LITHUANIA VS ZAMBIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	ZAMBIA		LITHUANIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
HIV/AIDS	1	2,178	51	22	+ 2,155
Influenza and Pneumonia	2	1,203	7	654	+ 548
Stroke	3	1,004	2	5,643	- 4,639
Malaria	4	996	81	0	+ 996
Diarrhoeal diseases	5	793	42	59	+ 734
Tuberculosis	6	751	38	119	+ 632
Birth Trauma	7	640	53	10	+ 629
Low Birth Weight	8	614	55	9	+ 605
Liver Disease	9	569	9	644	- 75
Coronary Heart Disease	10	560	1	15,329	- 14,769
Road Traffic Accidents	11	462	27	225	+ 237
Congenital Anomalies	12	397	41	62	+ 336
Hypertension	13	331	4	1,289	- 958
Diabetes Mellitus	14	303	14	525	- 222
Malnutrition	15	291	58	7	+ 284
Meningitis	16	250	52	19	+ 230
Cervical Cancer	17	227	28	224	+ 3
Kidney Disease	18	222	19	372	- 149
Other Injuries	19	218	18	416	- 197
Suicide	20	165	6	721	- 557
Lung Disease	21	161	16	513	- 352
Maternal Conditions	22	150	63	2	+ 148
Violence	23	146	36	132	+ 14
Syphilis	24	112	70	0	+ 112
Pertussis	25	94	69	0	+ 94
Asthma	26	94	46	45	+ 48
Drownings	27	87	35	150	- 63
Falls	28	75	15	518	- 443
Alzheimers & Dementia	29	75	8	649	- 574
Prostate Cancer	30	71	12	598	- 527
Lymphomas	31	69	21	321	- 252
Fires	32	69	43	51	+ 18
Inflammatory/Heart	33	63	17	484	- 421
Poisonings	34	58	45	46	+ 11
Breast Cancer	35	46	11	629	- 583
Oesophagus Cancer	36	45	30	219	- 173
Endocrine Disorders	37	45	39	72	- 27
Epilepsy	38	42	40	62	- 20
Leukemia	39	33	24	284	- 251
Peptic Ulcer Disease	40	31	22	313	- 282
Lung Cancers	41	29	3	1,329	- 1,300
Stomach Cancer	42	26	10	639	- 613
Colon-Rectum Cancers	43	26	5	1,074	- 1,048
Tetanus	44	24	62	2	+ 22
Rheumatic Heart Disease	45	24	48	29	- 5
Liver Cancer	46	22	25	239	- 217
Parkinson's Disease	47	21	29	222	- 202
Oral Cancer	48	20	20	338	- 318
Alcohol	49	18	33	192	- 174
Bladder Cancer	50	17	23	292	- 276
Schistosomiasis	51	16	78	0	+ 16
Skin Disease	52	16	44	48	- 32
Drug Use	53	15	37	122	- 107
Skin Cancers	54	14	32	197	- 183
Hepatitis B	55	13	61	5	+ 8
Appendicitis	56	11	54	10	+ 1
Ovary Cancer	57	10	26	233	- 223
Leishmaniasis	58	9	77	0	+ 9
Encephalitis	59	9	65	2	+ 7
Upper Respiratory	60	9	68	0	+ 8
Measles	61	6	83	0	+ 6
Pancreas Cancer	62	5	13	578	- 573
Rheumatoid Arthritis	63	4	47	41	- 37
Uterin Cancer	64	4	34	159	- 156
Other Neoplasms	65	3	31	212	- 209
Hepatitis C	66	2	50	23	- 21
Multiple Sclerosis	67	2	49	29	- 27
Ascariasis	68	1	74	0	+ 1
War	69	1	67	0	+ 1
Otitis Media	70	1	66	1	- 0
Chlamydia	71	0	71	0	+ 0
Trypanosomiasis	72	0	80	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	73	0	82	0	+ 0
Dengue	74	0	76	0	+ 0
Trichuriasis	75	0	73	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	76	0	75	0	- 0
Leprosy	77	0	72	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	78	0	84	0	- 0
Chagas disease	79	0	79	0	- 0
Depression	80	0	86	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	81	0	56	8	- 8
Vitamin A Deficiency	82	0	85	0	- 0
Anemia	83	0	60	5	- 5
Prostatic Hypertrophy	84	0	57	8	- 8
Osteoarthritis	85	0	59	6	- 6
Oral conditions	86	0	64	2	- 2
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.