LITHUANIA VS AFGHANISTAN: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	AFGHANISTAN		LITHUANIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	2,633	1	15,329	- 12,696
War	2	1,678	67	0	+ 1,678
Stroke	3	1,249	2	5,643	- 4,395
Influenza and Pneumonia	4	960	7	654	+ 305
Low Birth Weight	5	827	55	9	+ 819
Birth Trauma	6	702	53	10	+ 692
Tuberculosis	7	645	38	119	+ 526
Hypertension	8	524	4	1,289	- 765
Maternal Conditions	9	511	63	2	+ 509
Kidney Disease	10	432	19	372	+ 60
Road Traffic Accidents	11	395	27	225	+ 171
Diabetes Mellitus	12	377	14	525	- 148
Diarrhoeal diseases	13	364	42	59	+ 305
Congenital Anomalies	14	328	41	62	+ 266
Lung Disease	15	305	16	513	- 208
Liver Disease	16	301	9	644	- 342
Asthma	17	223	46	45	+ 178
Other Injuries	18	212	18	416	- 203
Violence	19	211	36	132	+ 79
Meningitis	20	172	52	19	+ 153
Pertussis	21	138	69	0	+ 138
Breast Cancer	22	119	11	629	- 510
Alzheimers & Dementia	23	116	8	649	- 533
Suicide	24	103	6	721	- 618
Peptic Ulcer Disease	25	99	22	313	- 214
Stomach Cancer	26	98	10	639	- 541
Oral Cancer	27	96	20	338	- 242
Endocrine Disorders	28	89	39	72	+ 17
Oesophagus Cancer	29	86	30	219	- 133
Tetanus	30	82	62	2	+ 80
Encephalitis	31	78	65	2	+ 76
Lung Cancers	32	70	3	1,329	- 1,258
Rheumatic Heart Disease	33	68	48	29	+ 39
Drownings	34	65	35	150	- 85
Epilepsy	35	65	40	62	+ 3
Lymphomas	36	62	21	321	- 259
Falls	37	59	15	518	- 459
Hepatitis B	38	57	61	5	+ 52
Colon-Rectum Cancers	39	49	5	1,074	- 1,025
Liver Cancer	40	43	25	239	- 196
Parkinson's Disease	41	41	29	222	- 181
Leukemia	42	40	24	284	- 244
Malnutrition	43	39	58	7	+ 32
Cervical Cancer	44	35	28	224	- 189
Inflammatory/Heart	45	35	17	484	- 449
HIV/AIDS	46	30	51	22	+ 8
Poisonings	47	25	45	46	- 21
Ovary Cancer	48	24	26	233	- 209
Measles	49	23	83	0	+ 23
Fires	50	23	43	51	- 28
Drug Use	51	21	37	122	- 101
Appendicitis	52	20	54	10	+ 10
Uterin Cancer	53	19	34	159	- 140
Bladder Cancer	54	18	23	292	- 275
Prostate Cancer	55	17	12	598	- 581
Pancreas Cancer	56	15	13	578	- 563
Malaria	57	12	81	0	+ 12
Alcohol	58	10	33	192	- 182
Skin Cancers	59	9	32	197	- 187
Syphilis	60	6	70	0	+ 6
Skin Disease	61	6	44	48	- 42
Multiple Sclerosis	62	5	49	29	- 23
Other Neoplasms	63	2	31	212	- 210
Hepatitis C	64	2	50	23	- 22
Rheumatoid Arthritis	65	2	47	41	- 39
Ascariasis	66	1	74	0	+ 1
Diphtheria	67	1	82	0	+ 1
Upper Respiratory	68	1	68	0	+ 1
Chlamydia	69	0	71	0	+ 0
Leishmaniasis	70	0	77	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	71	0	66	1	- 1
Dengue	72	0	76	0	+ 0
Hookworm Disease	73	0	75	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	74	0	73	0	- 0
Leprosy	75	0	72	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	76	0	84	0	- 0
Chagas disease	77	0	79	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	80	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	79	0	78	0	- 0
Depression	80	0	86	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	81	0	56	8	- 8
Vitamin A Deficiency	82	0	85	0	- 0
Anemia	83	0	60	5	- 5
Osteoarthritis	84	0	59	6	- 6
Prostatic Hypertrophy	85	0	57	8	- 8
Oral conditions	86	0	64	2	- 2
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to LITHUANIA

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THE INTELLECTUAL EXERCISE

The point of this intellectual exercise is to measure what would happen if two countries shared the same leading causes of death. To make these comparisons possible we equalized the population and used total deaths for each country's top 10 causes to simulate an "Exchange." Use the chart on the left to sort by the country name and use the summary plus and minus column to measure the differences in total deaths.

Life Expectancy statistics are calculated the same way everywhere in the world, but what we die from can be very different depending upon where we live. Despite these differences, with rare exception, the top 10 causes of death for any given country will represent between 70-80% of their total deaths. This is an intellectual exercise only, not a comparison of which country is healthier or to challenge existing life expectancy rankings. If you prefer to see total deaths for over 80 causes and choose your own countries to compare go here: https://www.globallifeexpectancy.com/world-rankings-total-deaths

ABOUT OUR DATA

All meaningful comparisons between countries should be made using the same data source and year. The most reliable source for International comparisons is the World Health Organization because it is standardized for cross cultural comparisons. It is also reviewed annually, which often makes it more current than individual country data that can take years to compile. The WHO data includes individual country "projections," that are calculated based upon an annual consultation with each country before it is published. There are differences however, such as WHO data separates different forms of heart disease and cancer and combines Alzheimer's with Dementia. In this top 10 comparison WHO data for both countries was used.