LESOTHO VS BAHAMAS: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	BAHAMAS		LESOTHO		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	1,812	5	2,101	- 289
Stroke	2	1,215	3	2,817	- 1,602
Hypertension	3	1,072	11	990	+ 82
Diabetes Mellitus	4	833	6	2,000	- 1,167
Violence	5	805	13	924	- 119
HIV/AIDS	6	728	1	4,767	- 4,040
Kidney Disease	7	649	10	1,015	- 365
Influenza and Pneumonia	8	529	2	3,214	- 2,685
Breast Cancer	9	374	34	97	+ 276
Other Injuries	10	363	18	533	- 169
Liver Disease	11	363	14	792	- 429
Prostate Cancer	12	355	35	81	+ 274
Endocrine Disorders	13	334	27	235	+ 100
Alzheimers & Dementia	14	290	29	194	+ 95
Inflammatory/Heart	15	254	23	305	- 51
Colon-Rectum Cancers	16	230	48	40	+ 190
Lung Disease	17	180	9	1,102	- 922
Road Traffic Accidents	18	164	16	678	- 515
Lung Cancers	19	159	43	51	+ 108
Skin Disease	20	144	40	70	+ 74
Drownings	21	141	28	200	- 59
Lymphomas	22	135	36	78	+ 57
Cervical Cancer	23	111	20	372	- 261
Alcohol	24	109	38	71	+ 38
Stomach Cancer	25	96	60	11	+ 85
Falls	26	95	31	128	- 32
Parkinson's Disease	27	91	41	55	+ 36
Low Birth Weight	28	89	12	957	- 867
Congenital Anomalies	29	86	19	389	- 303
Uterin Cancer	30	76	54	23	+ 52
Suicide	31	75	7	1,539	- 1,465
Liver Cancer	32	64	39	71	- 7
Fires	33	56	26	269	- 212
Peptic Ulcer Disease	34	56	25	279	- 222
Leukemia	35	55	49	39	+ 16
Ovary Cancer	36	54	53	24	+ 30
Pancreas Cancer	37	53	58	12	+ 41
Oesophagus Cancer	38	47	37	73	- 26
Asthma	39	46	17	678	- 632
Epilepsy	40	42	30	143	- 101
Maternal Conditions	41	35	24	292	- 257
Birth Trauma	42	34	15	717	- 684
Diarrhoeal diseases	43	28	4	2,354	- 2,326
Rheumatic Heart Disease	44	24	32	126	- 102
Malnutrition	45	23	21	357	- 334
Oral Cancer	46	19	42	52	- 33
Other Neoplasms	47	18	62	9	+ 9
Drug Use	48	14	50	32	- 18
Meningitis	49	13	22	318	- 304
Bladder Cancer	50	11	61	10	+ 2
Encephalitis	51	10	57	14	- 4
Appendicitis	52	10	52	25	- 15
Rheumatoid Arthritis	53	8	56	18	- 10
Multiple Sclerosis	54	8	63	6	+ 2
Skin Cancers	55	4	46	46	- 42
Poisonings	56	4	33	111	- 108
War	57	4	68	0	+ 3
Tuberculosis	58	2	8	1,208	- 1,206
Dengue	59	1	70	0	+ 1
Hepatitis B	60	1	51	27	- 26
Upper Respiratory	61	1	55	18	- 17
Tetanus	62	0	47	45	- 45
Syphilis	63	0	45	50	- 50
Chlamydia	64	0	65	2	- 1
Hepatitis C	65	0	64	2	- 2
Otitis Media	66	0	66	1	- 1
Ascariasis	67	0	67	1	- 1
Pertussis	68	0	44	51	- 51
Measles	69	0	59	12	- 12
Diphtheria	70	0	69	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	71	0	71	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	72	0	72	0	- 0
Leprosy	73	0	74	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	74	0	76	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	75	0	75	0	- 0
Chagas disease	76	0	78	0	- 0
Malaria	77	0	79	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	77	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	73	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	80	0	82	0	- 0
Anemia	81	0	83	0	- 0
Depression	82	0	80	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	83	0	81	0	- 0
Oral conditions	84	0	86	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	85	0	85	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	86	0	84	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to LESOTHO

Bahamas

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.