LITHUANIA VS NAMIBIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	NAMIBIA		LITHUANIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
HIV/AIDS	1	2,745	51	22	+ 2,723
Influenza and Pneumonia	2	1,373	7	654	+ 719
Tuberculosis	3	1,328	38	119	+ 1,209
Stroke	4	1,250	2	5,643	- 4,394
Coronary Heart Disease	5	1,144	1	15,329	- 14,185
Road Traffic Accidents	6	814	27	225	+ 589
Diabetes Mellitus	7	679	14	525	+ 154
Diarrhoeal diseases	8	604	42	59	+ 545
Low Birth Weight	9	484	55	9	+ 475
Lung Disease	10	432	16	513	- 81
Violence	11	422	36	132	+ 290
Hypertension	12	401	4	1,289	- 888
Birth Trauma	13	323	53	10	+ 313
Liver Disease	14	315	9	644	- 329
Kidney Disease	15	301	19	372	- 70
Congenital Anomalies	16	265	41	62	+ 204
Suicide	17	228	6	721	- 494
Malnutrition	18	210	58	7	+ 202
Other Injuries	19	194	18	416	- 222
Asthma	20	188	46	45	+ 143
Alzheimers & Dementia	21	165	8	649	- 484
Inflammatory/Heart	22	152	17	484	- 332
Cervical Cancer	23	124	28	224	- 100
Breast Cancer	24	114	11	629	- 515
Maternal Conditions	25	103	63	2	+ 101
Drownings	26	103	35	150	- 47
Meningitis	27	102	52	19	+ 83
Fires	28	102	43	51	+ 51
Skin Cancers	29	101	32	197	- 96
Oral Cancer	30	93	20	338	- 244
Prostate Cancer	31	88	12	598	- 510
Peptic Ulcer Disease	32	71	22	313	- 242
Endocrine Disorders	33	68	39	72	- 4
Falls	34	58	15	518	- 460
Lung Cancers	35	55	3	1,329	- 1,274
Colon-Rectum Cancers	36	51	5	1,074	- 1,023
Pertussis	37	51	69	0	+ 51
Epilepsy	38	46	40	62	- 16
Poisonings	39	43	45	46	- 3
Lymphomas	40	43	21	321	- 279
Liver Cancer	41	42	25	239	- 197
Parkinson's Disease	42	41	29	222	- 182
Syphilis	43	33	70	0	+ 33
Rheumatic Heart Disease	44	31	48	29	+ 2
Stomach Cancer	45	31	10	639	- 609
Drug Use	46	30	37	122	- 93
Skin Disease	47	29	44	48	- 19
Alcohol	48	26	33	192	- 165
Leukemia	49	22	24	284	- 262
Ovary Cancer	50	22	26	233	- 211
Malaria	51	20	81	0	+ 20
Oesophagus Cancer	52	20	30	219	- 199
Pancreas Cancer	53	16	13	578	- 562
Bladder Cancer	54	15	23	292	- 278
Schistosomiasis	55	13	78	0	+ 13
Uterin Cancer	56	11	34	159	- 149
Rheumatoid Arthritis	57	9	47	41	- 32
Appendicitis	58	8	54	10	- 2
Encephalitis	59	8	65	2	+ 6
Other Neoplasms	60	7	31	212	- 205
Upper Respiratory	61	6	68	0	+ 6
Tetanus	62	6	62	2	+ 3
Hepatitis B	63	4	61	5	- 1
Multiple Sclerosis	64	2	49	29	- 27
Measles	65	2	83	0	+ 2
Hepatitis C	66	1	50	23	- 23
War	67	0	67	0	+ 0
Chlamydia	68	0	71	0	+ 0
Ascariasis	69	0	74	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	70	0	66	1	- 1
Diphtheria	71	0	82	0	+ 0
Leprosy	72	0	72	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	73	0	84	0	- 0
Dengue	74	0	76	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	75	0	73	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	76	0	75	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	77	0	80	0	- 0
Chagas disease	78	0	79	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	79	0	77	0	- 0
Oral conditions	80	0	64	2	- 2
Osteoarthritis	81	0	59	6	- 6
Prostatic Hypertrophy	82	0	57	8	- 8
Anemia	83	0	60	5	- 5
Vitamin A Deficiency	84	0	85	0	- 0
Depression	85	0	86	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	86	0	56	8	- 8
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to LITHUANIA

Namibia

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.