CONGO VS LESOTHO: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	LESOTHO		CONGO		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
HIV/AIDS	1	13,050	1	4,509	+ 8,541
Influenza and Pneumonia	2	8,799	3	2,576	+ 6,222
Stroke	3	7,711	5	2,267	+ 5,444
Diarrhoeal diseases	4	6,444	8	1,304	+ 5,140
Coronary Heart Disease	5	5,751	4	2,494	+ 3,257
Diabetes Mellitus	6	5,474	10	1,050	+ 4,424
Suicide	7	4,214	19	349	+ 3,865
Tuberculosis	8	3,308	2	2,781	+ 527
Lung Disease	9	3,016	17	541	+ 2,475
Kidney Disease	10	2,777	15	613	+ 2,164
Hypertension	11	2,710	12	933	+ 1,777
Low Birth Weight	12	2,619	9	1,283	+ 1,336
Violence	13	2,529	18	539	+ 1,990
Liver Disease	14	2,168	13	931	+ 1,238
Birth Trauma	15	1,963	11	997	+ 966
Road Traffic Accidents	16	1,857	7	1,598	+ 259
Asthma	17	1,855	23	291	+ 1,565
Other Injuries	18	1,459	20	333	+ 1,125
Congenital Anomalies	19	1,066	14	729	+ 337
Cervical Cancer	20	1,019	29	196	+ 823
Malnutrition	21	978	24	272	+ 706
Meningitis	22	870	22	299	+ 571
Inflammatory/Heart	23	835	26	220	+ 616
Maternal Conditions	24	800	16	578	+ 222
Peptic Ulcer Disease	25	763	35	105	+ 658
Fires	26	736	37	90	+ 645
Endocrine Disorders	27	643	27	208	+ 435
Drownings	28	547	36	104	+ 443
Alzheimers & Dementia	29	532	25	230	+ 301
Epilepsy	30	393	40	76	+ 317
Falls	31	350	33	149	+ 201
Rheumatic Heart Disease	32	344	43	67	+ 277
Poisonings	33	304	41	71	+ 234
Breast Cancer	34	266	32	159	+ 107
Prostate Cancer	35	221	28	198	+ 23
Lymphomas	36	213	45	61	+ 152
Oesophagus Cancer	37	201	57	19	+ 182
Alcohol	38	194	49	46	+ 148
Liver Cancer	39	193	30	169	+ 24
Skin Disease	40	191	50	46	+ 145
Parkinson's Disease	41	150	42	69	+ 81
Oral Cancer	42	141	54	33	+ 109
Lung Cancers	43	140	47	54	+ 86
Pertussis	44	140	21	329	- 190
Syphilis	45	138	34	107	+ 32
Skin Cancers	46	127	53	36	+ 91
Tetanus	47	124	55	23	+ 101
Colon-Rectum Cancers	48	109	38	89	+ 20
Leukemia	49	106	46	57	+ 49
Drug Use	50	86	44	65	+ 21
Hepatitis B	51	73	62	14	+ 59
Appendicitis	52	68	58	18	+ 50
Ovary Cancer	53	67	48	49	+ 17
Uterin Cancer	54	64	60	15	+ 50
Upper Respiratory	55	50	64	7	+ 43
Rheumatoid Arthritis	56	49	59	15	+ 34
Encephalitis	57	37	56	20	+ 17
Pancreas Cancer	58	33	52	42	- 8
Measles	59	32	31	159	- 127
Stomach Cancer	60	29	39	88	- 59
Bladder Cancer	61	26	61	15	+ 12
Other Neoplasms	62	25	63	8	+ 18
Multiple Sclerosis	63	16	66	4	+ 12
Hepatitis C	64	7	67	2	+ 4
Chlamydia	65	4	70	1	+ 3
Otitis Media	66	3	71	1	+ 3
Ascariasis	67	2	69	1	+ 1
War	68	1	72	1	+ 0
Diphtheria	69	1	68	2	- 1
Dengue	70	0	73	0	+ 0
Trichuriasis	71	0	75	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	72	0	74	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	73	0	76	0	- 0
Leprosy	74	0	77	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	75	0	78	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	76	0	51	45	- 45
Trypanosomiasis	77	0	65	7	- 7
Chagas disease	78	0	79	0	- 0
Malaria	79	0	6	1,977	- 1,977
Depression	80	0	80	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	81	0	81	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	82	0	83	0	- 0
Anemia	83	0	82	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	84	0	85	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	85	0	84	0	- 0
Oral conditions	86	0	86	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to CONGO

Lesotho

Congo

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.