LESOTHO VS GHANA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	GHANA		LESOTHO		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Influenza and Pneumonia	1	1,047	2	3,214	- 2,167
Stroke	2	976	3	2,817	- 1,840
Coronary Heart Disease	3	908	5	2,101	- 1,193
HIV/AIDS	4	874	1	4,767	- 3,894
Malaria	5	719	79	0	+ 719
Tuberculosis	6	658	8	1,208	- 551
Road Traffic Accidents	7	503	16	678	- 176
Low Birth Weight	8	429	12	957	- 528
Diarrhoeal diseases	9	421	4	2,354	- 1,933
Birth Trauma	10	399	15	717	- 318
Liver Disease	11	390	14	792	- 402
Diabetes Mellitus	12	382	6	2,000	- 1,618
Kidney Disease	13	268	10	1,015	- 747
Congenital Anomalies	14	253	19	389	- 136
Lung Disease	15	201	9	1,102	- 901
Meningitis	16	192	22	318	- 126
Liver Cancer	17	184	39	71	+ 113
Other Injuries	18	157	18	533	- 376
Hypertension	19	144	11	990	- 846
Cervical Cancer	20	139	20	372	- 233
Suicide	21	128	7	1,539	- 1,411
Maternal Conditions	22	128	24	292	- 164
Asthma	23	127	17	678	- 550
Endocrine Disorders	24	127	27	235	- 108
Breast Cancer	25	125	34	97	+ 28
Malnutrition	26	120	21	357	- 237
Violence	27	120	13	924	- 804
Inflammatory/Heart	28	104	23	305	- 201
Alzheimers & Dementia	29	83	29	194	- 111
Falls	30	75	31	128	- 53
Prostate Cancer	31	66	35	81	- 14
Lymphomas	32	56	36	78	- 21
Stomach Cancer	33	56	60	11	+ 45
Colon-Rectum Cancers	34	52	48	40	+ 12
Pertussis	35	48	44	51	- 3
Drownings	36	48	28	200	- 152
Fires	37	47	26	269	- 222
Ovary Cancer	38	45	53	24	+ 21
Drug Use	39	41	50	32	+ 9
Poisonings	40	34	33	111	- 77
Syphilis	41	31	45	50	- 19
Oral Cancer	42	31	42	52	- 21
Parkinson's Disease	43	25	41	55	- 30
Encephalitis	44	23	57	14	+ 9
Leukemia	45	22	49	39	- 17
Pancreas Cancer	46	22	58	12	+ 9
Epilepsy	47	21	30	143	- 122
Peptic Ulcer Disease	48	21	25	279	- 258
Oesophagus Cancer	49	18	37	73	- 55
Skin Disease	50	17	40	70	- 53
Schistosomiasis	51	17	76	0	+ 17
Rheumatic Heart Disease	52	16	32	126	- 109
Bladder Cancer	53	16	61	10	+ 6
Alcohol	54	16	38	71	- 55
Lung Cancers	55	15	43	51	- 36
Tetanus	56	14	47	45	- 31
Uterin Cancer	57	14	54	23	- 9
Skin Cancers	58	14	46	46	- 33
Appendicitis	59	9	52	25	- 15
Measles	60	9	59	12	- 3
Multiple Sclerosis	61	7	63	6	+ 1
Hepatitis B	62	7	51	27	- 20
Other Neoplasms	63	3	62	9	- 6
War	64	2	68	0	+ 2
Hepatitis C	65	2	64	2	- 1
Upper Respiratory	66	1	55	18	- 17
Rheumatoid Arthritis	67	1	56	18	- 17
Ascariasis	68	1	67	1	+ 0
Diphtheria	69	0	69	0	- 0
Chlamydia	70	0	65	2	- 1
Dengue	71	0	70	0	- 0
Otitis Media	72	0	66	1	- 1
Leprosy	73	0	74	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	74	0	71	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	75	0	72	0	- 0
Chagas disease	76	0	78	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	77	0	75	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	77	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	73	0	- 0
Depression	80	0	80	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	81	0	81	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	82	0	82	0	- 0
Anemia	83	0	83	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

Ghana

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.