LESOTHO VS IRELAND: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	IRELAND		LESOTHO		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	2,027	5	2,101	- 74
Alzheimers & Dementia	2	1,366	29	194	+ 1,172
Lung Cancers	3	815	43	51	+ 764
Lung Disease	4	815	9	1,102	- 287
Stroke	5	753	3	2,817	- 2,064
Influenza and Pneumonia	6	553	2	3,214	- 2,662
Colon-Rectum Cancers	7	466	48	40	+ 426
Breast Cancer	8	323	34	97	+ 226
Prostate Cancer	9	249	35	81	+ 168
Kidney Disease	10	241	10	1,015	- 773
Pancreas Cancer	11	226	58	12	+ 214
Parkinson's Disease	12	225	41	55	+ 171
Lymphomas	13	218	36	78	+ 140
Suicide	14	200	7	1,539	- 1,339
Oesophagus Cancer	15	178	37	73	+ 105
Diabetes Mellitus	16	176	6	2,000	- 1,824
Stomach Cancer	17	152	60	11	+ 141
Liver Cancer	18	135	39	71	+ 65
Liver Disease	19	119	14	792	- 673
Leukemia	20	117	49	39	+ 78
Ovary Cancer	21	116	53	24	+ 92
Bladder Cancer	22	109	61	10	+ 99
Skin Cancers	23	107	46	46	+ 61
Endocrine Disorders	24	106	27	235	- 129
Falls	25	105	31	128	- 23
Inflammatory/Heart	26	102	23	305	- 203
Other Neoplasms	27	93	62	9	+ 84
Oral Cancer	28	78	42	52	+ 26
Hypertension	29	74	11	990	- 916
Other Injuries	30	73	18	533	- 460
Drug Use	31	71	50	32	+ 39
Congenital Anomalies	32	65	19	389	- 324
Road Traffic Accidents	33	65	16	678	- 613
Uterin Cancer	34	54	54	23	+ 30
Cervical Cancer	35	44	20	372	- 329
Epilepsy	36	36	30	143	- 107
Multiple Sclerosis	37	35	63	6	+ 29
Peptic Ulcer Disease	38	28	25	279	- 250
Alcohol	39	27	38	71	- 43
Rheumatoid Arthritis	40	25	56	18	+ 7
Asthma	41	25	17	678	- 653
Skin Disease	42	25	40	70	- 45
Drownings	43	24	28	200	- 176
Low Birth Weight	44	24	12	957	- 933
Diarrhoeal diseases	45	22	4	2,354	- 2,332
Rheumatic Heart Disease	46	21	32	126	- 104
Violence	47	16	13	924	- 908
Fires	48	13	26	269	- 256
Anemia	49	12	83	0	+ 12
Tuberculosis	50	10	8	1,208	- 1,199
Osteoarthritis	51	8	84	0	+ 8
Hepatitis C	52	8	64	2	+ 6
Poisonings	53	6	33	111	- 105
Prostatic Hypertrophy	54	6	85	0	+ 6
Schizophrenia	55	5	81	0	+ 5
Birth Trauma	56	4	15	717	- 713
HIV/AIDS	57	4	1	4,767	- 4,764
Meningitis	58	3	22	318	- 315
Hepatitis B	59	2	51	27	- 24
Appendicitis	60	1	52	25	- 23
Maternal Conditions	61	1	24	292	- 291
Oral conditions	62	1	86	0	+ 1
Malnutrition	63	1	21	357	- 356
Upper Respiratory	64	0	55	18	- 18
War	65	0	68	0	- 0
Encephalitis	66	0	57	14	- 13
Pertussis	67	0	44	51	- 51
Syphilis	68	0	45	50	- 50
Chlamydia	69	0	65	2	- 2
Leprosy	70	0	74	0	- 0
Otitis Media	71	0	66	1	- 1
Schistosomiasis	72	0	76	0	- 0
Chagas disease	73	0	78	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	74	0	77	0	- 0
Malaria	75	0	79	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	76	0	75	0	- 0
Ascariasis	77	0	67	1	- 1
Dengue	78	0	70	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	79	0	71	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	80	0	72	0	- 0
Tetanus	81	0	47	45	- 45
Diphtheria	82	0	69	0	- 0
Measles	83	0	59	12	- 12
Iodine Deficiency	84	0	73	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	82	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	80	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to LESOTHO

Ireland

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.