BANGLADESH VS LESOTHO: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	LESOTHO		BANGLADESH		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
HIV/AIDS	1	361,049	55	563	+ 360,486
Influenza and Pneumonia	2	243,420	6	29,586	+ 213,835
Stroke	3	213,324	1	134,166	+ 79,158
Diarrhoeal diseases	4	178,284	5	36,111	+ 142,173
Coronary Heart Disease	5	159,107	2	108,528	+ 50,579
Diabetes Mellitus	6	151,431	7	28,976	+ 122,455
Suicide	7	116,586	25	5,998	+ 110,588
Tuberculosis	8	91,509	4	37,175	+ 54,334
Lung Disease	9	83,447	3	45,699	+ 37,748
Kidney Disease	10	76,831	17	10,841	+ 65,990
Hypertension	11	74,969	14	14,776	+ 60,194
Low Birth Weight	12	72,460	11	17,457	+ 55,003
Violence	13	69,969	27	4,623	+ 65,347
Liver Disease	14	59,984	9	21,024	+ 38,959
Birth Trauma	15	54,320	15	13,392	+ 40,928
Road Traffic Accidents	16	51,384	8	25,023	+ 26,361
Asthma	17	51,331	20	8,893	+ 42,438
Other Injuries	18	40,351	21	7,629	+ 32,723
Congenital Anomalies	19	29,483	18	10,113	+ 19,370
Cervical Cancer	20	28,203	26	5,132	+ 23,071
Malnutrition	21	27,049	36	2,418	+ 24,631
Meningitis	22	24,066	38	2,105	+ 21,961
Inflammatory/Heart	23	23,104	42	1,485	+ 21,619
Maternal Conditions	24	22,131	29	3,920	+ 18,211
Peptic Ulcer Disease	25	21,106	48	1,251	+ 19,855
Fires	26	20,353	46	1,271	+ 19,082
Endocrine Disorders	27	17,790	45	1,335	+ 16,455
Drownings	28	15,138	22	7,094	+ 8,044
Alzheimers & Dementia	29	14,708	13	14,993	- 285
Epilepsy	30	10,863	44	1,353	+ 9,510
Falls	31	9,678	31	3,328	+ 6,351
Rheumatic Heart Disease	32	9,508	33	2,922	+ 6,586
Poisonings	33	8,413	56	539	+ 7,874
Breast Cancer	34	7,353	23	6,808	+ 545
Prostate Cancer	35	6,107	41	1,664	+ 4,443
Lymphomas	36	5,895	35	2,667	+ 3,228
Oesophagus Cancer	37	5,560	10	19,525	- 13,965
Alcohol	38	5,362	60	262	+ 5,100
Liver Cancer	39	5,351	34	2,884	+ 2,467
Skin Disease	40	5,290	50	1,131	+ 4,159
Parkinson's Disease	41	4,148	30	3,782	+ 367
Oral Cancer	42	3,911	12	15,511	- 11,600
Lung Cancers	43	3,865	16	12,174	- 8,309
Pertussis	44	3,863	39	2,011	+ 1,852
Syphilis	45	3,824	49	1,227	+ 2,597
Skin Cancers	46	3,507	53	853	+ 2,654
Tetanus	47	3,419	57	450	+ 2,969
Colon-Rectum Cancers	48	3,002	28	4,534	- 1,532
Leukemia	49	2,943	40	1,895	+ 1,048
Drug Use	50	2,391	32	2,967	- 576
Hepatitis B	51	2,022	51	1,121	+ 901
Appendicitis	52	1,882	47	1,262	+ 620
Ovary Cancer	53	1,851	37	2,231	- 380
Uterin Cancer	54	1,777	58	405	+ 1,372
Upper Respiratory	55	1,373	66	100	+ 1,273
Rheumatoid Arthritis	56	1,367	54	815	+ 552
Encephalitis	57	1,027	59	371	+ 656
Pancreas Cancer	58	924	43	1,414	- 491
Measles	59	887	19	9,021	- 8,134
Stomach Cancer	60	814	24	6,799	- 5,985
Bladder Cancer	61	727	52	991	- 264
Other Neoplasms	62	698	61	243	+ 454
Multiple Sclerosis	63	450	64	179	+ 271
Hepatitis C	64	186	62	207	- 20
Chlamydia	65	117	70	21	+ 95
Otitis Media	66	92	71	14	+ 79
Ascariasis	67	56	69	31	+ 24
War	68	21	63	202	- 182
Diphtheria	69	20	72	5	+ 15
Dengue	70	7	65	161	- 154
Trichuriasis	71	0	78	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	72	0	79	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	73	0	77	0	- 0
Leprosy	74	0	73	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	75	0	67	56	- 56
Schistosomiasis	76	0	74	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	77	0	76	0	- 0
Chagas disease	78	0	75	0	- 0
Malaria	79	0	68	45	- 45
Depression	80	0	83	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	81	0	82	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	82	0	80	0	- 0
Anemia	83	0	81	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	84	0	86	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	85	0	85	0	- 0
Oral conditions	86	0	84	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to BANGLADESH

Lesotho

Bangladesh

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.