LITHUANIA VS RWANDA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	RWANDA		LITHUANIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Influenza and Pneumonia	1	1,019	7	654	+ 364
Stroke	2	976	2	5,643	- 4,667
Road Traffic Accidents	3	717	27	225	+ 493
Coronary Heart Disease	4	696	1	15,329	- 14,634
Malaria	5	636	81	0	+ 636
Diarrhoeal diseases	6	602	42	59	+ 543
HIV/AIDS	7	545	51	22	+ 523
Liver Disease	8	492	9	644	- 152
Low Birth Weight	9	423	55	9	+ 414
Birth Trauma	10	364	53	10	+ 354
Diabetes Mellitus	11	359	14	525	- 167
Congenital Anomalies	12	343	41	62	+ 281
Lung Disease	13	300	16	513	- 213
Hypertension	14	262	4	1,289	- 1,027
Kidney Disease	15	233	19	372	- 139
Malnutrition	16	225	58	7	+ 218
Other Injuries	17	182	18	416	- 233
Cervical Cancer	18	181	28	224	- 43
Meningitis	19	163	52	19	+ 144
Stomach Cancer	20	151	10	639	- 489
Maternal Conditions	21	139	63	2	+ 137
Asthma	22	138	46	45	+ 93
Liver Cancer	23	136	25	239	- 103
Suicide	24	136	6	721	- 586
Alzheimers & Dementia	25	127	8	649	- 522
Tuberculosis	26	121	38	119	+ 2
Breast Cancer	27	116	11	629	- 513
Colon-Rectum Cancers	28	114	5	1,074	- 960
Violence	29	106	36	132	- 26
Lymphomas	30	87	21	321	- 235
Falls	31	80	15	518	- 439
Prostate Cancer	32	76	12	598	- 522
Peptic Ulcer Disease	33	70	22	313	- 243
Inflammatory/Heart	34	67	17	484	- 417
Leukemia	35	61	24	284	- 223
Drownings	36	55	35	150	- 95
Oral Cancer	37	52	20	338	- 286
Fires	38	52	43	51	+ 1
Lung Cancers	39	45	3	1,329	- 1,284
Poisonings	40	42	45	46	- 4
Endocrine Disorders	41	42	39	72	- 30
Pertussis	42	42	69	0	+ 42
Pancreas Cancer	43	41	13	578	- 537
Oesophagus Cancer	44	41	30	219	- 178
Epilepsy	45	37	40	62	- 25
Syphilis	46	33	70	0	+ 33
Parkinson's Disease	47	28	29	222	- 194
Rheumatic Heart Disease	48	26	48	29	- 3
Alcohol	49	24	33	192	- 167
Skin Cancers	50	22	32	197	- 175
Schistosomiasis	51	21	78	0	+ 21
Skin Disease	52	20	44	48	- 28
Ovary Cancer	53	18	26	233	- 215
Appendicitis	54	14	54	10	+ 4
Hepatitis B	55	13	61	5	+ 8
Uterin Cancer	56	11	34	159	- 148
Upper Respiratory	57	11	68	0	+ 11
Tetanus	58	10	62	2	+ 8
Measles	59	10	83	0	+ 10
Drug Use	60	9	37	122	- 114
Encephalitis	61	7	65	2	+ 6
Bladder Cancer	62	7	23	292	- 286
Rheumatoid Arthritis	63	4	47	41	- 37
Other Neoplasms	64	3	31	212	- 209
Hepatitis C	65	2	50	23	- 21
Multiple Sclerosis	66	1	49	29	- 27
Ascariasis	67	1	74	0	+ 1
Otitis Media	68	1	66	1	- 0
War	69	0	67	0	+ 0
Chlamydia	70	0	71	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	71	0	82	0	+ 0
Dengue	72	0	76	0	+ 0
Trichuriasis	73	0	73	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	74	0	75	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	75	0	84	0	- 0
Leprosy	76	0	72	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	77	0	77	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	80	0	- 0
Chagas disease	79	0	79	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	80	0	57	8	- 8
Osteoarthritis	81	0	59	6	- 6
Oral conditions	82	0	64	2	- 2
Schizophrenia	83	0	56	8	- 8
Depression	84	0	86	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	85	0	- 0
Anemia	86	0	60	5	- 5
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.