NEW GUINEA VS LITHUANIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	LITHUANIA		NEW GUINEA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	58,597	1	6,835	+ 51,761
Stroke	2	21,571	2	5,095	+ 16,476
Lung Cancers	3	5,079	23	622	+ 4,457
Hypertension	4	4,928	13	1,096	+ 3,832
Colon-Rectum Cancers	5	4,104	29	445	+ 3,659
Suicide	6	2,758	37	259	+ 2,499
Influenza and Pneumonia	7	2,501	6	2,595	- 94
Alzheimers & Dementia	8	2,481	33	343	+ 2,138
Liver Disease	9	2,460	22	624	+ 1,835
Stomach Cancer	10	2,443	28	447	+ 1,996
Breast Cancer	11	2,404	17	764	+ 1,640
Prostate Cancer	12	2,286	36	285	+ 2,001
Pancreas Cancer	13	2,209	52	107	+ 2,102
Diabetes Mellitus	14	2,007	4	4,533	- 2,526
Falls	15	1,980	26	502	+ 1,479
Lung Disease	16	1,961	3	4,538	- 2,577
Inflammatory/Heart	17	1,850	43	229	+ 1,621
Other Injuries	18	1,588	20	647	+ 942
Kidney Disease	19	1,421	18	687	+ 735
Oral Cancer	20	1,292	25	580	+ 712
Lymphomas	21	1,229	32	353	+ 876
Peptic Ulcer Disease	22	1,195	35	302	+ 894
Bladder Cancer	23	1,118	54	82	+ 1,035
Leukemia	24	1,085	38	253	+ 832
Liver Cancer	25	913	21	644	+ 269
Ovary Cancer	26	891	46	179	+ 712
Road Traffic Accidents	27	858	12	1,105	- 247
Cervical Cancer	28	857	19	665	+ 193
Parkinson's Disease	29	850	45	185	+ 665
Oesophagus Cancer	30	836	44	199	+ 637
Other Neoplasms	31	810	60	15	+ 795
Skin Cancers	32	751	31	417	+ 335
Alcohol	33	732	53	93	+ 639
Uterin Cancer	34	609	55	81	+ 528
Drownings	35	573	40	240	+ 333
Violence	36	503	15	969	- 466
Drug Use	37	467	61	13	+ 455
Tuberculosis	38	454	5	3,969	- 3,515
Endocrine Disorders	39	275	47	153	+ 122
Epilepsy	40	237	51	111	+ 127
Congenital Anomalies	41	236	16	951	- 715
Diarrhoeal diseases	42	227	8	2,295	- 2,068
Fires	43	196	27	488	- 292
Skin Disease	44	183	49	126	+ 57
Poisonings	45	176	50	121	+ 55
Asthma	46	173	9	1,842	- 1,669
Rheumatoid Arthritis	47	157	65	5	+ 152
Rheumatic Heart Disease	48	112	14	1,072	- 960
Multiple Sclerosis	49	110	66	5	+ 105
Hepatitis C	50	89	62	8	+ 81
HIV/AIDS	51	85	24	611	- 526
Meningitis	52	74	34	324	- 250
Birth Trauma	53	39	11	1,504	- 1,464
Appendicitis	54	37	59	20	+ 17
Low Birth Weight	55	34	10	1,661	- 1,628
Schizophrenia	56	32	80	0	+ 32
Prostatic Hypertrophy	57	31	84	0	+ 31
Malnutrition	58	27	48	134	- 107
Osteoarthritis	59	24	85	0	+ 24
Anemia	60	20	82	0	+ 20
Hepatitis B	61	18	58	27	- 9
Tetanus	62	9	56	48	- 38
Maternal Conditions	63	8	30	421	- 413
Oral conditions	64	8	86	0	+ 8
Encephalitis	65	6	57	31	- 25
Otitis Media	66	4	71	0	+ 4
War	67	1	69	1	+ 0
Upper Respiratory	68	0	68	2	- 2
Pertussis	69	0	39	248	- 248
Syphilis	70	0	42	234	- 234
Chlamydia	71	0	70	1	- 1
Leprosy	72	0	72	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	73	0	78	0	- 0
Ascariasis	74	0	63	7	- 7
Hookworm Disease	75	0	79	0	- 0
Dengue	76	0	64	6	- 6
Leishmaniasis	77	0	74	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	78	0	73	0	- 0
Chagas disease	79	0	75	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	80	0	76	0	- 0
Malaria	81	0	7	2,446	- 2,446
Diphtheria	82	0	67	3	- 3
Measles	83	0	41	238	- 238
Iodine Deficiency	84	0	77	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	83	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	81	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to NEW GUINEA

Lithuania

New Guinea

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.