EQU. GUINEA VS LITHUANIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	LITHUANIA		EQU. GUINEA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	10,475	7	419	+ 10,056
Stroke	2	3,856	6	437	+ 3,419
Lung Cancers	3	908	41	27	+ 881
Hypertension	4	881	16	165	+ 716
Colon-Rectum Cancers	5	734	40	29	+ 705
Suicide	6	493	22	107	+ 386
Influenza and Pneumonia	7	447	2	913	- 466
Alzheimers & Dementia	8	443	29	55	+ 388
Liver Disease	9	440	13	199	+ 240
Stomach Cancer	10	437	49	16	+ 421
Breast Cancer	11	430	24	84	+ 345
Prostate Cancer	12	409	35	43	+ 366
Pancreas Cancer	13	395	55	11	+ 384
Diabetes Mellitus	14	359	11	299	+ 60
Falls	15	354	32	46	+ 308
Lung Disease	16	351	20	120	+ 230
Inflammatory/Heart	17	331	27	63	+ 268
Other Injuries	18	284	23	105	+ 179
Kidney Disease	19	254	14	198	+ 56
Oral Cancer	20	231	37	35	+ 196
Lymphomas	21	220	45	19	+ 200
Peptic Ulcer Disease	22	214	43	22	+ 192
Bladder Cancer	23	200	56	9	+ 191
Leukemia	24	194	61	4	+ 190
Liver Cancer	25	163	34	43	+ 120
Ovary Cancer	26	159	52	13	+ 147
Road Traffic Accidents	27	153	8	368	- 215
Cervical Cancer	28	153	28	56	+ 97
Parkinson's Disease	29	152	46	18	+ 134
Oesophagus Cancer	30	149	54	12	+ 138
Other Neoplasms	31	145	63	3	+ 142
Skin Cancers	32	134	48	16	+ 118
Alcohol	33	131	53	12	+ 119
Uterin Cancer	34	109	58	8	+ 101
Drownings	35	102	36	39	+ 63
Violence	36	90	33	45	+ 45
Drug Use	37	84	30	50	+ 33
Tuberculosis	38	81	10	321	- 240
Endocrine Disorders	39	49	25	73	- 24
Epilepsy	40	42	38	32	+ 10
Congenital Anomalies	41	42	12	249	- 207
Diarrhoeal diseases	42	41	9	349	- 308
Fires	43	35	39	30	+ 5
Skin Disease	44	33	51	13	+ 20
Poisonings	45	32	44	21	+ 10
Asthma	46	31	26	65	- 34
Rheumatoid Arthritis	47	28	62	4	+ 24
Rheumatic Heart Disease	48	20	50	14	+ 6
Multiple Sclerosis	49	20	67	1	+ 18
Hepatitis C	50	16	69	0	+ 16
HIV/AIDS	51	15	1	1,838	- 1,823
Meningitis	52	13	19	127	- 114
Birth Trauma	53	7	5	441	- 434
Appendicitis	54	7	59	6	+ 1
Low Birth Weight	55	6	4	457	- 451
Schizophrenia	56	6	86	0	+ 6
Prostatic Hypertrophy	57	5	82	0	+ 5
Malnutrition	58	5	31	48	- 43
Osteoarthritis	59	4	81	0	+ 4
Anemia	60	4	85	0	+ 4
Hepatitis B	61	3	65	3	+ 0
Tetanus	62	2	42	23	- 22
Maternal Conditions	63	1	17	139	- 137
Oral conditions	64	1	80	0	+ 1
Encephalitis	65	1	57	8	- 7
Otitis Media	66	1	72	0	+ 1
War	67	0	71	0	+ 0
Upper Respiratory	68	0	66	2	- 2
Pertussis	69	0	21	109	- 109
Syphilis	70	0	18	134	- 134
Chlamydia	71	0	68	0	- 0
Leprosy	72	0	76	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	73	0	75	0	- 0
Ascariasis	74	0	70	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	75	0	74	0	- 0
Dengue	76	0	73	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	77	0	78	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	78	0	60	4	- 4
Chagas disease	79	0	77	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	80	0	47	16	- 16
Malaria	81	0	3	668	- 668
Diphtheria	82	0	64	3	- 3
Measles	83	0	15	181	- 181
Iodine Deficiency	84	0	79	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	84	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	83	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to EQU. GUINEA

Lithuania

Equ. Guinea

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.