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Greece
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
GREECE VS LATVIA

Compare Greece and Latvia 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.

Latvia
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
Greece Population Pyramid
9,029,254
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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%
LIFE EXPECTANCY HISTORY
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Greece GREECE   Latvia LATVIA
  Greece GREECE   Latvia LATVIA
       
World Rank
        
World Rank
  M F All M F All   M F All M F All
1960
67.3
70.5
68.9
15
32
24
  
66.3
73.5
69.8
24
11
15
1970
70.1
73.6
71.8
5
24
12
  
65.7
74.2
69.8
42
20
32
1980
72.3
76.5
74.4
7
17
9
  
63.8
74.1
68.8
74
38
56
1990
74.5
79.5
76.9
5
11
6
  
64.2
74.6
69.3
94
54
74
2000
75.4
81.1
78.2
15
12
14
  
64.4
75.7
70.1
106
54
93
2010
77.7
82.9
80.3
19
17
19
  
67.6
77.7
72.8
101
55
88
2019
78.6
83.6
81.1
27
23
28
  
70.6
79.8
75.4
94
51
74
LIFE EXPECTANCY BY AGE
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Greece GREECE   Latvia LATVIA
      World Rank       World Rank
  M F M F M F M F
At Birth
78.6
83.6
27
23
70.6
79.8
94
51
Age
78.6
83.6
27
23
70.6
79.8
94
51
Age 5
79.0
83.9
30
25
70.8
80.1
114
59
Age 10
79.0
83.9
30
25
70.8
80.1
114
59
Age 15
79.0
83.9
30
25
70.9
80.1
116
61
Age 20
79.1
84.0
30
26
71.1
80.2
118
60
Age 25
79.3
84.0
30
26
71.3
80.3
118
61
Age 30
79.4
84.1
31
26
71.6
80.4
119
62
Age 35
79.6
84.2
32
26
72.2
80.6
119
61
Age 40
79.8
84.3
32
27
72.7
80.8
121
61
Age 45
80.1
84.4
33
27
73.5
81.2
119
61
Age 50
80.5
84.7
32
27
74.4
81.6
118
58
Age 55
81.1
85.0
33
27
75.7
82.2
111
57
Age 60
82.1
85.5
33
28
77.3
83.0
108
56
Age 65
83.4
86.1
31
27
79.1
83.9
104
56
Age 70
84.8
86.8
25
29
81.4
85.0
95
56
Age 75
86.7
87.9
18
32
84.0
86.4
87
59
Age 80
88.7
89.1
14
41
86.7
88.1
85
69
Age 85
91.2
90.9
14
59
89.7
90.2
108
107
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Greece GREECE   Latvia LATVIA
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Coronary Heart Disease
63.02
148
146.65
49
2. Stroke
35.72
144
99.14
74
3. Lung Cancers
30.95
12
23.52
33
4. Influenza and Pneumonia
18.43
121
12.01
149
5. Breast Cancer
18.29
75
19.03
63
6. Lung Disease
13.43
149
7.50
177
7. Prostate Cancer
12.42
122
28.10
34
8. Kidney Disease
12.11
134
6.43
158
9. Colon-Rectum Cancers
11.20
59
15.41
24
10. Alzheimers & Dementia
9.74
156
9.94
155
11. Hypertension
7.48
146
19.91
83
12. Pancreas Cancer
7.43
32
10.04
4
13. Road Traffic Accidents
6.68
140
7.17
138
14. Parkinson's Disease
6.56
16
2.07
160
15. Other Injuries
6.19
117
11.98
45
16. Stomach Cancer
5.85
95
11.16
30
17. Liver Cancer
5.75
83
3.97
133
18. Leukemia
5.01
18
4.38
53
19. Bladder Cancer
5.01
9
4.46
17
20. Lymphomas
4.87
84
6.05
41
21. Ovary Cancer
4.63
80
8.99
3
22. Diabetes Mellitus
4.49
173
10.89
141
23. Liver Disease
3.87
173
13.03
113
24. Inflammatory/Heart
3.67
117
30.32
3
25. Suicide
3.63
156
16.06
24
26. Falls
3.05
146
4.77
106
27. Uterin Cancer
2.71
72
4.89
20
28. Endocrine Disorders
2.60
127
1.76
156
29. Congenital Anomalies
2.37
171
2.45
168
30. Low Birth Weight
2.25
143
0.57
180
31. Cervical Cancer
2.16
164
7.05
105
32. Drownings
2.08
114
5.64
21
33. Drug Use
1.95
47
1.72
59
34. Other Neoplasms
