LESOTHO VS BANGLADESH: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	BANGLADESH		LESOTHO		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Stroke	1	1,772	3	2,817	- 1,045
Coronary Heart Disease	2	1,433	5	2,101	- 668
Lung Disease	3	603	9	1,102	- 498
Tuberculosis	4	491	8	1,208	- 717
Diarrhoeal diseases	5	477	4	2,354	- 1,877
Influenza and Pneumonia	6	391	2	3,214	- 2,824
Diabetes Mellitus	7	383	6	2,000	- 1,617
Road Traffic Accidents	8	330	16	678	- 348
Liver Disease	9	278	14	792	- 514
Oesophagus Cancer	10	258	37	73	+ 184
Low Birth Weight	11	231	12	957	- 726
Oral Cancer	12	205	42	52	+ 153
Alzheimers & Dementia	13	198	29	194	+ 4
Hypertension	14	195	11	990	- 795
Birth Trauma	15	177	15	717	- 540
Lung Cancers	16	161	43	51	+ 110
Kidney Disease	17	143	10	1,015	- 871
Congenital Anomalies	18	134	19	389	- 256
Measles	19	119	59	12	+ 107
Asthma	20	117	17	678	- 560
Other Injuries	21	101	18	533	- 432
Drownings	22	94	28	200	- 106
Breast Cancer	23	90	34	97	- 7
Stomach Cancer	24	90	60	11	+ 79
Suicide	25	79	7	1,539	- 1,460
Cervical Cancer	26	68	20	372	- 305
Violence	27	61	13	924	- 863
Colon-Rectum Cancers	28	60	48	40	+ 20
Maternal Conditions	29	52	24	292	- 240
Parkinson's Disease	30	50	41	55	- 5
Falls	31	44	31	128	- 84
Drug Use	32	39	50	32	+ 8
Rheumatic Heart Disease	33	39	32	126	- 87
Liver Cancer	34	38	39	71	- 33
Lymphomas	35	35	36	78	- 43
Malnutrition	36	32	21	357	- 325
Ovary Cancer	37	29	53	24	+ 5
Meningitis	38	28	22	318	- 290
Pertussis	39	27	44	51	- 24
Leukemia	40	25	49	39	- 14
Prostate Cancer	41	22	35	81	- 59
Inflammatory/Heart	42	20	23	305	- 285
Pancreas Cancer	43	19	58	12	+ 6
Epilepsy	44	18	30	143	- 126
Endocrine Disorders	45	18	27	235	- 217
Fires	46	17	26	269	- 252
Appendicitis	47	17	52	25	- 8
Peptic Ulcer Disease	48	17	25	279	- 262
Syphilis	49	16	45	50	- 34
Skin Disease	50	15	40	70	- 55
Hepatitis B	51	15	51	27	- 12
Bladder Cancer	52	13	61	10	+ 3
Skin Cancers	53	11	46	46	- 35
Rheumatoid Arthritis	54	11	56	18	- 7
HIV/AIDS	55	7	1	4,767	- 4,760
Poisonings	56	7	33	111	- 104
Tetanus	57	6	47	45	- 39
Uterin Cancer	58	5	54	23	- 18
Encephalitis	59	5	57	14	- 9
Alcohol	60	3	38	71	- 67
Other Neoplasms	61	3	62	9	- 6
Hepatitis C	62	3	64	2	+ 0
War	63	3	68	0	+ 2
Multiple Sclerosis	64	2	63	6	- 4
Dengue	65	2	70	0	+ 2
Upper Respiratory	66	1	55	18	- 17
Leishmaniasis	67	1	75	0	+ 1
Malaria	68	1	79	0	+ 1
Ascariasis	69	0	67	1	- 0
Chlamydia	70	0	65	2	- 1
Otitis Media	71	0	66	1	- 1
Diphtheria	72	0	69	0	- 0
Leprosy	73	0	74	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	74	0	76	0	- 0
Chagas disease	75	0	78	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	76	0	77	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	77	0	73	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	78	0	71	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	79	0	72	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	80	0	82	0	- 0
Anemia	81	0	83	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	82	0	81	0	- 0
Depression	83	0	80	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

Bangladesh

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.