LITHUANIA VS GERMANY: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	GERMANY		LITHUANIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	4,595	1	15,329	- 10,735
Alzheimers & Dementia	2	1,599	8	649	+ 950
Stroke	3	1,556	2	5,643	- 4,087
Lung Cancers	4	1,455	3	1,329	+ 126
Lung Disease	5	1,337	16	513	+ 824
Hypertension	6	837	4	1,289	- 452
Colon-Rectum Cancers	7	813	5	1,074	- 261
Kidney Disease	8	711	19	372	+ 340
Influenza and Pneumonia	9	647	7	654	- 7
Breast Cancer	10	589	11	629	- 40
Pancreas Cancer	11	561	13	578	- 16
Prostate Cancer	12	515	12	598	- 83
Diabetes Mellitus	13	486	14	525	- 39
Falls	14	479	15	518	- 39
Liver Disease	15	475	9	644	- 169
Parkinson's Disease	16	393	29	222	+ 171
Lymphomas	17	383	21	321	+ 61
Endocrine Disorders	18	334	39	72	+ 262
Suicide	19	321	6	721	- 400
Stomach Cancer	20	302	10	639	- 337
Inflammatory/Heart	21	278	17	484	- 206
Leukemia	22	273	24	284	- 11
Other Injuries	23	258	18	416	- 158
Other Neoplasms	24	255	31	212	+ 43
Liver Cancer	25	252	25	239	+ 13
Alcohol	26	196	33	192	+ 4
Oesophagus Cancer	27	194	30	219	- 25
Bladder Cancer	28	193	23	292	- 99
Oral Cancer	29	188	20	338	- 150
Ovary Cancer	30	162	26	233	- 71
Skin Cancers	31	127	32	197	- 70
Diarrhoeal diseases	32	120	42	59	+ 60
Rheumatic Heart Disease	33	113	48	29	+ 84
Road Traffic Accidents	34	99	27	225	- 126
Epilepsy	35	97	40	62	+ 35
Congenital Anomalies	36	72	41	62	+ 10
Uterin Cancer	37	70	34	159	- 90
Peptic Ulcer Disease	38	68	22	313	- 245
Cervical Cancer	39	67	28	224	- 158
Drug Use	40	60	37	122	- 62
Multiple Sclerosis	41	49	49	29	+ 20
Skin Disease	42	48	44	48	+ 0
Anemia	43	31	60	5	+ 26
Asthma	44	29	46	45	- 16
Low Birth Weight	45	24	55	9	+ 15
Violence	46	24	36	132	- 108
Rheumatoid Arthritis	47	17	47	41	- 24
Hepatitis C	48	16	50	23	- 8
Drownings	49	14	35	150	- 136
Malnutrition	50	14	58	7	+ 7
Schizophrenia	51	12	56	8	+ 4
Osteoarthritis	52	11	59	6	+ 5
Fires	53	11	43	51	- 40
HIV/AIDS	54	11	51	22	- 11
Prostatic Hypertrophy	55	9	57	8	+ 1
Tuberculosis	56	9	38	119	- 110
Birth Trauma	57	7	53	10	- 3
Poisonings	58	7	45	46	- 39
Hepatitis B	59	6	61	5	+ 1
Meningitis	60	5	52	19	- 14
Upper Respiratory	61	4	68	0	+ 4
Appendicitis	62	4	54	10	- 6
Oral conditions	63	2	64	2	- 0
Maternal Conditions	64	1	63	2	- 1
Otitis Media	65	0	66	1	- 1
War	66	0	67	0	+ 0
Encephalitis	67	0	65	2	- 1
Syphilis	68	0	70	0	+ 0
Pertussis	69	0	69	0	+ 0
Measles	70	0	83	0	+ 0
Iodine Deficiency	71	0	84	0	+ 0
Leishmaniasis	72	0	77	0	+ 0
Schistosomiasis	73	0	78	0	+ 0
Chagas disease	74	0	79	0	+ 0
Tetanus	75	0	62	2	- 2
Vitamin A Deficiency	76	0	85	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	77	0	82	0	+ 0
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	80	0	- 0
Malaria	79	0	81	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	80	0	75	0	- 0
Ascariasis	81	0	74	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	82	0	73	0	- 0
Dengue	83	0	76	0	- 0
Leprosy	84	0	72	0	- 0
Chlamydia	85	0	71	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	86	0	- 0
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.