LITHUANIA VS ITALY: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	ITALY		LITHUANIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	4,187	1	15,329	- 11,143
Stroke	2	2,700	2	5,643	- 2,943
Alzheimers & Dementia	3	1,787	8	649	+ 1,138
Lung Cancers	4	1,472	3	1,329	+ 144
Lung Disease	5	1,396	16	513	+ 883
Hypertension	6	1,290	4	1,289	+ 1
Colon-Rectum Cancers	7	916	5	1,074	- 157
Diabetes Mellitus	8	855	14	525	+ 330
Influenza and Pneumonia	9	704	7	654	+ 50
Breast Cancer	10	598	11	629	- 31
Kidney Disease	11	549	19	372	+ 177
Other Injuries	12	522	18	416	+ 107
Pancreas Cancer	13	521	13	578	- 57
Stomach Cancer	14	442	10	639	- 197
Other Neoplasms	15	430	31	212	+ 218
Lymphomas	16	417	21	321	+ 95
Liver Cancer	17	415	25	239	+ 176
Endocrine Disorders	18	363	39	72	+ 291
Parkinson's Disease	19	363	29	222	+ 141
Prostate Cancer	20	363	12	598	- 235
Leukemia	21	290	24	284	+ 6
Bladder Cancer	22	289	23	292	- 3
Liver Disease	23	240	9	644	- 404
Inflammatory/Heart	24	238	17	484	- 246
Falls	25	182	15	518	- 336
Suicide	26	174	6	721	- 547
Oral Cancer	27	144	20	338	- 194
Ovary Cancer	28	141	26	233	- 92
Skin Cancers	29	140	32	197	- 57
Road Traffic Accidents	30	139	27	225	- 86
Hepatitis C	31	106	50	23	+ 82
Rheumatic Heart Disease	32	96	48	29	+ 66
Uterin Cancer	33	95	34	159	- 65
Oesophagus Cancer	34	88	30	219	- 131
Anemia	35	72	60	5	+ 67
Diarrhoeal diseases	36	70	42	59	+ 11
Congenital Anomalies	37	62	41	62	+ 1
Skin Disease	38	62	44	48	+ 14
Epilepsy	39	58	40	62	- 4
Cervical Cancer	40	50	28	224	- 175
Malnutrition	41	33	58	7	+ 26
Rheumatoid Arthritis	42	30	47	41	- 11
Peptic Ulcer Disease	43	30	22	313	- 283
Multiple Sclerosis	44	29	49	29	+ 0
Drug Use	45	28	37	122	- 94
HIV/AIDS	46	22	51	22	+ 0
Asthma	47	21	46	45	- 24
Osteoarthritis	48	21	59	6	+ 14
Schizophrenia	49	18	56	8	+ 10
Violence	50	18	36	132	- 114
Low Birth Weight	51	15	55	9	+ 7
Drownings	52	15	35	150	- 135
Tuberculosis	53	14	38	119	- 104
Hepatitis B	54	14	61	5	+ 10
Alcohol	55	12	33	192	- 180
Fires	56	12	43	51	- 40
Prostatic Hypertrophy	57	10	57	8	+ 2
Poisonings	58	7	45	46	- 40
Birth Trauma	59	6	53	10	- 4
Meningitis	60	6	52	19	- 14
Appendicitis	61	2	54	10	- 8
Oral conditions	62	2	64	2	+ 0
Tetanus	63	1	62	2	- 1
Upper Respiratory	64	1	68	0	+ 1
Otitis Media	65	1	66	1	- 0
War	66	0	67	0	- 0
Maternal Conditions	67	0	63	2	- 2
Encephalitis	68	0	65	2	- 1
Syphilis	69	0	70	0	+ 0
Leishmaniasis	70	0	77	0	+ 0
Measles	71	0	83	0	+ 0
Chagas disease	72	0	79	0	+ 0
Pertussis	73	0	69	0	+ 0
Leprosy	74	0	72	0	+ 0
Iodine Deficiency	75	0	84	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	76	0	82	0	+ 0
Trypanosomiasis	77	0	80	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	78	0	78	0	- 0
Malaria	79	0	81	0	- 0
Ascariasis	80	0	74	0	- 0
Dengue	81	0	76	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	82	0	73	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	83	0	75	0	- 0
Chlamydia	84	0	71	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	85	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.