BELIZE VS LITHUANIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	LITHUANIA		BELIZE		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	2,425	1	192	+ 2,233
Stroke	2	893	4	127	+ 766
Lung Cancers	3	210	15	30	+ 180
Hypertension	4	204	12	46	+ 158
Colon-Rectum Cancers	5	170	24	20	+ 150
Suicide	6	114	16	28	+ 87
Influenza and Pneumonia	7	103	7	97	+ 7
Alzheimers & Dementia	8	103	13	45	+ 58
Liver Disease	9	102	9	58	+ 44
Stomach Cancer	10	101	20	23	+ 78
Breast Cancer	11	100	23	22	+ 78
Prostate Cancer	12	95	10	47	+ 47
Pancreas Cancer	13	91	31	9	+ 82
Diabetes Mellitus	14	83	3	141	- 58
Falls	15	82	27	13	+ 69
Lung Disease	16	81	11	46	+ 35
Inflammatory/Heart	17	77	26	18	+ 59
Other Injuries	18	66	14	36	+ 30
Kidney Disease	19	59	6	102	- 44
Oral Cancer	20	53	67	0	+ 53
Lymphomas	21	51	50	1	+ 50
Peptic Ulcer Disease	22	49	38	5	+ 44
Bladder Cancer	23	46	81	0	+ 46
Leukemia	24	45	39	4	+ 41
Liver Cancer	25	38	19	24	+ 14
Ovary Cancer	26	37	52	1	+ 36
Road Traffic Accidents	27	36	8	88	- 53
Cervical Cancer	28	35	17	28	+ 8
Parkinson's Disease	29	35	28	11	+ 24
Oesophagus Cancer	30	35	43	2	+ 32
Other Neoplasms	31	34	53	1	+ 33
Skin Cancers	32	31	66	0	+ 31
Alcohol	33	30	30	10	+ 21
Uterin Cancer	34	25	51	1	+ 24
Drownings	35	24	18	24	- 0
Violence	36	21	2	146	- 125
Drug Use	37	19	47	1	+ 18
Tuberculosis	38	19	33	9	+ 10
Endocrine Disorders	39	11	22	23	- 11
Epilepsy	40	10	36	8	+ 2
Congenital Anomalies	41	10	21	23	- 13
Diarrhoeal diseases	42	9	34	9	+ 1
Fires	43	8	40	4	+ 4
Skin Disease	44	8	37	5	+ 2
Poisonings	45	7	45	1	+ 6
Asthma	46	7	35	8	- 1
Rheumatoid Arthritis	47	6	49	1	+ 5
Rheumatic Heart Disease	48	5	41	3	+ 1
Multiple Sclerosis	49	5	54	0	+ 4
Hepatitis C	50	4	61	0	+ 4
HIV/AIDS	51	4	5	119	- 116
Meningitis	52	3	46	1	+ 2
Birth Trauma	53	2	32	9	- 8
Appendicitis	54	2	44	1	+ 0
Low Birth Weight	55	1	25	20	- 18
Schizophrenia	56	1	82	0	+ 1
Prostatic Hypertrophy	57	1	85	0	+ 1
Malnutrition	58	1	29	10	- 9
Osteoarthritis	59	1	84	0	+ 1
Anemia	60	1	80	0	+ 1
Hepatitis B	61	1	56	0	+ 1
Tetanus	62	0	59	0	+ 0
Maternal Conditions	63	0	42	2	- 2
Oral conditions	64	0	86	0	+ 0
Encephalitis	65	0	48	1	- 1
Otitis Media	66	0	69	0	+ 0
War	67	0	60	0	- 0
Upper Respiratory	68	0	58	0	- 0
Pertussis	69	0	63	0	- 0
Syphilis	70	0	62	0	- 0
Chlamydia	71	0	65	0	- 0
Leprosy	72	0	70	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	73	0	73	0	- 0
Ascariasis	74	0	64	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	75	0	72	0	- 0
Dengue	76	0	55	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	77	0	77	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	78	0	78	0	- 0
Chagas disease	79	0	57	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	80	0	75	0	- 0
Malaria	81	0	76	0	- 0
Diphtheria	82	0	68	0	- 0
Measles	83	0	71	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	84	0	74	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	79	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	83	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to BELIZE

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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.