SRI LANKA VS LITHUANIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	LITHUANIA		SRI LANKA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	128,218	1	26,304	+ 101,914
Stroke	2	47,200	6	6,805	+ 40,395
Lung Cancers	3	11,114	12	1,775	+ 9,339
Hypertension	4	10,782	20	1,055	+ 9,727
Colon-Rectum Cancers	5	8,981	24	911	+ 8,069
Suicide	6	6,034	10	2,977	+ 3,057
Influenza and Pneumonia	7	5,472	8	5,117	+ 355
Alzheimers & Dementia	8	5,428	4	6,939	- 1,511
Liver Disease	9	5,382	17	1,303	+ 4,080
Stomach Cancer	10	5,346	16	1,321	+ 4,025
Breast Cancer	11	5,261	15	1,383	+ 3,878
Prostate Cancer	12	5,001	30	507	+ 4,494
Pancreas Cancer	13	4,834	43	214	+ 4,621
Diabetes Mellitus	14	4,392	2	12,460	- 8,068
Falls	15	4,333	23	964	+ 3,369
Lung Disease	16	4,290	3	9,456	- 5,166
Inflammatory/Heart	17	4,048	35	425	+ 3,623
Other Injuries	18	3,475	14	1,529	+ 1,946
Kidney Disease	19	3,110	5	6,858	- 3,748
Oral Cancer	20	2,827	11	2,893	- 66
Lymphomas	21	2,689	21	1,027	+ 1,662
Peptic Ulcer Disease	22	2,616	56	38	+ 2,578
Bladder Cancer	23	2,446	34	432	+ 2,014
Leukemia	24	2,374	18	1,155	+ 1,219
Liver Cancer	25	1,998	19	1,090	+ 908
Ovary Cancer	26	1,950	37	281	+ 1,669
Road Traffic Accidents	27	1,878	9	4,200	- 2,322
Cervical Cancer	28	1,876	26	762	+ 1,114
Parkinson's Disease	29	1,860	45	168	+ 1,692
Oesophagus Cancer	30	1,830	13	1,544	+ 286
Other Neoplasms	31	1,773	50	86	+ 1,687
Skin Cancers	32	1,644	52	58	+ 1,586
Alcohol	33	1,603	51	82	+ 1,521
Uterin Cancer	34	1,333	42	218	+ 1,115
Drownings	35	1,254	27	731	+ 523
Violence	36	1,100	31	499	+ 601
Drug Use	37	1,023	40	257	+ 765
Tuberculosis	38	993	25	769	+ 224
Endocrine Disorders	39	603	32	462	+ 140
Epilepsy	40	519	39	269	+ 250
Congenital Anomalies	41	516	22	989	- 474
Diarrhoeal diseases	42	497	28	605	- 108
Fires	43	428	41	239	+ 190
Skin Disease	44	401	36	293	+ 108
Poisonings	45	386	49	93	+ 293
Asthma	46	379	7	6,471	- 6,092
Rheumatoid Arthritis	47	343	60	11	+ 332
Rheumatic Heart Disease	48	244	53	49	+ 195
Multiple Sclerosis	49	241	69	2	+ 238
Hepatitis C	50	196	75	0	+ 196
HIV/AIDS	51	186	55	39	+ 147
Meningitis	52	162	46	146	+ 16
Birth Trauma	53	86	44	193	- 107
Appendicitis	54	82	64	5	+ 76
Low Birth Weight	55	74	29	536	- 462
Schizophrenia	56	71	65	5	+ 66
Prostatic Hypertrophy	57	67	70	2	+ 65
Malnutrition	58	59	54	43	+ 16
Osteoarthritis	59	52	67	3	+ 49
Anemia	60	44	33	445	- 401
Hepatitis B	61	40	62	6	+ 34
Tetanus	62	20	57	27	- 7
Maternal Conditions	63	18	48	96	- 78
Oral conditions	64	16	68	3	+ 13
Encephalitis	65	13	61	10	+ 3
Otitis Media	66	8	76	0	+ 8
War	67	2	38	280	- 277
Upper Respiratory	68	0	66	5	- 4
Pertussis	69	0	59	15	- 14
Syphilis	70	0	58	15	- 15
Chlamydia	71	0	84	0	- 0
Leprosy	72	0	63	6	- 6
Trichuriasis	73	0	79	0	- 0
Ascariasis	74	0	72	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	75	0	71	0	- 0
Dengue	76	0	47	131	- 131
Leishmaniasis	77	0	73	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	78	0	81	0	- 0
Chagas disease	79	0	83	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	80	0	82	0	- 0
Malaria	81	0	80	0	- 0
Diphtheria	82	0	74	0	- 0
Measles	83	0	77	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	84	0	78	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	85	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	86	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to SRI LANKA

Lithuania

Sri Lanka

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.