LITHUANIA VS CHINA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	CHINA		LITHUANIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Stroke	1	3,792	2	5,643	- 1,851
Coronary Heart Disease	2	3,288	1	15,329	- 12,041
Lung Disease	3	1,798	16	513	+ 1,285
Lung Cancers	4	1,326	3	1,329	- 3
Stomach Cancer	5	740	10	639	+ 100
Alzheimers & Dementia	6	565	8	649	- 84
Hypertension	7	559	4	1,289	- 730
Road Traffic Accidents	8	465	27	225	+ 240
Colon-Rectum Cancers	9	461	5	1,074	- 613
Oesophagus Cancer	10	451	30	219	+ 232
Kidney Disease	11	357	19	372	- 15
Influenza and Pneumonia	12	340	7	654	- 314
Liver Cancer	13	336	25	239	+ 97
Diabetes Mellitus	14	300	14	525	- 225
Liver Disease	15	270	9	644	- 373
Falls	16	258	15	518	- 260
Suicide	17	216	6	721	- 506
Pancreas Cancer	18	207	13	578	- 371
Breast Cancer	19	172	11	629	- 457
Parkinson's Disease	20	131	29	222	- 91
Rheumatic Heart Disease	21	121	48	29	+ 92
Leukemia	22	108	24	284	- 176
Lymphomas	23	107	21	321	- 214
Oral Cancer	24	102	20	338	- 236
Other Injuries	25	100	18	416	- 315
Drownings	26	98	35	150	- 52
Cervical Cancer	27	96	28	224	- 128
Prostate Cancer	28	95	12	598	- 503
Bladder Cancer	29	70	23	292	- 222
Peptic Ulcer Disease	30	70	22	313	- 243
Congenital Anomalies	31	68	41	62	+ 6
Tuberculosis	32	65	38	119	- 54
Inflammatory/Heart	33	56	17	484	- 428
HIV/AIDS	34	53	51	22	+ 31
Ovary Cancer	35	52	26	233	- 181
Poisonings	36	48	45	46	+ 2
Endocrine Disorders	37	48	39	72	- 25
Drug Use	38	45	37	122	- 77
Asthma	39	43	46	45	- 2
Low Birth Weight	40	40	55	9	+ 31
Skin Cancers	41	37	32	197	- 160
Alcohol	42	35	33	192	- 156
Birth Trauma	43	33	53	10	+ 22
Malnutrition	44	24	58	7	+ 17
Uterin Cancer	45	22	34	159	- 138
Epilepsy	46	21	40	62	- 41
Violence	47	21	36	132	- 111
Fires	48	19	43	51	- 32
Rheumatoid Arthritis	49	19	47	41	- 22
Diarrhoeal diseases	50	16	42	59	- 43
Meningitis	51	11	52	19	- 9
Skin Disease	52	10	44	48	- 38
Other Neoplasms	53	8	31	212	- 204
Maternal Conditions	54	7	63	2	+ 5
Encephalitis	55	5	65	2	+ 4
Hepatitis B	56	5	61	5	+ 0
Upper Respiratory	57	5	68	0	+ 5
Syphilis	58	3	70	0	+ 3
Multiple Sclerosis	59	3	49	29	- 26
Appendicitis	60	3	54	10	- 7
War	61	2	67	0	+ 1
Measles	62	1	83	0	+ 1
Tetanus	63	1	62	2	- 2
Pertussis	64	1	69	0	+ 1
Schistosomiasis	65	1	78	0	+ 1
Hepatitis C	66	0	50	23	- 23
Chlamydia	67	0	71	0	+ 0
Ascariasis	68	0	74	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	69	0	66	1	- 1
Dengue	70	0	76	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	71	0	82	0	+ 0
Leprosy	72	0	72	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	73	0	73	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	74	0	75	0	- 0
Malaria	75	0	81	0	- 0
Chagas disease	76	0	79	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	77	0	80	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	78	0	77	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	84	0	- 0
Oral conditions	80	0	64	2	- 2
Prostatic Hypertrophy	81	0	57	8	- 8
Osteoarthritis	82	0	59	6	- 6
Anemia	83	0	60	5	- 5
Vitamin A Deficiency	84	0	85	0	- 0
Depression	85	0	86	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	86	0	56	8	- 8
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.