LITHUANIA VS SPAIN: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	SPAIN		LITHUANIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	2,873	1	15,329	- 12,456
Alzheimers & Dementia	2	2,353	8	649	+ 1,705
Stroke	3	1,612	2	5,643	- 4,031
Lung Cancers	4	1,230	3	1,329	- 99
Lung Disease	5	1,052	16	513	+ 539
Colon-Rectum Cancers	6	943	5	1,074	- 131
Influenza and Pneumonia	7	762	7	654	+ 108
Kidney Disease	8	541	19	372	+ 169
Hypertension	9	507	4	1,289	- 782
Diabetes Mellitus	10	432	14	525	- 93
Breast Cancer	11	393	11	629	- 236
Pancreas Cancer	12	375	13	578	- 203
Prostate Cancer	13	357	12	598	- 241
Stomach Cancer	14	322	10	639	- 317
Other Injuries	15	308	18	416	- 108
Lymphomas	16	297	21	321	- 25
Bladder Cancer	17	290	23	292	- 2
Liver Cancer	18	283	25	239	+ 45
Inflammatory/Heart	19	277	17	484	- 207
Parkinson's Disease	20	275	29	222	+ 52
Endocrine Disorders	21	270	39	72	+ 198
Other Neoplasms	22	264	31	212	+ 52
Liver Disease	23	235	9	644	- 408
Leukemia	24	210	24	284	- 74
Suicide	25	201	6	721	- 521
Falls	26	180	15	518	- 338
Oral Cancer	27	144	20	338	- 194
Ovary Cancer	28	113	26	233	- 121
Oesophagus Cancer	29	112	30	219	- 107
Skin Disease	30	102	44	48	+ 54
Road Traffic Accidents	31	102	27	225	- 123
Skin Cancers	32	100	32	197	- 96
Rheumatic Heart Disease	33	90	48	29	+ 60
Uterin Cancer	34	90	34	159	- 70
Asthma	35	63	46	45	+ 18
Diarrhoeal diseases	36	59	42	59	- 0
Anemia	37	51	60	5	+ 46
Congenital Anomalies	38	48	41	62	- 14
Cervical Cancer	39	48	28	224	- 177
Epilepsy	40	46	40	62	- 16
Drug Use	41	43	37	122	- 79
Hepatitis C	42	36	50	23	+ 13
HIV/AIDS	43	30	51	22	+ 8
Peptic Ulcer Disease	44	26	22	313	- 286
Drownings	45	25	35	150	- 125
Alcohol	46	19	33	192	- 173
Malnutrition	47	17	58	7	+ 10
Rheumatoid Arthritis	48	16	47	41	- 25
Multiple Sclerosis	49	16	49	29	- 13
Tuberculosis	50	15	38	119	- 104
Violence	51	15	36	132	- 117
Low Birth Weight	52	14	55	9	+ 5
Osteoarthritis	53	12	59	6	+ 6
Prostatic Hypertrophy	54	11	57	8	+ 3
Fires	55	10	43	51	- 41
Schizophrenia	56	10	56	8	+ 2
Poisonings	57	9	45	46	- 37
Hepatitis B	58	9	61	5	+ 4
Meningitis	59	7	52	19	- 12
Birth Trauma	60	6	53	10	- 4
Appendicitis	61	4	54	10	- 5
Upper Respiratory	62	3	68	0	+ 3
Oral conditions	63	2	64	2	+ 0
Maternal Conditions	64	1	63	2	- 1
Leishmaniasis	65	1	77	0	+ 1
Otitis Media	66	0	66	1	- 1
Syphilis	67	0	70	0	+ 0
War	68	0	67	0	+ 0
Iodine Deficiency	69	0	84	0	+ 0
Encephalitis	70	0	65	2	- 1
Chagas disease	71	0	79	0	+ 0
Tetanus	72	0	62	2	- 2
Pertussis	73	0	69	0	+ 0
Schistosomiasis	74	0	78	0	+ 0
Leprosy	75	0	72	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	76	0	82	0	+ 0
Dengue	77	0	76	0	+ 0
Ascariasis	78	0	74	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	79	0	75	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	80	0	73	0	- 0
Measles	81	0	83	0	- 0
Chlamydia	82	0	71	0	- 0
Malaria	83	0	81	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	84	0	80	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	85	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	86	0	- 0
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.