LESOTHO VS CHAD: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	CHAD		LESOTHO		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Influenza and Pneumonia	1	2,710	2	3,214	- 504
Diarrhoeal diseases	2	1,731	4	2,354	- 623
Malaria	3	1,007	79	0	+ 1,007
Birth Trauma	4	970	15	717	+ 253
Low Birth Weight	5	820	12	957	- 137
Stroke	6	707	3	2,817	- 2,110
Coronary Heart Disease	7	658	5	2,101	- 1,443
Road Traffic Accidents	8	603	16	678	- 75
Meningitis	9	560	22	318	+ 243
Congenital Anomalies	10	435	19	389	+ 45
Maternal Conditions	11	428	24	292	+ 136
Tuberculosis	12	408	8	1,208	- 800
HIV/AIDS	13	375	1	4,767	- 4,392
Liver Disease	14	358	14	792	- 434
Other Injuries	15	311	18	533	- 222
Pertussis	16	291	44	51	+ 240
Measles	17	277	59	12	+ 265
Malnutrition	18	251	21	357	- 106
Kidney Disease	19	221	10	1,015	- 794
Diabetes Mellitus	20	219	6	2,000	- 1,780
Violence	21	167	13	924	- 757
Lung Disease	22	167	9	1,102	- 935
Hypertension	23	147	11	990	- 843
Asthma	24	146	17	678	- 532
Endocrine Disorders	25	135	27	235	- 100
Drownings	26	124	28	200	- 76
Suicide	27	120	7	1,539	- 1,420
Breast Cancer	28	118	34	97	+ 21
Fires	29	84	26	269	- 185
Syphilis	30	84	45	50	+ 33
Tetanus	31	80	47	45	+ 35
Alzheimers & Dementia	32	77	29	194	- 117
Peptic Ulcer Disease	33	76	25	279	- 203
Falls	34	75	31	128	- 53
Cervical Cancer	35	74	20	372	- 298
Poisonings	36	65	33	111	- 47
Inflammatory/Heart	37	55	23	305	- 251
Epilepsy	38	52	30	143	- 91
Lymphomas	39	45	36	78	- 32
Liver Cancer	40	45	39	71	- 26
Prostate Cancer	41	40	35	81	- 41
Colon-Rectum Cancers	42	39	48	40	- 1
Oral Cancer	43	34	42	52	- 17
War	44	33	68	0	+ 33
Rheumatic Heart Disease	45	33	32	126	- 92
Leukemia	46	32	49	39	- 6
Hepatitis B	47	31	51	27	+ 4
Drug Use	48	27	50	32	- 5
Ovary Cancer	49	26	53	24	+ 1
Parkinson's Disease	50	24	41	55	- 31
Stomach Cancer	51	22	60	11	+ 11
Schistosomiasis	52	22	76	0	+ 22
Skin Disease	53	17	40	70	- 53
Skin Cancers	54	16	46	46	- 30
Diphtheria	55	15	69	0	+ 15
Oesophagus Cancer	56	14	37	73	- 59
Encephalitis	57	14	57	14	+ 1
Pancreas Cancer	58	13	58	12	+ 0
Lung Cancers	59	12	43	51	- 39
Alcohol	60	11	38	71	- 60
Bladder Cancer	61	10	61	10	+ 0
Appendicitis	62	9	52	25	- 16
Ascariasis	63	8	67	1	+ 8
Leishmaniasis	64	7	75	0	+ 7
Uterin Cancer	65	6	54	23	- 17
Upper Respiratory	66	4	55	18	- 14
Hepatitis C	67	4	64	2	+ 1
Other Neoplasms	68	2	62	9	- 7
Multiple Sclerosis	69	2	63	6	- 4
Trypanosomiasis	70	2	77	0	+ 2
Rheumatoid Arthritis	71	1	56	18	- 17
Chlamydia	72	0	65	2	- 1
Otitis Media	73	0	66	1	- 1
Dengue	74	0	70	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	75	0	71	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	76	0	72	0	- 0
Leprosy	77	0	74	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	78	0	73	0	- 0
Chagas disease	79	0	78	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	80	0	85	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	81	0	84	0	- 0
Oral conditions	82	0	86	0	- 0
Depression	83	0	80	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	84	0	81	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	82	0	- 0
Anemia	86	0	83	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to LESOTHO

Chad

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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.