LITHUANIA VS COLOMBIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	COLOMBIA		LITHUANIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	2,283	1	15,329	- 13,047
Violence	2	1,021	36	132	+ 890
Stroke	3	878	2	5,643	- 4,765
Lung Disease	4	844	16	513	+ 331
Influenza and Pneumonia	5	571	7	654	- 83
Road Traffic Accidents	6	412	27	225	+ 187
Kidney Disease	7	362	19	372	- 10
Hypertension	8	339	4	1,289	- 950
Stomach Cancer	9	324	10	639	- 315
Lung Cancers	10	278	3	1,329	- 1,050
Diabetes Mellitus	11	267	14	525	- 259
Colon-Rectum Cancers	12	232	5	1,074	- 842
Breast Cancer	13	194	11	629	- 434
Prostate Cancer	14	190	12	598	- 408
Other Neoplasms	15	170	31	212	- 42
Congenital Anomalies	16	157	41	62	+ 95
HIV/AIDS	17	142	51	22	+ 120
Lymphomas	18	138	21	321	- 184
Liver Disease	19	129	9	644	- 515
Cervical Cancer	20	120	28	224	- 104
Leukemia	21	117	24	284	- 167
Alzheimers & Dementia	22	114	8	649	- 535
Low Birth Weight	23	111	55	9	+ 102
Liver Cancer	24	109	25	239	- 129
Pancreas Cancer	25	107	13	578	- 471
Suicide	26	104	6	721	- 617
Malnutrition	27	100	58	7	+ 92
Other Injuries	28	84	18	416	- 331
Falls	29	80	15	518	- 438
Endocrine Disorders	30	72	39	72	+ 0
Inflammatory/Heart	31	70	17	484	- 414
Tuberculosis	32	67	38	119	- 51
Ovary Cancer	33	59	26	233	- 174
Skin Disease	34	58	44	48	+ 11
Skin Cancers	35	55	32	197	- 142
Oesophagus Cancer	36	44	30	219	- 175
Oral Cancer	37	43	20	338	- 295
Diarrhoeal diseases	38	40	42	59	- 20
Peptic Ulcer Disease	39	37	22	313	- 276
Drownings	40	37	35	150	- 113
Birth Trauma	41	34	53	10	+ 24
Bladder Cancer	42	32	23	292	- 260
Epilepsy	43	32	40	62	- 30
Drug Use	44	26	37	122	- 96
Uterin Cancer	45	22	34	159	- 137
Maternal Conditions	46	21	63	2	+ 19
Parkinson's Disease	47	20	29	222	- 202
Prostatic Hypertrophy	48	18	57	8	+ 10
War	49	14	67	0	+ 13
Meningitis	50	13	52	19	- 6
Rheumatoid Arthritis	51	13	47	41	- 28
Appendicitis	52	11	54	10	+ 2
Chagas disease	53	11	79	0	+ 11
Asthma	54	10	46	45	- 35
Dengue	55	7	76	0	+ 7
Fires	56	7	43	51	- 44
Anemia	57	5	60	5	+ 0
Osteoarthritis	58	4	59	6	- 3
Hepatitis C	59	3	50	23	- 20
Multiple Sclerosis	60	3	49	29	- 25
Poisonings	61	3	45	46	- 43
Hepatitis B	62	3	61	5	- 2
Rheumatic Heart Disease	63	2	48	29	- 27
Encephalitis	64	2	65	2	+ 0
Syphilis	65	2	70	0	+ 2
Upper Respiratory	66	1	68	0	+ 1
Malaria	67	1	81	0	+ 1
Alcohol	68	1	33	192	- 190
Pertussis	69	1	69	0	+ 1
Schizophrenia	70	1	56	8	- 8
Tetanus	71	1	62	2	- 2
Leprosy	72	0	72	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	73	0	66	1	- 1
Leishmaniasis	74	0	77	0	+ 0
Oral conditions	75	0	64	2	- 2
Ascariasis	76	0	74	0	+ 0
Schistosomiasis	77	0	78	0	+ 0
Measles	78	0	83	0	+ 0
Hookworm Disease	79	0	75	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	80	0	82	0	+ 0
Chlamydia	81	0	71	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	82	0	84	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	83	0	73	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	84	0	80	0	- 0
Depression	85	0	86	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	86	0	85	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to LITHUANIA

Colombia

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.