JAMAICA VS LITHUANIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	LITHUANIA		JAMAICA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	16,470	3	1,726	+ 14,744
Stroke	2	6,063	1	2,415	+ 3,648
Lung Cancers	3	1,428	10	472	+ 955
Hypertension	4	1,385	8	651	+ 734
Colon-Rectum Cancers	5	1,154	13	436	+ 717
Suicide	6	775	35	70	+ 705
Influenza and Pneumonia	7	703	15	393	+ 310
Alzheimers & Dementia	8	697	9	587	+ 110
Liver Disease	9	691	21	155	+ 537
Stomach Cancer	10	687	19	231	+ 456
Breast Cancer	11	676	14	413	+ 263
Prostate Cancer	12	642	5	883	- 241
Pancreas Cancer	13	621	27	119	+ 502
Diabetes Mellitus	14	564	2	2,077	- 1,513
Falls	15	557	33	82	+ 475
Lung Disease	16	551	11	452	+ 99
Inflammatory/Heart	17	520	24	133	+ 387
Other Injuries	18	446	31	91	+ 356
Kidney Disease	19	400	6	793	- 393
Oral Cancer	20	363	39	59	+ 304
Lymphomas	21	345	17	251	+ 94
Peptic Ulcer Disease	22	336	32	82	+ 254
Bladder Cancer	23	314	38	60	+ 255
Leukemia	24	305	26	129	+ 176
Liver Cancer	25	257	29	101	+ 156
Ovary Cancer	26	251	30	97	+ 154
Road Traffic Accidents	27	241	12	444	- 203
Cervical Cancer	28	241	16	358	- 117
Parkinson's Disease	29	239	25	132	+ 106
Oesophagus Cancer	30	235	34	74	+ 161
Other Neoplasms	31	228	45	19	+ 209
Skin Cancers	32	211	52	10	+ 201
Alcohol	33	206	55	7	+ 198
Uterin Cancer	34	171	28	106	+ 65
Drownings	35	161	51	10	+ 151
Violence	36	141	4	1,484	- 1,343
Drug Use	37	131	48	13	+ 118
Tuberculosis	38	128	54	8	+ 120
Endocrine Disorders	39	77	20	176	- 99
Epilepsy	40	67	41	46	+ 21
Congenital Anomalies	41	66	23	139	- 73
Diarrhoeal diseases	42	64	42	35	+ 29
Fires	43	55	46	16	+ 39
Skin Disease	44	51	22	145	- 94
Poisonings	45	50	57	2	+ 47
Asthma	46	49	36	65	- 17
Rheumatoid Arthritis	47	44	50	11	+ 33
Rheumatic Heart Disease	48	31	44	27	+ 5
Multiple Sclerosis	49	31	56	3	+ 28
Hepatitis C	50	25	64	0	+ 25
HIV/AIDS	51	24	7	757	- 733
Meningitis	52	21	47	16	+ 5
Birth Trauma	53	11	37	65	- 54
Appendicitis	54	10	53	9	+ 1
Low Birth Weight	55	10	18	241	- 231
Schizophrenia	56	9	85	0	+ 9
Prostatic Hypertrophy	57	9	81	0	+ 9
Malnutrition	58	8	40	48	- 40
Osteoarthritis	59	7	82	0	+ 7
Anemia	60	6	83	0	+ 6
Hepatitis B	61	5	59	1	+ 4
Tetanus	62	3	63	0	+ 2
Maternal Conditions	63	2	43	35	- 32
Oral conditions	64	2	80	0	+ 2
Encephalitis	65	2	49	13	- 11
Otitis Media	66	1	69	0	+ 1
War	67	0	61	1	- 0
Upper Respiratory	68	0	65	0	- 0
Pertussis	69	0	67	0	+ 0
Syphilis	70	0	60	1	- 1
Chlamydia	71	0	62	0	- 0
Leprosy	72	0	70	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	73	0	78	0	- 0
Ascariasis	74	0	66	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	75	0	79	0	- 0
Dengue	76	0	58	1	- 1
Leishmaniasis	77	0	71	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	78	0	74	0	- 0
Chagas disease	79	0	73	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	80	0	75	0	- 0
Malaria	81	0	72	0	- 0
Diphtheria	82	0	68	0	- 0
Measles	83	0	77	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	84	0	76	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	84	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	86	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to JAMAICA

Lithuania

Jamaica

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.