Lithuania – Health Overview
Coordinated by the European Institute of Women’s Health
Map of Lithuania
LITHUANIA- A HEALTH OVERVIEW
Demographic and Socio-Economic Trends
POPULATION DISTRIBUTION
Total population (2007): 3,366,357
Female percentage of population (2007): 53.40%
Age distribution (2007):
| Ages 0-14 | 15.9% |
| Ages 15-24 | 15.7% |
| Ages 25-49 | 36.2% |
| Ages 50-64 | 16.6% |
| Ages 65-79 | 12.5% |
| Age 80 and older | 3.1% |
Percentage of population over ages 0-14 (2004) :
- Female: 15.87%
- Male: 19.10%
Percentage of population over age 65 (2004):
- Female: 18.56%
- Male: 11.06%
BASIC HEALTH
Life expectancy from birth (2006):
- 77.0 years female
- 65.3 years male
Caesarean sections per 1000 live births (2006): 192.26
Maternal mortality ratio per 100,000 live births(2005): 11
Percentage using contraception: no data
EMPLOYMENT
Employment rate ages 15-64 (2007):
- Female: 62.2%
- Male: 67.9%
Female employment rate:
- 2007: no data
- 1997: no data
Unemployment rate ages 15-64 (2007):
- Female: 4.3%
- Male: 4.3%
Average gross annual earnings of full-time employees in an enterprise with ten or more employees: no data
LIFESTYLE
Percentage of population completed at least upper secondary education (2007): 88.9%
Marriage rate (2007): 6.83 per 1000 people
Divorce rate (2007): 3.4 per 1000 people
Health Issues
CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE
Deaths from stroke ages 0-64 (2005):
- – Female: 267
- – Male: 465
CANCER
Cancer death rate per 100,000 (2005):
- – Female: 139.3
- – Male: 289.1
Cervical cancer rate per 100,000(2004):
- – Incidence: 31.11
- – Death: 11.66
Breast cancer rate per 100,000 (2004):
- – Incidence: 71.39
- – Death: 24.12
Women under 65 deaths from cancer (2005):
- – Stomach: 83
- – Colorectal: 111
- – Lung: 66
Age-standardized incidence rates of colorectal cancer per 100,000 (2006):
- Female: 32.5
- Male: 53.1
Age-standardized incidence rates of lung cancer per 100,000 (2006):
- Female: 9.9
- Male: 91.9
Age-standardized mortality rates of lung cancer per 100,000 (2006):
- Female: 7.55
- Male: 81.30
LIFESTYLE DISORDERS
Percentage binge drinking at least once a week: no data
Total alcohol consumption litres per capita(2003): 8.36
Number of cigarettes per person per year (2000): 1285.31
Percentage non-smokers (2003):
- female: 74.5%
- Male: 45.1%
Percentage daily smokers (2003):
- Female: 13.3%
- Male: 44%
Percentage overweight (1997):
- Female: 32.7%
- Male: 41.9%
Percentage obese (1997):
- Female:18.3%
- Male: 11.4%
Low Energy Expenditure: no data
MOBILITY DISORDERS
In progress
MENTAL HEALTH
In progress
SEXUAL HEALTH
In progress
CHRONIC DISABLING DISORDERS
In progress
HEALTHCARE
In progress
This resource has been compiled from a range of information to assist researchers by having a facility with all the necessary basic information in regard to health information in Europe and individual member countries.
This reseource has been assembled from information and data gathered from: Eurostat, WHO Europe Office and other sources.