LITHUANIA VS SOMALIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	SOMALIA		LITHUANIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Influenza and Pneumonia	1	4,384	7	654	+ 3,729
Diarrhoeal diseases	2	3,102	42	59	+ 3,042
Measles	3	2,337	83	0	+ 2,337
Tuberculosis	4	2,072	38	119	+ 1,953
Birth Trauma	5	1,933	53	10	+ 1,923
Stroke	6	1,735	2	5,643	- 3,908
Coronary Heart Disease	7	1,460	1	15,329	- 13,869
Low Birth Weight	8	1,262	55	9	+ 1,253
Meningitis	9	1,086	52	19	+ 1,067
Malnutrition	10	974	58	7	+ 967
Road Traffic Accidents	11	854	27	225	+ 630
Maternal Conditions	12	833	63	2	+ 831
Liver Disease	13	791	9	644	+ 147
Other Injuries	14	727	18	416	+ 312
Congenital Anomalies	15	688	41	62	+ 627
Diabetes Mellitus	16	583	14	525	+ 58
Tetanus	17	535	62	2	+ 532
Hypertension	18	534	4	1,289	- 755
Lung Disease	19	493	16	513	- 20
Pertussis	20	415	69	0	+ 415
Kidney Disease	21	414	19	372	+ 42
Malaria	22	392	81	0	+ 392
Asthma	23	379	46	45	+ 334
War	24	266	67	0	+ 266
Drownings	25	257	35	150	+ 107
Breast Cancer	26	249	11	629	- 380
Suicide	27	246	6	721	- 475
Cervical Cancer	28	178	28	224	- 46
Violence	29	167	36	132	+ 36
Fires	30	164	43	51	+ 112
Poisonings	31	153	45	46	+ 107
Alzheimers & Dementia	32	131	8	649	- 518
HIV/AIDS	33	123	51	22	+ 101
Lymphomas	34	122	21	321	- 199
Leukemia	35	113	24	284	- 170
Peptic Ulcer Disease	36	113	22	313	- 200
Falls	37	111	15	518	- 407
Colon-Rectum Cancers	38	110	5	1,074	- 963
Inflammatory/Heart	39	105	17	484	- 379
Oesophagus Cancer	40	104	30	219	- 115
Rheumatic Heart Disease	41	90	48	29	+ 61
Schistosomiasis	42	88	78	0	+ 88
Epilepsy	43	85	40	62	+ 22
Endocrine Disorders	44	82	39	72	+ 10
Syphilis	45	76	70	0	+ 76
Oral Cancer	46	66	20	338	- 272
Upper Respiratory	47	66	68	0	+ 66
Hepatitis B	48	64	61	5	+ 59
Stomach Cancer	49	63	10	639	- 577
Ovary Cancer	50	60	26	233	- 174
Leishmaniasis	51	59	77	0	+ 59
Prostate Cancer	52	58	12	598	- 540
Liver Cancer	53	52	25	239	- 187
Lung Cancers	54	47	3	1,329	- 1,282
Appendicitis	55	38	54	10	+ 28
Parkinson's Disease	56	37	29	222	- 185
Skin Cancers	57	33	32	197	- 164
Skin Disease	58	31	44	48	- 17
Alcohol	59	30	33	192	- 161
Diphtheria	60	30	82	0	+ 30
Bladder Cancer	61	30	23	292	- 262
Pancreas Cancer	62	22	13	578	- 556
Encephalitis	63	18	65	2	+ 17
Uterin Cancer	64	16	34	159	- 144
Drug Use	65	11	37	122	- 111
Rheumatoid Arthritis	66	7	47	41	- 34
Hepatitis C	67	7	50	23	- 16
Otitis Media	68	6	66	1	+ 5
Ascariasis	69	6	74	0	+ 6
Other Neoplasms	70	2	31	212	- 209
Multiple Sclerosis	71	2	49	29	- 27
Chlamydia	72	1	71	0	+ 1
Dengue	73	0	76	0	+ 0
Hookworm Disease	74	0	75	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	75	0	73	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	76	0	84	0	- 0
Leprosy	77	0	72	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	80	0	- 0
Chagas disease	79	0	79	0	- 0
Depression	80	0	86	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	81	0	56	8	- 8
Vitamin A Deficiency	82	0	85	0	- 0
Anemia	83	0	60	5	- 5
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.