LESOTHO VS INDIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	INDIA		LESOTHO		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	2,403	5	2,101	+ 302
Lung Disease	2	1,391	9	1,102	+ 289
Stroke	3	1,102	3	2,817	- 1,715
Diarrhoeal diseases	4	1,060	4	2,354	- 1,295
Tuberculosis	5	689	8	1,208	- 519
Influenza and Pneumonia	6	620	2	3,214	- 2,594
Diabetes Mellitus	7	429	6	2,000	- 1,570
Liver Disease	8	425	14	792	- 367
Low Birth Weight	9	377	12	957	- 579
Falls	10	357	31	128	+ 229
Kidney Disease	11	352	10	1,015	- 662
Road Traffic Accidents	12	336	16	678	- 342
Asthma	13	310	17	678	- 368
Suicide	14	274	7	1,539	- 1,265
Other Injuries	15	236	18	533	- 296
Oral Cancer	16	212	42	52	+ 160
Alzheimers & Dementia	17	200	29	194	+ 6
Rheumatic Heart Disease	18	199	32	126	+ 74
Hypertension	19	171	11	990	- 819
Birth Trauma	20	163	15	717	- 555
Lung Cancers	21	140	43	51	+ 89
Breast Cancer	22	131	34	97	+ 34
Congenital Anomalies	23	131	19	389	- 258
Stomach Cancer	24	128	60	11	+ 117
Colon-Rectum Cancers	25	122	48	40	+ 83
Peptic Ulcer Disease	26	108	25	279	- 171
Violence	27	82	13	924	- 842
Drownings	28	77	28	200	- 123
Encephalitis	29	76	57	14	+ 62
Cervical Cancer	30	72	20	372	- 301
HIV/AIDS	31	70	1	4,767	- 4,697
Parkinson's Disease	32	69	41	55	+ 14
Lymphomas	33	63	36	78	- 14
Oesophagus Cancer	34	61	37	73	- 12
Leukemia	35	53	49	39	+ 14
Meningitis	36	53	22	318	- 265
Pancreas Cancer	37	52	58	12	+ 40
Prostate Cancer	38	49	35	81	- 32
Liver Cancer	39	48	39	71	- 23
Epilepsy	40	48	30	143	- 96
Maternal Conditions	41	41	24	292	- 251
Fires	42	37	26	269	- 232
Alcohol	43	37	38	71	- 34
Ovary Cancer	44	35	53	24	+ 10
Skin Disease	45	28	40	70	- 42
Dengue	46	28	70	0	+ 28
Endocrine Disorders	47	24	27	235	- 211
Bladder Cancer	48	22	61	10	+ 13
Inflammatory/Heart	49	20	23	305	- 285
Rheumatoid Arthritis	50	19	56	18	+ 1
Measles	51	19	59	12	+ 7
Drug Use	52	19	50	32	- 13
Appendicitis	53	18	52	25	- 7
Pertussis	54	16	44	51	- 35
Malnutrition	55	14	21	357	- 344
Hepatitis B	56	13	51	27	- 14
Malaria	57	12	79	0	+ 12
Tetanus	58	11	47	45	- 34
Uterin Cancer	59	11	54	23	- 13
Skin Cancers	60	8	46	46	- 38
Poisonings	61	6	33	111	- 105
Other Neoplasms	62	5	62	9	- 5
Multiple Sclerosis	63	4	63	6	- 2
Syphilis	64	3	45	50	- 47
Hepatitis C	65	2	64	2	- 0
Leishmaniasis	66	2	75	0	+ 2
War	67	1	68	0	+ 1
Upper Respiratory	68	1	55	18	- 17
Chlamydia	69	1	65	2	- 1
Ascariasis	70	0	67	1	- 1
Otitis Media	71	0	66	1	- 1
Diphtheria	72	0	69	0	- 0
Leprosy	73	0	74	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	74	0	71	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	75	0	72	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	76	0	76	0	- 0
Chagas disease	77	0	78	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	77	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	73	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	80	0	82	0	- 0
Anemia	81	0	83	0	- 0
Depression	82	0	80	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	83	0	81	0	- 0
Oral conditions	84	0	86	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	85	0	84	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	86	0	85	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to LESOTHO

India

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.