LITHUANIA VS MALTA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	MALTA		LITHUANIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	4,900	1	15,329	- 10,429
Stroke	2	1,631	2	5,643	- 4,012
Influenza and Pneumonia	3	1,190	7	654	+ 536
Alzheimers & Dementia	4	1,159	8	649	+ 510
Lung Cancers	5	1,102	3	1,329	- 227
Diabetes Mellitus	6	910	14	525	+ 385
Colon-Rectum Cancers	7	823	5	1,074	- 251
Lung Disease	8	708	16	513	+ 195
Pancreas Cancer	9	506	13	578	- 72
Breast Cancer	10	474	11	629	- 155
Kidney Disease	11	442	19	372	+ 71
Lymphomas	12	296	21	321	- 25
Prostate Cancer	13	296	12	598	- 302
Falls	14	289	15	518	- 229
Stomach Cancer	15	278	10	639	- 361
Parkinson's Disease	16	277	29	222	+ 55
Ovary Cancer	17	190	26	233	- 43
Liver Cancer	18	189	25	239	- 50
Bladder Cancer	19	185	23	292	- 107
Hypertension	20	185	4	1,289	- 1,104
Leukemia	21	155	24	284	- 129
Suicide	22	149	6	721	- 572
Oral Cancer	23	140	20	338	- 198
Liver Disease	24	129	9	644	- 515
Skin Disease	25	128	44	48	+ 80
Other Neoplasms	26	123	31	212	- 89
Inflammatory/Heart	27	123	17	484	- 361
Uterin Cancer	28	116	34	159	- 44
Oesophagus Cancer	29	113	30	219	- 106
Endocrine Disorders	30	107	39	72	+ 35
Road Traffic Accidents	31	101	27	225	- 123
Congenital Anomalies	32	97	41	62	+ 35
Other Injuries	33	91	18	416	- 324
Skin Cancers	34	78	32	197	- 118
Low Birth Weight	35	63	55	9	+ 54
Asthma	36	47	46	45	+ 1
Peptic Ulcer Disease	37	40	22	313	- 272
Drug Use	38	38	37	122	- 84
Cervical Cancer	39	25	28	224	- 199
Violence	40	25	36	132	- 107
HIV/AIDS	41	21	51	22	- 2
Prostatic Hypertrophy	42	19	57	8	+ 11
Epilepsy	43	19	40	62	- 43
Birth Trauma	44	16	53	10	+ 6
Multiple Sclerosis	45	16	49	29	- 12
Anemia	46	16	60	5	+ 11
Alcohol	47	15	33	192	- 177
Drownings	48	13	35	150	- 137
Rheumatic Heart Disease	49	12	48	29	- 17
Osteoarthritis	50	12	59	6	+ 6
Rheumatoid Arthritis	51	11	47	41	- 30
Tuberculosis	52	9	38	119	- 110
Hepatitis C	53	7	50	23	- 16
War	54	6	67	0	+ 6
Diarrhoeal diseases	55	6	42	59	- 54
Meningitis	56	4	52	19	- 15
Schizophrenia	57	4	56	8	- 5
Poisonings	58	3	45	46	- 43
Upper Respiratory	59	2	68	0	+ 2
Malnutrition	60	2	58	7	- 5
Hepatitis B	61	2	61	5	- 3
Fires	62	2	43	51	- 49
Appendicitis	63	2	54	10	- 8
Maternal Conditions	64	2	63	2	- 0
Encephalitis	65	1	65	2	- 1
Leishmaniasis	66	0	77	0	+ 0
Trypanosomiasis	67	0	80	0	- 0
Chagas disease	68	0	79	0	- 0
Malaria	69	0	81	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	70	0	78	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	71	0	84	0	- 0
Pertussis	72	0	69	0	- 0
Measles	73	0	83	0	- 0
Tetanus	74	0	62	2	- 2
Diphtheria	75	0	82	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	76	0	73	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	77	0	75	0	- 0
Dengue	78	0	76	0	- 0
Ascariasis	79	0	74	0	- 0
Chlamydia	80	0	71	0	- 0
Syphilis	81	0	70	0	- 0
Otitis Media	82	0	66	1	- 1
Leprosy	83	0	72	0	- 0
Depression	84	0	86	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	85	0	- 0
Oral conditions	86	0	64	2	- 2
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to LITHUANIA

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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.