LITHUANIA VS BELARUS: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	BELARUS		LITHUANIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	14,712	1	15,329	- 618
Stroke	2	4,534	2	5,643	- 1,109
Alzheimers & Dementia	3	977	8	649	+ 328
Lung Cancers	4	816	3	1,329	- 513
Colon-Rectum Cancers	5	798	5	1,074	- 275
Alcohol	6	764	33	192	+ 572
Lung Disease	7	611	16	513	+ 98
Liver Disease	8	575	9	644	- 69
Suicide	9	554	6	721	- 167
Stomach Cancer	10	467	10	639	- 172
Inflammatory/Heart	11	376	17	484	- 108
Breast Cancer	12	340	11	629	- 289
Pancreas Cancer	13	324	13	578	- 254
Other Injuries	14	304	18	416	- 112
Influenza and Pneumonia	15	301	7	654	- 354
Falls	16	263	15	518	- 255
Prostate Cancer	17	259	12	598	- 339
Oral Cancer	18	249	20	338	- 89
Road Traffic Accidents	19	200	27	225	- 25
Lymphomas	20	186	21	321	- 136
Parkinson's Disease	21	172	29	222	- 50
Fires	22	172	43	51	+ 120
Leukemia	23	153	24	284	- 131
Drownings	24	150	35	150	+ 0
Oesophagus Cancer	25	136	30	219	- 82
Kidney Disease	26	133	19	372	- 239
Ovary Cancer	27	119	26	233	- 115
Uterin Cancer	28	108	34	159	- 51
Drug Use	29	108	37	122	- 15
Diabetes Mellitus	30	103	14	525	- 422
Hypertension	31	102	4	1,289	- 1,187
Liver Cancer	32	100	25	239	- 138
Poisonings	33	86	45	46	+ 40
Cervical Cancer	34	84	28	224	- 140
Bladder Cancer	35	82	23	292	- 211
Skin Cancers	36	75	32	197	- 121
Tuberculosis	37	74	38	119	- 44
Violence	38	71	36	132	- 61
Rheumatic Heart Disease	39	66	48	29	+ 37
Peptic Ulcer Disease	40	65	22	313	- 248
Congenital Anomalies	41	56	41	62	- 6
HIV/AIDS	42	46	51	22	+ 24
Endocrine Disorders	43	39	39	72	- 33
Asthma	44	34	46	45	- 12
Epilepsy	45	32	40	62	- 30
Encephalitis	46	26	65	2	+ 24
Low Birth Weight	47	18	55	9	+ 9
Other Neoplasms	48	14	31	212	- 197
Multiple Sclerosis	49	12	49	29	- 17
Meningitis	50	10	52	19	- 9
Skin Disease	51	9	44	48	- 39
Birth Trauma	52	7	53	10	- 3
Malnutrition	53	6	58	7	- 1
Appendicitis	54	6	54	10	- 4
Rheumatoid Arthritis	55	4	47	41	- 37
Hepatitis B	56	4	61	5	- 1
Diarrhoeal diseases	57	4	42	59	- 56
Upper Respiratory	58	1	68	0	+ 1
War	59	1	67	0	+ 1
Maternal Conditions	60	1	63	2	- 2
Chlamydia	61	0	71	0	+ 0
Hepatitis C	62	0	50	23	- 23
Syphilis	63	0	70	0	+ 0
Tetanus	64	0	62	2	- 2
Pertussis	65	0	69	0	- 0
Otitis Media	66	0	66	1	- 1
Diphtheria	67	0	82	0	+ 0
Measles	68	0	83	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	69	0	75	0	- 0
Ascariasis	70	0	74	0	- 0
Dengue	71	0	76	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	72	0	73	0	- 0
Leprosy	73	0	72	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	74	0	78	0	- 0
Chagas disease	75	0	79	0	- 0
Malaria	76	0	81	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	77	0	80	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	78	0	77	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	84	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	80	0	56	8	- 8
Depression	81	0	86	0	- 0
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

Belarus

Lithuania

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.