BOTSWANA VS LESOTHO: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	LESOTHO		BOTSWANA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
HIV/AIDS	1	5,245	1	4,950	+ 295
Influenza and Pneumonia	2	3,536	2	1,674	+ 1,863
Stroke	3	3,099	4	1,588	+ 1,511
Diarrhoeal diseases	4	2,590	8	527	+ 2,063
Coronary Heart Disease	5	2,311	3	1,632	+ 679
Diabetes Mellitus	6	2,200	5	1,273	+ 927
Suicide	7	1,694	15	370	+ 1,324
Tuberculosis	8	1,329	6	649	+ 681
Lung Disease	9	1,212	10	482	+ 731
Kidney Disease	10	1,116	9	506	+ 610
Hypertension	11	1,089	11	471	+ 618
Low Birth Weight	12	1,053	13	447	+ 606
Violence	13	1,016	14	389	+ 627
Liver Disease	14	871	12	459	+ 413
Birth Trauma	15	789	17	261	+ 528
Road Traffic Accidents	16	746	7	608	+ 138
Asthma	17	746	18	232	+ 514
Other Injuries	18	586	19	216	+ 370
Congenital Anomalies	19	428	16	287	+ 141
Cervical Cancer	20	410	22	164	+ 246
Malnutrition	21	393	21	171	+ 222
Meningitis	22	350	25	108	+ 241
Inflammatory/Heart	23	336	20	177	+ 159
Maternal Conditions	24	321	24	118	+ 204
Peptic Ulcer Disease	25	307	29	90	+ 217
Fires	26	296	26	108	+ 187
Endocrine Disorders	27	258	27	103	+ 156
Drownings	28	220	30	83	+ 137
Alzheimers & Dementia	29	214	23	164	+ 50
Epilepsy	30	158	36	56	+ 102
Falls	31	141	34	62	+ 79
Rheumatic Heart Disease	32	138	43	37	+ 101
Poisonings	33	122	42	42	+ 80
Breast Cancer	34	107	33	68	+ 38
Prostate Cancer	35	89	41	45	+ 44
Lymphomas	36	86	31	77	+ 9
Oesophagus Cancer	37	81	28	103	- 22
Alcohol	38	78	45	31	+ 47
Liver Cancer	39	78	35	57	+ 20
Skin Disease	40	77	46	30	+ 47
Parkinson's Disease	41	60	38	47	+ 13
Oral Cancer	42	57	32	70	- 13
Lung Cancers	43	56	39	45	+ 11
Pertussis	44	56	40	45	+ 12
Syphilis	45	56	44	36	+ 19
Skin Cancers	46	51	37	52	- 1
Tetanus	47	50	61	6	+ 43
Colon-Rectum Cancers	48	44	47	28	+ 16
Leukemia	49	43	51	13	+ 30
Drug Use	50	35	48	26	+ 9
Hepatitis B	51	29	62	6	+ 24
Appendicitis	52	27	57	8	+ 20
Ovary Cancer	53	27	49	19	+ 8
Uterin Cancer	54	26	56	9	+ 16
Upper Respiratory	55	20	58	7	+ 13
Rheumatoid Arthritis	56	20	52	11	+ 9
Encephalitis	57	15	59	7	+ 8
Pancreas Cancer	58	13	50	16	- 3
Measles	59	13	68	0	+ 13
Stomach Cancer	60	12	53	10	+ 2
Bladder Cancer	61	11	60	6	+ 4
Other Neoplasms	62	10	55	9	+ 1
Multiple Sclerosis	63	7	63	3	+ 3
Hepatitis C	64	3	66	1	+ 2
Chlamydia	65	2	65	1	+ 1
Otitis Media	66	1	71	0	+ 1
Ascariasis	67	1	67	0	+ 0
War	68	0	69	0	- 0
Diphtheria	69	0	70	0	- 0
Dengue	70	0	76	0	+ 0
Trichuriasis	71	0	75	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	72	0	74	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	73	0	73	0	- 0
Leprosy	74	0	72	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	75	0	79	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	76	0	54	10	- 10
Trypanosomiasis	77	0	78	0	- 0
Chagas disease	78	0	77	0	- 0
Malaria	79	0	64	1	- 1
Depression	80	0	85	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	81	0	86	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	82	0	83	0	- 0
Anemia	83	0	84	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	84	0	81	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	85	0	80	0	- 0
Oral conditions	86	0	82	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to BOTSWANA

Lesotho

Botswana

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.