CUBA VS LITHUANIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	LITHUANIA		CUBA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	63,961	1	22,079	+ 41,883
Stroke	2	23,546	2	10,725	+ 12,821
Lung Cancers	3	5,544	4	5,985	- 441
Hypertension	4	5,379	7	3,469	+ 1,910
Colon-Rectum Cancers	5	4,480	9	2,958	+ 1,522
Suicide	6	3,010	16	1,638	+ 1,373
Influenza and Pneumonia	7	2,729	3	8,564	- 5,835
Alzheimers & Dementia	8	2,708	5	5,841	- 3,134
Liver Disease	9	2,685	11	1,873	+ 812
Stomach Cancer	10	2,667	20	991	+ 1,676
Breast Cancer	11	2,624	15	1,673	+ 952
Prostate Cancer	12	2,495	8	3,365	- 870
Pancreas Cancer	13	2,412	21	905	+ 1,507
Diabetes Mellitus	14	2,191	13	1,791	+ 400
Falls	15	2,162	10	2,810	- 648
Lung Disease	16	2,140	6	5,492	- 3,352
Inflammatory/Heart	17	2,019	17	1,156	+ 863
Other Injuries	18	1,734	12	1,869	- 136
Kidney Disease	19	1,552	14	1,700	- 149
Oral Cancer	20	1,410	23	876	+ 534
Lymphomas	21	1,341	18	1,089	+ 252
Peptic Ulcer Disease	22	1,305	35	420	+ 885
Bladder Cancer	23	1,220	26	734	+ 486
Leukemia	24	1,184	30	633	+ 551
Liver Cancer	25	997	24	815	+ 181
Ovary Cancer	26	973	39	323	+ 650
Road Traffic Accidents	27	937	19	1,007	- 71
Cervical Cancer	28	936	29	666	+ 270
Parkinson's Disease	29	928	27	691	+ 237
Oesophagus Cancer	30	913	22	879	+ 34
Other Neoplasms	31	884	25	769	+ 116
Skin Cancers	32	820	33	514	+ 306
Alcohol	33	800	28	675	+ 124
Uterin Cancer	34	665	31	602	+ 63
Drownings	35	626	42	231	+ 395
Violence	36	549	32	584	- 35
Drug Use	37	510	51	82	+ 428
Tuberculosis	38	495	60	45	+ 451
Endocrine Disorders	39	301	36	412	- 112
Epilepsy	40	259	46	108	+ 151
Congenital Anomalies	41	257	37	368	- 110
Diarrhoeal diseases	42	248	43	206	+ 42
Fires	43	214	58	55	+ 159
Skin Disease	44	200	41	258	- 58
Poisonings	45	193	62	17	+ 175
Asthma	46	189	40	301	- 112
Rheumatoid Arthritis	47	171	49	87	+ 85
Rheumatic Heart Disease	48	122	44	162	- 40
Multiple Sclerosis	49	120	57	55	+ 65
Hepatitis C	50	98	45	112	- 15
HIV/AIDS	51	93	34	471	- 378
Meningitis	52	81	50	83	- 2
Birth Trauma	53	43	59	49	- 6
Appendicitis	54	41	47	104	- 63
Low Birth Weight	55	37	48	98	- 61
Schizophrenia	56	35	54	68	- 33
Prostatic Hypertrophy	57	33	53	75	- 42
Malnutrition	58	30	55	64	- 34
Osteoarthritis	59	26	38	326	- 300
Anemia	60	22	52	77	- 55
Hepatitis B	61	20	56	59	- 39
Tetanus	62	10	71	1	+ 9
Maternal Conditions	63	9	61	43	- 35
Oral conditions	64	8	64	6	+ 2
Encephalitis	65	7	66	6	+ 1
Otitis Media	66	4	63	11	- 7
War	67	1	68	1	- 0
Upper Respiratory	68	0	65	6	- 5
Pertussis	69	0	73	0	+ 0
Syphilis	70	0	69	1	- 1
Chlamydia	71	0	84	0	- 0
Leprosy	72	0	67	2	- 2
Trichuriasis	73	0	78	0	- 0
Ascariasis	74	0	70	1	- 1
Hookworm Disease	75	0	77	0	- 0
Dengue	76	0	74	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	77	0	83	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	78	0	81	0	- 0
Chagas disease	79	0	79	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	80	0	80	0	- 0
Malaria	81	0	82	0	- 0
Diphtheria	82	0	75	0	- 0
Measles	83	0	76	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	84	0	72	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	86	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	85	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to CUBA

Lithuania

Cuba

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.