LESOTHO VS GUYANA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	GUYANA		LESOTHO		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	3,744	5	2,101	+ 1,644
Stroke	2	2,868	3	2,817	+ 51
Diabetes Mellitus	3	1,623	6	2,000	- 376
Hypertension	4	898	11	990	- 92
Suicide	5	885	7	1,539	- 655
Influenza and Pneumonia	6	846	2	3,214	- 2,368
HIV/AIDS	7	719	1	4,767	- 4,049
Kidney Disease	8	655	10	1,015	- 360
Liver Disease	9	552	14	792	- 240
Violence	10	543	13	924	- 381
Road Traffic Accidents	11	490	16	678	- 188
Endocrine Disorders	12	489	27	235	+ 254
Lung Disease	13	488	9	1,102	- 614
Other Injuries	14	469	18	533	- 64
Drownings	15	406	28	200	+ 206
Tuberculosis	16	384	8	1,208	- 824
Prostate Cancer	17	346	35	81	+ 265
Anemia	18	277	83	0	+ 277
Breast Cancer	19	269	34	97	+ 172
Inflammatory/Heart	20	257	23	305	- 48
Cervical Cancer	21	256	20	372	- 116
Low Birth Weight	22	250	12	957	- 706
Congenital Anomalies	23	193	19	389	- 197
Birth Trauma	24	181	15	717	- 537
Colon-Rectum Cancers	25	164	48	40	+ 125
Peptic Ulcer Disease	26	152	25	279	- 126
Diarrhoeal diseases	27	133	4	2,354	- 2,221
Other Neoplasms	28	113	62	9	+ 103
Lung Cancers	29	106	43	51	+ 55
Malnutrition	30	105	21	357	- 252
Stomach Cancer	31	95	60	11	+ 85
Lymphomas	32	90	36	78	+ 12
Malaria	33	84	79	0	+ 84
Liver Cancer	34	81	39	71	+ 10
Maternal Conditions	35	79	24	292	- 213
Asthma	36	71	17	678	- 606
Epilepsy	37	66	30	143	- 77
Alzheimers & Dementia	38	64	29	194	- 130
Leukemia	39	60	49	39	+ 21
Oral Cancer	40	56	42	52	+ 5
Fires	41	55	26	269	- 214
Pancreas Cancer	42	53	58	12	+ 41
Ovary Cancer	43	50	53	24	+ 25
Meningitis	44	49	22	318	- 269
Drug Use	45	44	50	32	+ 12
Uterin Cancer	46	36	54	23	+ 13
Rheumatic Heart Disease	47	36	32	126	- 89
Falls	48	31	31	128	- 97
Parkinson's Disease	49	25	41	55	- 29
Bladder Cancer	50	22	61	10	+ 13
Oesophagus Cancer	51	22	37	73	- 51
Prostatic Hypertrophy	52	22	85	0	+ 22
Encephalitis	53	20	57	14	+ 6
Appendicitis	54	17	52	25	- 8
Skin Cancers	55	14	46	46	- 33
Skin Disease	56	9	40	70	- 61
Alcohol	57	9	38	71	- 62
Osteoarthritis	58	8	84	0	+ 8
Hepatitis B	59	6	51	27	- 21
Dengue	60	5	70	0	+ 5
Multiple Sclerosis	61	3	63	6	- 2
Schizophrenia	62	3	81	0	+ 3
Rheumatoid Arthritis	63	3	56	18	- 15
War	64	2	68	0	+ 1
Poisonings	65	2	33	111	- 109
Upper Respiratory	66	1	55	18	- 17
Oral conditions	67	1	86	0	+ 1
Leprosy	68	1	74	0	+ 1
Hepatitis C	69	1	64	2	- 2
Vitamin A Deficiency	70	1	82	0	+ 1
Syphilis	71	1	45	50	- 50
Tetanus	72	1	47	45	- 45
Pertussis	73	0	44	51	- 51
Ascariasis	74	0	67	1	- 1
Diphtheria	75	0	69	0	- 0
Otitis Media	76	0	66	1	- 1
Measles	77	0	59	12	- 12
Trichuriasis	78	0	71	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	79	0	72	0	- 0
Chlamydia	80	0	65	2	- 2
Chagas disease	81	0	78	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	82	0	77	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	83	0	75	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	84	0	76	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	85	0	73	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	80	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to LESOTHO

Guyana

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.