ERITREA VS LITHUANIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	LITHUANIA		ERITREA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	37,002	4	2,154	+ 34,849
Stroke	2	13,621	2	2,564	+ 11,057
Lung Cancers	3	3,207	46	62	+ 3,146
Hypertension	4	3,112	8	926	+ 2,186
Colon-Rectum Cancers	5	2,592	35	113	+ 2,479
Suicide	6	1,741	21	382	+ 1,360
Influenza and Pneumonia	7	1,579	1	3,277	- 1,698
Alzheimers & Dementia	8	1,566	24	310	+ 1,257
Liver Disease	9	1,553	6	1,215	+ 339
Stomach Cancer	10	1,543	48	48	+ 1,495
Breast Cancer	11	1,518	23	311	+ 1,207
Prostate Cancer	12	1,443	47	54	+ 1,389
Pancreas Cancer	13	1,395	58	20	+ 1,376
Diabetes Mellitus	14	1,268	7	944	+ 323
Falls	15	1,250	26	168	+ 1,082
Lung Disease	16	1,238	9	662	+ 576
Inflammatory/Heart	17	1,168	32	123	+ 1,045
Other Injuries	18	1,003	15	540	+ 463
Kidney Disease	19	898	12	578	+ 320
Oral Cancer	20	816	44	71	+ 745
Lymphomas	21	776	28	147	+ 629
Peptic Ulcer Disease	22	755	27	147	+ 608
Bladder Cancer	23	706	51	42	+ 664
Leukemia	24	685	29	144	+ 541
Liver Cancer	25	577	45	69	+ 507
Ovary Cancer	26	563	40	79	+ 483
Road Traffic Accidents	27	542	5	1,326	- 784
Cervical Cancer	28	541	30	132	+ 409
Parkinson's Disease	29	537	37	85	+ 452
Oesophagus Cancer	30	528	39	81	+ 447
Other Neoplasms	31	512	66	6	+ 506
Skin Cancers	32	474	56	30	+ 445
Alcohol	33	463	49	45	+ 417
Uterin Cancer	34	385	61	18	+ 367
Drownings	35	362	33	118	+ 244
Violence	36	318	20	384	- 67
Drug Use	37	295	53	36	+ 259
Tuberculosis	38	287	14	543	- 257
Endocrine Disorders	39	174	43	71	+ 103
Epilepsy	40	150	38	81	+ 68
Congenital Anomalies	41	149	18	432	- 283
Diarrhoeal diseases	42	143	3	2,292	- 2,149
Fires	43	124	31	132	- 8
Skin Disease	44	116	50	45	+ 71
Poisonings	45	111	34	114	- 3
Asthma	46	110	22	326	- 217
Rheumatoid Arthritis	47	99	64	12	+ 87
Rheumatic Heart Disease	48	70	41	77	- 6
Multiple Sclerosis	49	69	67	4	+ 66
Hepatitis C	50	56	65	6	+ 50
HIV/AIDS	51	54	25	308	- 254
Meningitis	52	47	19	404	- 358
Birth Trauma	53	25	11	616	- 591
Appendicitis	54	24	55	31	- 8
Low Birth Weight	55	21	16	531	- 510
Schizophrenia	56	20	83	0	+ 20
Prostatic Hypertrophy	57	19	84	0	+ 19
Malnutrition	58	17	10	660	- 643
Osteoarthritis	59	15	85	0	+ 15
Anemia	60	13	81	0	+ 13
Hepatitis B	61	11	57	28	- 16
Tetanus	62	6	52	37	- 32
Maternal Conditions	63	5	13	544	- 538
Oral conditions	64	5	86	0	+ 5
Encephalitis	65	4	62	16	- 12
Otitis Media	66	2	69	2	+ 1
War	67	1	71	0	+ 0
Upper Respiratory	68	0	60	18	- 18
Pertussis	69	0	36	90	- 90
Syphilis	70	0	54	35	- 35
Chlamydia	71	0	70	1	- 1
Leprosy	72	0	78	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	73	0	75	0	- 0
Ascariasis	74	0	68	2	- 2
Hookworm Disease	75	0	74	0	- 0
Dengue	76	0	73	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	77	0	59	19	- 19
Schistosomiasis	78	0	42	73	- 73
Chagas disease	79	0	77	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	80	0	76	0	- 0
Malaria	81	0	17	437	- 437
Diphtheria	82	0	72	0	- 0
Measles	83	0	63	13	- 13
Iodine Deficiency	84	0	79	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	82	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	80	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to ERITREA

Lithuania

Eritrea

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.