BELIZE VS LESOTHO: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	LESOTHO		BELIZE		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
HIV/AIDS	1	890	5	119	+ 771
Influenza and Pneumonia	2	600	7	97	+ 503
Stroke	3	526	4	127	+ 399
Diarrhoeal diseases	4	439	34	9	+ 431
Coronary Heart Disease	5	392	1	192	+ 200
Diabetes Mellitus	6	373	3	141	+ 233
Suicide	7	287	16	28	+ 260
Tuberculosis	8	226	33	9	+ 217
Lung Disease	9	206	11	46	+ 160
Kidney Disease	10	189	6	102	+ 87
Hypertension	11	185	12	46	+ 139
Low Birth Weight	12	179	25	20	+ 159
Violence	13	172	2	146	+ 27
Liver Disease	14	148	9	58	+ 90
Birth Trauma	15	134	32	9	+ 125
Road Traffic Accidents	16	127	8	88	+ 39
Asthma	17	127	35	8	+ 119
Other Injuries	18	99	14	36	+ 64
Congenital Anomalies	19	73	21	23	+ 50
Cervical Cancer	20	70	17	28	+ 42
Malnutrition	21	67	29	10	+ 57
Meningitis	22	59	46	1	+ 58
Inflammatory/Heart	23	57	26	18	+ 39
Maternal Conditions	24	55	42	2	+ 52
Peptic Ulcer Disease	25	52	38	5	+ 47
Fires	26	50	40	4	+ 47
Endocrine Disorders	27	44	22	23	+ 21
Drownings	28	37	18	24	+ 13
Alzheimers & Dementia	29	36	13	45	- 9
Epilepsy	30	27	36	8	+ 19
Falls	31	24	27	13	+ 11
Rheumatic Heart Disease	32	23	41	3	+ 20
Poisonings	33	21	45	1	+ 19
Breast Cancer	34	18	23	22	- 4
Prostate Cancer	35	15	10	47	- 32
Lymphomas	36	15	50	1	+ 13
Oesophagus Cancer	37	14	43	2	+ 12
Alcohol	38	13	30	10	+ 4
Liver Cancer	39	13	19	24	- 11
Skin Disease	40	13	37	5	+ 8
Parkinson's Disease	41	10	28	11	- 1
Oral Cancer	42	10	67	0	+ 10
Lung Cancers	43	10	15	30	- 21
Pertussis	44	10	63	0	+ 9
Syphilis	45	9	62	0	+ 9
Skin Cancers	46	9	66	0	+ 9
Tetanus	47	8	59	0	+ 8
Colon-Rectum Cancers	48	7	24	20	- 13
Leukemia	49	7	39	4	+ 3
Drug Use	50	6	47	1	+ 5
Hepatitis B	51	5	56	0	+ 5
Appendicitis	52	5	44	1	+ 3
Ovary Cancer	53	5	52	1	+ 4
Uterin Cancer	54	4	51	1	+ 3
Upper Respiratory	55	3	58	0	+ 3
Rheumatoid Arthritis	56	3	49	1	+ 2
Encephalitis	57	3	48	1	+ 1
Pancreas Cancer	58	2	31	9	- 7
Measles	59	2	71	0	+ 2
Stomach Cancer	60	2	20	23	- 21
Bladder Cancer	61	2	81	0	+ 2
Other Neoplasms	62	2	53	1	+ 1
Multiple Sclerosis	63	1	54	0	+ 1
Hepatitis C	64	0	61	0	+ 0
Chlamydia	65	0	65	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	66	0	69	0	+ 0
Ascariasis	67	0	64	0	+ 0
War	68	0	60	0	- 0
Diphtheria	69	0	68	0	+ 0
Dengue	70	0	55	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	71	0	73	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	72	0	72	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	73	0	74	0	- 0
Leprosy	74	0	70	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	75	0	77	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	76	0	78	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	77	0	75	0	- 0
Chagas disease	78	0	57	0	- 0
Malaria	79	0	76	0	- 0
Depression	80	0	83	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	81	0	82	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	82	0	79	0	- 0
Anemia	83	0	80	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 BELIZE

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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.