LESOTHO VS BRAZIL: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	BRAZIL		LESOTHO		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	1,678	5	2,101	- 423
Stroke	2	1,247	3	2,817	- 1,570
Influenza and Pneumonia	3	959	2	3,214	- 2,256
Violence	4	696	13	924	- 228
Diabetes Mellitus	5	603	6	2,000	- 1,396
Lung Disease	6	601	9	1,102	- 501
Kidney Disease	7	382	10	1,015	- 633
Road Traffic Accidents	8	343	16	678	- 336
Lung Cancers	9	320	43	51	+ 269
Alzheimers & Dementia	10	311	29	194	+ 117
Hypertension	11	292	11	990	- 698
Colon-Rectum Cancers	12	234	48	40	+ 195
Liver Disease	13	217	14	792	- 575
Breast Cancer	14	210	34	97	+ 113
Prostate Cancer	15	192	35	81	+ 112
Falls	16	191	31	128	+ 63
Stomach Cancer	17	182	60	11	+ 171
Inflammatory/Heart	18	177	23	305	- 128
Endocrine Disorders	19	171	27	235	- 64
Suicide	20	147	7	1,539	- 1,392
Other Injuries	21	140	18	533	- 393
HIV/AIDS	22	127	1	4,767	- 4,640
Congenital Anomalies	23	125	19	389	- 265
Pancreas Cancer	24	121	58	12	+ 109
Liver Cancer	25	117	39	71	+ 46
Oesophagus Cancer	26	106	37	73	+ 33
Lymphomas	27	105	36	78	+ 27
Oral Cancer	28	101	42	52	+ 49
Cervical Cancer	29	96	20	372	- 276
Leukemia	30	86	49	39	+ 47
Skin Disease	31	73	40	70	+ 3
Alcohol	32	72	38	71	+ 1
Low Birth Weight	33	70	12	957	- 887
Malnutrition	34	68	21	357	- 289
Diarrhoeal diseases	35	57	4	2,354	- 2,297
Bladder Cancer	36	54	61	10	+ 44
Chagas disease	37	51	78	0	+ 51
Skin Cancers	38	51	46	46	+ 5
Drownings	39	50	28	200	- 150
Tuberculosis	40	50	8	1,208	- 1,159
Parkinson's Disease	41	48	41	55	- 6
Other Neoplasms	42	47	62	9	+ 38
Ovary Cancer	43	44	53	24	+ 20
Peptic Ulcer Disease	44	43	25	279	- 236
Birth Trauma	45	38	15	717	- 679
Epilepsy	46	33	30	143	- 110
Uterin Cancer	47	28	54	23	+ 5
Asthma	48	26	17	678	- 652
Drug Use	49	25	50	32	- 7
Anemia	50	24	83	0	+ 24
Rheumatic Heart Disease	51	22	32	126	- 103
Hepatitis C	52	20	64	2	+ 17
Maternal Conditions	53	15	24	292	- 277
Meningitis	54	14	22	318	- 304
Prostatic Hypertrophy	55	11	85	0	+ 11
War	56	11	68	0	+ 11
Appendicitis	57	11	52	25	- 14
Fires	58	10	26	269	- 258
Hepatitis B	59	8	51	27	- 19
Schizophrenia	60	7	81	0	+ 7
Rheumatoid Arthritis	61	6	56	18	- 12
Schistosomiasis	62	6	76	0	+ 6
Leishmaniasis	63	4	75	0	+ 4
Multiple Sclerosis	64	4	63	6	- 2
Osteoarthritis	65	3	84	0	+ 3
Poisonings	66	3	33	111	- 108
Upper Respiratory	67	3	55	18	- 16
Syphilis	68	2	45	50	- 48
Leprosy	69	2	74	0	+ 2
Otitis Media	70	1	66	1	- 0
Tetanus	71	1	47	45	- 44
Encephalitis	72	1	57	14	- 13
Oral conditions	73	1	86	0	+ 1
Malaria	74	0	79	0	+ 0
Pertussis	75	0	44	51	- 51
Dengue	76	0	70	0	+ 0
Iodine Deficiency	77	0	73	0	+ 0
Ascariasis	78	0	67	1	- 1
Diphtheria	79	0	69	0	- 0
Chlamydia	80	0	65	2	- 1
Measles	81	0	59	12	- 12
Vitamin A Deficiency	82	0	82	0	+ 0
Trypanosomiasis	83	0	77	0	+ 0
Trichuriasis	84	0	71	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	85	0	72	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	80	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to LESOTHO

Brazil

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.