Latvia vs Lithuania: Causes of mortality
Causes of mortality over time
- Latvia
- Lithuania
How they compare
Lithuania currently reports 37,453 Deaths against 26,316 Deaths in Latvia, a difference of 11,137 Deaths.
That makes Lithuania's figure about 1.4 times Latvia's.
The two have swapped places 2 times across 42 shared years of data; in 1981 it was Lithuania ahead.
Latvia ranks 5th and Lithuania ranks 4th of 7 countries.
Across the 5 decades both report, Latvia averaged higher in 1 and Lithuania in 4.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Latvia | Lithuania | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 64,564 Deaths | 73,798 Deaths | 9,234 Deaths | Lithuania |
| 1990s | 58,477 Deaths | 54,715 Deaths | 3,762 Deaths | Latvia |
| 2000s | 32,209 Deaths | 42,282 Deaths | 10,073 Deaths | Lithuania |
| 2010s | 28,545 Deaths | 40,674 Deaths | 12,128 Deaths | Lithuania |
| 2020s | 29,432 Deaths | 41,727 Deaths | 12,296 Deaths | Lithuania |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher causes of mortality, Latvia or Lithuania?
- Lithuania, at 37,453 Deaths against 26,316 Deaths in Latvia as of 2024.
- What is the difference in causes of mortality between Latvia and Lithuania?
- 11,137 Deaths, with Lithuania ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Latvia and Lithuania?
- 42 years are reported by both, from 1981 to 2024.
- How do Latvia and Lithuania rank globally for causes of mortality?
- Latvia ranks 5th and Lithuania ranks 4th of 7 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, published as Causes of mortality. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
This dataset presents the number of deaths and age-standardised death rates by causes of deaths. The number of deaths according to sex and selected causes are extracted from the World Health Organization Mortality Database available at https://www.who.int/data/data-collection-tools/who-mortality-database. Detailed information on the coverage and reliability of the cause-of-death data is regularly published in World Health Statistics Annuals. The selected causes of death presented in the OECD Health Statistics database are detailed in an Excel file available for download, with codes according to the Tenth revision of the International Classification of Diseases (ICD) along with codes from other ICD revisions used in the WHO Mortality Database. Please refer to the Sources and Methods for detailed country-specific information.