LITHUANIA VS NEW ZEALAND: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	NEW ZEALAND		LITHUANIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	2,595	1	15,329	- 12,735
Alzheimers & Dementia	2	1,544	8	649	+ 895
Stroke	3	1,211	2	5,643	- 4,432
Lung Cancers	4	954	3	1,329	- 375
Lung Disease	5	924	16	513	+ 411
Colon-Rectum Cancers	6	761	5	1,074	- 313
Influenza and Pneumonia	7	469	7	654	- 186
Diabetes Mellitus	8	391	14	525	- 134
Prostate Cancer	9	376	12	598	- 222
Breast Cancer	10	375	11	629	- 254
Falls	11	319	15	518	- 199
Skin Cancers	12	311	32	197	+ 115
Lymphomas	13	310	21	321	- 12
Pancreas Cancer	14	276	13	578	- 302
Suicide	15	269	6	721	- 452
Road Traffic Accidents	16	233	27	225	+ 9
Kidney Disease	17	220	19	372	- 152
Leukemia	18	199	24	284	- 85
Parkinson's Disease	19	180	29	222	- 43
Hypertension	20	166	4	1,289	- 1,123
Endocrine Disorders	21	165	39	72	+ 93
Stomach Cancer	22	164	10	639	- 475
Inflammatory/Heart	23	159	17	484	- 325
Liver Cancer	24	147	25	239	- 92
Oesophagus Cancer	25	142	30	219	- 77
Bladder Cancer	26	136	23	292	- 157
Other Neoplasms	27	125	31	212	- 87
Other Injuries	28	111	18	416	- 304
Ovary Cancer	29	105	26	233	- 128
Congenital Anomalies	30	89	41	62	+ 28
Oral Cancer	31	83	20	338	- 255
Liver Disease	32	80	9	644	- 563
Uterin Cancer	33	74	34	159	- 86
Skin Disease	34	60	44	48	+ 12
Rheumatic Heart Disease	35	57	48	29	+ 28
Asthma	36	46	46	45	+ 1
Diarrhoeal diseases	37	41	42	59	- 18
Low Birth Weight	38	40	55	9	+ 31
Peptic Ulcer Disease	39	36	22	313	- 277
Drug Use	40	35	37	122	- 87
Cervical Cancer	41	31	28	224	- 193
Violence	42	29	36	132	- 102
Epilepsy	43	28	40	62	- 34
Drownings	44	28	35	150	- 122
Alcohol	45	26	33	192	- 165
Rheumatoid Arthritis	46	24	47	41	- 17
Multiple Sclerosis	47	22	49	29	- 7
Hepatitis C	48	15	50	23	- 8
Osteoarthritis	49	12	59	6	+ 6
Prostatic Hypertrophy	50	11	57	8	+ 3
Anemia	51	9	60	5	+ 4
Tuberculosis	52	9	38	119	- 110
Fires	53	9	43	51	- 43
Birth Trauma	54	7	53	10	- 3
Malnutrition	55	7	58	7	+ 0
Hepatitis B	56	7	61	5	+ 2
HIV/AIDS	57	5	51	22	- 17
Poisonings	58	5	45	46	- 41
Meningitis	59	5	52	19	- 15
Schizophrenia	60	4	56	8	- 4
Oral conditions	61	4	64	2	+ 2
Appendicitis	62	3	54	10	- 7
Maternal Conditions	63	2	63	2	+ 0
Upper Respiratory	64	2	68	0	+ 2
Pertussis	65	0	69	0	+ 0
Encephalitis	66	0	65	2	- 1
Otitis Media	67	0	66	1	- 1
War	68	0	67	0	+ 0
Tetanus	69	0	62	2	- 2
Syphilis	70	0	70	0	+ 0
Chlamydia	71	0	71	0	- 0
Leprosy	72	0	72	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	73	0	75	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	74	0	73	0	- 0
Dengue	75	0	76	0	- 0
Ascariasis	76	0	74	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	77	0	78	0	- 0
Malaria	78	0	81	0	- 0
Chagas disease	79	0	79	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	80	0	77	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	81	0	80	0	- 0
Measles	82	0	83	0	- 0
Diphtheria	83	0	82	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	84	0	84	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	85	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	86	0	- 0
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.