LITHUANIA VS NORWAY: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	NORWAY		LITHUANIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	2,538	1	15,329	- 12,791
Alzheimers & Dementia	2	2,129	8	649	+ 1,481
Lung Disease	3	1,299	16	513	+ 786
Stroke	4	1,181	2	5,643	- 4,462
Lung Cancers	5	1,107	3	1,329	- 222
Influenza and Pneumonia	6	857	7	654	+ 203
Colon-Rectum Cancers	7	852	5	1,074	- 221
Prostate Cancer	8	559	12	598	- 39
Falls	9	371	15	518	- 147
Pancreas Cancer	10	367	13	578	- 211
Breast Cancer	11	333	11	629	- 296
Lymphomas	12	308	21	321	- 13
Suicide	13	302	6	721	- 419
Kidney Disease	14	291	19	372	- 81
Other Injuries	15	278	18	416	- 137
Diabetes Mellitus	16	267	14	525	- 258
Parkinson's Disease	17	264	29	222	+ 42
Skin Cancers	18	194	32	197	- 2
Endocrine Disorders	19	171	39	72	+ 99
Bladder Cancer	20	170	23	292	- 123
Leukemia	21	169	24	284	- 115
Stomach Cancer	22	164	10	639	- 475
Other Neoplasms	23	155	31	212	- 57
Ovary Cancer	24	147	26	233	- 86
Drug Use	25	126	37	122	+ 3
Liver Cancer	26	124	25	239	- 115
Oesophagus Cancer	27	118	30	219	- 101
Hypertension	28	110	4	1,289	- 1,179
Inflammatory/Heart	29	105	17	484	- 379
Liver Disease	30	102	9	644	- 542
Alcohol	31	98	33	192	- 94
Oral Cancer	32	80	20	338	- 258
Peptic Ulcer Disease	33	76	22	313	- 237
Congenital Anomalies	34	65	41	62	+ 3
Malnutrition	35	64	58	7	+ 57
Uterin Cancer	36	64	34	159	- 95
Diarrhoeal diseases	37	61	42	59	+ 2
Skin Disease	38	61	44	48	+ 13
Cervical Cancer	39	60	28	224	- 165
Epilepsy	40	57	40	62	- 5
Multiple Sclerosis	41	57	49	29	+ 28
Road Traffic Accidents	42	54	27	225	- 170
Asthma	43	40	46	45	- 5
Anemia	44	36	60	5	+ 30
Drownings	45	31	35	150	- 119
Rheumatic Heart Disease	46	29	48	29	+ 0
Rheumatoid Arthritis	47	29	47	41	- 12
Fires	48	21	43	51	- 30
Prostatic Hypertrophy	49	15	57	8	+ 7
Violence	50	15	36	132	- 116
Osteoarthritis	51	13	59	6	+ 7
Low Birth Weight	52	11	55	9	+ 2
Schizophrenia	53	11	56	8	+ 2
Birth Trauma	54	8	53	10	- 2
Hepatitis C	55	8	50	23	- 15
Tuberculosis	56	7	38	119	- 112
Poisonings	57	7	45	46	- 39
Meningitis	58	6	52	19	- 13
Appendicitis	59	6	54	10	- 4
Upper Respiratory	60	6	68	0	+ 5
HIV/AIDS	61	5	51	22	- 17
Oral conditions	62	4	64	2	+ 2
Hepatitis B	63	2	61	5	- 3
Pertussis	64	1	69	0	+ 1
Otitis Media	65	1	66	1	- 0
Maternal Conditions	66	1	63	2	- 2
Syphilis	67	0	70	0	+ 0
War	68	0	67	0	- 0
Tetanus	69	0	62	2	- 2
Encephalitis	70	0	65	2	- 2
Diphtheria	71	0	82	0	+ 0
Measles	72	0	83	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	73	0	73	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	74	0	75	0	- 0
Dengue	75	0	76	0	- 0
Ascariasis	76	0	74	0	- 0
Chlamydia	77	0	71	0	- 0
Leprosy	78	0	72	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	84	0	- 0
Chagas disease	80	0	79	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	81	0	77	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	82	0	80	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	83	0	78	0	- 0
Malaria	84	0	81	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	85	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	86	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to LITHUANIA

Norway

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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.