LESOTHO VS CANADA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	CANADA		LESOTHO		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	2,300	5	2,101	+ 199
Alzheimers & Dementia	2	1,778	29	194	+ 1,584
Lung Cancers	3	1,202	43	51	+ 1,151
Lung Disease	4	816	9	1,102	- 286
Stroke	5	813	3	2,817	- 2,004
Colon-Rectum Cancers	6	554	48	40	+ 514
Influenza and Pneumonia	7	427	2	3,214	- 2,788
Breast Cancer	8	339	34	97	+ 242
Diabetes Mellitus	9	328	6	2,000	- 1,671
Lymphomas	10	295	36	78	+ 218
Pancreas Cancer	11	290	58	12	+ 278
Falls	12	277	31	128	+ 149
Prostate Cancer	13	270	35	81	+ 190
Kidney Disease	14	263	10	1,015	- 752
Suicide	15	254	7	1,539	- 1,286
Drug Use	16	212	50	32	+ 180
Liver Disease	17	208	14	792	- 584
Parkinson's Disease	18	193	41	55	+ 138
Endocrine Disorders	19	186	27	235	- 49
Liver Cancer	20	179	39	71	+ 108
Leukemia	21	178	49	39	+ 139
Hypertension	22	147	11	990	- 843
Bladder Cancer	23	145	61	10	+ 135
Other Injuries	24	137	18	533	- 395
Oesophagus Cancer	25	128	37	73	+ 55
Stomach Cancer	26	125	60	11	+ 114
Inflammatory/Heart	27	118	23	305	- 187
Road Traffic Accidents	28	115	16	678	- 564
Ovary Cancer	29	109	53	24	+ 85
Skin Cancers	30	101	46	46	+ 55
Other Neoplasms	31	96	62	9	+ 87
Oral Cancer	32	91	42	52	+ 40
Alcohol	33	86	38	71	+ 15
Uterin Cancer	34	68	54	23	+ 44
Congenital Anomalies	35	62	19	389	- 327
Diarrhoeal diseases	36	48	4	2,354	- 2,306
Multiple Sclerosis	37	40	63	6	+ 34
Skin Disease	38	39	40	70	- 31
Rheumatic Heart Disease	39	37	32	126	- 89
Violence	40	35	13	924	- 889
Cervical Cancer	41	33	20	372	- 339
Low Birth Weight	42	32	12	957	- 925
Peptic Ulcer Disease	43	25	25	279	- 253
Epilepsy	44	22	30	143	- 121
Hepatitis C	45	21	64	2	+ 18
Anemia	46	20	83	0	+ 20
Rheumatoid Arthritis	47	19	56	18	+ 0
Drownings	48	16	28	200	- 184
Asthma	49	15	17	678	- 663
Birth Trauma	50	11	15	717	- 706
Malnutrition	51	11	21	357	- 346
Fires	52	11	26	269	- 258
HIV/AIDS	53	9	1	4,767	- 4,758
Prostatic Hypertrophy	54	8	85	0	+ 8
Osteoarthritis	55	8	84	0	+ 8
Poisonings	56	7	33	111	- 104
Schizophrenia	57	7	81	0	+ 7
Tuberculosis	58	6	8	1,208	- 1,203
Meningitis	59	4	22	318	- 314
Hepatitis B	60	4	51	27	- 23
Oral conditions	61	3	86	0	+ 3
Appendicitis	62	3	52	25	- 22
Upper Respiratory	63	3	55	18	- 15
Maternal Conditions	64	3	24	292	- 290
War	65	1	68	0	+ 1
Otitis Media	66	0	66	1	- 1
Syphilis	67	0	45	50	- 50
Encephalitis	68	0	57	14	- 13
Pertussis	69	0	44	51	- 51
Chagas disease	70	0	78	0	+ 0
Tetanus	71	0	47	45	- 45
Dengue	72	0	70	0	- 0
Diphtheria	73	0	69	0	- 0
Measles	74	0	59	12	- 12
Trypanosomiasis	75	0	77	0	- 0
Malaria	76	0	79	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	77	0	75	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	78	0	76	0	- 0
Leprosy	79	0	74	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	80	0	71	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	81	0	72	0	- 0
Ascariasis	82	0	67	1	- 1
Chlamydia	83	0	65	2	- 2
Iodine Deficiency	84	0	73	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	82	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	80	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to LESOTHO

Canada

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.