Latvia vs South Africa: Causes of mortality
Causes of mortality over time
- Latvia
- South Africa
How they compare
South Africa currently reports 487,682 Deaths against 26,316 Deaths in Latvia, a difference of 461,366 Deaths.
That makes South Africa's figure about 18.5 times Latvia's.
Across all 28 years both countries report, South Africa has been ahead every year.
Latvia ranks 5th and South Africa ranks 10th of 7 countries.
South Africa has averaged higher in every one of the 4 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Latvia | South Africa | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 53,533 Deaths | 308,060 Deaths | 254,527 Deaths | South Africa |
| 2000s | 32,209 Deaths | 543,585 Deaths | 511,376 Deaths | South Africa |
| 2010s | 28,545 Deaths | 475,084 Deaths | 446,539 Deaths | South Africa |
| 2020s | 28,589 Deaths | 487,682 Deaths | 459,093 Deaths | South Africa |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher causes of mortality, Latvia or South Africa?
- South Africa, at 487,682 Deaths against 26,316 Deaths in Latvia as of 2020.
- What is the difference in causes of mortality between Latvia and South Africa?
- 461,366 Deaths, with South Africa ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Latvia and South Africa?
- 28 years are reported by both, from 1993 to 2020.
- How do Latvia and South Africa rank globally for causes of mortality?
- Latvia ranks 5th and South Africa ranks 10th 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.