LITHUANIA VS SRI LANKA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	SRI LANKA		LITHUANIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	3,145	1	15,329	- 12,185
Diabetes Mellitus	2	1,490	14	525	+ 965
Lung Disease	3	1,131	16	513	+ 618
Alzheimers & Dementia	4	830	8	649	+ 181
Kidney Disease	5	820	19	372	+ 448
Stroke	6	814	2	5,643	- 4,830
Asthma	7	774	46	45	+ 728
Influenza and Pneumonia	8	612	7	654	- 42
Road Traffic Accidents	9	502	27	225	+ 278
Suicide	10	356	6	721	- 365
Oral Cancer	11	346	20	338	+ 8
Lung Cancers	12	212	3	1,329	- 1,117
Oesophagus Cancer	13	185	30	219	- 34
Other Injuries	14	183	18	416	- 233
Breast Cancer	15	165	11	629	- 464
Stomach Cancer	16	158	10	639	- 481
Liver Disease	17	156	9	644	- 488
Leukemia	18	138	24	284	- 146
Liver Cancer	19	130	25	239	- 109
Hypertension	20	126	4	1,289	- 1,163
Lymphomas	21	123	21	321	- 199
Congenital Anomalies	22	118	41	62	+ 57
Falls	23	115	15	518	- 403
Colon-Rectum Cancers	24	109	5	1,074	- 965
Tuberculosis	25	92	38	119	- 27
Cervical Cancer	26	91	28	224	- 133
Drownings	27	87	35	150	- 63
Diarrhoeal diseases	28	72	42	59	+ 13
Low Birth Weight	29	64	55	9	+ 55
Prostate Cancer	30	61	12	598	- 537
Violence	31	60	36	132	- 72
Endocrine Disorders	32	55	39	72	- 17
Anemia	33	53	60	5	+ 48
Bladder Cancer	34	52	23	292	- 241
Inflammatory/Heart	35	51	17	484	- 433
Skin Disease	36	35	44	48	- 13
Ovary Cancer	37	34	26	233	- 200
War	38	33	67	0	+ 33
Epilepsy	39	32	40	62	- 30
Drug Use	40	31	37	122	- 92
Fires	41	29	43	51	- 23
Uterin Cancer	42	26	34	159	- 133
Pancreas Cancer	43	26	13	578	- 552
Birth Trauma	44	23	53	10	+ 13
Parkinson's Disease	45	20	29	222	- 202
Meningitis	46	17	52	19	- 2
Dengue	47	16	76	0	+ 16
Maternal Conditions	48	11	63	2	+ 9
Poisonings	49	11	45	46	- 35
Other Neoplasms	50	10	31	212	- 202
Alcohol	51	10	33	192	- 182
Skin Cancers	52	7	32	197	- 190
Rheumatic Heart Disease	53	6	48	29	- 23
Malnutrition	54	5	58	7	- 2
HIV/AIDS	55	5	51	22	- 18
Peptic Ulcer Disease	56	5	22	313	- 308
Tetanus	57	3	62	2	+ 1
Syphilis	58	2	70	0	+ 2
Pertussis	59	2	69	0	+ 2
Rheumatoid Arthritis	60	1	47	41	- 40
Encephalitis	61	1	65	2	- 0
Hepatitis B	62	1	61	5	- 4
Leprosy	63	1	72	0	+ 1
Appendicitis	64	1	54	10	- 9
Schizophrenia	65	1	56	8	- 8
Upper Respiratory	66	1	68	0	+ 0
Osteoarthritis	67	0	59	6	- 6
Oral conditions	68	0	64	2	- 2
Multiple Sclerosis	69	0	49	29	- 28
Prostatic Hypertrophy	70	0	57	8	- 8
Hookworm Disease	71	0	75	0	+ 0
Ascariasis	72	0	74	0	+ 0
Leishmaniasis	73	0	77	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	74	0	82	0	+ 0
Hepatitis C	75	0	50	23	- 23
Otitis Media	76	0	66	1	- 1
Measles	77	0	83	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	78	0	84	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	79	0	73	0	- 0
Malaria	80	0	81	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	81	0	78	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	82	0	80	0	- 0
Chagas disease	83	0	79	0	- 0
Chlamydia	84	0	71	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	85	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	86	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to LITHUANIA

Sri Lanka

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.