LESOTHO VS BENIN: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	BENIN		LESOTHO		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Influenza and Pneumonia	1	1,547	2	3,214	- 1,668
Malaria	2	1,067	79	0	+ 1,067
Diarrhoeal diseases	3	1,035	4	2,354	- 1,319
Stroke	4	887	3	2,817	- 1,929
Coronary Heart Disease	5	818	5	2,101	- 1,283
Low Birth Weight	6	744	12	957	- 213
Birth Trauma	7	599	15	717	- 119
Road Traffic Accidents	8	479	16	678	- 199
Liver Disease	9	371	14	792	- 421
Congenital Anomalies	10	343	19	389	- 46
HIV/AIDS	11	343	1	4,767	- 4,425
Meningitis	12	298	22	318	- 20
Kidney Disease	13	292	10	1,015	- 722
Diabetes Mellitus	14	290	6	2,000	- 1,710
Other Injuries	15	232	18	533	- 301
Endocrine Disorders	16	220	27	235	- 15
Lung Disease	17	185	9	1,102	- 917
Pertussis	18	177	44	51	+ 126
Hypertension	19	165	11	990	- 825
Maternal Conditions	20	157	24	292	- 135
Malnutrition	21	141	21	357	- 217
Suicide	22	140	7	1,539	- 1,400
Tuberculosis	23	139	8	1,208	- 1,069
Asthma	24	135	17	678	- 543
Prostate Cancer	25	131	35	81	+ 51
Measles	26	119	59	12	+ 108
Breast Cancer	27	119	34	97	+ 22
Violence	28	110	13	924	- 814
Alzheimers & Dementia	29	108	29	194	- 86
Cervical Cancer	30	101	20	372	- 271
Drownings	31	86	28	200	- 113
Falls	32	82	31	128	- 46
Inflammatory/Heart	33	69	23	305	- 236
Peptic Ulcer Disease	34	67	25	279	- 212
Fires	35	65	26	269	- 203
Lymphomas	36	59	36	78	- 19
Epilepsy	37	56	30	143	- 88
Stomach Cancer	38	55	60	11	+ 44
Oesophagus Cancer	39	49	37	73	- 24
Liver Cancer	40	49	39	71	- 22
Colon-Rectum Cancers	41	47	48	40	+ 8
Poisonings	42	47	33	111	- 65
Parkinson's Disease	43	32	41	55	- 23
Drug Use	44	30	50	32	- 2
Rheumatic Heart Disease	45	30	32	126	- 96
Leukemia	46	30	49	39	- 9
Schistosomiasis	47	28	76	0	+ 28
Pancreas Cancer	48	27	58	12	+ 15
Oral Cancer	49	24	42	52	- 28
Tetanus	50	24	47	45	- 21
Syphilis	51	23	45	50	- 28
Skin Disease	52	22	40	70	- 48
Hepatitis B	53	22	51	27	- 5
Skin Cancers	54	15	46	46	- 31
Uterin Cancer	55	15	54	23	- 8
Ovary Cancer	56	13	53	24	- 11
Encephalitis	57	13	57	14	- 1
Alcohol	58	13	38	71	- 58
Lung Cancers	59	10	43	51	- 41
Appendicitis	60	7	52	25	- 18
Bladder Cancer	61	7	61	10	- 3
Ascariasis	62	6	67	1	+ 5
Other Neoplasms	63	3	62	9	- 6
Upper Respiratory	64	3	55	18	- 16
Hepatitis C	65	3	64	2	+ 0
Multiple Sclerosis	66	2	63	6	- 4
Rheumatoid Arthritis	67	2	56	18	- 16
Diphtheria	68	2	69	0	+ 1
War	69	0	68	0	+ 0
Chlamydia	70	0	65	2	- 1
Otitis Media	71	0	66	1	- 1
Dengue	72	0	70	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	73	0	71	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	74	0	72	0	- 0
Leprosy	75	0	74	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	76	0	73	0	- 0
Chagas disease	77	0	78	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	77	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	79	0	75	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
Prostatic Hypertrophy	84	0	85	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	85	0	84	0	- 0
Oral conditions	86	0	86	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to LESOTHO

Benin

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.