LESOTHO VS CONGO: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	CONGO		LESOTHO		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
HIV/AIDS	1	1,647	1	4,767	- 3,120
Tuberculosis	2	1,016	8	1,208	- 192
Influenza and Pneumonia	3	941	2	3,214	- 2,273
Coronary Heart Disease	4	911	5	2,101	- 1,190
Stroke	5	828	3	2,817	- 1,989
Malaria	6	722	79	0	+ 722
Road Traffic Accidents	7	584	16	678	- 95
Diarrhoeal diseases	8	476	4	2,354	- 1,878
Low Birth Weight	9	469	12	957	- 488
Diabetes Mellitus	10	383	6	2,000	- 1,616
Birth Trauma	11	364	15	717	- 353
Hypertension	12	341	11	990	- 649
Liver Disease	13	340	14	792	- 452
Congenital Anomalies	14	266	19	389	- 123
Kidney Disease	15	224	10	1,015	- 791
Maternal Conditions	16	211	24	292	- 81
Lung Disease	17	198	9	1,102	- 904
Violence	18	197	13	924	- 727
Suicide	19	127	7	1,539	- 1,412
Other Injuries	20	122	18	533	- 411
Pertussis	21	120	44	51	+ 69
Meningitis	22	109	22	318	- 209
Asthma	23	106	17	678	- 572
Malnutrition	24	99	21	357	- 258
Alzheimers & Dementia	25	84	29	194	- 110
Inflammatory/Heart	26	80	23	305	- 225
Endocrine Disorders	27	76	27	235	- 159
Prostate Cancer	28	72	35	81	- 8
Cervical Cancer	29	72	20	372	- 301
Liver Cancer	30	62	39	71	- 9
Measles	31	58	59	12	+ 46
Breast Cancer	32	58	34	97	- 39
Falls	33	54	31	128	- 73
Syphilis	34	39	45	50	- 12
Peptic Ulcer Disease	35	38	25	279	- 240
Drownings	36	38	28	200	- 162
Fires	37	33	26	269	- 236
Colon-Rectum Cancers	38	32	48	40	- 7
Stomach Cancer	39	32	60	11	+ 21
Epilepsy	40	28	30	143	- 116
Poisonings	41	26	33	111	- 85
Parkinson's Disease	42	25	41	55	- 30
Rheumatic Heart Disease	43	24	32	126	- 101
Drug Use	44	24	50	32	- 8
Lymphomas	45	22	36	78	- 56
Leukemia	46	21	49	39	- 18
Lung Cancers	47	20	43	51	- 31
Ovary Cancer	48	18	53	24	- 6
Alcohol	49	17	38	71	- 54
Skin Disease	50	17	40	70	- 53
Schistosomiasis	51	16	76	0	+ 16
Pancreas Cancer	52	15	58	12	+ 3
Skin Cancers	53	13	46	46	- 33
Oral Cancer	54	12	42	52	- 40
Tetanus	55	8	47	45	- 37
Encephalitis	56	7	57	14	- 6
Oesophagus Cancer	57	7	37	73	- 66
Appendicitis	58	7	52	25	- 18
Rheumatoid Arthritis	59	5	56	18	- 13
Uterin Cancer	60	5	54	23	- 18
Bladder Cancer	61	5	61	10	- 4
Hepatitis B	62	5	51	27	- 21
Other Neoplasms	63	3	62	9	- 6
Upper Respiratory	64	2	55	18	- 16
Trypanosomiasis	65	2	77	0	+ 2
Multiple Sclerosis	66	1	63	6	- 5
Hepatitis C	67	1	64	2	- 2
Diphtheria	68	1	69	0	+ 0
Ascariasis	69	0	67	1	- 0
Chlamydia	70	0	65	2	- 1
Otitis Media	71	0	66	1	- 1
War	72	0	68	0	- 0
Dengue	73	0	70	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	74	0	72	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	75	0	71	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	76	0	73	0	- 0
Leprosy	77	0	74	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	78	0	75	0	- 0
Chagas disease	79	0	78	0	- 0
Depression	80	0	80	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	81	0	81	0	- 0
Anemia	82	0	83	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	83	0	82	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	84	0	85	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	85	0	84	0	- 0
Oral conditions	86	0	86	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to LESOTHO

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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.