MALTA VS LITHUANIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	LITHUANIA		MALTA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	2,740	1	876	+ 1,864
Stroke	2	1,009	2	291	+ 717
Lung Cancers	3	237	5	197	+ 41
Hypertension	4	230	20	33	+ 197
Colon-Rectum Cancers	5	192	7	147	+ 45
Suicide	6	129	22	27	+ 102
Influenza and Pneumonia	7	117	3	213	- 96
Alzheimers & Dementia	8	116	4	207	- 91
Liver Disease	9	115	24	23	+ 92
Stomach Cancer	10	114	15	50	+ 64
Breast Cancer	11	112	10	85	+ 28
Prostate Cancer	12	107	13	53	+ 54
Pancreas Cancer	13	103	9	90	+ 13
Diabetes Mellitus	14	94	6	163	- 69
Falls	15	93	14	52	+ 41
Lung Disease	16	92	8	127	- 35
Inflammatory/Heart	17	87	27	22	+ 65
Other Injuries	18	74	33	16	+ 58
Kidney Disease	19	66	11	79	- 13
Oral Cancer	20	60	23	25	+ 35
Lymphomas	21	57	12	53	+ 4
Peptic Ulcer Disease	22	56	37	7	+ 49
Bladder Cancer	23	52	19	33	+ 19
Leukemia	24	51	21	28	+ 23
Liver Cancer	25	43	18	34	+ 9
Ovary Cancer	26	42	17	34	+ 8
Road Traffic Accidents	27	40	31	18	+ 22
Cervical Cancer	28	40	39	4	+ 36
Parkinson's Disease	29	40	16	50	- 10
Oesophagus Cancer	30	39	29	20	+ 19
Other Neoplasms	31	38	26	22	+ 16
Skin Cancers	32	35	34	14	+ 21
Alcohol	33	34	47	3	+ 32
Uterin Cancer	34	28	28	21	+ 8
Drownings	35	27	48	2	+ 25
Violence	36	24	40	4	+ 19
Drug Use	37	22	38	7	+ 15
Tuberculosis	38	21	52	2	+ 20
Endocrine Disorders	39	13	30	19	- 6
Epilepsy	40	11	43	3	+ 8
Congenital Anomalies	41	11	32	17	- 6
Diarrhoeal diseases	42	11	55	1	+ 10
Fires	43	9	62	0	+ 9
Skin Disease	44	9	25	23	- 14
Poisonings	45	8	58	1	+ 8
Asthma	46	8	36	8	- 0
Rheumatoid Arthritis	47	7	51	2	+ 5
Rheumatic Heart Disease	48	5	49	2	+ 3
Multiple Sclerosis	49	5	45	3	+ 2
Hepatitis C	50	4	53	1	+ 3
HIV/AIDS	51	4	41	4	+ 0
Meningitis	52	3	56	1	+ 3
Birth Trauma	53	2	44	3	- 1
Appendicitis	54	2	63	0	+ 1
Low Birth Weight	55	2	35	11	- 10
Schizophrenia	56	2	57	1	+ 1
Prostatic Hypertrophy	57	1	42	3	- 2
Malnutrition	58	1	60	0	+ 1
Osteoarthritis	59	1	50	2	- 1
Anemia	60	1	46	3	- 2
Hepatitis B	61	1	61	0	+ 0
Tetanus	62	0	74	0	+ 0
Maternal Conditions	63	0	64	0	+ 0
Oral conditions	64	0	86	0	+ 0
Encephalitis	65	0	65	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	66	0	82	0	+ 0
War	67	0	54	1	- 1
Upper Respiratory	68	0	59	0	- 0
Pertussis	69	0	72	0	+ 0
Syphilis	70	0	81	0	+ 0
Chlamydia	71	0	80	0	- 0
Leprosy	72	0	83	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	73	0	76	0	- 0
Ascariasis	74	0	79	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	75	0	77	0	- 0
Dengue	76	0	78	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	77	0	66	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	78	0	70	0	- 0
Chagas disease	79	0	68	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	80	0	67	0	- 0
Malaria	81	0	69	0	- 0
Diphtheria	82	0	75	0	- 0
Measles	83	0	73	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	84	0	71	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	85	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	84	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to MALTA

Lithuania

Malta

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.