LESOTHO VS LITHUANIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	LITHUANIA		LESOTHO		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	12,993	5	2,101	+ 10,892
Stroke	2	4,783	3	2,817	+ 1,966
Lung Cancers	3	1,126	43	51	+ 1,075
Hypertension	4	1,093	11	990	+ 103
Colon-Rectum Cancers	5	910	48	40	+ 870
Suicide	6	611	7	1,539	- 928
Influenza and Pneumonia	7	554	2	3,214	- 2,660
Alzheimers & Dementia	8	550	29	194	+ 356
Liver Disease	9	545	14	792	- 247
Stomach Cancer	10	542	60	11	+ 531
Breast Cancer	11	533	34	97	+ 436
Prostate Cancer	12	507	35	81	+ 426
Pancreas Cancer	13	490	58	12	+ 478
Diabetes Mellitus	14	445	6	2,000	- 1,554
Falls	15	439	31	128	+ 311
Lung Disease	16	435	9	1,102	- 667
Inflammatory/Heart	17	410	23	305	+ 105
Other Injuries	18	352	18	533	- 181
Kidney Disease	19	315	10	1,015	- 699
Oral Cancer	20	286	42	52	+ 235
Lymphomas	21	272	36	78	+ 195
Peptic Ulcer Disease	22	265	25	279	- 14
Bladder Cancer	23	248	61	10	+ 238
Leukemia	24	241	49	39	+ 202
Liver Cancer	25	202	39	71	+ 132
Ovary Cancer	26	198	53	24	+ 173
Road Traffic Accidents	27	190	16	678	- 488
Cervical Cancer	28	190	20	372	- 182
Parkinson's Disease	29	188	41	55	+ 134
Oesophagus Cancer	30	185	37	73	+ 112
Other Neoplasms	31	180	62	9	+ 170
Skin Cancers	32	167	46	46	+ 120
Alcohol	33	162	38	71	+ 92
Uterin Cancer	34	135	54	23	+ 112
Drownings	35	127	28	200	- 73
Violence	36	111	13	924	- 812
Drug Use	37	104	50	32	+ 72
Tuberculosis	38	101	8	1,208	- 1,108
Endocrine Disorders	39	61	27	235	- 174
Epilepsy	40	53	30	143	- 91
Congenital Anomalies	41	52	19	389	- 337
Diarrhoeal diseases	42	50	4	2,354	- 2,304
Fires	43	43	26	269	- 225
Skin Disease	44	41	40	70	- 29
Poisonings	45	39	33	111	- 72
Asthma	46	38	17	678	- 639
Rheumatoid Arthritis	47	35	56	18	+ 17
Rheumatic Heart Disease	48	25	32	126	- 101
Multiple Sclerosis	49	24	63	6	+ 18
Hepatitis C	50	20	64	2	+ 17
HIV/AIDS	51	19	1	4,767	- 4,749
Meningitis	52	16	22	318	- 301
Birth Trauma	53	9	15	717	- 709
Appendicitis	54	8	52	25	- 17
Low Birth Weight	55	7	12	957	- 949
Schizophrenia	56	7	81	0	+ 7
Prostatic Hypertrophy	57	7	85	0	+ 7
Malnutrition	58	6	21	357	- 351
Osteoarthritis	59	5	84	0	+ 5
Anemia	60	5	83	0	+ 5
Hepatitis B	61	4	51	27	- 23
Tetanus	62	2	47	45	- 43
Maternal Conditions	63	2	24	292	- 290
Oral conditions	64	2	86	0	+ 2
Encephalitis	65	1	57	14	- 12
Otitis Media	66	1	66	1	- 0
War	67	0	68	0	- 0
Upper Respiratory	68	0	55	18	- 18
Pertussis	69	0	44	51	- 51
Syphilis	70	0	45	50	- 50
Chlamydia	71	0	65	2	- 2
Leprosy	72	0	74	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	73	0	71	0	- 0
Ascariasis	74	0	67	1	- 1
Hookworm Disease	75	0	72	0	- 0
Dengue	76	0	70	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	77	0	75	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	78	0	76	0	- 0
Chagas disease	79	0	78	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	80	0	77	0	- 0
Malaria	81	0	79	0	- 0
Diphtheria	82	0	69	0	- 0
Measles	83	0	59	12	- 12
Iodine Deficiency	84	0	73	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	82	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	80	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to LESOTHO

Lithuania

Lesotho

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.