LITHUANIA VS SOUTH AFRICA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	SOUTH AFRICA		LITHUANIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
HIV/AIDS	1	3,131	51	22	+ 3,108
Influenza and Pneumonia	2	1,711	7	654	+ 1,056
Coronary Heart Disease	3	1,424	1	15,329	- 13,906
Stroke	4	1,335	2	5,643	- 4,309
Diabetes Mellitus	5	1,313	14	525	+ 788
Tuberculosis	6	955	38	119	+ 836
Violence	7	913	36	132	+ 782
Diarrhoeal diseases	8	689	42	59	+ 630
Kidney Disease	9	665	19	372	+ 294
Suicide	10	599	6	721	- 123
Road Traffic Accidents	11	566	27	225	+ 341
Hypertension	12	556	4	1,289	- 733
Lung Disease	13	517	16	513	+ 4
Liver Disease	14	392	9	644	- 252
Lung Cancers	15	335	3	1,329	- 994
Low Birth Weight	16	272	55	9	+ 263
Other Injuries	17	261	18	416	- 154
Asthma	18	259	46	45	+ 214
Endocrine Disorders	19	256	39	72	+ 184
Cervical Cancer	20	242	28	224	+ 17
Inflammatory/Heart	21	235	17	484	- 249
Alzheimers & Dementia	22	203	8	649	- 446
Breast Cancer	23	197	11	629	- 432
Prostate Cancer	24	190	12	598	- 408
Congenital Anomalies	25	189	41	62	+ 128
Meningitis	26	159	52	19	+ 140
Fires	27	157	43	51	+ 106
Colon-Rectum Cancers	28	156	5	1,074	- 918
Oesophagus Cancer	29	152	30	219	- 67
Birth Trauma	30	131	53	10	+ 120
Lymphomas	31	123	21	321	- 199
Drownings	32	104	35	150	- 45
Liver Cancer	33	104	25	239	- 135
Malnutrition	34	104	58	7	+ 96
Pancreas Cancer	35	87	13	578	- 491
Peptic Ulcer Disease	36	82	22	313	- 230
Epilepsy	37	81	40	62	+ 19
Maternal Conditions	38	74	63	2	+ 72
Stomach Cancer	39	67	10	639	- 572
Leukemia	40	64	24	284	- 220
Oral Cancer	41	61	20	338	- 277
Falls	42	61	15	518	- 457
Pertussis	43	50	69	0	+ 50
Syphilis	44	49	70	0	+ 49
Skin Disease	45	48	44	48	+ 0
Parkinson's Disease	46	47	29	222	- 175
Rheumatic Heart Disease	47	44	48	29	+ 15
Skin Cancers	48	43	32	197	- 153
Alcohol	49	43	33	192	- 149
Poisonings	50	42	45	46	- 4
Ovary Cancer	51	41	26	233	- 192
Bladder Cancer	52	36	23	292	- 256
Drug Use	53	33	37	122	- 89
Uterin Cancer	54	22	34	159	- 137
Rheumatoid Arthritis	55	16	47	41	- 25
Appendicitis	56	12	54	10	+ 2
Measles	57	12	83	0	+ 12
Other Neoplasms	58	12	31	212	- 200
Encephalitis	59	10	65	2	+ 9
Upper Respiratory	60	10	68	0	+ 10
Hepatitis B	61	6	61	5	+ 1
Multiple Sclerosis	62	5	49	29	- 24
Malaria	63	4	81	0	+ 4
War	64	3	67	0	+ 3
Tetanus	65	2	62	2	- 1
Schistosomiasis	66	2	78	0	+ 2
Otitis Media	67	1	66	1	- 0
Chlamydia	68	1	71	0	+ 1
Diphtheria	69	1	82	0	+ 1
Hepatitis C	70	0	50	23	- 23
Ascariasis	71	0	74	0	+ 0
Hookworm Disease	72	0	75	0	- 0
Dengue	73	0	76	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	74	0	73	0	- 0
Leprosy	75	0	72	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	76	0	80	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	77	0	77	0	- 0
Chagas disease	78	0	79	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	84	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	80	0	56	8	- 8
Vitamin A Deficiency	81	0	85	0	- 0
Anemia	82	0	60	5	- 5
Depression	83	0	86	0	- 0
Oral conditions	84	0	64	2	- 2
Osteoarthritis	85	0	59	6	- 6
Prostatic Hypertrophy	86	0	57	8	- 8
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to LITHUANIA

South Africa

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.