LESOTHO VS ARGENTINA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	ARGENTINA		LESOTHO		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	2,311	5	2,101	+ 211
Influenza and Pneumonia	2	1,943	2	3,214	- 1,271
Lung Disease	3	1,101	9	1,102	- 1
Stroke	4	1,084	3	2,817	- 1,732
Kidney Disease	5	644	10	1,015	- 370
Lung Cancers	6	475	43	51	+ 424
Colon-Rectum Cancers	7	423	48	40	+ 384
Breast Cancer	8	335	34	97	+ 238
Diabetes Mellitus	9	324	6	2,000	- 1,675
Road Traffic Accidents	10	299	16	678	- 380
Hypertension	11	275	11	990	- 715
Other Injuries	12	267	18	533	- 265
Inflammatory/Heart	13	260	23	305	- 45
Pancreas Cancer	14	218	58	12	+ 206
Prostate Cancer	15	214	35	81	+ 133
Liver Disease	16	191	14	792	- 601
Endocrine Disorders	17	189	27	235	- 46
Suicide	18	178	7	1,539	- 1,362
Alzheimers & Dementia	19	177	29	194	- 17
Stomach Cancer	20	167	60	11	+ 156
Other Neoplasms	21	153	62	9	+ 144
Skin Disease	22	150	40	70	+ 80
Violence	23	129	13	924	- 795
Lymphomas	24	128	36	78	+ 51
Cervical Cancer	25	118	20	372	- 255
Congenital Anomalies	26	115	19	389	- 275
Leukemia	27	104	49	39	+ 65
Low Birth Weight	28	103	12	957	- 853
Oesophagus Cancer	29	97	37	73	+ 24
Liver Cancer	30	97	39	71	+ 26
Bladder Cancer	31	79	61	10	+ 70
HIV/AIDS	32	70	1	4,767	- 4,697
Ovary Cancer	33	62	53	24	+ 38
Skin Cancers	34	51	46	46	+ 5
Oral Cancer	35	51	42	52	- 1
Parkinson's Disease	36	46	41	55	- 9
Uterin Cancer	37	45	54	23	+ 21
Malnutrition	38	44	21	357	- 313
Drug Use	39	39	50	32	+ 8
Anemia	40	33	83	0	+ 33
Tuberculosis	41	31	8	1,208	- 1,177
Diarrhoeal diseases	42	27	4	2,354	- 2,327
Falls	43	24	31	128	- 104
Peptic Ulcer Disease	44	23	25	279	- 256
Chagas disease	45	21	78	0	+ 21
Alcohol	46	21	38	71	- 50
Asthma	47	19	17	678	- 659
Drownings	48	18	28	200	- 182
Birth Trauma	49	18	15	717	- 700
Epilepsy	50	16	30	143	- 128
Meningitis	51	15	22	318	- 303
Fires	52	13	26	269	- 255
Maternal Conditions	53	13	24	292	- 279
Rheumatoid Arthritis	54	12	56	18	- 7
Poisonings	55	9	33	111	- 102
Rheumatic Heart Disease	56	7	32	126	- 119
Hepatitis C	57	5	64	2	+ 3
Multiple Sclerosis	58	5	63	6	- 1
Osteoarthritis	59	3	84	0	+ 3
Appendicitis	60	3	52	25	- 22
Schizophrenia	61	3	81	0	+ 3
Hepatitis B	62	3	51	27	- 24
Prostatic Hypertrophy	63	2	85	0	+ 2
Encephalitis	64	1	57	14	- 13
Syphilis	65	1	45	50	- 50
Oral conditions	66	1	86	0	+ 1
Upper Respiratory	67	1	55	18	- 18
Pertussis	68	0	44	51	- 51
Leprosy	69	0	74	0	+ 0
War	70	0	68	0	- 0
Tetanus	71	0	47	45	- 45
Leishmaniasis	72	0	75	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	73	0	66	1	- 1
Iodine Deficiency	74	0	73	0	+ 0
Hookworm Disease	75	0	72	0	+ 0
Trypanosomiasis	76	0	77	0	+ 0
Ascariasis	77	0	67	1	- 1
Diphtheria	78	0	69	0	- 0
Measles	79	0	59	12	- 12
Dengue	80	0	70	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	81	0	71	0	- 0
Chlamydia	82	0	65	2	- 2
Malaria	83	0	79	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	84	0	76	0	- 0
Depression	85	0	80	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	86	0	82	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to LESOTHO

Argentina

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.