PORTUGAL VS LITHUANIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	LITHUANIA		PORTUGAL		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	59,535	1	12,878	+ 46,657
Stroke	2	21,916	2	12,339	+ 9,577
Lung Cancers	3	5,160	5	4,406	+ 754
Hypertension	4	5,006	14	1,880	+ 3,127
Colon-Rectum Cancers	5	4,170	6	4,389	- 220
Suicide	6	2,802	19	1,172	+ 1,630
Influenza and Pneumonia	7	2,541	4	6,851	- 4,311
Alzheimers & Dementia	8	2,520	3	7,191	- 4,671
Liver Disease	9	2,499	22	1,126	+ 1,374
Stomach Cancer	10	2,482	10	2,532	- 50
Breast Cancer	11	2,443	12	1,997	+ 446
Prostate Cancer	12	2,322	11	2,124	+ 198
Pancreas Cancer	13	2,245	15	1,669	+ 575
Diabetes Mellitus	14	2,039	8	3,601	- 1,562
Falls	15	2,012	23	1,033	+ 979
Lung Disease	16	1,992	7	4,286	- 2,294
Inflammatory/Heart	17	1,880	26	909	+ 971
Other Injuries	18	1,614	13	1,937	- 323
Kidney Disease	19	1,444	9	2,803	- 1,359
Oral Cancer	20	1,313	25	912	+ 401
Lymphomas	21	1,249	16	1,608	- 359
Peptic Ulcer Disease	22	1,215	37	229	+ 986
Bladder Cancer	23	1,136	20	1,171	- 35
Leukemia	24	1,102	24	1,015	+ 87
Liver Cancer	25	928	18	1,270	- 343
Ovary Cancer	26	906	33	397	+ 508
Road Traffic Accidents	27	872	27	838	+ 34
Cervical Cancer	28	871	34	329	+ 542
Parkinson's Disease	29	863	21	1,139	- 276
Oesophagus Cancer	30	850	29	623	+ 227
Other Neoplasms	31	823	28	652	+ 171
Skin Cancers	32	763	30	523	+ 240
Alcohol	33	744	45	111	+ 633
Uterin Cancer	34	619	32	406	+ 213
Drownings	35	582	51	79	+ 503
Violence	36	511	48	96	+ 414
Drug Use	37	475	44	128	+ 346
Tuberculosis	38	461	38	213	+ 248
Endocrine Disorders	39	280	17	1,547	- 1,267
Epilepsy	40	241	31	415	- 174
Congenital Anomalies	41	239	40	196	+ 43
Diarrhoeal diseases	42	231	36	231	- 0
Fires	43	199	46	108	+ 91
Skin Disease	44	186	39	202	- 16
Poisonings	45	179	57	29	+ 150
Asthma	46	176	43	146	+ 30
Rheumatoid Arthritis	47	159	47	99	+ 60
Rheumatic Heart Disease	48	113	41	169	- 55
Multiple Sclerosis	49	112	54	56	+ 55
Hepatitis C	50	91	49	87	+ 4
HIV/AIDS	51	87	35	320	- 233
Meningitis	52	75	56	43	+ 32
Birth Trauma	53	40	60	24	+ 16
Appendicitis	54	38	61	21	+ 17
Low Birth Weight	55	34	52	79	- 44
Schizophrenia	56	33	55	49	- 16
Prostatic Hypertrophy	57	31	50	82	- 51
Malnutrition	58	28	53	79	- 51
Osteoarthritis	59	24	58	29	- 4
Anemia	60	21	42	151	- 130
Hepatitis B	61	18	59	26	- 8
Tetanus	62	9	73	0	+ 9
Maternal Conditions	63	8	63	7	+ 1
Oral conditions	64	8	65	3	+ 5
Encephalitis	65	6	67	1	+ 5
Otitis Media	66	4	66	2	+ 1
War	67	1	69	1	+ 0
Upper Respiratory	68	0	62	15	- 15
Pertussis	69	0	72	0	- 0
Syphilis	70	0	64	3	- 3
Chlamydia	71	0	76	0	- 0
Leprosy	72	0	70	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	73	0	81	0	- 0
Ascariasis	74	0	83	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	75	0	82	0	- 0
Dengue	76	0	84	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	77	0	68	1	- 1
Schistosomiasis	78	0	77	0	- 0
Chagas disease	79	0	79	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	80	0	80	0	- 0
Malaria	81	0	78	0	- 0
Diphtheria	82	0	74	0	- 0
Measles	83	0	71	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	84	0	75	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	86	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	85	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to PORTUGAL

Lithuania

Portugal

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.worldlifeexpectancy.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.