
82
31.46
33
33. Oesophagus Cancer
3.50
55
0.42
178
34. Fires
3.48
36
4.33
20
35. Peptic Ulcer Disease
3.17
85
7.93
24
36. Skin Cancers
3.11
29
3.00
32
37. Other Neoplasms
3.00
32
0.37
111
38. Congenital Anomalies
2.45
168
7.74
36
39. Tuberculosis
2.34
103
27.05
39
40. Parkinson's Disease
2.07
160
6.02
22
41. Hepatitis C
1.99
1
0.31
37
42. Endocrine Disorders
1.76
156
8.99
26
43. Epilepsy
1.76
84
3.58
11
44. Drug Use
1.72
59
2.17
42
45. Skin Disease
1.48
97
2.26
50
46. Rheumatic Heart Disease
0.97
124
3.89
28
47. Poisonings
0.96
69
2.68
26
48. Asthma
0.88
139
21.49
17
49. Prostatic Hypertrophy
0.75
10
0.00
107
50. Multiple Sclerosis
0.68
23
0.27
59
TOTAL DEATHS BY CAUSE
PERCENT TOP 50 CAUSES
  Latvia LATVIA   Guinea GUINEA
  Deaths % Deaths %
1. Coronary Heart Disease
8,099
30.00
5,665
5.74
2. Stroke
5,893
21.83
5,777
5.85
3. Hypertension
1,194
4.42
1,348
1.36
4. Lung Cancers
956
3.54
128
0.13
5. Inflammatory/Heart
921
3.41
439
0.44
6. Colon-Rectum Cancers
722
2.67
100
0.10
7. Alzheimers & Dementia
664
2.46
579
0.59
8. Diabetes Mellitus
529
1.96
2,138
2.16
9. Influenza and Pneumonia
501
1.86
12,790
12.95
10. Breast Cancer
472
1.75
345
0.35
11. Stomach Cancer
470
1.74
245
0.25
12. Prostate Cancer
464
1.72
525
0.53
13. Pancreas Cancer
436
1.61
19
0.02
14. Suicide
384
1.42
892
0.90
15. Liver Disease
365
1.35
2,550
2.58
16. Other Injuries
362
1.34
1,504
1.52
17. Kidney Disease
356
1.32
1,939
1.96
18. Lung Disease
346
1.28
1,373
1.39
19. Lymphomas
245
0.91
158
0.16
20. Bladder Cancer
228
0.84
32
0.03
21. Alcohol
227
0.84
83
0.08
22. Oral Cancer
214
0.79
122
0.12
23. Falls
201
0.74
480
0.49
24. Ovary Cancer
196
0.73
93
0.09
25. Leukemia
186
0.69
17
0.02
26. Liver Cancer
157
0.58
1,167
1.18
27. Road Traffic Accidents
154
0.57
3,788
3.83
28. Other Neoplasms
153
0.57
16
0.02
29. Uterin Cancer
148
0.55
38
0.04
30. Skin Cancers
144
0.53
152
0.15
31. Peptic Ulcer Disease
142
0.53
448
0.45
32. Oesophagus Cancer
131
0.49
20
0.02
33. Cervical Cancer
128
0.47
1,491
1.51
34. Drownings
127
0.47
528
0.53
35. Parkinson's Disease
125
0.46
212
0.21
36. Fires
103
0.38
410
0.42
37. Violence
94
0.35
1,128
1.14
38. Skin Disease
76
0.28
127
0.13
39. HIV/AIDS
74
0.27
3,020
3.06
40. Tuberculosis
71
0.26
2,369
2.40
41. Endocrine Disorders
59
0.22
1,140
1.15
42. Hepatitis C
53
0.20
22
0.02
43. Congenital Anomalies
46
0.17
2,181
2.21
44. Prostatic Hypertrophy
45
0.17
0
0.00
45. Epilepsy
44
0.16
350
0.35
46. Asthma
42
0.16
1,179
1.19
47. Drug Use
41
0.15
169
0.17
48. Rheumatic Heart Disease
41
0.15
238
0.24
49. Poisonings
23
0.09
295
0.30
50. Multiple Sclerosis
20
0.07
18
0.02
CANCER RANK BY TYPE
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Latvia LATVIA   Guinea GUINEA
  Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Prostate Cancer
28.10
34
37.70
18
2. Lung Cancers
23.52
33
2.08
171
3. Breast Cancer
19.03
63
10.16
156
4. Colon-Rectum Cancers
15.41
24
1.78
182
5. Stomach Cancer
11.16
30
4.56
123
6. Pancreas Cancer
10.04
4
0.30
181
7. Ovary Cancer
8.99
3
2.45
163
8. Cervical Cancer
7.05
105
42.44
11
9. Oral Cancer
6.18
28
2.29
115
10. Lymphomas
6.05
41
2.40
164
11. Uterin Cancer
4.89
20
1.17
156
12. Bladder Cancer
4.46
17
0.71
169
13. Leukemia
4.38
53
0.20
182
14. Liver Cancer
3.97
133
19.78
9
15. Oesophagus Cancer
3.50
55
0.42
178
16. Skin Cancers
3.11
29
3.00
32
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.