LESOTHO VS CAMBODIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	CAMBODIA		LESOTHO		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Stroke	1	1,711	3	2,817	- 1,106
Coronary Heart Disease	2	1,340	5	2,101	- 761
Influenza and Pneumonia	3	1,148	2	3,214	- 2,066
Liver Disease	4	1,060	14	792	+ 268
Diabetes Mellitus	5	439	6	2,000	- 1,561
Road Traffic Accidents	6	421	16	678	- 258
Lung Disease	7	399	9	1,102	- 703
Tuberculosis	8	374	8	1,208	- 834
Liver Cancer	9	354	39	71	+ 283
Hypertension	10	307	11	990	- 683
Diarrhoeal diseases	11	280	4	2,354	- 2,074
Falls	12	276	31	128	+ 148
Kidney Disease	13	276	10	1,015	- 739
Peptic Ulcer Disease	14	253	25	279	- 26
Low Birth Weight	15	238	12	957	- 718
Lung Cancers	16	213	43	51	+ 162
Alzheimers & Dementia	17	178	29	194	- 16
Birth Trauma	18	176	15	717	- 541
HIV/AIDS	19	175	1	4,767	- 4,592
Congenital Anomalies	20	168	19	389	- 221
Asthma	21	161	17	678	- 517
Drownings	22	145	28	200	- 55
Colon-Rectum Cancers	23	118	48	40	+ 78
Breast Cancer	24	112	34	97	+ 15
Suicide	25	104	7	1,539	- 1,435
Other Injuries	26	103	18	533	- 430
Cervical Cancer	27	95	20	372	- 277
Oral Cancer	28	85	42	52	+ 33
Leukemia	29	72	49	39	+ 33
Maternal Conditions	30	63	24	292	- 229
Lymphomas	31	62	36	78	- 16
Inflammatory/Heart	32	57	23	305	- 248
Malnutrition	33	56	21	357	- 301
Stomach Cancer	34	51	60	11	+ 40
Endocrine Disorders	35	50	27	235	- 185
Rheumatic Heart Disease	36	49	32	126	- 77
Parkinson's Disease	37	48	41	55	- 7
Violence	38	45	13	924	- 879
Oesophagus Cancer	39	39	37	73	- 35
Ovary Cancer	40	32	53	24	+ 8
Pertussis	41	30	44	51	- 21
Fires	42	29	26	269	- 239
Skin Disease	43	28	40	70	- 42
Skin Cancers	44	22	46	46	- 24
Bladder Cancer	45	22	61	10	+ 12
Encephalitis	46	18	57	14	+ 4
Hepatitis B	47	18	51	27	- 9
Pancreas Cancer	48	18	58	12	+ 5
Alcohol	49	17	38	71	- 53
Prostate Cancer	50	17	35	81	- 64
Epilepsy	51	16	30	143	- 128
Tetanus	52	14	47	45	- 31
Malaria	53	13	79	0	+ 13
Meningitis	54	13	22	318	- 305
Uterin Cancer	55	12	54	23	- 11
Poisonings	56	10	33	111	- 101
Appendicitis	57	10	52	25	- 15
Drug Use	58	8	50	32	- 23
Dengue	59	8	70	0	+ 8
Measles	60	8	59	12	- 4
Hepatitis C	61	6	64	2	+ 4
Other Neoplasms	62	4	62	9	- 5
Schistosomiasis	63	3	76	0	+ 3
Rheumatoid Arthritis	64	3	56	18	- 15
Multiple Sclerosis	65	2	63	6	- 4
Syphilis	66	2	45	50	- 48
Upper Respiratory	67	2	55	18	- 16
War	68	1	68	0	+ 1
Ascariasis	69	1	67	1	- 0
Chlamydia	70	0	65	2	- 1
Diphtheria	71	0	69	0	- 0
Otitis Media	72	0	66	1	- 1
Leprosy	73	0	74	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	74	0	71	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	75	0	72	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
Osteoarthritis	80	0	84	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	81	0	85	0	- 0
Oral conditions	82	0	86	0	- 0
Depression	83	0	80	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	84	0	82	0	- 0
Anemia	85	0	83	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	86	0	81	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to LESOTHO

Cambodia

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.