LITHUANIA VS UNITED KINGDOM: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	UNITED KINGDOM		LITHUANIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Alzheimers & Dementia	1	3,767	8	649	+ 3,119
Coronary Heart Disease	2	2,754	1	15,329	- 12,576
Influenza and Pneumonia	3	1,556	7	654	+ 902
Stroke	4	1,444	2	5,643	- 4,199
Lung Cancers	5	1,371	3	1,329	+ 42
Lung Disease	6	1,263	16	513	+ 750
Colon-Rectum Cancers	7	708	5	1,074	- 366
Prostate Cancer	8	510	12	598	- 88
Breast Cancer	9	488	11	629	- 141
Lymphomas	10	359	21	321	+ 37
Pancreas Cancer	11	345	13	578	- 233
Oesophagus Cancer	12	335	30	219	+ 116
Parkinson's Disease	13	329	29	222	+ 107
Liver Disease	14	294	9	644	- 349
Falls	15	292	15	518	- 226
Bladder Cancer	16	235	23	292	- 57
Diabetes Mellitus	17	224	14	525	- 301
Kidney Disease	18	210	19	372	- 162
Other Injuries	19	210	18	416	- 206
Suicide	20	204	6	721	- 517
Liver Cancer	21	201	25	239	- 38
Leukemia	22	200	24	284	- 84
Hypertension	23	200	4	1,289	- 1,089
Stomach Cancer	24	192	10	639	- 447
Ovary Cancer	25	154	26	233	- 79
Other Neoplasms	26	153	31	212	- 59
Skin Cancers	27	143	32	197	- 53
Endocrine Disorders	28	127	39	72	+ 55
Inflammatory/Heart	29	120	17	484	- 364
Oral Cancer	30	119	20	338	- 219
Drug Use	31	108	37	122	- 14
Uterin Cancer	32	90	34	159	- 69
Road Traffic Accidents	33	83	27	225	- 141
Skin Disease	34	82	44	48	+ 34
Congenital Anomalies	35	82	41	62	+ 20
Peptic Ulcer Disease	36	80	22	313	- 232
Multiple Sclerosis	37	71	49	29	+ 42
Diarrhoeal diseases	38	61	42	59	+ 2
Alcohol	39	60	33	192	- 132
Low Birth Weight	40	50	55	9	+ 42
Asthma	41	50	46	45	+ 5
Epilepsy	42	46	40	62	- 16
Cervical Cancer	43	42	28	224	- 182
Rheumatoid Arthritis	44	39	47	41	- 2
Rheumatic Heart Disease	45	34	48	29	+ 4
Violence	46	33	36	132	- 98
Tuberculosis	47	13	38	119	- 105
Fires	48	13	43	51	- 38
Drownings	49	12	35	150	- 138
Anemia	50	11	60	5	+ 5
Hepatitis C	51	10	50	23	- 13
Meningitis	52	9	52	19	- 10
Poisonings	53	8	45	46	- 38
Birth Trauma	54	7	53	10	- 3
HIV/AIDS	55	7	51	22	- 15
Prostatic Hypertrophy	56	7	57	8	- 1
Osteoarthritis	57	6	59	6	+ 0
Malnutrition	58	4	58	7	- 3
Appendicitis	59	4	54	10	- 6
Schizophrenia	60	4	56	8	- 5
Oral conditions	61	2	64	2	+ 0
Syphilis	62	2	70	0	+ 2
Upper Respiratory	63	2	68	0	+ 2
Maternal Conditions	64	2	63	2	- 0
Hepatitis B	65	2	61	5	- 3
Otitis Media	66	1	66	1	- 0
War	67	0	67	0	+ 0
Encephalitis	68	0	65	2	- 1
Pertussis	69	0	69	0	+ 0
Leishmaniasis	70	0	77	0	+ 0
Chagas disease	71	0	79	0	+ 0
Tetanus	72	0	62	2	- 2
Dengue	73	0	76	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	74	0	82	0	+ 0
Measles	75	0	83	0	- 0
Malaria	76	0	81	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	77	0	80	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	78	0	78	0	- 0
Chlamydia	79	0	71	0	- 0
Ascariasis	80	0	74	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	81	0	75	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	82	0	73	0	- 0
Leprosy	83	0	72	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	84	0	84	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	85	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	86	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to LITHUANIA

United Kingdom

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.