LESOTHO VS HAITI: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	HAITI		LESOTHO		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	2,503	5	2,101	+ 402
Stroke	2	2,232	3	2,817	- 585
Influenza and Pneumonia	3	1,339	2	3,214	- 1,876
Diabetes Mellitus	4	952	6	2,000	- 1,047
HIV/AIDS	5	513	1	4,767	- 4,255
Kidney Disease	6	512	10	1,015	- 503
Hypertension	7	499	11	990	- 491
Diarrhoeal diseases	8	481	4	2,354	- 1,873
Low Birth Weight	9	477	12	957	- 480
Liver Disease	10	460	14	792	- 332
Lung Disease	11	442	9	1,102	- 659
Violence	12	441	13	924	- 482
Road Traffic Accidents	13	401	16	678	- 278
Birth Trauma	14	398	15	717	- 319
Congenital Anomalies	15	345	19	389	- 45
Other Injuries	16	284	18	533	- 249
Prostate Cancer	17	257	35	81	+ 176
Maternal Conditions	18	256	24	292	- 37
Drownings	19	248	28	200	+ 48
Asthma	20	210	17	678	- 468
Suicide	21	206	7	1,539	- 1,334
Tuberculosis	22	191	8	1,208	- 1,017
Alzheimers & Dementia	23	181	29	194	- 13
Endocrine Disorders	24	180	27	235	- 55
Inflammatory/Heart	25	178	23	305	- 127
Stomach Cancer	26	164	60	11	+ 153
Rheumatic Heart Disease	27	154	32	126	+ 29
Meningitis	28	148	22	318	- 170
Malnutrition	29	136	21	357	- 221
Breast Cancer	30	134	34	97	+ 36
Peptic Ulcer Disease	31	133	25	279	- 145
Colon-Rectum Cancers	32	129	48	40	+ 89
Liver Cancer	33	126	39	71	+ 55
Cervical Cancer	34	109	20	372	- 264
Falls	35	104	31	128	- 24
Lung Cancers	36	93	43	51	+ 42
Fires	37	89	26	269	- 180
Pertussis	38	85	44	51	+ 34
Alcohol	39	81	38	71	+ 10
Skin Disease	40	80	40	70	+ 11
Epilepsy	41	77	30	143	- 66
Parkinson's Disease	42	62	41	55	+ 8
Leukemia	43	57	49	39	+ 18
Pancreas Cancer	44	51	58	12	+ 39
Oral Cancer	45	49	42	52	- 2
Syphilis	46	48	45	50	- 3
Lymphomas	47	45	36	78	- 33
Appendicitis	48	33	52	25	+ 8
Oesophagus Cancer	49	29	37	73	- 44
Poisonings	50	29	33	111	- 82
Ovary Cancer	51	29	53	24	+ 5
Drug Use	52	27	50	32	- 5
Tetanus	53	22	47	45	- 23
Encephalitis	54	22	57	14	+ 9
Bladder Cancer	55	17	61	10	+ 8
Skin Cancers	56	11	46	46	- 36
Uterin Cancer	57	8	54	23	- 16
Rheumatoid Arthritis	58	7	56	18	- 11
Malaria	59	7	79	0	+ 7
Other Neoplasms	60	6	62	9	- 3
Multiple Sclerosis	61	5	63	6	- 1
Hepatitis B	62	5	51	27	- 22
Upper Respiratory	63	4	55	18	- 15
Dengue	64	3	70	0	+ 3
Hepatitis C	65	1	64	2	- 1
War	66	1	68	0	+ 1
Ascariasis	67	1	67	1	+ 0
Chlamydia	68	1	65	2	- 1
Diphtheria	69	1	69	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	70	0	66	1	- 1
Leprosy	71	0	74	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	72	0	71	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	73	0	72	0	- 0
Measles	74	0	59	12	- 12
Iodine Deficiency	75	0	73	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	76	0	76	0	- 0
Chagas disease	77	0	78	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	77	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	79	0	75	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	80	0	84	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	81	0	85	0	- 0
Oral conditions	82	0	86	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	83	0	81	0	- 0
Depression	84	0	80	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	82	0	- 0
Anemia	86	0	83	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.