LESOTHO VS AFGHANISTAN: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	AFGHANISTAN		LESOTHO		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	2,232	5	2,101	+ 131
War	2	1,422	68	0	+ 1,422
Stroke	3	1,058	3	2,817	- 1,759
Influenza and Pneumonia	4	813	2	3,214	- 2,401
Low Birth Weight	5	701	12	957	- 256
Birth Trauma	6	595	15	717	- 122
Tuberculosis	7	546	8	1,208	- 662
Hypertension	8	444	11	990	- 546
Maternal Conditions	9	433	24	292	+ 141
Kidney Disease	10	366	10	1,015	- 649
Road Traffic Accidents	11	335	16	678	- 344
Diabetes Mellitus	12	319	6	2,000	- 1,680
Diarrhoeal diseases	13	308	4	2,354	- 2,046
Congenital Anomalies	14	278	19	389	- 112
Lung Disease	15	258	9	1,102	- 844
Liver Disease	16	255	14	792	- 537
Asthma	17	189	17	678	- 489
Other Injuries	18	180	18	533	- 353
Violence	19	179	13	924	- 745
Meningitis	20	146	22	318	- 172
Pertussis	21	117	44	51	+ 66
Breast Cancer	22	101	34	97	+ 4
Alzheimers & Dementia	23	98	29	194	- 96
Suicide	24	87	7	1,539	- 1,452
Peptic Ulcer Disease	25	84	25	279	- 195
Stomach Cancer	26	83	60	11	+ 73
Oral Cancer	27	81	42	52	+ 30
Endocrine Disorders	28	76	27	235	- 159
Oesophagus Cancer	29	73	37	73	- 0
Tetanus	30	70	47	45	+ 24
Encephalitis	31	66	57	14	+ 53
Lung Cancers	32	60	43	51	+ 9
Rheumatic Heart Disease	33	58	32	126	- 68
Drownings	34	55	28	200	- 145
Epilepsy	35	55	30	143	- 88
Lymphomas	36	53	36	78	- 25
Falls	37	50	31	128	- 78
Hepatitis B	38	48	51	27	+ 21
Colon-Rectum Cancers	39	41	48	40	+ 2
Liver Cancer	40	36	39	71	- 34
Parkinson's Disease	41	35	41	55	- 20
Leukemia	42	34	49	39	- 5
Malnutrition	43	33	21	357	- 324
Cervical Cancer	44	30	20	372	- 342
Inflammatory/Heart	45	29	23	305	- 276
HIV/AIDS	46	26	1	4,767	- 4,742
Poisonings	47	21	33	111	- 90
Ovary Cancer	48	21	53	24	- 4
Measles	49	19	59	12	+ 8
Fires	50	19	26	269	- 249
Drug Use	51	18	50	32	- 13
Appendicitis	52	17	52	25	- 8
Uterin Cancer	53	16	54	23	- 7
Bladder Cancer	54	15	61	10	+ 6
Prostate Cancer	55	14	35	81	- 66
Pancreas Cancer	56	13	58	12	+ 1
Malaria	57	10	79	0	+ 10
Alcohol	58	8	38	71	- 62
Skin Cancers	59	8	46	46	- 38
Syphilis	60	5	45	50	- 45
Skin Disease	61	5	40	70	- 65
Multiple Sclerosis	62	5	63	6	- 1
Other Neoplasms	63	2	62	9	- 8
Hepatitis C	64	2	64	2	- 1
Rheumatoid Arthritis	65	1	56	18	- 17
Ascariasis	66	1	67	1	+ 0
Diphtheria	67	1	69	0	+ 1
Upper Respiratory	68	1	55	18	- 18
Chlamydia	69	0	65	2	- 1
Leishmaniasis	70	0	75	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	71	0	66	1	- 1
Dengue	72	0	70	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	73	0	72	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	74	0	71	0	- 0
Leprosy	75	0	74	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	76	0	73	0	- 0
Chagas disease	77	0	78	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	77	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	79	0	76	0	- 0
Depression	80	0	80	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	81	0	81	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	82	0	82	0	- 0
Anemia	83	0	83	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	84	0	84	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	85	0	85	0	- 0
Oral conditions	86	0	86	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to LESOTHO

Afghanistan

Lesotho

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.