LITHUANIA VS ESTONIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	ESTONIA		LITHUANIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	6,624	1	15,329	- 8,705
Hypertension	2	5,945	4	1,289	+ 4,656
Stroke	3	2,457	2	5,643	- 3,186
Lung Cancers	4	1,447	3	1,329	+ 118
Colon-Rectum Cancers	5	1,160	5	1,074	+ 86
Influenza and Pneumonia	6	768	7	654	+ 114
Liver Disease	7	723	9	644	+ 80
Prostate Cancer	8	657	12	598	+ 59
Stomach Cancer	9	638	10	639	- 1
Pancreas Cancer	10	591	13	578	+ 13
Breast Cancer	11	572	11	629	- 57
Alzheimers & Dementia	12	505	8	649	- 144
Lung Disease	13	504	16	513	- 9
Inflammatory/Heart	14	478	17	484	- 6
Lymphomas	15	469	21	321	+ 147
Suicide	16	435	6	721	- 287
Kidney Disease	17	388	19	372	+ 17
Alcohol	18	327	33	192	+ 135
Diabetes Mellitus	19	322	14	525	- 204
Other Injuries	20	311	18	416	- 105
Bladder Cancer	21	277	23	292	- 16
Leukemia	22	277	24	284	- 7
Other Neoplasms	23	272	31	212	+ 60
Falls	24	261	15	518	- 257
Oral Cancer	25	243	20	338	- 95
Liver Cancer	26	236	25	239	- 3
Oesophagus Cancer	27	217	30	219	- 2
Ovary Cancer	28	192	26	233	- 41
Parkinson's Disease	29	180	29	222	- 42
Skin Cancers	30	174	32	197	- 23
Drug Use	31	165	37	122	+ 43
Cervical Cancer	32	149	28	224	- 76
Endocrine Disorders	33	145	39	72	+ 73
Uterin Cancer	34	132	34	159	- 27
Road Traffic Accidents	35	130	27	225	- 94
Peptic Ulcer Disease	36	121	22	313	- 192
Epilepsy	37	98	40	62	+ 36
Fires	38	90	43	51	+ 39
HIV/AIDS	39	89	51	22	+ 66
Drownings	40	66	35	150	- 84
Skin Disease	41	63	44	48	+ 15
Violence	42	63	36	132	- 69
Congenital Anomalies	43	55	41	62	- 7
Asthma	44	53	46	45	+ 8
Rheumatic Heart Disease	45	47	48	29	+ 18
Rheumatoid Arthritis	46	38	47	41	- 3
Tuberculosis	47	36	38	119	- 83
Multiple Sclerosis	48	36	49	29	+ 7
Prostatic Hypertrophy	49	27	57	8	+ 19
Osteoarthritis	50	22	59	6	+ 16
Anemia	51	20	60	5	+ 15
Poisonings	52	18	45	46	- 28
Diarrhoeal diseases	53	18	42	59	- 41
Meningitis	54	16	52	19	- 3
Low Birth Weight	55	15	55	9	+ 6
Schizophrenia	56	13	56	8	+ 5
Birth Trauma	57	11	53	10	+ 1
Hepatitis C	58	9	50	23	- 14
Appendicitis	59	4	54	10	- 5
Oral conditions	60	4	64	2	+ 2
Maternal Conditions	61	3	63	2	+ 0
Syphilis	62	2	70	0	+ 2
Encephalitis	63	0	65	2	- 1
War	64	0	67	0	+ 0
Hepatitis B	65	0	61	5	- 5
Upper Respiratory	66	0	68	0	- 0
Otitis Media	67	0	66	1	- 1
Leprosy	68	0	72	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	69	0	77	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	70	0	80	0	- 0
Chagas disease	71	0	79	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	72	0	78	0	- 0
Malaria	73	0	81	0	- 0
Ascariasis	74	0	74	0	- 0
Dengue	75	0	76	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	76	0	75	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	77	0	73	0	- 0
Chlamydia	78	0	71	0	- 0
Malnutrition	79	0	58	7	- 7
Iodine Deficiency	80	0	84	0	- 0
Tetanus	81	0	62	2	- 2
Diphtheria	82	0	82	0	- 0
Pertussis	83	0	69	0	- 0
Measles	84	0	83	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	85	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	86	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to LITHUANIA

Estonia

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.