SWEDEN VS LITHUANIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	LITHUANIA		SWEDEN		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	61,767	1	15,136	+ 46,632
Stroke	2	22,738	3	6,035	+ 16,703
Lung Cancers	3	5,354	5	3,722	+ 1,632
Hypertension	4	5,194	10	1,838	+ 3,356
Colon-Rectum Cancers	5	4,326	6	3,049	+ 1,277
Suicide	6	2,907	14	1,479	+ 1,428
Influenza and Pneumonia	7	2,636	7	2,659	- 23
Alzheimers & Dementia	8	2,615	2	10,917	- 8,302
Liver Disease	9	2,593	23	723	+ 1,869
Stomach Cancer	10	2,575	26	612	+ 1,963
Breast Cancer	11	2,534	13	1,582	+ 952
Prostate Cancer	12	2,409	8	2,622	- 213
Pancreas Cancer	13	2,329	9	1,849	+ 480
Diabetes Mellitus	14	2,116	11	1,834	+ 282
Falls	15	2,087	17	1,109	+ 978
Lung Disease	16	2,067	4	4,344	- 2,278
Inflammatory/Heart	17	1,950	28	547	+ 1,403
Other Injuries	18	1,674	15	1,374	+ 301
Kidney Disease	19	1,498	12	1,629	- 131
Oral Cancer	20	1,362	31	379	+ 983
Lymphomas	21	1,295	16	1,357	- 61
Peptic Ulcer Disease	22	1,260	37	277	+ 983
Bladder Cancer	23	1,178	21	760	+ 418
Leukemia	24	1,143	20	825	+ 318
Liver Cancer	25	963	22	752	+ 211
Ovary Cancer	26	940	27	553	+ 387
Road Traffic Accidents	27	905	34	315	+ 590
Cervical Cancer	28	904	38	228	+ 676
Parkinson's Disease	29	896	19	943	- 47
Oesophagus Cancer	30	882	29	538	+ 343
Other Neoplasms	31	854	18	1,036	- 182
Skin Cancers	32	792	25	650	+ 142
Alcohol	33	772	32	359	+ 413
Uterin Cancer	34	642	33	345	+ 297
Drownings	35	604	46	114	+ 490
Violence	36	530	47	113	+ 417
Drug Use	37	493	30	423	+ 69
Tuberculosis	38	478	56	24	+ 454
Endocrine Disorders	39	290	24	702	- 412
Epilepsy	40	250	44	121	+ 129
Congenital Anomalies	41	248	35	308	- 59
Diarrhoeal diseases	42	239	36	289	- 50
Fires	43	206	49	65	+ 142
Skin Disease	44	193	39	220	- 27
Poisonings	45	186	60	18	+ 168
Asthma	46	183	42	158	+ 24
Rheumatoid Arthritis	47	165	43	129	+ 37
Rheumatic Heart Disease	48	118	48	110	+ 7
Multiple Sclerosis	49	116	41	170	- 54
Hepatitis C	50	94	53	44	+ 50
HIV/AIDS	51	90	61	13	+ 77
Meningitis	52	78	54	35	+ 43
Birth Trauma	53	41	55	34	+ 8
Appendicitis	54	39	59	18	+ 21
Low Birth Weight	55	36	51	50	- 15
Schizophrenia	56	34	50	63	- 29
Prostatic Hypertrophy	57	32	52	46	- 14
Malnutrition	58	29	45	117	- 88
Osteoarthritis	59	25	57	24	+ 1
Anemia	60	21	40	175	- 153
Hepatitis B	61	19	62	9	+ 10
Tetanus	62	10	68	0	+ 9
Maternal Conditions	63	9	64	5	+ 4
Oral conditions	64	8	63	8	- 0
Encephalitis	65	6	71	0	+ 6
Otitis Media	66	4	66	1	+ 3
War	67	1	65	2	- 1
Upper Respiratory	68	0	58	20	- 19
Pertussis	69	0	67	0	- 0
Syphilis	70	0	72	0	+ 0
Chlamydia	71	0	73	0	- 0
Leprosy	72	0	84	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	73	0	78	0	- 0
Ascariasis	74	0	81	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	75	0	79	0	- 0
Dengue	76	0	80	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	77	0	75	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	78	0	69	0	- 0
Chagas disease	79	0	77	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	80	0	76	0	- 0
Malaria	81	0	74	0	- 0
Diphtheria	82	0	70	0	- 0
Measles	83	0	83	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	84	0	82	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	85	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	86	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to SWEDEN

Lithuania

Sweden

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.