LITHUANIA VS CONGO: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	CONGO		LITHUANIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
HIV/AIDS	1	1,944	51	22	+ 1,921
Tuberculosis	2	1,199	38	119	+ 1,080
Influenza and Pneumonia	3	1,110	7	654	+ 456
Coronary Heart Disease	4	1,075	1	15,329	- 14,254
Stroke	5	977	2	5,643	- 4,666
Malaria	6	852	81	0	+ 852
Road Traffic Accidents	7	689	27	225	+ 464
Diarrhoeal diseases	8	562	42	59	+ 503
Low Birth Weight	9	553	55	9	+ 544
Diabetes Mellitus	10	452	14	525	- 73
Birth Trauma	11	430	53	10	+ 420
Hypertension	12	402	4	1,289	- 887
Liver Disease	13	401	9	644	- 242
Congenital Anomalies	14	314	41	62	+ 253
Kidney Disease	15	264	19	372	- 108
Maternal Conditions	16	249	63	2	+ 247
Lung Disease	17	233	16	513	- 280
Violence	18	232	36	132	+ 101
Suicide	19	150	6	721	- 571
Other Injuries	20	144	18	416	- 272
Pertussis	21	142	69	0	+ 142
Meningitis	22	129	52	19	+ 110
Asthma	23	125	46	45	+ 80
Malnutrition	24	117	58	7	+ 110
Alzheimers & Dementia	25	99	8	649	- 550
Inflammatory/Heart	26	95	17	484	- 389
Endocrine Disorders	27	90	39	72	+ 18
Prostate Cancer	28	85	12	598	- 513
Cervical Cancer	29	85	28	224	- 140
Liver Cancer	30	73	25	239	- 166
Measles	31	69	83	0	+ 69
Breast Cancer	32	68	11	629	- 561
Falls	33	64	15	518	- 454
Syphilis	34	46	70	0	+ 46
Peptic Ulcer Disease	35	45	22	313	- 267
Drownings	36	45	35	150	- 105
Fires	37	39	43	51	- 12
Colon-Rectum Cancers	38	38	5	1,074	- 1,035
Stomach Cancer	39	38	10	639	- 601
Epilepsy	40	33	40	62	- 29
Poisonings	41	30	45	46	- 16
Parkinson's Disease	42	30	29	222	- 193
Rheumatic Heart Disease	43	29	48	29	- 0
Drug Use	44	28	37	122	- 94
Lymphomas	45	26	21	321	- 295
Leukemia	46	25	24	284	- 259
Lung Cancers	47	23	3	1,329	- 1,306
Ovary Cancer	48	21	26	233	- 212
Alcohol	49	20	33	192	- 172
Skin Disease	50	20	44	48	- 28
Schistosomiasis	51	19	78	0	+ 19
Pancreas Cancer	52	18	13	578	- 560
Skin Cancers	53	16	32	197	- 181
Oral Cancer	54	14	20	338	- 324
Tetanus	55	10	62	2	+ 8
Encephalitis	56	9	65	2	+ 7
Oesophagus Cancer	57	8	30	219	- 210
Appendicitis	58	8	54	10	- 2
Rheumatoid Arthritis	59	6	47	41	- 35
Uterin Cancer	60	6	34	159	- 153
Bladder Cancer	61	6	23	292	- 286
Hepatitis B	62	6	61	5	+ 2
Other Neoplasms	63	3	31	212	- 209
Upper Respiratory	64	3	68	0	+ 3
Trypanosomiasis	65	3	80	0	+ 3
Multiple Sclerosis	66	2	49	29	- 27
Hepatitis C	67	1	50	23	- 22
Diphtheria	68	1	82	0	+ 1
Ascariasis	69	0	74	0	+ 0
Chlamydia	70	0	71	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	71	0	66	1	- 1
War	72	0	67	0	- 0
Dengue	73	0	76	0	+ 0
Hookworm Disease	74	0	75	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	75	0	73	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	76	0	84	0	- 0
Leprosy	77	0	72	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	78	0	77	0	- 0
Chagas disease	79	0	79	0	- 0
Depression	80	0	86	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	81	0	56	8	- 8
Anemia	82	0	60	5	- 5
Vitamin A Deficiency	83	0	85	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	84	0	57	8	- 8
Osteoarthritis	85	0	59	6	- 6
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.