LITHUANIA VS BELGIUM: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	BELGIUM		LITHUANIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	3,353	1	15,329	- 11,976
Alzheimers & Dementia	2	2,066	8	649	+ 1,417
Stroke	3	1,625	2	5,643	- 4,018
Lung Cancers	4	1,487	3	1,329	+ 158
Lung Disease	5	1,413	16	513	+ 900
Influenza and Pneumonia	6	1,246	7	654	+ 592
Colon-Rectum Cancers	7	730	5	1,074	- 343
Kidney Disease	8	648	19	372	+ 276
Breast Cancer	9	568	11	629	- 61
Suicide	10	463	6	721	- 258
Other Injuries	11	440	18	416	+ 25
Other Neoplasms	12	401	31	212	+ 189
Prostate Cancer	13	400	12	598	- 198
Pancreas Cancer	14	397	13	578	- 181
Falls	15	385	15	518	- 133
Lymphomas	16	341	21	321	+ 19
Liver Disease	17	314	9	644	- 329
Endocrine Disorders	18	314	39	72	+ 242
Parkinson's Disease	19	302	29	222	+ 80
Diabetes Mellitus	20	279	14	525	- 247
Leukemia	21	263	24	284	- 21
Bladder Cancer	22	237	23	292	- 56
Inflammatory/Heart	23	233	17	484	- 251
Liver Cancer	24	214	25	239	- 25
Oesophagus Cancer	25	197	30	219	- 22
Stomach Cancer	26	189	10	639	- 450
Hypertension	27	162	4	1,289	- 1,127
Oral Cancer	28	148	20	338	- 190
Road Traffic Accidents	29	146	27	225	- 78
Ovary Cancer	30	143	26	233	- 90
Skin Cancers	31	115	32	197	- 82
Alcohol	32	110	33	192	- 82
Diarrhoeal diseases	33	92	42	59	+ 32
Uterin Cancer	34	84	34	159	- 75
Skin Disease	35	83	44	48	+ 35
Epilepsy	36	76	40	62	+ 14
Rheumatic Heart Disease	37	64	48	29	+ 35
Malnutrition	38	64	58	7	+ 57
Drug Use	39	63	37	122	- 59
Congenital Anomalies	40	62	41	62	+ 0
Cervical Cancer	41	53	28	224	- 171
Peptic Ulcer Disease	42	47	22	313	- 266
Anemia	43	44	60	5	+ 38
Violence	44	33	36	132	- 99
Multiple Sclerosis	45	32	49	29	+ 3
Asthma	46	28	46	45	- 17
Drownings	47	17	35	150	- 133
Fires	48	16	43	51	- 35
Rheumatoid Arthritis	49	16	47	41	- 25
Low Birth Weight	50	15	55	9	+ 6
Osteoarthritis	51	13	59	6	+ 7
Hepatitis C	52	12	50	23	- 12
Birth Trauma	53	10	53	10	+ 0
Tuberculosis	54	10	38	119	- 109
Poisonings	55	9	45	46	- 37
Schizophrenia	56	9	56	8	+ 0
HIV/AIDS	57	8	51	22	- 14
Meningitis	58	6	52	19	- 13
Upper Respiratory	59	5	68	0	+ 5
Prostatic Hypertrophy	60	4	57	8	- 4
Oral conditions	61	4	64	2	+ 2
Appendicitis	62	4	54	10	- 6
Hepatitis B	63	4	61	5	- 1
Maternal Conditions	64	1	63	2	- 1
Otitis Media	65	0	66	1	- 1
Encephalitis	66	0	65	2	- 1
War	67	0	67	0	- 0
Pertussis	68	0	69	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	69	0	82	0	+ 0
Syphilis	70	0	70	0	- 0
Chlamydia	71	0	71	0	- 0
Leprosy	72	0	72	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	73	0	77	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	74	0	80	0	- 0
Malaria	75	0	81	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	76	0	78	0	- 0
Chagas disease	77	0	79	0	- 0
Tetanus	78	0	62	2	- 2
Measles	79	0	83	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	80	0	75	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	81	0	73	0	- 0
Ascariasis	82	0	74	0	- 0
Dengue	83	0	76	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	84	0	84	0	- 0
Depression	85	0	86	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	86	0	85	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to LITHUANIA

Belgium

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.