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Latvia
COUNTRY #1
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Compare Latvia and Turkmenistan 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.

Turkmenistan
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%
Turkmenistan Population Pyramid
7,949,276
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   Turkmenistan TURKMENISTAN
  Latvia LATVIA   Turkmenistan TURKMENISTAN
       
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
 
51.2
58.3
54.6
86
73
79
1970
65.7
74.2
69.8
42
20
32
 
54.9
62.1
58.4
92
83
87
1980
63.8
74.1
68.8
74
38
56
 
57.5
64.6
61.0
109
92
98
1990
64.2
74.6
69.3
94
54
74
 
59.2
67.1
63.0
126
110
115
2000
64.4
75.7
70.1
106
54
93
 
59.9
67.9
63.8
129
119
122
2010
67.6
77.7
72.8
101
55
88
 
61.7
70.1
65.8
138
121
130
2019
70.6
79.8
75.4
94
51
74
 
66.5
73.0
69.7
129
117
122
LIFE EXPECTANCY BY AGE
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Latvia LATVIA   Turkmenistan TURKMENISTAN
      World Rank       World Rank
  M F M F M F M F
At Birth
70.6
79.8
94
51
66.5
73.0
129
117
Age
70.6
79.8
94
51
66.5
73.0
129
117
Age 5
70.8
80.1
114
59
70.0
75.9
122
108
Age 10
70.8
80.1
114
59
70.2
76.0
123
109
Age 15
70.9
80.1
116
61
70.3
76.1
125
109
Age 20
71.1
80.2
118
60
70.5
76.3
124
108
Age 25
71.3
80.3
118
61
70.8
76.6
126
107
Age 30
71.6
80.4
119
62
71.1
76.8
129
107
Age 35
72.2
80.6
119
61
71.6
77.0
129
108
Age 40
72.7
80.8
121
61
72.3
77.3
126
107
Age 45
73.5
81.2
119
61
73.1
77.7
125
106
Age 50
74.4
81.6
118
58
74.2
78.2
122
106
Age 55
75.7
82.2
111
57
75.5
78.9
117
106
Age 60
77.3
83.0
108
56
77.1
80.1
112
103
Age 65
79.1
83.9
104
56
79.1
81.3
107
103
Age 70
81.4
85.0
95
56
82.0
83.4
75
97
Age 75
84.0
86.4
87
59
85.2
86.2
56
64
Age 80
86.7
88.1
85
69
88.1
89.3
37
34
Age 85
89.7
90.2
108
107
91.9
92.2
2
8
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Latvia LATVIA   Turkmenistan TURKMENISTAN
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Coronary Heart Disease
146.65
49
278.65
13
2. Stroke
99.14
74
125.89
33
3. Inflammatory/Heart
30.32
3
13.50
14
4. Prostate Cancer
28.10
34
3.71
171
5. Lung Cancers
23.52
33
9.52
107
6. Hypertension
19.91
83
13.37
113
7. Breast Cancer
19.03
63
16.34
99
8. Suicide
16.06
24
6.07
127
9. Colon-Rectum Cancers
15.41
24
4.31
159
10. Liver Disease
13.03
113
41.99
22
11. Influenza and Pneumonia
12.01
149
17.71
123
12. Other Injuries
11.98
45
5.68
121
13. Stomach Cancer
11.16
30
10.51
38
14. Diabetes Mellitus
10.89
141
16.10
118
15. Pancreas Cancer
10.04
4
3.11
107
16. Alzheimers & Dementia
9.94
155
14.19
141
17. Ovary Cancer
8.99
3
3.48
127
18. Alcohol
8.83
9
2.64
46
19. Lung Disease
7.50
177
8.70
171
20. Road Traffic Accidents
7.17
138
15.37
94
21. Cervical Cancer
7.05
105
9.80
85
22. Kidney Disease
6.43
158
14.39
123
23. Oral Cancer
6.18
28
4.10
57
24. Lymphomas
6.05
41
2.62
158
25. Drownings
5.64
21
2.33
96
26. Uterin Cancer
4.89
20
2.44
85
27. Falls
4.77
106
1.94
174
28. Bladder Cancer
4.46
17
1.79
107
29. Leukemia
4.38
53
2.47
142
30. Violence
4.15
98
3.13
111
31. Liver Cancer
3.97
133
6.40
67
32. HIV/AIDS
3.65
82
52.75
21
33. Oesophagus Cancer
3.50
55
9.55
12
34. Fires
3.48
36
2.02
73
35. Peptic Ulcer Disease
3.17
85
2.22
100
