LESOTHO VS JORDAN: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	JORDAN		LESOTHO		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	968	5	2,101	- 1,133
Stroke	2	580	3	2,817	- 2,237
Road Traffic Accidents	3	342	16	678	- 336
Diabetes Mellitus	4	336	6	2,000	- 1,664
Hypertension	5	305	11	990	- 685
Kidney Disease	6	298	10	1,015	- 717
Lung Cancers	7	211	43	51	+ 160
Influenza and Pneumonia	8	187	2	3,214	- 3,027
Congenital Anomalies	9	186	19	389	- 203
Low Birth Weight	10	171	12	957	- 786
Alzheimers & Dementia	11	141	29	194	- 53
Breast Cancer	12	137	34	97	+ 40
Colon-Rectum Cancers	13	123	48	40	+ 83
Liver Disease	14	98	14	792	- 694
Lung Disease	15	89	9	1,102	- 1,013
Leukemia	16	74	49	39	+ 35
Stomach Cancer	17	73	60	11	+ 62
Lymphomas	18	64	36	78	- 13
Other Injuries	19	59	18	533	- 474
Birth Trauma	20	54	15	717	- 663
Violence	21	54	13	924	- 870
Pancreas Cancer	22	49	58	12	+ 37
Bladder Cancer	23	42	61	10	+ 33
Falls	24	38	31	128	- 90
Liver Cancer	25	37	39	71	- 34
Endocrine Disorders	26	36	27	235	- 199
Parkinson's Disease	27	34	41	55	- 21
Suicide	28	33	7	1,539	- 1,507
Fires	29	30	26	269	- 238
Diarrhoeal diseases	30	30	4	2,354	- 2,324
Oral Cancer	31	28	42	52	- 23
Ovary Cancer	32	28	53	24	+ 3
Prostate Cancer	33	26	35	81	- 55
Drug Use	34	23	50	32	- 9
Asthma	35	23	17	678	- 655
Drownings	36	21	28	200	- 179
Meningitis	37	16	22	318	- 302
Inflammatory/Heart	38	15	23	305	- 290
Uterin Cancer	39	15	54	23	- 9
Peptic Ulcer Disease	40	13	25	279	- 265
Cervical Cancer	41	13	20	372	- 360
Oesophagus Cancer	42	13	37	73	- 61
Pertussis	43	11	44	51	- 40
Maternal Conditions	44	10	24	292	- 282
Syphilis	45	10	45	50	- 40
Epilepsy	46	10	30	143	- 134
Poisonings	47	9	33	111	- 102
Skin Disease	48	8	40	70	- 61
Skin Cancers	49	8	46	46	- 39
Rheumatic Heart Disease	50	4	32	126	- 121
Malnutrition	51	3	21	357	- 354
Encephalitis	52	3	57	14	- 11
Tuberculosis	53	2	8	1,208	- 1,206
Multiple Sclerosis	54	2	63	6	- 4
Alcohol	55	2	38	71	- 69
Tetanus	56	2	47	45	- 43
Other Neoplasms	57	2	62	9	- 7
Appendicitis	58	2	52	25	- 23
War	59	1	68	0	+ 1
Hepatitis B	60	1	51	27	- 26
Rheumatoid Arthritis	61	1	56	18	- 17
Schistosomiasis	62	1	76	0	+ 1
HIV/AIDS	63	0	1	4,767	- 4,767
Hepatitis C	64	0	64	2	- 2
Measles	65	0	59	12	- 12
Leishmaniasis	66	0	75	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	67	0	69	0	- 0
Ascariasis	68	0	67	1	- 1
Upper Respiratory	69	0	55	18	- 18
Chlamydia	70	0	65	2	- 2
Otitis Media	71	0	66	1	- 1
Dengue	72	0	70	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	73	0	72	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	74	0	71	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	75	0	73	0	- 0
Leprosy	76	0	74	0	- 0
Malaria	77	0	79	0	- 0
Chagas disease	78	0	78	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	79	0	77	0	- 0
Depression	80	0	80	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	81	0	81	0	- 0
Anemia	82	0	83	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	83	0	82	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	84	0	84	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	85	0	85	0	- 0
Oral conditions	86	0	86	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.