LESOTHO VS ETHIOPIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	ETHIOPIA		LESOTHO		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Influenza and Pneumonia	1	1,126	2	3,214	- 2,088
Diarrhoeal diseases	2	834	4	2,354	- 1,521
Stroke	3	740	3	2,817	- 2,077
Coronary Heart Disease	4	686	5	2,101	- 1,415
Road Traffic Accidents	5	593	16	678	- 85
Birth Trauma	6	584	15	717	- 133
Low Birth Weight	7	527	12	957	- 430
Liver Disease	8	512	14	792	- 280
Tuberculosis	9	403	8	1,208	- 805
Diabetes Mellitus	10	305	6	2,000	- 1,694
Congenital Anomalies	11	294	19	389	- 95
Hypertension	12	253	11	990	- 737
Kidney Disease	13	227	10	1,015	- 787
Meningitis	14	226	22	318	- 92
Lung Disease	15	223	9	1,102	- 879
Other Injuries	16	220	18	533	- 312
HIV/AIDS	17	216	1	4,767	- 4,552
Maternal Conditions	18	167	24	292	- 125
Malnutrition	19	162	21	357	- 195
Breast Cancer	20	159	34	97	+ 62
Alzheimers & Dementia	21	155	29	194	- 39
Violence	22	152	13	924	- 772
Pertussis	23	130	44	51	+ 79
Measles	24	119	59	12	+ 107
Suicide	25	113	7	1,539	- 1,426
Malaria	26	106	79	0	+ 106
Cervical Cancer	27	94	20	372	- 278
Falls	28	85	31	128	- 43
Asthma	29	84	17	678	- 594
Leukemia	30	79	49	39	+ 40
Colon-Rectum Cancers	31	71	48	40	+ 31
Poisonings	32	69	33	111	- 42
Lymphomas	33	67	36	78	- 10
Fires	34	61	26	269	- 208
Drownings	35	59	28	200	- 141
Ovary Cancer	36	46	53	24	+ 21
Tetanus	37	41	47	45	- 4
Lung Cancers	38	41	43	51	- 10
Inflammatory/Heart	39	41	23	305	- 264
Oesophagus Cancer	40	35	37	73	- 39
Peptic Ulcer Disease	41	33	25	279	- 246
Liver Cancer	42	33	39	71	- 38
Syphilis	43	32	45	50	- 19
Epilepsy	44	31	30	143	- 113
Endocrine Disorders	45	30	27	235	- 204
Parkinson's Disease	46	30	41	55	- 25
Stomach Cancer	47	29	60	11	+ 18
Oral Cancer	48	28	42	52	- 24
Rheumatic Heart Disease	49	25	32	126	- 100
Prostate Cancer	50	23	35	81	- 57
Bladder Cancer	51	20	61	10	+ 11
Skin Cancers	52	19	46	46	- 27
Skin Disease	53	17	40	70	- 53
Schistosomiasis	54	16	76	0	+ 16
Alcohol	55	14	38	71	- 57
Hepatitis B	56	14	51	27	- 13
Upper Respiratory	57	13	55	18	- 5
Appendicitis	58	13	52	25	- 12
Leishmaniasis	59	11	75	0	+ 11
Drug Use	60	10	50	32	- 22
Pancreas Cancer	61	9	58	12	- 3
Uterin Cancer	62	8	54	23	- 16
Encephalitis	63	7	57	14	- 6
War	64	5	68	0	+ 5
Rheumatoid Arthritis	65	4	56	18	- 14
Other Neoplasms	66	3	62	9	- 6
Diphtheria	67	3	69	0	+ 2
Ascariasis	68	2	67	1	+ 2
Hepatitis C	69	2	64	2	- 0
Multiple Sclerosis	70	1	63	6	- 5
Otitis Media	71	1	66	1	- 0
Chlamydia	72	0	65	2	- 1
Dengue	73	0	70	0	+ 0
Hookworm Disease	74	0	72	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	75	0	71	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	76	0	73	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	77	0	77	0	- 0
Chagas disease	78	0	78	0	- 0
Leprosy	79	0	74	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	80	0	84	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	81	0	85	0	- 0
Oral conditions	82	0	86	0	- 0
Anemia	83	0	83	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	84	0	82	0	- 0
Depression	85	0	80	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	86	0	81	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to LESOTHO

Ethiopia

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.