LITHUANIA VS PORTUGAL: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	PORTUGAL		LITHUANIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	3,316	1	15,329	- 12,014
Stroke	2	3,177	2	5,643	- 2,466
Alzheimers & Dementia	3	1,852	8	649	+ 1,203
Influenza and Pneumonia	4	1,764	7	654	+ 1,110
Lung Cancers	5	1,134	3	1,329	- 194
Colon-Rectum Cancers	6	1,130	5	1,074	+ 57
Lung Disease	7	1,104	16	513	+ 591
Diabetes Mellitus	8	927	14	525	+ 402
Kidney Disease	9	722	19	372	+ 350
Stomach Cancer	10	652	10	639	+ 13
Prostate Cancer	11	547	12	598	- 51
Breast Cancer	12	514	11	629	- 115
Other Injuries	13	499	18	416	+ 83
Hypertension	14	484	4	1,289	- 805
Pancreas Cancer	15	430	13	578	- 148
Lymphomas	16	414	21	321	+ 92
Endocrine Disorders	17	398	39	72	+ 326
Liver Cancer	18	327	25	239	+ 88
Suicide	19	302	6	721	- 420
Bladder Cancer	20	301	23	292	+ 9
Parkinson's Disease	21	293	29	222	+ 71
Liver Disease	22	290	9	644	- 354
Falls	23	266	15	518	- 252
Leukemia	24	261	24	284	- 22
Oral Cancer	25	235	20	338	- 103
Inflammatory/Heart	26	234	17	484	- 250
Road Traffic Accidents	27	216	27	225	- 9
Other Neoplasms	28	168	31	212	- 44
Oesophagus Cancer	29	160	30	219	- 58
Skin Cancers	30	135	32	197	- 62
Epilepsy	31	107	40	62	+ 45
Uterin Cancer	32	105	34	159	- 55
Ovary Cancer	33	102	26	233	- 131
Cervical Cancer	34	85	28	224	- 140
HIV/AIDS	35	82	51	22	+ 60
Diarrhoeal diseases	36	59	42	59	+ 0
Peptic Ulcer Disease	37	59	22	313	- 254
Tuberculosis	38	55	38	119	- 64
Skin Disease	39	52	44	48	+ 4
Congenital Anomalies	40	51	41	62	- 11
Rheumatic Heart Disease	41	43	48	29	+ 14
Anemia	42	39	60	5	+ 33
Asthma	43	38	46	45	- 8
Drug Use	44	33	37	122	- 89
Alcohol	45	29	33	192	- 163
Fires	46	28	43	51	- 23
Rheumatoid Arthritis	47	25	47	41	- 16
Violence	48	25	36	132	- 107
Hepatitis C	49	22	50	23	- 1
Prostatic Hypertrophy	50	21	57	8	+ 13
Drownings	51	20	35	150	- 130
Low Birth Weight	52	20	55	9	+ 11
Malnutrition	53	20	58	7	+ 13
Multiple Sclerosis	54	14	49	29	- 14
Schizophrenia	55	13	56	8	+ 4
Meningitis	56	11	52	19	- 8
Poisonings	57	8	45	46	- 39
Osteoarthritis	58	7	59	6	+ 1
Hepatitis B	59	7	61	5	+ 2
Birth Trauma	60	6	53	10	- 4
Appendicitis	61	5	54	10	- 4
Upper Respiratory	62	4	68	0	+ 4
Maternal Conditions	63	2	63	2	- 0
Syphilis	64	1	70	0	+ 1
Oral conditions	65	1	64	2	- 1
Otitis Media	66	1	66	1	- 0
Encephalitis	67	0	65	2	- 1
Leishmaniasis	68	0	77	0	+ 0
War	69	0	67	0	- 0
Leprosy	70	0	72	0	+ 0
Measles	71	0	83	0	+ 0
Pertussis	72	0	69	0	+ 0
Tetanus	73	0	62	2	- 2
Diphtheria	74	0	82	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	75	0	84	0	- 0
Chlamydia	76	0	71	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	77	0	78	0	- 0
Malaria	78	0	81	0	- 0
Chagas disease	79	0	79	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	80	0	80	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	81	0	73	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	82	0	75	0	- 0
Ascariasis	83	0	74	0	- 0
Dengue	84	0	76	0	- 0
Depression	85	0	86	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	86	0	85	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to LITHUANIA

Portugal

Lithuania

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.