LITHUANIA VS USA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	UNITED STATES		LITHUANIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	3,880	1	15,329	- 11,449
Alzheimers & Dementia	2	2,207	8	649	+ 1,558
Lung Disease	3	1,502	16	513	+ 989
Stroke	4	1,218	2	5,643	- 4,425
Lung Cancers	5	1,195	3	1,329	- 133
Kidney Disease	6	660	19	372	+ 288
Drug Use	7	572	37	122	+ 450
Hypertension	8	507	4	1,289	- 782
Colon-Rectum Cancers	9	475	5	1,074	- 599
Diabetes Mellitus	10	472	14	525	- 53
Influenza and Pneumonia	11	464	7	654	- 191
Suicide	12	408	6	721	- 313
Breast Cancer	13	374	11	629	- 255
Endocrine Disorders	14	361	39	72	+ 289
Pancreas Cancer	15	340	13	578	- 238
Liver Disease	16	334	9	644	- 310
Road Traffic Accidents	17	320	27	225	+ 96
Falls	18	311	15	518	- 207
Lymphomas	19	310	21	321	- 12
Prostate Cancer	20	274	12	598	- 324
Parkinson's Disease	21	265	29	222	+ 43
Inflammatory/Heart	22	250	17	484	- 234
Liver Cancer	23	208	25	239	- 31
Leukemia	24	207	24	284	- 77
Other Injuries	25	200	18	416	- 216
Bladder Cancer	26	151	23	292	- 142
Violence	27	146	36	132	+ 14
Oesophagus Cancer	28	137	30	219	- 82
Other Neoplasms	29	136	31	212	- 76
Alcohol	30	113	33	192	- 79
Ovary Cancer	31	112	26	233	- 121
Skin Cancers	32	110	32	197	- 87
Stomach Cancer	33	101	10	639	- 539
Congenital Anomalies	34	90	41	62	+ 29
Oral Cancer	35	89	20	338	- 249
Uterin Cancer	36	77	34	159	- 82
Diarrhoeal diseases	37	77	42	59	+ 17
Cervical Cancer	38	54	28	224	- 171
Low Birth Weight	39	53	55	9	+ 44
Malnutrition	40	52	58	7	+ 45
Hepatitis C	41	44	50	23	+ 20
HIV/AIDS	42	44	51	22	+ 21
Skin Disease	43	42	44	48	- 6
Multiple Sclerosis	44	39	49	29	+ 10
Drownings	45	31	35	150	- 119
Asthma	46	29	46	45	- 16
Rheumatic Heart Disease	47	28	48	29	- 1
Peptic Ulcer Disease	48	27	22	313	- 286
Fires	49	24	43	51	- 27
Epilepsy	50	24	40	62	- 38
Anemia	51	24	60	5	+ 19
Rheumatoid Arthritis	52	19	47	41	- 22
Poisonings	53	13	45	46	- 33
Birth Trauma	54	9	53	10	- 1
War	55	9	67	0	+ 9
Maternal Conditions	56	6	63	2	+ 4
Schizophrenia	57	6	56	8	- 3
Prostatic Hypertrophy	58	5	57	8	- 3
Hepatitis B	59	5	61	5	- 0
Meningitis	60	5	52	19	- 15
Osteoarthritis	61	4	59	6	- 2
Tuberculosis	62	4	38	119	- 115
Appendicitis	63	3	54	10	- 6
Oral conditions	64	2	64	2	+ 0
Upper Respiratory	65	2	68	0	+ 2
Syphilis	66	0	70	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	67	0	66	1	- 1
Encephalitis	68	0	65	2	- 1
Pertussis	69	0	69	0	+ 0
Chagas disease	70	0	79	0	+ 0
Tetanus	71	0	62	2	- 2
Schistosomiasis	72	0	78	0	+ 0
Iodine Deficiency	73	0	84	0	+ 0
Leprosy	74	0	72	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	75	0	82	0	+ 0
Dengue	76	0	76	0	+ 0
Malaria	77	0	81	0	+ 0
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	80	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	79	0	77	0	- 0
Measles	80	0	83	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	81	0	75	0	- 0
Ascariasis	82	0	74	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	83	0	73	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

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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.