LESOTHO VS AUSTRALIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	AUSTRALIA		LESOTHO		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	1,793	5	2,101	- 308
Alzheimers & Dementia	2	1,297	29	194	+ 1,103
Stroke	3	860	3	2,817	- 1,957
Lung Cancers	4	730	43	51	+ 679
Lung Disease	5	706	9	1,102	- 396
Colon-Rectum Cancers	6	517	48	40	+ 477
Diabetes Mellitus	7	372	6	2,000	- 1,627
Influenza and Pneumonia	8	370	2	3,214	- 2,844
Prostate Cancer	9	313	35	81	+ 233
Breast Cancer	10	283	34	97	+ 186
Suicide	11	262	7	1,539	- 1,277
Kidney Disease	12	261	10	1,015	- 753
Pancreas Cancer	13	259	58	12	+ 247
Falls	14	259	31	128	+ 131
Lymphomas	15	253	36	78	+ 175
Endocrine Disorders	16	194	27	235	- 41
Skin Cancers	17	193	46	46	+ 147
Leukemia	18	177	49	39	+ 138
Parkinson's Disease	19	169	41	55	+ 115
Liver Cancer	20	169	39	71	+ 99
Drug Use	21	148	50	32	+ 117
Other Injuries	22	137	18	533	- 396
Hypertension	23	136	11	990	- 854
Inflammatory/Heart	24	131	23	305	- 174
Oesophagus Cancer	25	124	37	73	+ 51
Liver Disease	26	118	14	792	- 674
Stomach Cancer	27	107	60	11	+ 96
Other Neoplasms	28	104	62	9	+ 95
Road Traffic Accidents	29	104	16	678	- 575
Bladder Cancer	30	99	61	10	+ 89
Ovary Cancer	31	83	53	24	+ 59
Oral Cancer	32	81	42	52	+ 29
Congenital Anomalies	33	59	19	389	- 330
Skin Disease	34	49	40	70	- 20
Uterin Cancer	35	44	54	23	+ 20
Asthma	36	38	17	678	- 640
Alcohol	37	32	38	71	- 39
Rheumatic Heart Disease	38	32	32	126	- 94
Cervical Cancer	39	28	20	372	- 344
Diarrhoeal diseases	40	25	4	2,354	- 2,330
Epilepsy	41	24	30	143	- 120
Peptic Ulcer Disease	42	23	25	279	- 256
Low Birth Weight	43	21	12	957	- 936
Violence	44	20	13	924	- 904
Rheumatoid Arthritis	45	19	56	18	+ 1
Multiple Sclerosis	46	16	63	6	+ 10
Drownings	47	15	28	200	- 185
Hepatitis C	48	14	64	2	+ 12
Anemia	49	13	83	0	+ 13
Birth Trauma	50	12	15	717	- 706
Malnutrition	51	10	21	357	- 347
Osteoarthritis	52	9	84	0	+ 9
Prostatic Hypertrophy	53	6	85	0	+ 6
Schizophrenia	54	5	81	0	+ 5
Fires	55	5	26	269	- 264
Tuberculosis	56	4	8	1,208	- 1,204
HIV/AIDS	57	4	1	4,767	- 4,763
Hepatitis B	58	3	51	27	- 23
Oral conditions	59	3	86	0	+ 3
Meningitis	60	3	22	318	- 315
Poisonings	61	3	33	111	- 108
Appendicitis	62	2	52	25	- 23
Maternal Conditions	63	2	24	292	- 291
Upper Respiratory	64	1	55	18	- 17
War	65	1	68	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	66	1	66	1	- 1
Syphilis	67	0	45	50	- 50
Encephalitis	68	0	57	14	- 13
Pertussis	69	0	44	51	- 51
Tetanus	70	0	47	45	- 45
Diphtheria	71	0	69	0	- 0
Dengue	72	0	70	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	73	0	71	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	74	0	72	0	- 0
Ascariasis	75	0	67	1	- 1
Leprosy	76	0	74	0	- 0
Chlamydia	77	0	65	2	- 2
Measles	78	0	59	12	- 12
Schistosomiasis	79	0	76	0	- 0
Chagas disease	80	0	78	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	81	0	75	0	- 0
Malaria	82	0	79	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	83	0	77	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	84	0	73	0	- 0
Depression	85	0	80	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	86	0	82	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to LESOTHO

Australia

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.