1.91
54
3.00
32
35. Oral Cancer
1.84
143
6.18
28
36. Skin Cancers
1.61
110
3.11
29
37. Peptic Ulcer Disease
1.60
129
3.17
85
38. Oesophagus Cancer
1.06
153
3.50
55
39. Epilepsy
0.99
136
1.76
84
40. Violence
0.86
160
4.15
98
41. Multiple Sclerosis
0.74
20
0.68
23
42. Fires
0.54
137
3.48
36
43. HIV/AIDS
0.38
129
3.65
82
44. Alcohol
0.33
158
8.83
9
45. Rheumatic Heart Disease
0.29
171
0.97
124
46. Birth Trauma
0.28
174
0.60
145
47. Tuberculosis
0.25
154
2.34
103
48. Rheumatoid Arthritis
0.25
108
0.45
63
49. Hepatitis B
0.24
91
0.10
131
50. Meningitis
0.21
155
0.40
125
TOTAL DEATHS BY CAUSE
PERCENT TOP 50 CAUSES
  Greece GREECE   Latvia LATVIA
  Deaths % Deaths %
1. Coronary Heart Disease
21,124
20.92
8,099
30.00
2. Stroke
14,077
13.94
5,893
21.83
3. Influenza and Pneumonia
8,282
8.20
501
1.86
4. Lung Cancers
7,355
7.28
956
3.54
5. Lung Disease
5,526
5.47
346
1.28
6. Kidney Disease
4,759
4.71
356
1.32
7. Alzheimers & Dementia
3,940
3.90
664
2.46
8. Colon-Rectum Cancers
3,264
3.23
722
2.67
9. Hypertension
2,922
2.89
1,194
4.42
10. Parkinson's Disease
2,646
2.62
125
0.46
11. Breast Cancer
2,520
2.50
472
1.75
12. Prostate Cancer
2,023
2.00
464
1.72
13. Pancreas Cancer
1,904
1.89
436
1.61
14. Liver Cancer
1,566
1.55
157
0.58
15. Bladder Cancer
1,551
1.54
228
0.84
16. Stomach Cancer
1,535
1.52
470
1.74
17. Other Injuries
1,453
1.44
362
1.34
18. Leukemia
1,354
1.34
186
0.69
19. Lymphomas
1,268
1.26
245
0.91
20. Diabetes Mellitus
1,266
1.25
529
1.96
21. Falls
1,245
1.23
201
0.74
22. Road Traffic Accidents
870
0.86
154
0.57
23. Liver Disease
809
0.80
365
1.35
24. Inflammatory/Heart
725
0.72
921
3.41
25. Other Neoplasms
679
0.67
153
0.57
26. Peptic Ulcer Disease
611
0.61
142
0.53
27. Ovary Cancer
557
0.55
196
0.73
28. Suicide
533
0.53
384
1.42
29. Endocrine Disorders
526
0.52
59
0.22
30. Oral Cancer
440
0.44
214
0.79
31. Skin Cancers
438
0.43
144
0.53
32. Drownings
435
0.43
127
0.47
33. Uterin Cancer
373
0.37
148
0.55
34. Epilepsy
249
0.25
44
0.16
35. Oesophagus Cancer
246
0.24
131
0.49
36. Cervical Cancer
243
0.24
128
0.47
37. Drug Use
193
0.19
41
0.15
38. Congenital Anomalies
174
0.17
46
0.17
39. Fires
146
0.14
103
0.38
40. Multiple Sclerosis
135
0.13
20
0.07
41. Low Birth Weight
127
0.13
11
0.04
42. Violence
104
0.10
94
0.35
43. Rheumatic Heart Disease
100
0.10
41
0.15
44. Diarrhoeal diseases
95
0.09
14
0.05
45. Rheumatoid Arthritis
67
0.07
20
0.07
46. Tuberculosis
66
0.07
71
0.26
47. Hepatitis B
56
0.06
3
0.01
48. Skin Disease
56
0.06
76
0.28
49. Alcohol
50
0.05
227
0.84
50. HIV/AIDS
47
0.05
74
0.27
CANCER RANK BY TYPE
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Greece GREECE   Latvia LATVIA
  Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Lung Cancers
30.95
12
23.52
33
2. Breast Cancer
18.29
75
19.03
63
3. Prostate Cancer
12.42
122
28.10
34
4. Colon-Rectum Cancers
11.20
59
15.41
24
5. Pancreas Cancer
7.43
32
10.04
4
6. Stomach Cancer
5.85
95
11.16
30
7. Liver Cancer
5.75
83
3.97
133
8. Bladder Cancer
5.01
9
4.46
17
9. Leukemia
5.01
18
4.38
53
10. Lymphomas
4.87
84
6.05
41
11. Ovary Cancer
4.63
80
8.99
3
12. Uterin Cancer
2.71
72
4.89
20
13. Cervical Cancer
2.16
164
7.05
105
14. Oral Cancer
1.84
143
6.18
28
15. Skin Cancers
1.61
110
3.11
29
16. Oesophagus Cancer
1.06
153
3.50
55
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.