LESOTHO VS GRENADA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	GRENADA		LESOTHO		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	3,028	5	2,101	+ 927
Stroke	2	2,029	3	2,817	- 788
Diabetes Mellitus	3	1,744	6	2,000	- 255
Influenza and Pneumonia	4	1,052	2	3,214	- 2,162
Prostate Cancer	5	943	35	81	+ 862
Kidney Disease	6	780	10	1,015	- 234
Endocrine Disorders	7	544	27	235	+ 309
Hypertension	8	524	11	990	- 466
Breast Cancer	9	484	34	97	+ 387
Other Injuries	10	417	18	533	- 116
Colon-Rectum Cancers	11	387	48	40	+ 348
Skin Disease	12	351	40	70	+ 282
Lung Disease	13	304	9	1,102	- 798
Lung Cancers	14	292	43	51	+ 241
Uterin Cancer	15	235	54	23	+ 212
Pancreas Cancer	16	217	58	12	+ 205
Birth Trauma	17	209	15	717	- 508
Liver Disease	18	207	14	792	- 585
Alzheimers & Dementia	19	202	29	194	+ 7
Cervical Cancer	20	198	20	372	- 174
Lymphomas	21	194	36	78	+ 116
Road Traffic Accidents	22	173	16	678	- 505
Stomach Cancer	23	158	60	11	+ 147
Violence	24	144	13	924	- 780
Liver Cancer	25	136	39	71	+ 65
Congenital Anomalies	26	131	19	389	- 258
Low Birth Weight	27	131	12	957	- 826
Oral Cancer	28	129	42	52	+ 77
Other Neoplasms	29	126	62	9	+ 117
Oesophagus Cancer	30	116	37	73	+ 42
Alcohol	31	114	38	71	+ 43
Anemia	32	108	83	0	+ 108
Peptic Ulcer Disease	33	91	25	279	- 187
Falls	34	89	31	128	- 39
Ovary Cancer	35	85	53	24	+ 61
Inflammatory/Heart	36	84	23	305	- 221
Prostatic Hypertrophy	37	83	85	0	+ 83
Leukemia	38	79	49	39	+ 40
Drownings	39	79	28	200	- 121
Malnutrition	40	70	21	357	- 288
Bladder Cancer	41	69	61	10	+ 60
HIV/AIDS	42	65	1	4,767	- 4,702
Asthma	43	58	17	678	- 620
Parkinson's Disease	44	53	41	55	- 2
Epilepsy	45	41	30	143	- 103
Fires	46	36	26	269	- 233
Rheumatic Heart Disease	47	34	32	126	- 92
Diarrhoeal diseases	48	31	4	2,354	- 2,323
Drug Use	49	24	50	32	- 7
Osteoarthritis	50	20	84	0	+ 20
Tuberculosis	51	19	8	1,208	- 1,190
Suicide	52	14	7	1,539	- 1,525
Appendicitis	53	12	52	25	- 13
Skin Cancers	54	12	46	46	- 34
Maternal Conditions	55	10	24	292	- 282
Rheumatoid Arthritis	56	9	56	18	- 9
Upper Respiratory	57	8	55	18	- 10
Hepatitis B	58	6	51	27	- 21
Syphilis	59	6	45	50	- 45
Poisonings	60	2	33	111	- 109
War	61	0	68	0	- 0
Pertussis	62	0	44	51	- 51
Dengue	63	0	70	0	- 0
Ascariasis	64	0	67	1	- 1
Trichuriasis	65	0	71	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	66	0	72	0	- 0
Chlamydia	67	0	65	2	- 2
Meningitis	68	0	22	318	- 318
Hepatitis C	69	0	64	2	- 2
Encephalitis	70	0	57	14	- 14
Malaria	71	0	79	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	72	0	77	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	73	0	76	0	- 0
Chagas disease	74	0	78	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	75	0	75	0	- 0
Diphtheria	76	0	69	0	- 0
Tetanus	77	0	47	45	- 45
Measles	78	0	59	12	- 12
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	73	0	- 0
Leprosy	80	0	74	0	- 0
Otitis Media	81	0	66	1	- 1
Multiple Sclerosis	82	0	63	6	- 6
Depression	83	0	80	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	84	0	81	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	82	0	- 0
Oral conditions	86	0	86	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to LESOTHO

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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.