LESOTHO VS CYPRUS: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	CYPRUS		LESOTHO		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	1,889	5	2,101	- 212
Stroke	2	779	3	2,817	- 2,037
Alzheimers & Dementia	3	675	29	194	+ 480
Lung Disease	4	599	9	1,102	- 502
Diabetes Mellitus	5	559	6	2,000	- 1,440
Lung Cancers	6	539	43	51	+ 488
Kidney Disease	7	359	10	1,015	- 656
Colon-Rectum Cancers	8	282	48	40	+ 242
Breast Cancer	9	261	34	97	+ 164
Other Injuries	10	229	18	533	- 304
Hypertension	11	215	11	990	- 775
Endocrine Disorders	12	212	27	235	- 23
Prostate Cancer	13	198	35	81	+ 118
Pancreas Cancer	14	176	58	12	+ 164
Influenza and Pneumonia	15	165	2	3,214	- 3,050
Lymphomas	16	164	36	78	+ 86
Leukemia	17	140	49	39	+ 101
Road Traffic Accidents	18	116	16	678	- 562
Bladder Cancer	19	112	61	10	+ 103
Liver Cancer	20	108	39	71	+ 37
Stomach Cancer	21	106	60	11	+ 96
Diarrhoeal diseases	22	95	4	2,354	- 2,259
Other Neoplasms	23	90	62	9	+ 81
Inflammatory/Heart	24	86	23	305	- 219
Falls	25	86	31	128	- 42
Liver Disease	26	85	14	792	- 707
Ovary Cancer	27	76	53	24	+ 51
Parkinson's Disease	28	74	41	55	+ 20
Suicide	29	74	7	1,539	- 1,466
Skin Disease	30	74	40	70	+ 4
Skin Cancers	31	65	46	46	+ 19
Rheumatic Heart Disease	32	58	32	126	- 67
Drownings	33	56	28	200	- 144
Uterin Cancer	34	46	54	23	+ 23
Asthma	35	41	17	678	- 637
Oral Cancer	36	35	42	52	- 17
Cervical Cancer	37	31	20	372	- 341
Congenital Anomalies	38	30	19	389	- 360
Anemia	39	29	83	0	+ 29
Violence	40	26	13	924	- 898
Drug Use	41	23	50	32	- 9
Peptic Ulcer Disease	42	19	25	279	- 260
Oesophagus Cancer	43	17	37	73	- 56
Epilepsy	44	17	30	143	- 127
Rheumatoid Arthritis	45	16	56	18	- 2
Multiple Sclerosis	46	15	63	6	+ 9
Low Birth Weight	47	11	12	957	- 946
Prostatic Hypertrophy	48	10	85	0	+ 10
Alcohol	49	9	38	71	- 62
Fires	50	8	26	269	- 261
Poisonings	51	7	33	111	- 104
Tuberculosis	52	6	8	1,208	- 1,202
Birth Trauma	53	4	15	717	- 713
Hepatitis B	54	3	51	27	- 24
Meningitis	55	3	22	318	- 315
Malnutrition	56	3	21	357	- 354
Schizophrenia	57	3	81	0	+ 3
Hepatitis C	58	3	64	2	+ 0
Upper Respiratory	59	2	55	18	- 16
Osteoarthritis	60	1	84	0	+ 1
Oral conditions	61	1	86	0	+ 1
Syphilis	62	1	45	50	- 49
Maternal Conditions	63	1	24	292	- 291
HIV/AIDS	64	1	1	4,767	- 4,767
Otitis Media	65	1	66	1	- 1
Appendicitis	66	1	52	25	- 24
Leishmaniasis	67	1	75	0	+ 1
War	68	0	68	0	- 0
Encephalitis	69	0	57	14	- 13
Pertussis	70	0	44	51	- 51
Tetanus	71	0	47	45	- 45
Measles	72	0	59	12	- 12
Diphtheria	73	0	69	0	- 0
Dengue	74	0	70	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	75	0	72	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	76	0	71	0	- 0
Ascariasis	77	0	67	1	- 1
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	77	0	- 0
Malaria	79	0	79	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	80	0	76	0	- 0
Chagas disease	81	0	78	0	- 0
Leprosy	82	0	74	0	- 0
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

Cyprus

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.