LITHUANIA VS PERU: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	PERU		LITHUANIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Influenza and Pneumonia	1	1,236	7	654	+ 581
Coronary Heart Disease	2	1,110	1	15,329	- 14,219
Stroke	3	623	2	5,643	- 5,021
Kidney Disease	4	583	19	372	+ 211
Liver Disease	5	514	9	644	- 130
Alzheimers & Dementia	6	469	8	649	- 180
Stomach Cancer	7	409	10	639	- 230
Diabetes Mellitus	8	358	14	525	- 167
Road Traffic Accidents	9	356	27	225	+ 131
Lung Cancers	10	255	3	1,329	- 1,073
Prostate Cancer	11	255	12	598	- 343
Violence	12	243	36	132	+ 111
Other Injuries	13	232	18	416	- 184
Colon-Rectum Cancers	14	213	5	1,074	- 861
Lung Disease	15	203	16	513	- 310
Liver Cancer	16	200	25	239	- 39
Tuberculosis	17	192	38	119	+ 73
Lymphomas	18	182	21	321	- 140
Congenital Anomalies	19	161	41	62	+ 99
Breast Cancer	20	159	11	629	- 470
Cervical Cancer	21	155	28	224	- 69
Leukemia	22	149	24	284	- 135
Pancreas Cancer	23	130	13	578	- 448
Low Birth Weight	24	119	55	9	+ 110
Falls	25	104	15	518	- 414
Parkinson's Disease	26	102	29	222	- 120
Diarrhoeal diseases	27	89	42	59	+ 30
Hypertension	28	86	4	1,289	- 1,204
Malnutrition	29	81	58	7	+ 74
Suicide	30	73	6	721	- 649
HIV/AIDS	31	68	51	22	+ 46
Skin Cancers	32	63	32	197	- 133
Ovary Cancer	33	58	26	233	- 176
Drug Use	34	51	37	122	- 71
Peptic Ulcer Disease	35	49	22	313	- 264
Drownings	36	47	35	150	- 103
Birth Trauma	37	43	53	10	+ 33
Oral Cancer	38	42	20	338	- 296
Inflammatory/Heart	39	40	17	484	- 444
Endocrine Disorders	40	38	39	72	- 34
Bladder Cancer	41	37	23	292	- 255
Oesophagus Cancer	42	32	30	219	- 187
Maternal Conditions	43	28	63	2	+ 26
Alcohol	44	26	33	192	- 166
Uterin Cancer	45	25	34	159	- 135
Encephalitis	46	23	65	2	+ 21
Epilepsy	47	21	40	62	- 41
Pertussis	48	21	69	0	+ 21
Fires	49	19	43	51	- 32
Asthma	50	17	46	45	- 29
Rheumatic Heart Disease	51	16	48	29	- 13
Syphilis	52	15	70	0	+ 15
Appendicitis	53	14	54	10	+ 4
Skin Disease	54	13	44	48	- 35
Poisonings	55	10	45	46	- 36
Meningitis	56	9	52	19	- 10
Rheumatoid Arthritis	57	9	47	41	- 32
Other Neoplasms	58	4	31	212	- 208
Chagas disease	59	4	79	0	+ 4
Tetanus	60	4	62	2	+ 1
Malaria	61	3	81	0	+ 3
Multiple Sclerosis	62	3	49	29	- 26
Upper Respiratory	63	1	68	0	+ 1
Hepatitis B	64	1	61	5	- 4
Hepatitis C	65	0	50	23	- 23
Dengue	66	0	76	0	+ 0
War	67	0	67	0	- 0
Chlamydia	68	0	71	0	+ 0
Ascariasis	69	0	74	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	70	0	82	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	71	0	66	1	- 1
Leprosy	72	0	72	0	- 0
Measles	73	0	83	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	74	0	73	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	75	0	75	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	76	0	77	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	77	0	78	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	80	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	84	0	- 0
Depression	80	0	86	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	81	0	85	0	- 0
Anemia	82	0	60	5	- 5
Schizophrenia	83	0	56	8	- 8
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.