LESOTHO VS BARBADOS: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	BARBADOS		LESOTHO		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Stroke	1	2,816	3	2,817	- 1
Coronary Heart Disease	2	2,620	5	2,101	+ 519
Diabetes Mellitus	3	1,904	6	2,000	- 95
Influenza and Pneumonia	4	1,620	2	3,214	- 1,594
Prostate Cancer	5	1,209	35	81	+ 1,128
Colon-Rectum Cancers	6	842	48	40	+ 803
Alzheimers & Dementia	7	836	29	194	+ 641
Breast Cancer	8	696	34	97	+ 599
Endocrine Disorders	9	684	27	235	+ 449
Kidney Disease	10	676	10	1,015	- 339
Other Injuries	11	575	18	533	+ 42
Lung Disease	12	541	9	1,102	- 561
Hypertension	13	527	11	990	- 463
Skin Disease	14	457	40	70	+ 387
Lymphomas	15	372	36	78	+ 294
Lung Cancers	16	313	43	51	+ 261
Inflammatory/Heart	17	286	23	305	- 19
Pancreas Cancer	18	284	58	12	+ 271
Violence	19	237	13	924	- 687
Leukemia	20	213	49	39	+ 174
HIV/AIDS	21	206	1	4,767	- 4,561
Stomach Cancer	22	203	60	11	+ 192
Cervical Cancer	23	202	20	372	- 171
Other Neoplasms	24	189	62	9	+ 180
Road Traffic Accidents	25	172	16	678	- 507
Liver Disease	26	167	14	792	- 625
Uterin Cancer	27	155	54	23	+ 132
Oral Cancer	28	131	42	52	+ 79
Congenital Anomalies	29	131	19	389	- 259
Prostatic Hypertrophy	30	127	85	0	+ 127
Parkinson's Disease	31	120	41	55	+ 65
Ovary Cancer	32	114	53	24	+ 89
Liver Cancer	33	105	39	71	+ 35
Peptic Ulcer Disease	34	104	25	279	- 175
Asthma	35	95	17	678	- 583
Oesophagus Cancer	36	84	37	73	+ 11
Anemia	37	82	83	0	+ 82
Epilepsy	38	69	30	143	- 75
Bladder Cancer	39	69	61	10	+ 59
Diarrhoeal diseases	40	50	4	2,354	- 2,304
Falls	41	48	31	128	- 79
Low Birth Weight	42	39	12	957	- 918
Birth Trauma	43	38	15	717	- 679
Rheumatoid Arthritis	44	34	56	18	+ 16
Meningitis	45	32	22	318	- 286
Alcohol	46	30	38	71	- 41
Skin Cancers	47	29	46	46	- 17
Poisonings	48	15	33	111	- 96
Malnutrition	49	14	21	357	- 343
Osteoarthritis	50	14	84	0	+ 14
Suicide	51	13	7	1,539	- 1,526
Hepatitis B	52	12	51	27	- 15
Drug Use	53	11	50	32	- 21
Dengue	54	10	70	0	+ 10
Rheumatic Heart Disease	55	9	32	126	- 117
Maternal Conditions	56	8	24	292	- 284
Drownings	57	8	28	200	- 192
Upper Respiratory	58	8	55	18	- 11
Schizophrenia	59	8	81	0	+ 8
Tuberculosis	60	7	8	1,208	- 1,201
Multiple Sclerosis	61	6	63	6	- 0
Fires	62	4	26	269	- 265
Oral conditions	63	4	86	0	+ 4
Syphilis	64	3	45	50	- 48
Appendicitis	65	2	52	25	- 22
War	66	0	68	0	- 0
Pertussis	67	0	44	51	- 51
Measles	68	0	59	12	- 12
Diphtheria	69	0	69	0	- 0
Tetanus	70	0	47	45	- 45
Leprosy	71	0	74	0	- 0
Otitis Media	72	0	66	1	- 1
Hookworm Disease	73	0	72	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	74	0	71	0	- 0
Ascariasis	75	0	67	1	- 1
Malaria	76	0	79	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	77	0	76	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	77	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	79	0	75	0	- 0
Chagas disease	80	0	78	0	- 0
Chlamydia	81	0	65	2	- 2
Encephalitis	82	0	57	14	- 14
Hepatitis C	83	0	64	2	- 2
Iodine Deficiency	84	0	73	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	82	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	80	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to LESOTHO

Barbados

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.