36. Skin Cancers
3.11
29
1.38
125
37. Other Neoplasms
3.00
32
0.18
168
38. Congenital Anomalies
2.45
168
8.77
21
39. Tuberculosis
2.34
103
11.87
63
40. Parkinson's Disease
2.07
160
3.02
142
41. Hepatitis C
1.99
1
0.04
120
42. Endocrine Disorders
1.76
156
2.31
140
43. Epilepsy
1.76
84
1.64
88
44. Drug Use
1.72
59
0.84
129
45. Skin Disease
1.48
97
0.22
167
46. Rheumatic Heart Disease
0.97
124
1.81
76
47. Poisonings
0.96
69
0.62
87
48. Asthma
0.88
139
1.08
130
49. Prostatic Hypertrophy
0.75
10
0.00
173
50. Multiple Sclerosis
0.68
23
0.24
66
TOTAL DEATHS BY CAUSE
PERCENT TOP 50 CAUSES
  Latvia LATVIA   Turkmenistan TURKMENISTAN
  Deaths % Deaths %
1. Coronary Heart Disease
8,099
30.00
9,941
29.02
2. Stroke
5,893
21.83
4,771
13.93
3. Hypertension
1,194
4.42
478
1.40
4. Lung Cancers
956
3.54
417
1.22
5. Inflammatory/Heart
921
3.41
663
1.94
6. Colon-Rectum Cancers
722
2.67
177
0.52
7. Alzheimers & Dementia
664
2.46
441
1.29
8. Diabetes Mellitus
529
1.96
694
2.03
9. Influenza and Pneumonia
501
1.86
1,137
3.32
10. Breast Cancer
472
1.75
417
1.22
11. Stomach Cancer
470
1.74
443
1.29
12. Prostate Cancer
464
1.72
60
0.18
13. Pancreas Cancer
436
1.61
125
0.36
14. Suicide
384
1.42
337
0.98
15. Liver Disease
365
1.35
2,018
5.89
16. Other Injuries
362
1.34
336
0.98
17. Kidney Disease
356
1.32
633
1.85
18. Lung Disease
346
1.28
318
0.93
19. Lymphomas
245
0.91
131
0.38
20. Bladder Cancer
228
0.84
69
0.20
21. Alcohol
227
0.84
143
0.42
22. Oral Cancer
214
0.79
181
0.53
23. Falls
201
0.74
103
0.30
24. Ovary Cancer
196
0.73
93
0.27
25. Leukemia
186
0.69
135
0.39
26. Liver Cancer
157
0.58
279
0.81
27. Road Traffic Accidents
154
0.57
800
2.34
28. Other Neoplasms
153
0.57
7
0.02
29. Uterin Cancer
148
0.55
58
0.17
30. Skin Cancers
144
0.53
54
0.16
31. Peptic Ulcer Disease
142
0.53
103
0.30
32. Oesophagus Cancer
131
0.49
392
1.14
33. Cervical Cancer
128
0.47
250
0.73
34. Drownings
127
0.47
153
0.45
35. Parkinson's Disease
125
0.46
96
0.28
36. Fires
103
0.38
122
0.36
37. Violence
94
0.35
169
0.49
38. Skin Disease
76
0.28
10
0.03
39. HIV/AIDS
74
0.27
3,008
8.78
40. Tuberculosis
71
0.26
595
1.74
41. Endocrine Disorders
59
0.22
141
0.41
42. Hepatitis C
53
0.20
2
0.01
43. Congenital Anomalies
46
0.17
768
2.24
44. Prostatic Hypertrophy
45
0.17
0
0.00
45. Epilepsy
44
0.16
99
0.29
46. Asthma
42
0.16
44
0.13
47. Rheumatic Heart Disease
41
0.15
91
0.27
48. Drug Use
41
0.15
46
0.13
49. Poisonings
23
0.09
37
0.11
50. Rheumatoid Arthritis
20
0.07
4
0.01
CANCER RANK BY TYPE
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Latvia LATVIA   Turkmenistan TURKMENISTAN
  Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Prostate Cancer
28.10
34
3.71
171
2. Lung Cancers
23.52
33
9.52
107
3. Breast Cancer
19.03
63
16.34
99
4. Colon-Rectum Cancers
15.41
24
4.31
159
5. Stomach Cancer
11.16
30
10.51
38
6. Pancreas Cancer
10.04
4
3.11
107
7. Ovary Cancer
8.99
3
3.48
127
8. Cervical Cancer
7.05
105
9.80
85
9. Oral Cancer
6.18
28
4.10
57
10. Lymphomas
6.05
41
2.62
158
11. Uterin Cancer
4.89
20
2.44
85
12. Bladder Cancer
4.46
17
1.79
107
13. Leukemia
4.38
53
2.47
142
14. Liver Cancer
3.97
133
6.40
67
15. Oesophagus Cancer
3.50
55
9.55
12
16. Skin Cancers
3.11
29
1.38
125
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.