LESOTHO VS COLOMBIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	COLOMBIA		LESOTHO		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	1,935	5	2,101	- 166
Violence	2	866	13	924	- 58
Stroke	3	744	3	2,817	- 2,072
Lung Disease	4	716	9	1,102	- 386
Influenza and Pneumonia	5	484	2	3,214	- 2,730
Road Traffic Accidents	6	349	16	678	- 330
Kidney Disease	7	307	10	1,015	- 708
Hypertension	8	287	11	990	- 702
Stomach Cancer	9	275	60	11	+ 264
Lung Cancers	10	236	43	51	+ 185
Diabetes Mellitus	11	226	6	2,000	- 1,774
Colon-Rectum Cancers	12	196	48	40	+ 157
Breast Cancer	13	165	34	97	+ 68
Prostate Cancer	14	161	35	81	+ 80
Other Neoplasms	15	144	62	9	+ 135
Congenital Anomalies	16	133	19	389	- 256
HIV/AIDS	17	121	1	4,767	- 4,647
Lymphomas	18	117	36	78	+ 39
Liver Disease	19	109	14	792	- 683
Cervical Cancer	20	102	20	372	- 271
Leukemia	21	99	49	39	+ 60
Alzheimers & Dementia	22	97	29	194	- 97
Low Birth Weight	23	94	12	957	- 863
Liver Cancer	24	93	39	71	+ 22
Pancreas Cancer	25	91	58	12	+ 79
Suicide	26	88	7	1,539	- 1,451
Malnutrition	27	84	21	357	- 273
Other Injuries	28	72	18	533	- 461
Falls	29	68	31	128	- 60
Endocrine Disorders	30	61	27	235	- 173
Inflammatory/Heart	31	60	23	305	- 245
Tuberculosis	32	57	8	1,208	- 1,151
Ovary Cancer	33	50	53	24	+ 26
Skin Disease	34	49	40	70	- 20
Skin Cancers	35	46	46	46	- 0
Oesophagus Cancer	36	38	37	73	- 36
Oral Cancer	37	36	42	52	- 15
Diarrhoeal diseases	38	34	4	2,354	- 2,321
Peptic Ulcer Disease	39	31	25	279	- 247
Drownings	40	31	28	200	- 169
Birth Trauma	41	29	15	717	- 688
Bladder Cancer	42	27	61	10	+ 18
Epilepsy	43	27	30	143	- 117
Drug Use	44	22	50	32	- 9
Uterin Cancer	45	19	54	23	- 4
Maternal Conditions	46	18	24	292	- 275
Parkinson's Disease	47	17	41	55	- 38
Prostatic Hypertrophy	48	15	85	0	+ 15
War	49	12	68	0	+ 11
Meningitis	50	11	22	318	- 307
Rheumatoid Arthritis	51	11	56	18	- 7
Appendicitis	52	10	52	25	- 15
Chagas disease	53	9	78	0	+ 9
Asthma	54	9	17	678	- 669
Dengue	55	6	70	0	+ 6
Fires	56	6	26	269	- 263
Anemia	57	5	83	0	+ 5
Osteoarthritis	58	3	84	0	+ 3
Hepatitis C	59	3	64	2	+ 0
Multiple Sclerosis	60	3	63	6	- 3
Poisonings	61	3	33	111	- 108
Hepatitis B	62	2	51	27	- 24
Rheumatic Heart Disease	63	2	32	126	- 124
Encephalitis	64	2	57	14	- 12
Syphilis	65	1	45	50	- 49
Upper Respiratory	66	1	55	18	- 17
Malaria	67	1	79	0	+ 1
Alcohol	68	1	38	71	- 70
Pertussis	69	1	44	51	- 50
Schizophrenia	70	1	81	0	+ 1
Tetanus	71	1	47	45	- 45
Leprosy	72	0	74	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	73	0	66	1	- 1
Leishmaniasis	74	0	75	0	+ 0
Oral conditions	75	0	86	0	+ 0
Ascariasis	76	0	67	1	- 1
Schistosomiasis	77	0	76	0	+ 0
Measles	78	0	59	12	- 12
Hookworm Disease	79	0	72	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	80	0	69	0	- 0
Chlamydia	81	0	65	2	- 2
Iodine Deficiency	82	0	73	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	83	0	71	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	84	0	77	0	- 0
Depression	85	0	80	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	86	0	82	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to LESOTHO

Colombia

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.