LESOTHO VS DOMINICAN REP.: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	DOMINICAN REP.		LESOTHO		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	3,086	5	2,101	+ 985
Stroke	2	1,623	3	2,817	- 1,193
Road Traffic Accidents	3	1,429	16	678	+ 750
Diabetes Mellitus	4	569	6	2,000	- 1,431
Liver Disease	5	552	14	792	- 240
Influenza and Pneumonia	6	464	2	3,214	- 2,750
Kidney Disease	7	437	10	1,015	- 578
HIV/AIDS	8	398	1	4,767	- 4,370
Violence	9	395	13	924	- 529
Hypertension	10	390	11	990	- 600
Alzheimers & Dementia	11	372	29	194	+ 178
Prostate Cancer	12	341	35	81	+ 260
Low Birth Weight	13	316	12	957	- 641
Breast Cancer	14	301	34	97	+ 204
Lung Disease	15	280	9	1,102	- 822
Lung Cancers	16	256	43	51	+ 205
Congenital Anomalies	17	214	19	389	- 175
Birth Trauma	18	188	15	717	- 529
Other Injuries	19	183	18	533	- 349
Colon-Rectum Cancers	20	175	48	40	+ 136
Liver Cancer	21	137	39	71	+ 66
Endocrine Disorders	22	124	27	235	- 111
Cervical Cancer	23	115	20	372	- 257
Stomach Cancer	24	113	60	11	+ 102
Suicide	25	109	7	1,539	- 1,430
Diarrhoeal diseases	26	104	4	2,354	- 2,250
Pancreas Cancer	27	94	58	12	+ 82
Parkinson's Disease	28	92	41	55	+ 37
Asthma	29	91	17	678	- 587
Falls	30	90	31	128	- 38
Oral Cancer	31	89	42	52	+ 38
Leukemia	32	84	49	39	+ 45
Lymphomas	33	77	36	78	- 1
Malnutrition	34	77	21	357	- 281
Inflammatory/Heart	35	64	23	305	- 241
Peptic Ulcer Disease	36	61	25	279	- 218
Drownings	37	51	28	200	- 149
Tuberculosis	38	50	8	1,208	- 1,158
Maternal Conditions	39	42	24	292	- 251
Oesophagus Cancer	40	41	37	73	- 32
Skin Cancers	41	35	46	46	- 11
Epilepsy	42	33	30	143	- 111
Drug Use	43	32	50	32	+ 1
Fires	44	29	26	269	- 240
Meningitis	45	28	22	318	- 290
Rheumatic Heart Disease	46	25	32	126	- 100
Pertussis	47	25	44	51	- 26
Alcohol	48	25	38	71	- 46
Bladder Cancer	49	19	61	10	+ 9
Ovary Cancer	50	18	53	24	- 6
Syphilis	51	14	45	50	- 36
Appendicitis	52	14	52	25	- 11
Skin Disease	53	10	40	70	- 60
Rheumatoid Arthritis	54	10	56	18	- 8
Poisonings	55	10	33	111	- 101
Encephalitis	56	9	57	14	- 4
Uterin Cancer	57	9	54	23	- 15
Other Neoplasms	58	7	62	9	- 2
Schistosomiasis	59	5	76	0	+ 5
Hepatitis C	60	4	64	2	+ 1
Tetanus	61	4	47	45	- 42
Multiple Sclerosis	62	3	63	6	- 3
Hepatitis B	63	2	51	27	- 24
Dengue	64	1	70	0	+ 1
Malaria	65	1	79	0	+ 1
Chlamydia	66	0	65	2	- 1
War	67	0	68	0	- 0
Upper Respiratory	68	0	55	18	- 18
Diphtheria	69	0	69	0	- 0
Ascariasis	70	0	67	1	- 1
Otitis Media	71	0	66	1	- 1
Leprosy	72	0	74	0	- 0
Chagas disease	73	0	78	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	74	0	75	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	75	0	77	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	76	0	72	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	77	0	71	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	78	0	73	0	- 0
Measles	79	0	59	12	- 12
Depression	80	0	80	0	- 0
Anemia	81	0	83	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	82	0	82	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	83	0	81	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	84	0	84	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	85	0	85	0	- 0
Oral conditions	86	0	86	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to LESOTHO

Dominican Rep.

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.