FINLAND VS LITHUANIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	LITHUANIA		FINLAND		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	32,817	2	9,831	+ 22,986
Stroke	2	12,081	3	4,115	+ 7,966
Lung Cancers	3	2,845	4	2,312	+ 532
Hypertension	4	2,760	5	2,030	+ 730
Colon-Rectum Cancers	5	2,299	6	1,433	+ 865
Suicide	6	1,545	15	846	+ 698
Influenza and Pneumonia	7	1,400	21	436	+ 964
Alzheimers & Dementia	8	1,389	1	11,120	- 9,731
Liver Disease	9	1,378	10	1,068	+ 310
Stomach Cancer	10	1,368	19	447	+ 922
Breast Cancer	11	1,346	12	948	+ 398
Prostate Cancer	12	1,280	11	970	+ 310
Pancreas Cancer	13	1,237	9	1,247	- 10
Diabetes Mellitus	14	1,124	22	418	+ 706
Falls	15	1,109	7	1,325	- 216
Lung Disease	16	1,098	8	1,289	- 191
Inflammatory/Heart	17	1,036	17	518	+ 518
Other Injuries	18	890	20	437	+ 453
Kidney Disease	19	796	26	342	+ 454
Oral Cancer	20	724	34	207	+ 516
Lymphomas	21	688	14	851	- 163
Peptic Ulcer Disease	22	669	36	151	+ 518
Bladder Cancer	23	626	28	308	+ 318
Leukemia	24	608	24	371	+ 236
Liver Cancer	25	511	16	545	- 34
Ovary Cancer	26	499	25	344	+ 155
Road Traffic Accidents	27	481	33	215	+ 266
Cervical Cancer	28	480	44	62	+ 418
Parkinson's Disease	29	476	13	853	- 377
Oesophagus Cancer	30	468	27	320	+ 149
Other Neoplasms	31	454	23	377	+ 77
Skin Cancers	32	421	29	297	+ 124
Alcohol	33	410	18	464	- 54
Uterin Cancer	34	341	32	225	+ 116
Drownings	35	321	37	106	+ 215
Violence	36	282	43	64	+ 217
Drug Use	37	262	30	269	- 7
Tuberculosis	38	254	46	32	+ 222
Endocrine Disorders	39	154	31	257	- 102
Epilepsy	40	133	38	104	+ 29
Congenital Anomalies	41	132	35	192	- 60
Diarrhoeal diseases	42	127	52	15	+ 112
Fires	43	110	45	62	+ 48
Skin Disease	44	103	47	27	+ 75
Poisonings	45	99	49	25	+ 74
Asthma	46	97	40	85	+ 12
Rheumatoid Arthritis	47	88	41	83	+ 5
Rheumatic Heart Disease	48	62	50	19	+ 43
Multiple Sclerosis	49	62	42	80	- 19
Hepatitis C	50	50	60	5	+ 45
HIV/AIDS	51	48	59	6	+ 42
Meningitis	52	41	55	9	+ 32
Birth Trauma	53	22	56	8	+ 14
Appendicitis	54	21	54	10	+ 11
Low Birth Weight	55	19	48	26	- 7
Schizophrenia	56	18	39	93	- 75
Prostatic Hypertrophy	57	17	53	11	+ 6
Malnutrition	58	15	57	7	+ 9
Osteoarthritis	59	13	51	17	- 3
Anemia	60	11	58	6	+ 6
Hepatitis B	61	10	63	2	+ 8
Tetanus	62	5	70	0	+ 5
Maternal Conditions	63	5	64	2	+ 3
Oral conditions	64	4	61	4	+ 0
Encephalitis	65	3	66	0	+ 3
Otitis Media	66	2	68	0	+ 2
War	67	1	65	1	+ 0
Upper Respiratory	68	0	62	2	- 2
Pertussis	69	0	69	0	+ 0
Syphilis	70	0	67	0	- 0
Chlamydia	71	0	84	0	- 0
Leprosy	72	0	83	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	73	0	79	0	- 0
Ascariasis	74	0	81	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	75	0	80	0	- 0
Dengue	76	0	82	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	77	0	75	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	78	0	77	0	- 0
Chagas disease	79	0	76	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	80	0	78	0	- 0
Malaria	81	0	74	0	- 0
Diphtheria	82	0	71	0	- 0
Measles	83	0	72	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	84	0	73	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	85	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	86	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to FINLAND

Lithuania

Finland

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.