LESOTHO VS ALGERIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	ALGERIA		LESOTHO		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	2,584	5	2,101	+ 483
Stroke	2	1,108	3	2,817	- 1,709
Road Traffic Accidents	3	426	16	678	- 252
Hypertension	4	396	11	990	- 593
Kidney Disease	5	357	10	1,015	- 658
Influenza and Pneumonia	6	345	2	3,214	- 2,869
Alzheimers & Dementia	7	267	29	194	+ 73
Low Birth Weight	8	258	12	957	- 699
Diabetes Mellitus	9	222	6	2,000	- 1,778
Lung Disease	10	221	9	1,102	- 881
Congenital Anomalies	11	206	19	389	- 183
Lung Cancers	12	186	43	51	+ 135
Birth Trauma	13	180	15	717	- 537
Breast Cancer	14	164	34	97	+ 67
Liver Disease	15	164	14	792	- 628
Colon-Rectum Cancers	16	149	48	40	+ 109
Tuberculosis	17	135	8	1,208	- 1,074
Asthma	18	97	17	678	- 581
Stomach Cancer	19	96	60	11	+ 86
Lymphomas	20	87	36	78	+ 9
Bladder Cancer	21	67	61	10	+ 58
Other Injuries	22	66	18	533	- 466
Falls	23	62	31	128	- 66
Parkinson's Disease	24	59	41	55	+ 4
Leukemia	25	55	49	39	+ 16
Diarrhoeal diseases	26	53	4	2,354	- 2,302
Cervical Cancer	27	52	20	372	- 321
Suicide	28	51	7	1,539	- 1,489
Prostate Cancer	29	51	35	81	- 30
Drug Use	30	47	50	32	+ 15
Pancreas Cancer	31	46	58	12	+ 34
Endocrine Disorders	32	44	27	235	- 191
Maternal Conditions	33	43	24	292	- 249
Inflammatory/Heart	34	39	23	305	- 266
Peptic Ulcer Disease	35	34	25	279	- 245
Violence	36	34	13	924	- 890
Skin Cancers	37	34	46	46	- 13
Oral Cancer	38	33	42	52	- 19
Fires	39	30	26	269	- 239
Ovary Cancer	40	29	53	24	+ 5
Liver Cancer	41	26	39	71	- 45
Drownings	42	21	28	200	- 179
Rheumatic Heart Disease	43	17	32	126	- 108
Epilepsy	44	17	30	143	- 127
Meningitis	45	15	22	318	- 303
Oesophagus Cancer	46	15	37	73	- 59
Poisonings	47	14	33	111	- 98
HIV/AIDS	48	9	1	4,767	- 4,758
Pertussis	49	8	44	51	- 43
Hepatitis B	50	8	51	27	- 19
Encephalitis	51	7	57	14	- 7
Skin Disease	52	5	40	70	- 65
Malnutrition	53	4	21	357	- 353
Alcohol	54	4	38	71	- 67
Appendicitis	55	4	52	25	- 21
Uterin Cancer	56	4	54	23	- 20
Multiple Sclerosis	57	3	63	6	- 2
Other Neoplasms	58	3	62	9	- 6
Measles	59	3	59	12	- 9
Tetanus	60	2	47	45	- 43
Syphilis	61	2	45	50	- 49
War	62	2	68	0	+ 2
Schistosomiasis	63	1	76	0	+ 1
Rheumatoid Arthritis	64	1	56	18	- 17
Hepatitis C	65	0	64	2	- 2
Leishmaniasis	66	0	75	0	+ 0
Ascariasis	67	0	67	1	- 1
Upper Respiratory	68	0	55	18	- 18
Chlamydia	69	0	65	2	- 2
Diphtheria	70	0	69	0	- 0
Otitis Media	71	0	66	1	- 1
Malaria	72	0	79	0	+ 0
Chagas disease	73	0	78	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	74	0	77	0	- 0
Dengue	75	0	70	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	76	0	71	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	77	0	72	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	78	0	73	0	- 0
Leprosy	79	0	74	0	- 0
Depression	80	0	80	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	81	0	81	0	- 0
Anemia	82	0	83	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	83	0	82	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	84	0	85	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	85	0	84	0	- 0
Oral conditions	86	0	86	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to LESOTHO

Algeria

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.