LITHUANIA VS NIGER: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	NIGER		LITHUANIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Influenza and Pneumonia	1	2,104	7	654	+ 1,450
Malaria	2	1,698	81	0	+ 1,698
Diarrhoeal diseases	3	1,599	42	59	+ 1,540
Low Birth Weight	4	954	55	9	+ 945
Stroke	5	870	2	5,643	- 4,773
Coronary Heart Disease	6	821	1	15,329	- 14,508
Birth Trauma	7	801	53	10	+ 791
Road Traffic Accidents	8	593	27	225	+ 369
Meningitis	9	523	52	19	+ 503
Congenital Anomalies	10	434	41	62	+ 372
Liver Disease	11	411	9	644	- 233
Other Injuries	12	382	18	416	- 34
Tuberculosis	13	369	38	119	+ 251
Maternal Conditions	14	331	63	2	+ 329
Pertussis	15	285	69	0	+ 285
Kidney Disease	16	273	19	372	- 99
Diabetes Mellitus	17	262	14	525	- 263
Measles	18	241	83	0	+ 241
Violence	19	224	36	132	+ 92
Lung Disease	20	217	16	513	- 296
Malnutrition	21	216	58	7	+ 209
Asthma	22	190	46	45	+ 144
Endocrine Disorders	23	180	39	72	+ 108
Drownings	24	158	35	150	+ 8
Hypertension	25	135	4	1,289	- 1,154
Falls	26	129	15	518	- 389
Suicide	27	122	6	721	- 599
Fires	28	112	43	51	+ 61
Breast Cancer	29	107	11	629	- 522
HIV/AIDS	30	105	51	22	+ 82
Peptic Ulcer Disease	31	104	22	313	- 209
Alzheimers & Dementia	32	86	8	649	- 563
Poisonings	33	77	45	46	+ 31
Inflammatory/Heart	34	77	17	484	- 407
Liver Cancer	35	74	25	239	- 165
Epilepsy	36	67	40	62	+ 5
Colon-Rectum Cancers	37	52	5	1,074	- 1,022
Cervical Cancer	38	49	28	224	- 176
Rheumatic Heart Disease	39	47	48	29	+ 17
Ovary Cancer	40	42	26	233	- 191
War	41	41	67	0	+ 41
Tetanus	42	37	62	2	+ 35
Lymphomas	43	35	21	321	- 287
Stomach Cancer	44	30	10	639	- 609
Skin Cancers	45	29	32	197	- 168
Hepatitis B	46	28	61	5	+ 23
Parkinson's Disease	47	27	29	222	- 195
Leukemia	48	26	24	284	- 258
Oral Cancer	49	24	20	338	- 314
Schistosomiasis	50	24	78	0	+ 24
Leishmaniasis	51	24	77	0	+ 24
Skin Disease	52	21	44	48	- 27
Bladder Cancer	53	16	23	292	- 276
Pancreas Cancer	54	14	13	578	- 564
Oesophagus Cancer	55	13	30	219	- 206
Appendicitis	56	13	54	10	+ 3
Prostate Cancer	57	13	12	598	- 585
Drug Use	58	13	37	122	- 110
Ascariasis	59	12	74	0	+ 12
Alcohol	60	12	33	192	- 180
Encephalitis	61	11	65	2	+ 10
Syphilis	62	11	70	0	+ 11
Upper Respiratory	63	9	68	0	+ 9
Uterin Cancer	64	9	34	159	- 151
Diphtheria	65	6	82	0	+ 6
Hepatitis C	66	5	50	23	- 19
Lung Cancers	67	4	3	1,329	- 1,325
Other Neoplasms	68	2	31	212	- 210
Multiple Sclerosis	69	2	49	29	- 27
Rheumatoid Arthritis	70	2	47	41	- 39
Chlamydia	71	0	71	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	72	0	66	1	- 1
Dengue	73	0	76	0	+ 0
Hookworm Disease	74	0	75	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	75	0	73	0	- 0
Leprosy	76	0	72	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	77	0	84	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	80	0	- 0
Chagas disease	79	0	79	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	80	0	57	8	- 8
Osteoarthritis	81	0	59	6	- 6
Oral conditions	82	0	64	2	- 2
Schizophrenia	83	0	56	8	- 8
Vitamin A Deficiency	84	0	85	0	- 0
Anemia	85	0	60	5	- 5
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.