LESOTHO VS ERITREA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	ERITREA		LESOTHO		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Influenza and Pneumonia	1	1,151	2	3,214	- 2,064
Stroke	2	900	3	2,817	- 1,917
Diarrhoeal diseases	3	805	4	2,354	- 1,549
Coronary Heart Disease	4	756	5	2,101	- 1,345
Road Traffic Accidents	5	466	16	678	- 213
Liver Disease	6	427	14	792	- 366
Diabetes Mellitus	7	332	6	2,000	- 1,668
Hypertension	8	325	11	990	- 665
Lung Disease	9	232	9	1,102	- 869
Malnutrition	10	232	21	357	- 126
Birth Trauma	11	216	15	717	- 501
Kidney Disease	12	203	10	1,015	- 812
Maternal Conditions	13	191	24	292	- 101
Tuberculosis	14	191	8	1,208	- 1,018
Other Injuries	15	190	18	533	- 343
Low Birth Weight	16	186	12	957	- 770
Malaria	17	153	79	0	+ 153
Congenital Anomalies	18	152	19	389	- 238
Meningitis	19	142	22	318	- 176
Violence	20	135	13	924	- 789
Suicide	21	134	7	1,539	- 1,405
Asthma	22	114	17	678	- 563
Breast Cancer	23	109	34	97	+ 12
Alzheimers & Dementia	24	109	29	194	- 85
HIV/AIDS	25	108	1	4,767	- 4,659
Falls	26	59	31	128	- 69
Peptic Ulcer Disease	27	52	25	279	- 227
Lymphomas	28	52	36	78	- 26
Leukemia	29	51	49	39	+ 12
Cervical Cancer	30	47	20	372	- 326
Fires	31	46	26	269	- 222
Inflammatory/Heart	32	43	23	305	- 262
Drownings	33	41	28	200	- 159
Poisonings	34	40	33	111	- 71
Colon-Rectum Cancers	35	40	48	40	+ 0
Pertussis	36	31	44	51	- 20
Parkinson's Disease	37	30	41	55	- 25
Epilepsy	38	29	30	143	- 115
Oesophagus Cancer	39	28	37	73	- 45
Ovary Cancer	40	28	53	24	+ 3
Rheumatic Heart Disease	41	27	32	126	- 99
Schistosomiasis	42	26	76	0	+ 26
Endocrine Disorders	43	25	27	235	- 210
Oral Cancer	44	25	42	52	- 27
Liver Cancer	45	24	39	71	- 46
Lung Cancers	46	22	43	51	- 29
Prostate Cancer	47	19	35	81	- 62
Stomach Cancer	48	17	60	11	+ 6
Alcohol	49	16	38	71	- 55
Skin Disease	50	16	40	70	- 54
Bladder Cancer	51	15	61	10	+ 5
Tetanus	52	13	47	45	- 32
Drug Use	53	13	50	32	- 19
Syphilis	54	12	45	50	- 38
Appendicitis	55	11	52	25	- 14
Skin Cancers	56	10	46	46	- 36
Hepatitis B	57	10	51	27	- 17
Pancreas Cancer	58	7	58	12	- 5
Leishmaniasis	59	7	75	0	+ 7
Upper Respiratory	60	6	55	18	- 12
Uterin Cancer	61	6	54	23	- 17
Encephalitis	62	5	57	14	- 8
Measles	63	4	59	12	- 7
Rheumatoid Arthritis	64	4	56	18	- 14
Hepatitis C	65	2	64	2	- 0
Other Neoplasms	66	2	62	9	- 7
Multiple Sclerosis	67	1	63	6	- 5
Ascariasis	68	1	67	1	- 0
Otitis Media	69	1	66	1	- 1
Chlamydia	70	0	65	2	- 1
War	71	0	68	0	- 0
Diphtheria	72	0	69	0	- 0
Dengue	73	0	70	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	74	0	72	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	75	0	71	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	76	0	77	0	- 0
Chagas disease	77	0	78	0	- 0
Leprosy	78	0	74	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	73	0	- 0
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
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

Eritrea

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.