LITHUANIA VS KENYA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	KENYA		LITHUANIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Influenza and Pneumonia	1	1,018	7	654	+ 364
HIV/AIDS	2	942	51	22	+ 920
Tuberculosis	3	887	38	119	+ 768
Stroke	4	717	2	5,643	- 4,926
Diarrhoeal diseases	5	696	42	59	+ 636
Road Traffic Accidents	6	672	27	225	+ 447
Liver Disease	7	605	9	644	- 39
Malaria	8	571	81	0	+ 571
Coronary Heart Disease	9	540	1	15,329	- 14,789
Birth Trauma	10	449	53	10	+ 439
Low Birth Weight	11	431	55	9	+ 423
Congenital Anomalies	12	276	41	62	+ 214
Maternal Conditions	13	255	63	2	+ 253
Diabetes Mellitus	14	255	14	525	- 270
Meningitis	15	242	52	19	+ 223
Kidney Disease	16	201	19	372	- 170
Hypertension	17	199	4	1,289	- 1,090
Oesophagus Cancer	18	197	30	219	- 21
Other Injuries	19	196	18	416	- 220
Lung Disease	20	193	16	513	- 320
Malnutrition	21	190	58	7	+ 183
Cervical Cancer	22	153	28	224	- 71
Suicide	23	145	6	721	- 576
Violence	24	133	36	132	+ 1
Breast Cancer	25	120	11	629	- 509
Asthma	26	104	46	45	+ 58
Tetanus	27	96	62	2	+ 94
Stomach Cancer	28	91	10	639	- 549
Lymphomas	29	87	21	321	- 234
Oral Cancer	30	83	20	338	- 255
Alzheimers & Dementia	31	82	8	649	- 567
Colon-Rectum Cancers	32	67	5	1,074	- 1,007
Falls	33	66	15	518	- 452
Liver Cancer	34	61	25	239	- 178
Leukemia	35	60	24	284	- 224
Fires	36	59	43	51	+ 8
Prostate Cancer	37	58	12	598	- 540
Poisonings	38	57	45	46	+ 11
Drownings	39	54	35	150	- 96
Inflammatory/Heart	40	51	17	484	- 433
Peptic Ulcer Disease	41	49	22	313	- 264
Pertussis	42	46	69	0	+ 46
Epilepsy	43	38	40	62	- 24
Endocrine Disorders	44	37	39	72	- 35
Ovary Cancer	45	36	26	233	- 197
Pancreas Cancer	46	32	13	578	- 546
Lung Cancers	47	30	3	1,329	- 1,299
Skin Cancers	48	29	32	197	- 168
Hepatitis B	49	24	61	5	+ 19
Parkinson's Disease	50	21	29	222	- 201
Skin Disease	51	21	44	48	- 27
Syphilis	52	20	70	0	+ 20
Rheumatic Heart Disease	53	18	48	29	- 11
Schistosomiasis	54	17	78	0	+ 17
Alcohol	55	16	33	192	- 176
Uterin Cancer	56	15	34	159	- 145
Bladder Cancer	57	14	23	292	- 278
Appendicitis	58	11	54	10	+ 1
Leishmaniasis	59	9	77	0	+ 9
Encephalitis	60	9	65	2	+ 7
Hepatitis C	61	7	50	23	- 17
Drug Use	62	5	37	122	- 117
Measles	63	5	83	0	+ 5
Upper Respiratory	64	4	68	0	+ 4
War	65	4	67	0	+ 4
Rheumatoid Arthritis	66	4	47	41	- 37
Other Neoplasms	67	3	31	212	- 209
Multiple Sclerosis	68	2	49	29	- 27
Diphtheria	69	1	82	0	+ 1
Chlamydia	70	0	71	0	+ 0
Ascariasis	71	0	74	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	72	0	66	1	- 1
Dengue	73	0	76	0	+ 0
Hookworm Disease	74	0	75	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	75	0	73	0	- 0
Leprosy	76	0	72	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	77	0	84	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	80	0	- 0
Chagas disease	79	0	79	0	- 0
Depression	80	0	86	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	81	0	85	0	- 0
Anemia	82	0	60	5	- 5
Schizophrenia	83	0	56	8	- 8
Osteoarthritis	84	0	59	6	- 6
Prostatic Hypertrophy	85	0	57	8	- 8
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.