LESOTHO VS CHILE: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	CHILE		LESOTHO		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	1,275	5	2,101	- 826
Stroke	2	1,161	3	2,817	- 1,655
Kidney Disease	3	485	10	1,015	- 529
Lung Disease	4	485	9	1,102	- 617
Alzheimers & Dementia	5	477	29	194	+ 283
Influenza and Pneumonia	6	468	2	3,214	- 2,746
Hypertension	7	455	11	990	- 534
Stomach Cancer	8	433	60	11	+ 423
Lung Cancers	9	412	43	51	+ 361
Diabetes Mellitus	10	379	6	2,000	- 1,620
Colon-Rectum Cancers	11	361	48	40	+ 321
Road Traffic Accidents	12	337	16	678	- 341
Liver Disease	13	316	14	792	- 476
Prostate Cancer	14	291	35	81	+ 210
Suicide	15	203	7	1,539	- 1,337
Breast Cancer	16	202	34	97	+ 104
Pancreas Cancer	17	187	58	12	+ 175
Lymphomas	18	166	36	78	+ 88
Liver Cancer	19	163	39	71	+ 93
Other Neoplasms	20	162	62	9	+ 153
Other Injuries	21	156	18	533	- 376
Endocrine Disorders	22	154	27	235	- 81
Falls	23	108	31	128	- 20
Leukemia	24	105	49	39	+ 66
Congenital Anomalies	25	102	19	389	- 287
Parkinson's Disease	26	94	41	55	+ 40
Cervical Cancer	27	93	20	372	- 279
Skin Disease	28	91	40	70	+ 21
Violence	29	89	13	924	- 835
Oesophagus Cancer	30	86	37	73	+ 13
Inflammatory/Heart	31	85	23	305	- 220
Bladder Cancer	32	77	61	10	+ 67
HIV/AIDS	33	64	1	4,767	- 4,703
Skin Cancers	34	63	46	46	+ 16
Ovary Cancer	35	61	53	24	+ 37
Low Birth Weight	36	52	12	957	- 905
Malnutrition	37	50	21	357	- 307
Tuberculosis	38	49	8	1,208	- 1,159
Diarrhoeal diseases	39	40	4	2,354	- 2,314
Oral Cancer	40	37	42	52	- 15
Fires	41	35	26	269	- 233
Asthma	42	35	17	678	- 643
Epilepsy	43	35	30	143	- 108
Drownings	44	34	28	200	- 166
Uterin Cancer	45	33	54	23	+ 9
Peptic Ulcer Disease	46	27	25	279	- 252
Alcohol	47	25	38	71	- 46
Rheumatoid Arthritis	48	22	56	18	+ 4
Anemia	49	21	83	0	+ 21
Drug Use	50	18	50	32	- 14
Osteoarthritis	51	16	84	0	+ 16
Rheumatic Heart Disease	52	12	32	126	- 113
Meningitis	53	11	22	318	- 306
Birth Trauma	54	10	15	717	- 707
Chagas disease	55	9	78	0	+ 9
Prostatic Hypertrophy	56	9	85	0	+ 9
Poisonings	57	8	33	111	- 103
Schizophrenia	58	5	81	0	+ 5
Appendicitis	59	4	52	25	- 20
Hepatitis B	60	4	51	27	- 23
Hepatitis C	61	3	64	2	+ 1
Multiple Sclerosis	62	3	63	6	- 3
Maternal Conditions	63	3	24	292	- 289
War	64	2	68	0	+ 1
Oral conditions	65	1	86	0	+ 1
Syphilis	66	1	45	50	- 50
Upper Respiratory	67	1	55	18	- 18
Pertussis	68	0	44	51	- 51
Tetanus	69	0	47	45	- 45
Encephalitis	70	0	57	14	- 13
Otitis Media	71	0	66	1	- 1
Ascariasis	72	0	67	1	- 1
Dengue	73	0	70	0	- 0
Diphtheria	74	0	69	0	- 0
Measles	75	0	59	12	- 12
Leprosy	76	0	74	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	77	0	73	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	78	0	71	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	79	0	72	0	- 0
Chlamydia	80	0	65	2	- 2
Leishmaniasis	81	0	75	0	- 0
Malaria	82	0	79	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	83	0	77	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	84	0	76	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	82	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	80	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to LESOTHO

Chile

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.