LESOTHO VS AUSTRIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	AUSTRIA		LESOTHO		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	4,381	5	2,101	+ 2,280
Stroke	2	1,294	3	2,817	- 1,523
Lung Cancers	3	1,047	43	51	+ 996
Alzheimers & Dementia	4	1,037	29	194	+ 843
Lung Disease	5	1,020	9	1,102	- 82
Hypertension	6	894	11	990	- 95
Colon-Rectum Cancers	7	577	48	40	+ 538
Kidney Disease	8	558	10	1,015	- 456
Diabetes Mellitus	9	520	6	2,000	- 1,480
Pancreas Cancer	10	472	58	12	+ 460
Breast Cancer	11	461	34	97	+ 364
Other Injuries	12	422	18	533	- 110
Influenza and Pneumonia	13	388	2	3,214	- 2,826
Inflammatory/Heart	14	376	23	305	+ 71
Prostate Cancer	15	373	35	81	+ 292
Liver Disease	16	339	14	792	- 453
Suicide	17	325	7	1,539	- 1,215
Lymphomas	18	290	36	78	+ 212
Parkinson's Disease	19	274	41	55	+ 219
Endocrine Disorders	20	268	27	235	+ 33
Falls	21	244	31	128	+ 116
Liver Cancer	22	229	39	71	+ 158
Leukemia	23	218	49	39	+ 179
Stomach Cancer	24	203	60	11	+ 192
Other Neoplasms	25	202	62	9	+ 193
Bladder Cancer	26	153	61	10	+ 144
Oral Cancer	27	153	42	52	+ 101
Skin Cancers	28	145	46	46	+ 99
Alcohol	29	134	38	71	+ 63
Ovary Cancer	30	128	53	24	+ 103
Road Traffic Accidents	31	108	16	678	- 570
Oesophagus Cancer	32	101	37	73	+ 27
Rheumatic Heart Disease	33	94	32	126	- 31
Congenital Anomalies	34	81	19	389	- 308
Uterin Cancer	35	68	54	23	+ 45
Epilepsy	36	55	30	143	- 88
Cervical Cancer	37	51	20	372	- 321
Multiple Sclerosis	38	42	63	6	+ 36
Drug Use	39	40	50	32	+ 9
Diarrhoeal diseases	40	38	4	2,354	- 2,316
Hepatitis C	41	37	64	2	+ 34
Peptic Ulcer Disease	42	35	25	279	- 243
Skin Disease	43	25	40	70	- 45
Anemia	44	25	83	0	+ 25
Asthma	45	20	17	678	- 658
Malnutrition	46	18	21	357	- 340
Violence	47	12	13	924	- 912
Drownings	48	10	28	200	- 189
HIV/AIDS	49	10	1	4,767	- 4,757
Tuberculosis	50	10	8	1,208	- 1,198
Low Birth Weight	51	10	12	957	- 947
Fires	52	9	26	269	- 260
Rheumatoid Arthritis	53	9	56	18	- 9
Birth Trauma	54	8	15	717	- 709
Upper Respiratory	55	6	55	18	- 12
Prostatic Hypertrophy	56	6	85	0	+ 6
Osteoarthritis	57	5	84	0	+ 5
Meningitis	58	5	22	318	- 312
Appendicitis	59	4	52	25	- 21
Poisonings	60	4	33	111	- 107
Oral conditions	61	2	86	0	+ 2
Hepatitis B	62	2	51	27	- 25
Schizophrenia	63	1	81	0	+ 1
Maternal Conditions	64	1	24	292	- 291
Otitis Media	65	0	66	1	- 1
Syphilis	66	0	45	50	- 50
War	67	0	68	0	- 0
Encephalitis	68	0	57	14	- 13
Leishmaniasis	69	0	75	0	+ 0
Pertussis	70	0	44	51	- 51
Diphtheria	71	0	69	0	- 0
Tetanus	72	0	47	45	- 45
Measles	73	0	59	12	- 12
Schistosomiasis	74	0	76	0	- 0
Malaria	75	0	79	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	76	0	77	0	- 0
Chagas disease	77	0	78	0	- 0
Chlamydia	78	0	65	2	- 2
Ascariasis	79	0	67	1	- 1
Hookworm Disease	80	0	72	0	- 0
Dengue	81	0	70	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	82	0	71	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	83	0	73	0	- 0
Leprosy	84	0	74	0	- 0
Depression	85	0	80	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	86	0	82	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to LESOTHO

Austria

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.