LITHUANIA VS NEW GUINEA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	NEW GUINEA		LITHUANIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	1,788	1	15,329	- 13,541
Stroke	2	1,333	2	5,643	- 4,310
Lung Disease	3	1,187	16	513	+ 674
Diabetes Mellitus	4	1,186	14	525	+ 661
Tuberculosis	5	1,038	38	119	+ 920
Influenza and Pneumonia	6	679	7	654	+ 25
Malaria	7	640	81	0	+ 640
Diarrhoeal diseases	8	600	42	59	+ 541
Asthma	9	482	46	45	+ 437
Low Birth Weight	10	435	55	9	+ 426
Birth Trauma	11	393	53	10	+ 383
Road Traffic Accidents	12	289	27	225	+ 65
Hypertension	13	287	4	1,289	- 1,002
Rheumatic Heart Disease	14	280	48	29	+ 251
Violence	15	253	36	132	+ 122
Congenital Anomalies	16	249	41	62	+ 187
Breast Cancer	17	200	11	629	- 429
Kidney Disease	18	180	19	372	- 192
Cervical Cancer	19	174	28	224	- 50
Other Injuries	20	169	18	416	- 246
Liver Cancer	21	168	25	239	- 70
Liver Disease	22	163	9	644	- 480
Lung Cancers	23	163	3	1,329	- 1,166
HIV/AIDS	24	160	51	22	+ 138
Oral Cancer	25	152	20	338	- 186
Falls	26	131	15	518	- 387
Fires	27	128	43	51	+ 76
Stomach Cancer	28	117	10	639	- 522
Colon-Rectum Cancers	29	116	5	1,074	- 957
Maternal Conditions	30	110	63	2	+ 108
Skin Cancers	31	109	32	197	- 88
Lymphomas	32	92	21	321	- 229
Alzheimers & Dementia	33	90	8	649	- 559
Meningitis	34	85	52	19	+ 65
Peptic Ulcer Disease	35	79	22	313	- 234
Prostate Cancer	36	75	12	598	- 523
Suicide	37	68	6	721	- 654
Leukemia	38	66	24	284	- 218
Pertussis	39	65	69	0	+ 65
Drownings	40	63	35	150	- 87
Measles	41	62	83	0	+ 62
Syphilis	42	61	70	0	+ 61
Inflammatory/Heart	43	60	17	484	- 424
Oesophagus Cancer	44	52	30	219	- 167
Parkinson's Disease	45	48	29	222	- 174
Ovary Cancer	46	47	26	233	- 186
Endocrine Disorders	47	40	39	72	- 32
Malnutrition	48	35	58	7	+ 28
Skin Disease	49	33	44	48	- 15
Poisonings	50	32	45	46	- 14
Epilepsy	51	29	40	62	- 33
Pancreas Cancer	52	28	13	578	- 550
Alcohol	53	24	33	192	- 167
Bladder Cancer	54	22	23	292	- 271
Uterin Cancer	55	21	34	159	- 138
Tetanus	56	12	62	2	+ 10
Encephalitis	57	8	65	2	+ 6
Hepatitis B	58	7	61	5	+ 2
Appendicitis	59	5	54	10	- 4
Other Neoplasms	60	4	31	212	- 208
Drug Use	61	3	37	122	- 119
Hepatitis C	62	2	50	23	- 21
Ascariasis	63	2	74	0	+ 2
Dengue	64	2	76	0	+ 2
Rheumatoid Arthritis	65	1	47	41	- 40
Multiple Sclerosis	66	1	49	29	- 27
Diphtheria	67	1	82	0	+ 1
Upper Respiratory	68	0	68	0	+ 0
War	69	0	67	0	- 0
Chlamydia	70	0	71	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	71	0	66	1	- 1
Leprosy	72	0	72	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	73	0	78	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	74	0	77	0	- 0
Chagas disease	75	0	79	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	76	0	80	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	77	0	84	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	78	0	73	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	79	0	75	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	80	0	56	8	- 8
Depression	81	0	86	0	- 0
Anemia	82	0	60	5	- 5
Vitamin A Deficiency	83	0	85	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	84	0	57	8	- 8
Osteoarthritis	85	0	59	6	- 6
Oral conditions	86	0	64	2	- 2
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to LITHUANIA

New Guinea

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.