LITHUANIA VS NIGERIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	NIGERIA		LITHUANIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Influenza and Pneumonia	1	2,301	7	654	+ 1,647
Diarrhoeal diseases	2	1,607	42	59	+ 1,547
Tuberculosis	3	1,414	38	119	+ 1,295
Malaria	4	1,121	81	0	+ 1,121
Birth Trauma	5	1,112	53	10	+ 1,102
Low Birth Weight	6	1,065	55	9	+ 1,056
Coronary Heart Disease	7	681	1	15,329	- 14,648
Stroke	8	641	2	5,643	- 5,002
Congenital Anomalies	9	552	41	62	+ 490
HIV/AIDS	10	490	51	22	+ 468
Meningitis	11	485	52	19	+ 465
Road Traffic Accidents	12	463	27	225	+ 238
Liver Disease	13	425	9	644	- 218
Measles	14	327	83	0	+ 327
Maternal Conditions	15	261	63	2	+ 259
Pertussis	16	258	69	0	+ 258
Other Injuries	17	252	18	416	- 164
Diabetes Mellitus	18	250	14	525	- 275
Violence	19	204	36	132	+ 73
Kidney Disease	20	202	19	372	- 170
Endocrine Disorders	21	175	39	72	+ 103
Lung Disease	22	140	16	513	- 373
Breast Cancer	23	132	11	629	- 497
Hypertension	24	119	4	1,289	- 1,170
Cervical Cancer	25	117	28	224	- 107
Tetanus	26	93	62	2	+ 90
Asthma	27	91	46	45	+ 46
Falls	28	84	15	518	- 434
Fires	29	79	43	51	+ 28
Suicide	30	78	6	721	- 644
Alzheimers & Dementia	31	75	8	649	- 574
Drownings	32	73	35	150	- 77
Poisonings	33	73	45	46	+ 27
Drug Use	34	70	37	122	- 53
Prostate Cancer	35	66	12	598	- 532
Malnutrition	36	65	58	7	+ 58
Peptic Ulcer Disease	37	65	22	313	- 248
Syphilis	38	60	70	0	+ 60
Liver Cancer	39	59	25	239	- 180
Lymphomas	40	58	21	321	- 264
Epilepsy	41	56	40	62	- 7
Inflammatory/Heart	42	54	17	484	- 430
Colon-Rectum Cancers	43	46	5	1,074	- 1,028
Diphtheria	44	42	82	0	+ 42
War	45	36	67	0	+ 36
Parkinson's Disease	46	27	29	222	- 195
Leukemia	47	25	24	284	- 259
Oral Cancer	48	25	20	338	- 313
Ovary Cancer	49	24	26	233	- 210
Stomach Cancer	50	24	10	639	- 616
Pancreas Cancer	51	22	13	578	- 556
Rheumatic Heart Disease	52	22	48	29	- 8
Skin Cancers	53	21	32	197	- 175
Schistosomiasis	54	17	78	0	+ 17
Hepatitis B	55	17	61	5	+ 12
Skin Disease	56	16	44	48	- 32
Lung Cancers	57	14	3	1,329	- 1,314
Alcohol	58	11	33	192	- 180
Encephalitis	59	10	65	2	+ 9
Appendicitis	60	8	54	10	- 1
Ascariasis	61	8	74	0	+ 8
Uterin Cancer	62	8	34	159	- 152
Bladder Cancer	63	7	23	292	- 285
Oesophagus Cancer	64	6	30	219	- 213
Hepatitis C	65	3	50	23	- 20
Other Neoplasms	66	3	31	212	- 209
Upper Respiratory	67	3	68	0	+ 3
Multiple Sclerosis	68	2	49	29	- 27
Rheumatoid Arthritis	69	2	47	41	- 39
Leishmaniasis	70	0	77	0	+ 0
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
Trypanosomiasis	77	0	80	0	- 0
Chagas disease	78	0	79	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	84	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

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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.