COMOROS VS LESOTHO: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	LESOTHO		COMOROS		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
HIV/AIDS	1	1,926	76	0	+ 1,926
Influenza and Pneumonia	2	1,299	1	594	+ 704
Stroke	3	1,138	3	356	+ 783
Diarrhoeal diseases	4	951	2	363	+ 588
Coronary Heart Disease	5	849	4	349	+ 500
Diabetes Mellitus	6	808	9	136	+ 672
Suicide	7	622	24	46	+ 576
Tuberculosis	8	488	19	79	+ 409
Lung Disease	9	445	17	83	+ 362
Kidney Disease	10	410	14	101	+ 309
Hypertension	11	400	12	115	+ 285
Low Birth Weight	12	387	5	328	+ 58
Violence	13	373	20	63	+ 310
Liver Disease	14	320	8	160	+ 160
Birth Trauma	15	290	7	211	+ 79
Road Traffic Accidents	16	274	6	226	+ 48
Asthma	17	274	21	49	+ 225
Other Injuries	18	215	16	90	+ 125
Congenital Anomalies	19	157	10	131	+ 27
Cervical Cancer	20	150	13	104	+ 46
Malnutrition	21	144	15	96	+ 48
Meningitis	22	128	11	115	+ 13
Inflammatory/Heart	23	123	31	26	+ 97
Maternal Conditions	24	118	22	47	+ 71
Peptic Ulcer Disease	25	113	34	21	+ 92
Fires	26	109	30	27	+ 82
Endocrine Disorders	27	95	36	19	+ 75
Drownings	28	81	25	35	+ 46
Alzheimers & Dementia	29	78	23	46	+ 32
Epilepsy	30	58	40	17	+ 41
Falls	31	52	32	26	+ 25
Rheumatic Heart Disease	32	51	47	10	+ 41
Poisonings	33	45	35	20	+ 25
Breast Cancer	34	39	33	23	+ 17
Prostate Cancer	35	33	27	33	- 0
Lymphomas	36	31	37	19	+ 12
Oesophagus Cancer	37	30	26	34	- 4
Alcohol	38	29	51	6	+ 23
Liver Cancer	39	29	28	29	- 1
Skin Disease	40	28	48	9	+ 19
Parkinson's Disease	41	22	44	11	+ 11
Oral Cancer	42	21	41	15	+ 5
Lung Cancers	43	21	60	1	+ 20
Pertussis	44	21	18	80	- 59
Syphilis	45	20	38	19	+ 1
Skin Cancers	46	19	42	12	+ 6
Tetanus	47	18	43	12	+ 6
Colon-Rectum Cancers	48	16	39	19	- 3
Leukemia	49	16	57	3	+ 13
Drug Use	50	13	49	7	+ 6
Hepatitis B	51	11	52	5	+ 6
Appendicitis	52	10	50	6	+ 4
Ovary Cancer	53	10	56	3	+ 7
Uterin Cancer	54	9	55	3	+ 6
Upper Respiratory	55	7	53	4	+ 3
Rheumatoid Arthritis	56	7	58	2	+ 6
Encephalitis	57	5	54	4	+ 1
Pancreas Cancer	58	5	82	0	+ 5
Measles	59	5	78	0	+ 5
Stomach Cancer	60	4	45	11	- 7
Bladder Cancer	61	4	46	10	- 6
Other Neoplasms	62	4	59	1	+ 3
Multiple Sclerosis	63	2	62	1	+ 2
Hepatitis C	64	1	61	1	+ 0
Chlamydia	65	1	66	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	66	0	64	0	+ 0
Ascariasis	67	0	63	0	- 0
War	68	0	67	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	69	0	65	0	- 0
Dengue	70	0	68	0	+ 0
Trichuriasis	71	0	70	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	72	0	69	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	73	0	77	0	- 0
Leprosy	74	0	71	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	75	0	72	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	76	0	75	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	77	0	73	0	- 0
Chagas disease	78	0	74	0	- 0
Malaria	79	0	29	29	- 29
Depression	80	0	79	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	81	0	83	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	82	0	80	0	- 0
Anemia	83	0	81	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 COMOROS

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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.