LESOTHO VS BELARUS: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	BELARUS		LESOTHO		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	12,469	5	2,101	+ 10,368
Stroke	2	3,843	3	2,817	+ 1,026
Alzheimers & Dementia	3	828	29	194	+ 633
Lung Cancers	4	692	43	51	+ 641
Colon-Rectum Cancers	5	677	48	40	+ 637
Alcohol	6	647	38	71	+ 576
Lung Disease	7	518	9	1,102	- 584
Liver Disease	8	487	14	792	- 305
Suicide	9	470	7	1,539	- 1,070
Stomach Cancer	10	396	60	11	+ 385
Inflammatory/Heart	11	319	23	305	+ 14
Breast Cancer	12	288	34	97	+ 191
Pancreas Cancer	13	274	58	12	+ 262
Other Injuries	14	258	18	533	- 275
Influenza and Pneumonia	15	255	2	3,214	- 2,960
Falls	16	223	31	128	+ 95
Prostate Cancer	17	219	35	81	+ 139
Oral Cancer	18	211	42	52	+ 160
Road Traffic Accidents	19	169	16	678	- 509
Lymphomas	20	157	36	78	+ 80
Parkinson's Disease	21	146	41	55	+ 91
Fires	22	145	26	269	- 123
Leukemia	23	130	49	39	+ 91
Drownings	24	127	28	200	- 73
Oesophagus Cancer	25	116	37	73	+ 42
Kidney Disease	26	113	10	1,015	- 902
Ovary Cancer	27	100	53	24	+ 76
Uterin Cancer	28	92	54	23	+ 68
Drug Use	29	91	50	32	+ 60
Diabetes Mellitus	30	87	6	2,000	- 1,912
Hypertension	31	86	11	990	- 904
Liver Cancer	32	85	39	71	+ 14
Poisonings	33	73	33	111	- 38
Cervical Cancer	34	71	20	372	- 301
Bladder Cancer	35	69	61	10	+ 60
Skin Cancers	36	64	46	46	+ 17
Tuberculosis	37	63	8	1,208	- 1,145
Violence	38	60	13	924	- 864
Rheumatic Heart Disease	39	56	32	126	- 69
Peptic Ulcer Disease	40	55	25	279	- 224
Congenital Anomalies	41	47	19	389	- 342
HIV/AIDS	42	39	1	4,767	- 4,728
Endocrine Disorders	43	33	27	235	- 202
Asthma	44	29	17	678	- 649
Epilepsy	45	27	30	143	- 116
Encephalitis	46	22	57	14	+ 8
Low Birth Weight	47	15	12	957	- 942
Other Neoplasms	48	12	62	9	+ 3
Multiple Sclerosis	49	10	63	6	+ 4
Meningitis	50	9	22	318	- 309
Skin Disease	51	7	40	70	- 63
Birth Trauma	52	6	15	717	- 711
Malnutrition	53	5	21	357	- 352
Appendicitis	54	5	52	25	- 20
Rheumatoid Arthritis	55	4	56	18	- 15
Hepatitis B	56	3	51	27	- 23
Diarrhoeal diseases	57	3	4	2,354	- 2,351
Upper Respiratory	58	1	55	18	- 17
War	59	1	68	0	+ 1
Maternal Conditions	60	0	24	292	- 292
Chlamydia	61	0	65	2	- 1
Hepatitis C	62	0	64	2	- 2
Syphilis	63	0	45	50	- 50
Tetanus	64	0	47	45	- 45
Pertussis	65	0	44	51	- 51
Otitis Media	66	0	66	1	- 1
Diphtheria	67	0	69	0	- 0
Measles	68	0	59	12	- 12
Hookworm Disease	69	0	72	0	- 0
Ascariasis	70	0	67	1	- 1
Dengue	71	0	70	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	72	0	71	0	- 0
Leprosy	73	0	74	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	74	0	76	0	- 0
Chagas disease	75	0	78	0	- 0
Malaria	76	0	79	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	77	0	77	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	78	0	75	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	73	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	80	0	81	0	- 0
Depression	81	0	80	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	82	0	82	0	- 0
Anemia	83	0	83	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	84	0	84	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	85	0	85	0	- 0
Oral conditions	86	0	86	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to LESOTHO

Belarus

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.