LESOTHO VS ESTONIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	ESTONIA		LESOTHO		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	5,614	5	2,101	+ 3,513
Hypertension	2	5,038	11	990	+ 4,049
Stroke	3	2,082	3	2,817	- 734
Lung Cancers	4	1,226	43	51	+ 1,175
Colon-Rectum Cancers	5	983	48	40	+ 944
Influenza and Pneumonia	6	651	2	3,214	- 2,563
Liver Disease	7	613	14	792	- 179
Prostate Cancer	8	557	35	81	+ 476
Stomach Cancer	9	541	60	11	+ 530
Pancreas Cancer	10	501	58	12	+ 489
Breast Cancer	11	485	34	97	+ 388
Alzheimers & Dementia	12	428	29	194	+ 234
Lung Disease	13	427	9	1,102	- 675
Inflammatory/Heart	14	405	23	305	+ 100
Lymphomas	15	397	36	78	+ 319
Suicide	16	368	7	1,539	- 1,171
Kidney Disease	17	329	10	1,015	- 685
Alcohol	18	277	38	71	+ 206
Diabetes Mellitus	19	273	6	2,000	- 1,727
Other Injuries	20	264	18	533	- 269
Bladder Cancer	21	235	61	10	+ 225
Leukemia	22	234	49	39	+ 196
Other Neoplasms	23	230	62	9	+ 221
Falls	24	221	31	128	+ 93
Oral Cancer	25	206	42	52	+ 154
Liver Cancer	26	200	39	71	+ 129
Oesophagus Cancer	27	184	37	73	+ 110
Ovary Cancer	28	163	53	24	+ 138
Parkinson's Disease	29	153	41	55	+ 98
Skin Cancers	30	147	46	46	+ 101
Drug Use	31	140	50	32	+ 108
Cervical Cancer	32	126	20	372	- 246
Endocrine Disorders	33	123	27	235	- 112
Uterin Cancer	34	112	54	23	+ 89
Road Traffic Accidents	35	110	16	678	- 568
Peptic Ulcer Disease	36	103	25	279	- 176
Epilepsy	37	83	30	143	- 60
Fires	38	76	26	269	- 192
HIV/AIDS	39	75	1	4,767	- 4,692
Drownings	40	56	28	200	- 144
Skin Disease	41	53	40	70	- 17
Violence	42	53	13	924	- 871
Congenital Anomalies	43	47	19	389	- 343
Asthma	44	45	17	678	- 633
Rheumatic Heart Disease	45	40	32	126	- 85
Rheumatoid Arthritis	46	32	56	18	+ 14
Tuberculosis	47	31	8	1,208	- 1,178
Multiple Sclerosis	48	30	63	6	+ 24
Prostatic Hypertrophy	49	23	85	0	+ 23
Osteoarthritis	50	19	84	0	+ 19
Anemia	51	17	83	0	+ 17
Poisonings	52	16	33	111	- 96
Diarrhoeal diseases	53	15	4	2,354	- 2,339
Meningitis	54	14	22	318	- 304
Low Birth Weight	55	13	12	957	- 944
Schizophrenia	56	11	81	0	+ 11
Birth Trauma	57	9	15	717	- 708
Hepatitis C	58	8	64	2	+ 5
Appendicitis	59	4	52	25	- 21
Oral conditions	60	4	86	0	+ 4
Maternal Conditions	61	2	24	292	- 290
Syphilis	62	2	45	50	- 49
Encephalitis	63	0	57	14	- 13
War	64	0	68	0	- 0
Hepatitis B	65	0	51	27	- 27
Upper Respiratory	66	0	55	18	- 18
Otitis Media	67	0	66	1	- 1
Leprosy	68	0	74	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	69	0	75	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	70	0	77	0	- 0
Chagas disease	71	0	78	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	72	0	76	0	- 0
Malaria	73	0	79	0	- 0
Ascariasis	74	0	67	1	- 1
Dengue	75	0	70	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	76	0	72	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	77	0	71	0	- 0
Chlamydia	78	0	65	2	- 2
Malnutrition	79	0	21	357	- 357
Iodine Deficiency	80	0	73	0	- 0
Tetanus	81	0	47	45	- 45
Diphtheria	82	0	69	0	- 0
Pertussis	83	0	44	51	- 51
Measles	84	0	59	12	- 12
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	82	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	80	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to LESOTHO

Estonia

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.