LITHUANIA VS MICRONESIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	MICRONESIA		LITHUANIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	5,099	1	15,329	- 10,231
Diabetes Mellitus	2	3,238	14	525	+ 2,713
Stroke	3	3,143	2	5,643	- 2,500
Kidney Disease	4	1,484	19	372	+ 1,112
Influenza and Pneumonia	5	1,366	7	654	+ 712
Lung Disease	6	1,088	16	513	+ 575
Suicide	7	847	6	721	+ 126
Hypertension	8	715	4	1,289	- 574
Liver Disease	9	626	9	644	- 18
Lung Cancers	10	605	3	1,329	- 724
Drownings	11	454	35	150	+ 305
Breast Cancer	12	448	11	629	- 181
Asthma	13	420	46	45	+ 374
Low Birth Weight	14	395	55	9	+ 386
Rheumatic Heart Disease	15	362	48	29	+ 333
Diarrhoeal diseases	16	354	42	59	+ 295
Other Injuries	17	351	18	416	- 64
Congenital Anomalies	18	350	41	62	+ 289
Tuberculosis	19	330	38	119	+ 211
Stomach Cancer	20	310	10	639	- 329
Birth Trauma	21	285	53	10	+ 275
Colon-Rectum Cancers	22	222	5	1,074	- 851
Cervical Cancer	23	220	28	224	- 5
Liver Cancer	24	215	25	239	- 24
Peptic Ulcer Disease	25	175	22	313	- 138
Alzheimers & Dementia	26	172	8	649	- 477
Falls	27	162	15	518	- 356
Inflammatory/Heart	28	159	17	484	- 325
Prostate Cancer	29	145	12	598	- 453
Endocrine Disorders	30	140	39	72	+ 68
Violence	31	139	36	132	+ 7
Leukemia	32	133	24	284	- 151
Parkinson's Disease	33	123	29	222	- 99
Maternal Conditions	34	97	63	2	+ 95
Pancreas Cancer	35	96	13	578	- 482
Lymphomas	36	95	21	321	- 227
Pertussis	37	93	69	0	+ 93
Oral Cancer	38	89	20	338	- 249
Meningitis	39	84	52	19	+ 65
Syphilis	40	80	70	0	+ 80
Uterin Cancer	41	76	34	159	- 84
Skin Disease	42	72	44	48	+ 24
Epilepsy	43	72	40	62	+ 10
Malnutrition	44	70	58	7	+ 63
Ovary Cancer	45	61	26	233	- 172
Alcohol	46	60	33	192	- 132
Oesophagus Cancer	47	58	30	219	- 161
Fires	48	53	43	51	+ 2
Bladder Cancer	49	41	23	292	- 251
Poisonings	50	27	45	46	- 19
Skin Cancers	51	24	32	197	- 173
Drug Use	52	16	37	122	- 106
Encephalitis	53	16	65	2	+ 14
Appendicitis	54	12	54	10	+ 2
Other Neoplasms	55	10	31	212	- 202
Measles	56	9	83	0	+ 9
Hepatitis B	57	8	61	5	+ 3
Road Traffic Accidents	58	5	27	225	- 220
Tetanus	59	4	62	2	+ 2
Rheumatoid Arthritis	60	4	47	41	- 37
Dengue	61	4	76	0	+ 4
Multiple Sclerosis	62	4	49	29	- 25
Hepatitis C	63	1	50	23	- 22
Diphtheria	64	1	82	0	+ 1
Ascariasis	65	1	74	0	+ 1
War	66	0	67	0	+ 0
Chlamydia	67	0	71	0	+ 0
Upper Respiratory	68	0	68	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	69	0	66	1	- 1
Leprosy	70	0	72	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	71	0	73	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	72	0	75	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	73	0	84	0	- 0
HIV/AIDS	74	0	51	22	- 22
Leishmaniasis	75	0	77	0	- 0
Chagas disease	76	0	79	0	- 0
Malaria	77	0	81	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	80	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	79	0	78	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	80	0	57	8	- 8
Osteoarthritis	81	0	59	6	- 6
Oral conditions	82	0	64	2	- 2
Depression	83	0	86	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	84	0	56	8	- 8
Anemia	85	0	60	5	- 5
Vitamin A Deficiency	86	0	85	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to LITHUANIA

Micronesia

Lithuania

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.