LITHUANIA VS POLAND: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	POLAND		LITHUANIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	7,984	1	15,329	- 7,346
Stroke	2	2,218	2	5,643	- 3,426
Lung Cancers	3	1,749	3	1,329	+ 420
Influenza and Pneumonia	4	1,357	7	654	+ 702
Colon-Rectum Cancers	5	991	5	1,074	- 83
Lung Disease	6	928	16	513	+ 415
Other Neoplasms	7	628	31	212	+ 416
Diabetes Mellitus	8	607	14	525	+ 82
Breast Cancer	9	540	11	629	- 89
Liver Disease	10	537	9	644	- 107
Prostate Cancer	11	440	12	598	- 158
Stomach Cancer	12	401	10	639	- 238
Pancreas Cancer	13	368	13	578	- 210
Alcohol	14	355	33	192	+ 164
Hypertension	15	335	4	1,289	- 954
Falls	16	320	15	518	- 198
Bladder Cancer	17	319	23	292	+ 26
Suicide	18	290	6	721	- 431
Lymphomas	19	281	21	321	- 41
Kidney Disease	20	276	19	372	- 96
Alzheimers & Dementia	21	251	8	649	- 398
Road Traffic Accidents	22	241	27	225	+ 17
Inflammatory/Heart	23	237	17	484	- 247
Leukemia	24	234	24	284	- 49
Oral Cancer	25	229	20	338	- 109
Peptic Ulcer Disease	26	210	22	313	- 103
Ovary Cancer	27	199	26	233	- 35
Other Injuries	28	171	18	416	- 244
Liver Cancer	29	155	25	239	- 84
Uterin Cancer	30	147	34	159	- 13
Skin Cancers	31	146	32	197	- 50
Cervical Cancer	32	129	28	224	- 95
Oesophagus Cancer	33	122	30	219	- 96
Parkinson's Disease	34	102	29	222	- 121
Epilepsy	35	78	40	62	+ 16
Congenital Anomalies	36	62	41	62	+ 0
Diarrhoeal diseases	37	57	42	59	- 2
Endocrine Disorders	38	56	39	72	- 16
Drownings	39	43	35	150	- 107
Rheumatic Heart Disease	40	41	48	29	+ 12
Tuberculosis	41	40	38	119	- 78
Low Birth Weight	42	39	55	9	+ 30
Asthma	43	37	46	45	- 9
Multiple Sclerosis	44	34	49	29	+ 5
Fires	45	32	43	51	- 19
Skin Disease	46	32	44	48	- 16
Rheumatoid Arthritis	47	25	47	41	- 16
Drug Use	48	22	37	122	- 100
Violence	49	20	36	132	- 112
Malnutrition	50	20	58	7	+ 13
Poisonings	51	14	45	46	- 32
Hepatitis C	52	13	50	23	- 11
Meningitis	53	12	52	19	- 8
HIV/AIDS	54	8	51	22	- 14
Appendicitis	55	5	54	10	- 5
Hepatitis B	56	4	61	5	- 1
Birth Trauma	57	4	53	10	- 7
Schizophrenia	58	2	56	8	- 6
Prostatic Hypertrophy	59	2	57	8	- 6
Upper Respiratory	60	1	68	0	+ 1
Osteoarthritis	61	1	59	6	- 5
Anemia	62	1	60	5	- 4
Maternal Conditions	63	1	63	2	- 1
Encephalitis	64	0	65	2	- 1
Oral conditions	65	0	64	2	- 2
War	66	0	67	0	- 0
Tetanus	67	0	62	2	- 2
Otitis Media	68	0	66	1	- 1
Syphilis	69	0	70	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	70	0	82	0	+ 0
Pertussis	71	0	69	0	- 0
Measles	72	0	83	0	- 0
Chlamydia	73	0	71	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	74	0	80	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	75	0	77	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	76	0	78	0	- 0
Chagas disease	77	0	79	0	- 0
Malaria	78	0	81	0	- 0
Leprosy	79	0	72	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	80	0	84	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	81	0	75	0	- 0
Ascariasis	82	0	74	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	83	0	73	0	- 0
Dengue	84	0	76	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.