GUINEA-BISSAU VS LITHUANIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	LITHUANIA		GUINEA-BISSAU		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	12,437	5	907	+ 11,530
Stroke	2	4,578	6	829	+ 3,749
Lung Cancers	3	1,078	50	18	+ 1,060
Hypertension	4	1,046	21	177	+ 868
Colon-Rectum Cancers	5	871	38	50	+ 822
Suicide	6	585	26	134	+ 451
Influenza and Pneumonia	7	531	2	1,390	- 859
Alzheimers & Dementia	8	527	34	69	+ 458
Liver Disease	9	522	11	405	+ 117
Stomach Cancer	10	519	36	55	+ 463
Breast Cancer	11	510	29	93	+ 418
Prostate Cancer	12	485	42	41	+ 444
Pancreas Cancer	13	469	54	14	+ 455
Diabetes Mellitus	14	426	14	313	+ 113
Falls	15	420	33	71	+ 349
Lung Disease	16	416	20	191	+ 225
Inflammatory/Heart	17	393	37	53	+ 340
Other Injuries	18	337	17	234	+ 103
Kidney Disease	19	302	15	268	+ 34
Oral Cancer	20	274	56	13	+ 261
Lymphomas	21	261	45	28	+ 233
Peptic Ulcer Disease	22	254	32	77	+ 177
Bladder Cancer	23	237	51	17	+ 220
Leukemia	24	230	61	6	+ 224
Liver Cancer	25	194	28	116	+ 78
Ovary Cancer	26	189	48	19	+ 170
Road Traffic Accidents	27	182	10	619	- 437
Cervical Cancer	28	182	23	154	+ 28
Parkinson's Disease	29	180	46	27	+ 153
Oesophagus Cancer	30	178	49	19	+ 159
Other Neoplasms	31	172	65	2	+ 170
Skin Cancers	32	159	52	17	+ 142
Alcohol	33	155	57	12	+ 143
Uterin Cancer	34	129	59	8	+ 121
Drownings	35	122	30	89	+ 32
Violence	36	107	22	173	- 66
Drug Use	37	99	55	13	+ 86
Tuberculosis	38	96	3	1,387	- 1,290
Endocrine Disorders	39	58	18	221	- 163
Epilepsy	40	50	39	48	+ 2
Congenital Anomalies	41	50	12	373	- 323
Diarrhoeal diseases	42	48	4	913	- 865
Fires	43	42	35	64	- 22
Skin Disease	44	39	53	16	+ 23
Poisonings	45	37	41	45	- 7
Asthma	46	37	24	150	- 113
Rheumatoid Arthritis	47	33	67	2	+ 32
Rheumatic Heart Disease	48	24	43	33	- 9
Multiple Sclerosis	49	23	64	2	+ 21
Hepatitis C	50	19	63	3	+ 16
HIV/AIDS	51	18	1	1,445	- 1,427
Meningitis	52	16	16	258	- 243
Birth Trauma	53	8	7	790	- 782
Appendicitis	54	8	60	7	+ 1
Low Birth Weight	55	7	8	705	- 697
Schizophrenia	56	7	84	0	+ 7
Prostatic Hypertrophy	57	7	81	0	+ 7
Malnutrition	58	6	27	121	- 115
Osteoarthritis	59	5	80	0	+ 5
Anemia	60	4	86	0	+ 4
Hepatitis B	61	4	47	20	- 17
Tetanus	62	2	40	48	- 46
Maternal Conditions	63	2	13	333	- 331
Oral conditions	64	2	82	0	+ 2
Encephalitis	65	1	58	10	- 9
Otitis Media	66	1	71	0	+ 1
War	67	0	70	0	+ 0
Upper Respiratory	68	0	66	2	- 2
Pertussis	69	0	19	212	- 212
Syphilis	70	0	31	85	- 85
Chlamydia	71	0	69	0	- 0
Leprosy	72	0	75	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	73	0	73	0	- 0
Ascariasis	74	0	62	4	- 4
Hookworm Disease	75	0	74	0	- 0
Dengue	76	0	72	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	77	0	79	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	78	0	44	30	- 30
Chagas disease	79	0	77	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	80	0	78	0	- 0
Malaria	81	0	9	684	- 684
Diphtheria	82	0	68	1	- 1
Measles	83	0	25	147	- 147
Iodine Deficiency	84	0	76	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	85	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	83	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to GUINEA-BISSAU

Lithuania

Guinea-Bissau

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.