LESOTHO VS ITALY: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	ITALY		LESOTHO		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	3,548	5	2,101	+ 1,448
Stroke	2	2,289	3	2,817	- 528
Alzheimers & Dementia	3	1,514	29	194	+ 1,320
Lung Cancers	4	1,248	43	51	+ 1,197
Lung Disease	5	1,183	9	1,102	+ 81
Hypertension	6	1,094	11	990	+ 104
Colon-Rectum Cancers	7	777	48	40	+ 737
Diabetes Mellitus	8	725	6	2,000	- 1,275
Influenza and Pneumonia	9	597	2	3,214	- 2,617
Breast Cancer	10	507	34	97	+ 410
Kidney Disease	11	465	10	1,015	- 550
Other Injuries	12	443	18	533	- 90
Pancreas Cancer	13	442	58	12	+ 430
Stomach Cancer	14	375	60	11	+ 364
Other Neoplasms	15	365	62	9	+ 356
Lymphomas	16	353	36	78	+ 275
Liver Cancer	17	352	39	71	+ 281
Endocrine Disorders	18	308	27	235	+ 73
Parkinson's Disease	19	308	41	55	+ 253
Prostate Cancer	20	307	35	81	+ 227
Leukemia	21	246	49	39	+ 207
Bladder Cancer	22	245	61	10	+ 236
Liver Disease	23	203	14	792	- 589
Inflammatory/Heart	24	202	23	305	- 103
Falls	25	154	31	128	+ 26
Suicide	26	148	7	1,539	- 1,392
Oral Cancer	27	122	42	52	+ 71
Ovary Cancer	28	120	53	24	+ 95
Skin Cancers	29	118	46	46	+ 72
Road Traffic Accidents	30	118	16	678	- 561
Hepatitis C	31	90	64	2	+ 87
Rheumatic Heart Disease	32	81	32	126	- 45
Uterin Cancer	33	80	54	23	+ 57
Oesophagus Cancer	34	75	37	73	+ 1
Anemia	35	61	83	0	+ 61
Diarrhoeal diseases	36	59	4	2,354	- 2,295
Congenital Anomalies	37	53	19	389	- 337
Skin Disease	38	53	40	70	- 17
Epilepsy	39	49	30	143	- 95
Cervical Cancer	40	42	20	372	- 330
Malnutrition	41	28	21	357	- 329
Rheumatoid Arthritis	42	26	56	18	+ 8
Peptic Ulcer Disease	43	25	25	279	- 253
Multiple Sclerosis	44	25	63	6	+ 19
Drug Use	45	24	50	32	- 8
HIV/AIDS	46	19	1	4,767	- 4,748
Asthma	47	18	17	678	- 660
Osteoarthritis	48	18	84	0	+ 18
Schizophrenia	49	15	81	0	+ 15
Violence	50	15	13	924	- 909
Low Birth Weight	51	13	12	957	- 944
Drownings	52	13	28	200	- 187
Tuberculosis	53	12	8	1,208	- 1,196
Hepatitis B	54	12	51	27	- 14
Alcohol	55	10	38	71	- 61
Fires	56	10	26	269	- 259
Prostatic Hypertrophy	57	9	85	0	+ 9
Poisonings	58	6	33	111	- 105
Birth Trauma	59	5	15	717	- 712
Meningitis	60	5	22	318	- 313
Appendicitis	61	2	52	25	- 23
Oral conditions	62	2	86	0	+ 2
Tetanus	63	1	47	45	- 44
Upper Respiratory	64	1	55	18	- 17
Otitis Media	65	1	66	1	- 1
War	66	0	68	0	- 0
Maternal Conditions	67	0	24	292	- 292
Encephalitis	68	0	57	14	- 13
Syphilis	69	0	45	50	- 50
Leishmaniasis	70	0	75	0	+ 0
Measles	71	0	59	12	- 12
Chagas disease	72	0	78	0	+ 0
Pertussis	73	0	44	51	- 51
Leprosy	74	0	74	0	+ 0
Iodine Deficiency	75	0	73	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	76	0	69	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	77	0	77	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	78	0	76	0	- 0
Malaria	79	0	79	0	- 0
Ascariasis	80	0	67	1	- 1
Dengue	81	0	70	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	82	0	71	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	83	0	72	0	- 0
Chlamydia	84	0	65	2	- 2
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	82	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	80	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to LESOTHO

Italy

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.