LESOTHO VS CROATIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	CROATIA		LESOTHO		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	6,606	5	2,101	+ 4,505
Stroke	2	3,368	3	2,817	+ 551
Lung Cancers	3	1,525	43	51	+ 1,474
Colon-Rectum Cancers	4	1,175	48	40	+ 1,135
Lung Disease	5	1,133	9	1,102	+ 31
Diabetes Mellitus	6	1,054	6	2,000	- 946
Kidney Disease	7	747	10	1,015	- 267
Hypertension	8	591	11	990	- 398
Alzheimers & Dementia	9	572	29	194	+ 378
Influenza and Pneumonia	10	548	2	3,214	- 2,666
Breast Cancer	11	547	34	97	+ 450
Falls	12	523	31	128	+ 395
Liver Disease	13	496	14	792	- 296
Prostate Cancer	14	457	35	81	+ 377
Stomach Cancer	15	422	60	11	+ 411
Pancreas Cancer	16	405	58	12	+ 393
Suicide	17	363	7	1,539	- 1,177
Lymphomas	18	299	36	78	+ 221
Liver Cancer	19	269	39	71	+ 198
Bladder Cancer	20	268	61	10	+ 258
Inflammatory/Heart	21	245	23	305	- 60
Leukemia	22	234	49	39	+ 195
Other Injuries	23	230	18	533	- 303
Parkinson's Disease	24	227	41	55	+ 172
Oral Cancer	25	181	42	52	+ 130
Skin Cancers	26	178	46	46	+ 132
Road Traffic Accidents	27	176	16	678	- 502
Ovary Cancer	28	166	53	24	+ 141
Other Neoplasms	29	152	62	9	+ 143
Alcohol	30	117	38	71	+ 47
Peptic Ulcer Disease	31	111	25	279	- 168
Uterin Cancer	32	107	54	23	+ 84
Oesophagus Cancer	33	102	37	73	+ 28
Cervical Cancer	34	83	20	372	- 289
Rheumatic Heart Disease	35	73	32	126	- 52
Epilepsy	36	51	30	143	- 93
Congenital Anomalies	37	51	19	389	- 339
Drownings	38	46	28	200	- 154
Diarrhoeal diseases	39	44	4	2,354	- 2,310
Schizophrenia	40	42	81	0	+ 42
Asthma	41	40	17	678	- 638
Endocrine Disorders	42	39	27	235	- 196
Drug Use	43	38	50	32	+ 6
Tuberculosis	44	33	8	1,208	- 1,175
Multiple Sclerosis	45	29	63	6	+ 24
Rheumatoid Arthritis	46	25	56	18	+ 7
Hepatitis C	47	24	64	2	+ 22
Violence	48	24	13	924	- 900
Prostatic Hypertrophy	49	23	85	0	+ 23
Fires	50	18	26	269	- 250
Hepatitis B	51	9	51	27	- 17
Meningitis	52	9	22	318	- 309
Anemia	53	8	83	0	+ 8
Poisonings	54	8	33	111	- 103
Birth Trauma	55	6	15	717	- 711
Low Birth Weight	56	5	12	957	- 951
Appendicitis	57	5	52	25	- 20
Skin Disease	58	4	40	70	- 66
HIV/AIDS	59	4	1	4,767	- 4,763
Otitis Media	60	2	66	1	+ 1
Maternal Conditions	61	1	24	292	- 291
Iodine Deficiency	62	1	73	0	+ 1
Upper Respiratory	63	1	55	18	- 17
Oral conditions	64	1	86	0	+ 1
Encephalitis	65	0	57	14	- 13
Leishmaniasis	66	0	75	0	+ 0
War	67	0	68	0	- 0
Tetanus	68	0	47	45	- 45
Pertussis	69	0	44	51	- 51
Malnutrition	70	0	21	357	- 357
Syphilis	71	0	45	50	- 50
Diphtheria	72	0	69	0	- 0
Measles	73	0	59	12	- 12
Chlamydia	74	0	65	2	- 2
Schistosomiasis	75	0	76	0	- 0
Chagas disease	76	0	78	0	- 0
Malaria	77	0	79	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	77	0	- 0
Leprosy	79	0	74	0	- 0
Dengue	80	0	70	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	81	0	71	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	82	0	72	0	- 0
Ascariasis	83	0	67	1	- 1
Osteoarthritis	84	0	84	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	82	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	80	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to LESOTHO

Croatia

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.