LESOTHO VS BELGIUM: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	BELGIUM		LESOTHO		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	2,842	5	2,101	+ 741
Alzheimers & Dementia	2	1,751	29	194	+ 1,557
Stroke	3	1,378	3	2,817	- 1,439
Lung Cancers	4	1,260	43	51	+ 1,209
Lung Disease	5	1,197	9	1,102	+ 95
Influenza and Pneumonia	6	1,056	2	3,214	- 2,158
Colon-Rectum Cancers	7	619	48	40	+ 579
Kidney Disease	8	549	10	1,015	- 466
Breast Cancer	9	481	34	97	+ 384
Suicide	10	393	7	1,539	- 1,147
Other Injuries	11	373	18	533	- 160
Other Neoplasms	12	340	62	9	+ 331
Prostate Cancer	13	339	35	81	+ 259
Pancreas Cancer	14	337	58	12	+ 324
Falls	15	326	31	128	+ 199
Lymphomas	16	289	36	78	+ 211
Liver Disease	17	266	14	792	- 526
Endocrine Disorders	18	266	27	235	+ 31
Parkinson's Disease	19	256	41	55	+ 201
Diabetes Mellitus	20	236	6	2,000	- 1,763
Leukemia	21	223	49	39	+ 184
Bladder Cancer	22	201	61	10	+ 191
Inflammatory/Heart	23	197	23	305	- 108
Liver Cancer	24	181	39	71	+ 111
Oesophagus Cancer	25	167	37	73	+ 94
Stomach Cancer	26	161	60	11	+ 150
Hypertension	27	138	11	990	- 852
Oral Cancer	28	125	42	52	+ 74
Road Traffic Accidents	29	124	16	678	- 555
Ovary Cancer	30	121	53	24	+ 97
Skin Cancers	31	97	46	46	+ 51
Alcohol	32	93	38	71	+ 22
Diarrhoeal diseases	33	78	4	2,354	- 2,276
Uterin Cancer	34	71	54	23	+ 48
Skin Disease	35	71	40	70	+ 1
Epilepsy	36	65	30	143	- 79
Rheumatic Heart Disease	37	54	32	126	- 71
Malnutrition	38	54	21	357	- 303
Drug Use	39	53	50	32	+ 22
Congenital Anomalies	40	52	19	389	- 337
Cervical Cancer	41	45	20	372	- 327
Peptic Ulcer Disease	42	40	25	279	- 239
Anemia	43	37	83	0	+ 37
Violence	44	28	13	924	- 896
Multiple Sclerosis	45	27	63	6	+ 21
Asthma	46	24	17	678	- 654
Drownings	47	15	28	200	- 185
Fires	48	14	26	269	- 255
Rheumatoid Arthritis	49	13	56	18	- 5
Low Birth Weight	50	13	12	957	- 944
Osteoarthritis	51	11	84	0	+ 11
Hepatitis C	52	10	64	2	+ 7
Birth Trauma	53	9	15	717	- 709
Tuberculosis	54	8	8	1,208	- 1,200
Poisonings	55	8	33	111	- 103
Schizophrenia	56	7	81	0	+ 7
HIV/AIDS	57	7	1	4,767	- 4,761
Meningitis	58	5	22	318	- 312
Upper Respiratory	59	4	55	18	- 14
Prostatic Hypertrophy	60	4	85	0	+ 4
Oral conditions	61	4	86	0	+ 4
Appendicitis	62	3	52	25	- 22
Hepatitis B	63	3	51	27	- 24
Maternal Conditions	64	1	24	292	- 291
Otitis Media	65	0	66	1	- 1
Encephalitis	66	0	57	14	- 13
War	67	0	68	0	- 0
Pertussis	68	0	44	51	- 51
Diphtheria	69	0	69	0	- 0
Syphilis	70	0	45	50	- 50
Chlamydia	71	0	65	2	- 2
Leprosy	72	0	74	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	73	0	75	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	74	0	77	0	- 0
Malaria	75	0	79	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	76	0	76	0	- 0
Chagas disease	77	0	78	0	- 0
Tetanus	78	0	47	45	- 45
Measles	79	0	59	12	- 12
Hookworm Disease	80	0	72	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	81	0	71	0	- 0
Ascariasis	82	0	67	1	- 1
Dengue	83	0	70	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	84	0	73	0	- 0
Depression	85	0	80	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	86	0	82	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to LESOTHO

Belgium

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.