LITHUANIA VS SAINT LUCIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	SAINT LUCIA		LITHUANIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Stroke	1	2,945	2	5,643	- 2,698
Coronary Heart Disease	2	2,326	1	15,329	- 13,003
Diabetes Mellitus	3	2,184	14	525	+ 1,659
Kidney Disease	4	1,246	19	372	+ 875
Influenza and Pneumonia	5	1,027	7	654	+ 373
Prostate Cancer	6	880	12	598	+ 282
Road Traffic Accidents	7	853	27	225	+ 629
Lung Disease	8	826	16	513	+ 313
Hypertension	9	821	4	1,289	- 469
Alzheimers & Dementia	10	744	8	649	+ 95
Violence	11	579	36	132	+ 447
Liver Disease	12	545	9	644	- 99
Inflammatory/Heart	13	493	17	484	+ 9
Breast Cancer	14	398	11	629	- 231
Stomach Cancer	15	343	10	639	- 297
Colon-Rectum Cancers	16	330	5	1,074	- 744
Endocrine Disorders	17	316	39	72	+ 243
Lung Cancers	18	292	3	1,329	- 1,036
Low Birth Weight	19	269	55	9	+ 260
Skin Disease	20	253	44	48	+ 205
Other Injuries	21	231	18	416	- 185
Suicide	22	225	6	721	- 496
Parkinson's Disease	23	217	29	222	- 5
Lymphomas	24	205	21	321	- 117
Cervical Cancer	25	185	28	224	- 39
Falls	26	165	15	518	- 353
Asthma	27	150	46	45	+ 105
Drownings	28	146	35	150	- 4
Alcohol	29	145	33	192	- 47
Congenital Anomalies	30	127	41	62	+ 65
Pancreas Cancer	31	126	13	578	- 452
Epilepsy	32	111	40	62	+ 49
Malnutrition	33	103	58	7	+ 96
Peptic Ulcer Disease	34	84	22	313	- 229
Diarrhoeal diseases	35	72	42	59	+ 12
Leukemia	36	69	24	284	- 215
Liver Cancer	37	63	25	239	- 176
Rheumatic Heart Disease	38	62	48	29	+ 32
Fires	39	52	43	51	+ 1
Oesophagus Cancer	40	49	30	219	- 170
Ovary Cancer	41	49	26	233	- 184
Birth Trauma	42	48	53	10	+ 38
Oral Cancer	43	48	20	338	- 290
Tuberculosis	44	46	38	119	- 73
Uterin Cancer	45	32	34	159	- 128
Drug Use	46	30	37	122	- 92
Maternal Conditions	47	29	63	2	+ 27
Other Neoplasms	48	28	31	212	- 184
Meningitis	49	23	52	19	+ 4
Rheumatoid Arthritis	50	20	47	41	- 21
Appendicitis	51	18	54	10	+ 8
Encephalitis	52	17	65	2	+ 16
Dengue	53	9	76	0	+ 9
Multiple Sclerosis	54	7	49	29	- 22
Poisonings	55	4	45	46	- 42
Tetanus	56	3	62	2	+ 1
Syphilis	57	3	70	0	+ 3
War	58	3	67	0	+ 2
Upper Respiratory	59	2	68	0	+ 2
Hepatitis B	60	1	61	5	- 4
Schistosomiasis	61	1	78	0	+ 1
Chlamydia	62	1	71	0	+ 1
Pertussis	63	0	69	0	+ 0
Ascariasis	64	0	74	0	+ 0
Hepatitis C	65	0	50	23	- 23
Otitis Media	66	0	66	1	- 1
Diphtheria	67	0	82	0	+ 0
Skin Cancers	68	0	32	197	- 197
Vitamin A Deficiency	69	0	85	0	- 0
Anemia	70	0	60	5	- 5
Depression	71	0	86	0	- 0
Bladder Cancer	72	0	23	292	- 292
Schizophrenia	73	0	56	8	- 8
Oral conditions	74	0	64	2	- 2
Osteoarthritis	75	0	59	6	- 6
Prostatic Hypertrophy	76	0	57	8	- 8
Measles	77	0	83	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	78	0	84	0	- 0
Chagas disease	79	0	79	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	80	0	80	0	- 0
Malaria	81	0	81	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	82	0	77	0	- 0
Leprosy	83	0	72	0	- 0
HIV/AIDS	84	0	51	22	- 22
Trichuriasis	85	0	73	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	86	0	75	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to LITHUANIA

Saint Lucia

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.