LESOTHO VS FRANCE: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	FRANCE		LESOTHO		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	2,058	5	2,101	- 43
Alzheimers & Dementia	2	1,732	29	194	+ 1,538
Stroke	3	1,184	3	2,817	- 1,632
Lung Cancers	4	1,162	43	51	+ 1,111
Colon-Rectum Cancers	5	712	48	40	+ 672
Influenza and Pneumonia	6	644	2	3,214	- 2,570
Lung Disease	7	594	9	1,102	- 508
Breast Cancer	8	506	34	97	+ 409
Other Injuries	9	493	18	533	- 40
Pancreas Cancer	10	403	58	12	+ 390
Kidney Disease	11	374	10	1,015	- 641
Diabetes Mellitus	12	355	6	2,000	- 1,644
Prostate Cancer	13	354	35	81	+ 274
Lymphomas	14	328	36	78	+ 250
Liver Cancer	15	312	39	71	+ 241
Suicide	16	292	7	1,539	- 1,248
Other Neoplasms	17	286	62	9	+ 277
Falls	18	270	31	128	+ 142
Endocrine Disorders	19	263	27	235	+ 29
Parkinson's Disease	20	247	41	55	+ 192
Leukemia	21	243	49	39	+ 204
Liver Disease	22	240	14	792	- 552
Hypertension	23	232	11	990	- 758
Bladder Cancer	24	214	61	10	+ 204
Inflammatory/Heart	25	198	23	305	- 107
Stomach Cancer	26	180	60	11	+ 169
Oral Cancer	27	152	42	52	+ 101
Oesophagus Cancer	28	152	37	73	+ 79
Malnutrition	29	137	21	357	- 220
Ovary Cancer	30	129	53	24	+ 105
Road Traffic Accidents	31	109	16	678	- 570
Skin Cancers	32	106	46	46	+ 60
Alcohol	33	104	38	71	+ 33
Uterin Cancer	34	89	54	23	+ 65
Congenital Anomalies	35	66	19	389	- 324
Drug Use	36	61	50	32	+ 30
Epilepsy	37	61	30	143	- 83
Diarrhoeal diseases	38	59	4	2,354	- 2,295
Skin Disease	39	52	40	70	- 18
Cervical Cancer	40	51	20	372	- 321
Rheumatic Heart Disease	41	45	32	126	- 80
Asthma	42	34	17	678	- 644
Peptic Ulcer Disease	43	32	25	279	- 247
Anemia	44	32	83	0	+ 32
Drownings	45	28	28	200	- 172
Multiple Sclerosis	46	25	63	6	+ 19
Low Birth Weight	47	21	12	957	- 936
Schizophrenia	48	21	81	0	+ 21
Violence	49	18	13	924	- 906
Tuberculosis	50	14	8	1,208	- 1,194
Rheumatoid Arthritis	51	14	56	18	- 4
Hepatitis C	52	14	64	2	+ 11
Fires	53	13	26	269	- 256
HIV/AIDS	54	12	1	4,767	- 4,756
Birth Trauma	55	10	15	717	- 707
Osteoarthritis	56	8	84	0	+ 8
Poisonings	57	7	33	111	- 104
Meningitis	58	5	22	318	- 312
Hepatitis B	59	4	51	27	- 22
Oral conditions	60	4	86	0	+ 4
Appendicitis	61	3	52	25	- 22
Prostatic Hypertrophy	62	2	85	0	+ 2
Upper Respiratory	63	2	55	18	- 16
Maternal Conditions	64	2	24	292	- 291
Otitis Media	65	1	66	1	- 1
Encephalitis	66	0	57	14	- 13
War	67	0	68	0	- 0
Syphilis	68	0	45	50	- 50
Pertussis	69	0	44	51	- 51
Tetanus	70	0	47	45	- 45
Schistosomiasis	71	0	76	0	+ 0
Leprosy	72	0	74	0	+ 0
Leishmaniasis	73	0	75	0	+ 0
Iodine Deficiency	74	0	73	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	75	0	69	0	- 0
Dengue	76	0	70	0	- 0
Measles	77	0	59	12	- 12
Chlamydia	78	0	65	2	- 2
Ascariasis	79	0	67	1	- 1
Trichuriasis	80	0	71	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	81	0	72	0	- 0
Malaria	82	0	79	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	83	0	77	0	- 0
Chagas disease	84	0	78	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	82	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	80	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to LESOTHO

France

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.