LESOTHO VS COSTA RICA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	COSTA RICA		LESOTHO		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	1,117	5	2,101	- 984
Stroke	2	687	3	2,817	- 2,130
Kidney Disease	3	627	10	1,015	- 387
Lung Disease	4	443	9	1,102	- 659
Diabetes Mellitus	5	403	6	2,000	- 1,596
Hypertension	6	365	11	990	- 625
Influenza and Pneumonia	7	353	2	3,214	- 2,861
Alzheimers & Dementia	8	346	29	194	+ 152
Road Traffic Accidents	9	316	16	678	- 363
Stomach Cancer	10	279	60	11	+ 269
Violence	11	269	13	924	- 655
Colon-Rectum Cancers	12	263	48	40	+ 223
Other Injuries	13	241	18	533	- 291
Prostate Cancer	14	190	35	81	+ 109
Suicide	15	172	7	1,539	- 1,367
Breast Cancer	16	163	34	97	+ 65
Liver Cancer	17	162	39	71	+ 91
Liver Disease	18	156	14	792	- 636
Lymphomas	19	150	36	78	+ 73
Lung Cancers	20	145	43	51	+ 94
Congenital Anomalies	21	133	19	389	- 256
Pancreas Cancer	22	124	58	12	+ 112
Other Neoplasms	23	112	62	9	+ 103
Leukemia	24	111	49	39	+ 72
HIV/AIDS	25	81	1	4,767	- 4,686
Inflammatory/Heart	26	81	23	305	- 224
Endocrine Disorders	27	78	27	235	- 157
Low Birth Weight	28	75	12	957	- 882
Cervical Cancer	29	67	20	372	- 305
Parkinson's Disease	30	58	41	55	+ 4
Skin Cancers	31	58	46	46	+ 12
Skin Disease	32	53	40	70	- 16
Alcohol	33	53	38	71	- 17
Epilepsy	34	49	30	143	- 94
Falls	35	49	31	128	- 79
Bladder Cancer	36	42	61	10	+ 33
Drownings	37	41	28	200	- 159
Oral Cancer	38	41	42	52	- 11
Diarrhoeal diseases	39	37	4	2,354	- 2,317
Ovary Cancer	40	34	53	24	+ 10
Uterin Cancer	41	34	54	23	+ 11
Peptic Ulcer Disease	42	31	25	279	- 248
Drug Use	43	27	50	32	- 5
Oesophagus Cancer	44	26	37	73	- 48
Asthma	45	26	17	678	- 652
Rheumatoid Arthritis	46	23	56	18	+ 5
Birth Trauma	47	20	15	717	- 697
Malnutrition	48	16	21	357	- 342
Rheumatic Heart Disease	49	14	32	126	- 112
Tuberculosis	50	13	8	1,208	- 1,195
Anemia	51	10	83	0	+ 10
Appendicitis	52	9	52	25	- 16
Schizophrenia	53	9	81	0	+ 9
Meningitis	54	8	22	318	- 310
Maternal Conditions	55	7	24	292	- 285
Prostatic Hypertrophy	56	6	85	0	+ 6
Multiple Sclerosis	57	5	63	6	- 1
Fires	58	4	26	269	- 264
Hepatitis B	59	3	51	27	- 24
Poisonings	60	2	33	111	- 109
Osteoarthritis	61	2	84	0	+ 2
Upper Respiratory	62	1	55	18	- 17
Encephalitis	63	1	57	14	- 13
Hepatitis C	64	0	64	2	- 2
Syphilis	65	0	45	50	- 50
Oral conditions	66	0	86	0	+ 0
Leprosy	67	0	74	0	+ 0
War	68	0	68	0	- 0
Pertussis	69	0	44	51	- 51
Dengue	70	0	70	0	- 0
Ascariasis	71	0	67	1	- 1
Leishmaniasis	72	0	75	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	73	0	69	0	- 0
Tetanus	74	0	47	45	- 45
Measles	75	0	59	12	- 12
Schistosomiasis	76	0	76	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	77	0	77	0	- 0
Malaria	78	0	79	0	- 0
Chagas disease	79	0	78	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	80	0	72	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	81	0	71	0	- 0
Otitis Media	82	0	66	1	- 1
Iodine Deficiency	83	0	73	0	- 0
Chlamydia	84	0	65	2	- 2
Depression	85	0	80	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	86	0	82	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to LESOTHO

Costa Rica

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.