LESOTHO VS ARMENIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	ARMENIA		LESOTHO		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	6,661	5	2,101	+ 4,560
Stroke	2	1,587	3	2,817	- 1,229
Influenza and Pneumonia	3	909	2	3,214	- 2,306
Lung Cancers	4	770	43	51	+ 719
Lung Disease	5	623	9	1,102	- 479
Hypertension	6	578	11	990	- 412
Diabetes Mellitus	7	534	6	2,000	- 1,466
Liver Disease	8	469	14	792	- 323
Road Traffic Accidents	9	442	16	678	- 237
Colon-Rectum Cancers	10	351	48	40	+ 312
Kidney Disease	11	349	10	1,015	- 665
Stomach Cancer	12	335	60	11	+ 325
Breast Cancer	13	332	34	97	+ 235
Liver Cancer	14	271	39	71	+ 200
Pancreas Cancer	15	268	58	12	+ 256
Congenital Anomalies	16	211	19	389	- 178
Other Injuries	17	196	18	533	- 336
Peptic Ulcer Disease	18	176	25	279	- 103
Prostate Cancer	19	165	35	81	+ 85
Bladder Cancer	20	133	61	10	+ 124
Inflammatory/Heart	21	130	23	305	- 175
Leukemia	22	102	49	39	+ 63
Low Birth Weight	23	97	12	957	- 860
Uterin Cancer	24	91	54	23	+ 67
Violence	25	84	13	924	- 840
Lymphomas	26	80	36	78	+ 2
Cervical Cancer	27	74	20	372	- 298
Suicide	28	73	7	1,539	- 1,466
Ovary Cancer	29	68	53	24	+ 43
Rheumatic Heart Disease	30	50	32	126	- 75
Hepatitis C	31	48	64	2	+ 46
HIV/AIDS	32	48	1	4,767	- 4,720
Oral Cancer	33	45	42	52	- 7
Skin Cancers	34	42	46	46	- 4
Endocrine Disorders	35	39	27	235	- 196
Oesophagus Cancer	36	38	37	73	- 35
Other Neoplasms	37	33	62	9	+ 24
Tuberculosis	38	33	8	1,208	- 1,176
Alzheimers & Dementia	39	30	29	194	- 164
Falls	40	28	31	128	- 100
Drug Use	41	27	50	32	- 5
Birth Trauma	42	26	15	717	- 692
Skin Disease	43	20	40	70	- 49
Prostatic Hypertrophy	44	20	85	0	+ 20
Drownings	45	16	28	200	- 184
Poisonings	46	15	33	111	- 96
Fires	47	10	26	269	- 259
Parkinson's Disease	48	9	41	55	- 46
Asthma	49	7	17	678	- 671
Diarrhoeal diseases	50	7	4	2,354	- 2,347
Hepatitis B	51	7	51	27	- 20
Epilepsy	52	7	30	143	- 137
Multiple Sclerosis	53	7	63	6	+ 1
Rheumatoid Arthritis	54	7	56	18	- 11
Maternal Conditions	55	6	24	292	- 286
Meningitis	56	5	22	318	- 313
Encephalitis	57	4	57	14	- 10
Anemia	58	4	83	0	+ 4
Appendicitis	59	4	52	25	- 21
Osteoarthritis	60	3	84	0	+ 3
Schizophrenia	61	2	81	0	+ 2
Alcohol	62	2	38	71	- 69
Upper Respiratory	63	2	55	18	- 16
Oral conditions	64	1	86	0	+ 1
Otitis Media	65	1	66	1	- 0
Malnutrition	66	1	21	357	- 356
Leishmaniasis	67	1	75	0	+ 1
Vitamin A Deficiency	68	1	82	0	+ 1
War	69	0	68	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	70	0	73	0	+ 0
Pertussis	71	0	44	51	- 51
Ascariasis	72	0	67	1	- 1
Diphtheria	73	0	69	0	- 0
Measles	74	0	59	12	- 12
Syphilis	75	0	45	50	- 50
Chlamydia	76	0	65	2	- 2
Dengue	77	0	70	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	78	0	72	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	79	0	71	0	- 0
Leprosy	80	0	74	0	- 0
Tetanus	81	0	47	45	- 45
Schistosomiasis	82	0	76	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	83	0	77	0	- 0
Chagas disease	84	0	78	0	- 0
Malaria	85	0	79	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	80	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to LESOTHO

Armenia

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.