CENTRAL AFRICA VS LESOTHO: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	LESOTHO		CENTRAL AFRICA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
HIV/AIDS	1	12,094	4	3,753	+ 8,342
Influenza and Pneumonia	2	8,154	1	5,231	+ 2,923
Stroke	3	7,146	5	3,284	+ 3,862
Diarrhoeal diseases	4	5,972	3	4,684	+ 1,288
Coronary Heart Disease	5	5,330	7	2,900	+ 2,430
Diabetes Mellitus	6	5,073	15	1,141	+ 3,931
Suicide	7	3,905	24	585	+ 3,320
Tuberculosis	8	3,065	2	4,704	- 1,638
Lung Disease	9	2,795	18	956	+ 1,839
Kidney Disease	10	2,574	21	710	+ 1,863
Hypertension	11	2,511	12	1,252	+ 1,259
Low Birth Weight	12	2,427	8	2,228	+ 199
Violence	13	2,344	17	1,009	+ 1,335
Liver Disease	14	2,009	14	1,153	+ 856
Birth Trauma	15	1,820	9	2,192	- 372
Road Traffic Accidents	16	1,721	10	1,790	- 69
Asthma	17	1,719	20	761	+ 959
Other Injuries	18	1,352	23	621	+ 731
Congenital Anomalies	19	988	19	776	+ 212
Cervical Cancer	20	945	32	230	+ 715
Malnutrition	21	906	22	691	+ 215
Meningitis	22	806	16	1,015	- 209
Inflammatory/Heart	23	774	30	270	+ 504
Maternal Conditions	24	741	13	1,174	- 433
Peptic Ulcer Disease	25	707	27	317	+ 390
Fires	26	682	39	142	+ 540
Endocrine Disorders	27	596	25	423	+ 173
Drownings	28	507	34	202	+ 305
Alzheimers & Dementia	29	493	33	204	+ 289
Epilepsy	30	364	43	119	+ 245
Falls	31	324	36	181	+ 143
Rheumatic Heart Disease	32	318	35	194	+ 125
Poisonings	33	282	40	134	+ 148
Breast Cancer	34	246	26	344	- 98
Prostate Cancer	35	205	38	156	+ 48
Lymphomas	36	197	42	119	+ 78
Oesophagus Cancer	37	186	53	48	+ 138
Alcohol	38	180	52	62	+ 118
Liver Cancer	39	179	44	117	+ 63
Skin Disease	40	177	54	48	+ 129
Parkinson's Disease	41	139	48	67	+ 72
Oral Cancer	42	131	46	91	+ 40
Lung Cancers	43	129	55	47	+ 83
Pertussis	44	129	31	265	- 136
Syphilis	45	128	41	120	+ 8
Skin Cancers	46	117	58	43	+ 75
Tetanus	47	115	29	280	- 166
Colon-Rectum Cancers	48	101	45	116	- 16
Leukemia	49	99	47	88	+ 10
Drug Use	50	80	57	44	+ 36
Hepatitis B	51	68	61	33	+ 35
Appendicitis	52	63	51	62	+ 1
Ovary Cancer	53	62	50	64	- 2
Uterin Cancer	54	60	65	20	+ 40
Upper Respiratory	55	46	63	24	+ 22
Rheumatoid Arthritis	56	46	66	15	+ 31
Encephalitis	57	34	62	28	+ 6
Pancreas Cancer	58	31	60	37	- 6
Measles	59	30	11	1,625	- 1,595
Stomach Cancer	60	27	49	65	- 38
Bladder Cancer	61	24	64	23	+ 1
Other Neoplasms	62	23	70	5	+ 19
Multiple Sclerosis	63	15	72	4	+ 11
Hepatitis C	64	6	69	6	+ 1
Chlamydia	65	4	73	2	+ 2
Otitis Media	66	3	68	6	- 3
Ascariasis	67	2	71	5	- 3
War	68	1	28	314	- 313
Diphtheria	69	1	67	11	- 10
Dengue	70	0	74	0	+ 0
Trichuriasis	71	0	75	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	72	0	76	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	73	0	77	0	- 0
Leprosy	74	0	78	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	75	0	56	46	- 46
Schistosomiasis	76	0	37	169	- 169
Trypanosomiasis	77	0	59	40	- 40
Chagas disease	78	0	79	0	- 0
Malaria	79	0	6	3,279	- 3,279
Depression	80	0	83	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	81	0	86	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	82	0	85	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 CENTRAL AFRICA

Lesotho

Central Africa

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.