LATVIA VS LITHUANIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	LITHUANIA		LATVIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	10,506	1	8,099	+ 2,407
Stroke	2	3,868	2	5,893	- 2,025
Lung Cancers	3	911	4	956	- 46
Hypertension	4	883	3	1,194	- 310
Colon-Rectum Cancers	5	736	6	722	+ 14
Suicide	6	494	14	384	+ 111
Influenza and Pneumonia	7	448	9	501	- 53
Alzheimers & Dementia	8	445	7	664	- 219
Liver Disease	9	441	15	365	+ 76
Stomach Cancer	10	438	11	470	- 31
Breast Cancer	11	431	10	472	- 41
Prostate Cancer	12	410	12	464	- 54
Pancreas Cancer	13	396	13	436	- 40
Diabetes Mellitus	14	360	8	529	- 170
Falls	15	355	23	201	+ 154
Lung Disease	16	352	18	346	+ 5
Inflammatory/Heart	17	332	5	921	- 589
Other Injuries	18	285	16	362	- 78
Kidney Disease	19	255	17	356	- 102
Oral Cancer	20	232	22	214	+ 18
Lymphomas	21	220	19	245	- 25
Peptic Ulcer Disease	22	214	31	142	+ 72
Bladder Cancer	23	200	20	228	- 28
Leukemia	24	194	25	186	+ 8
Liver Cancer	25	164	26	157	+ 7
Ovary Cancer	26	160	24	196	- 37
Road Traffic Accidents	27	154	27	154	+ 0
Cervical Cancer	28	154	33	128	+ 26
Parkinson's Disease	29	152	35	125	+ 27
Oesophagus Cancer	30	150	32	131	+ 19
Other Neoplasms	31	145	28	153	- 7
Skin Cancers	32	135	30	144	- 10
Alcohol	33	131	21	227	- 96
Uterin Cancer	34	109	29	148	- 38
Drownings	35	103	34	127	- 24
Violence	36	90	37	94	- 4
Drug Use	37	84	48	41	+ 43
Tuberculosis	38	81	40	71	+ 10
Endocrine Disorders	39	49	41	59	- 10
Epilepsy	40	43	45	44	- 2
Congenital Anomalies	41	42	43	46	- 4
Diarrhoeal diseases	42	41	54	14	+ 27
Fires	43	35	36	103	- 68
Skin Disease	44	33	38	76	- 44
Poisonings	45	32	49	23	+ 8
Asthma	46	31	46	42	- 11
Rheumatoid Arthritis	47	28	51	20	+ 8
Rheumatic Heart Disease	48	20	47	41	- 21
Multiple Sclerosis	49	20	50	20	- 1
Hepatitis C	50	16	42	53	- 37
HIV/AIDS	51	15	39	74	- 59
Meningitis	52	13	52	15	- 2
Birth Trauma	53	7	55	12	- 5
Appendicitis	54	7	59	5	+ 2
Low Birth Weight	55	6	56	11	- 5
Schizophrenia	56	6	57	7	- 2
Prostatic Hypertrophy	57	5	44	45	- 40
Malnutrition	58	5	64	2	+ 3
Osteoarthritis	59	4	58	7	- 3
Anemia	60	4	53	14	- 10
Hepatitis B	61	3	63	3	+ 0
Tetanus	62	2	71	0	+ 2
Maternal Conditions	63	1	60	5	- 3
Oral conditions	64	1	61	4	- 2
Encephalitis	65	1	69	0	+ 1
Otitis Media	66	1	66	1	- 0
War	67	0	68	0	- 0
Upper Respiratory	68	0	62	4	- 4
Pertussis	69	0	70	0	- 0
Syphilis	70	0	65	1	- 1
Chlamydia	71	0	75	0	- 0
Leprosy	72	0	74	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	73	0	81	0	- 0
Ascariasis	74	0	84	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	75	0	82	0	- 0
Dengue	76	0	83	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	77	0	77	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	78	0	78	0	- 0
Chagas disease	79	0	80	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	80	0	76	0	- 0
Malaria	81	0	79	0	- 0
Diphtheria	82	0	67	1	- 1
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 LATVIA

Lithuania

Latvia

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.