DENMARK VS LESOTHO: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	LESOTHO		DENMARK		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
HIV/AIDS	1	12,784	55	23	+ 12,761
Influenza and Pneumonia	2	8,619	6	2,244	+ 6,375
Stroke	3	7,553	5	3,662	+ 3,891
Diarrhoeal diseases	4	6,313	38	145	+ 6,168
Coronary Heart Disease	5	5,634	1	5,341	+ 292
Diabetes Mellitus	6	5,362	10	1,284	+ 4,078
Suicide	7	4,128	16	617	+ 3,511
Tuberculosis	8	3,240	57	16	+ 3,225
Lung Disease	9	2,955	3	4,387	- 1,432
Kidney Disease	10	2,720	12	911	+ 1,810
Hypertension	11	2,654	15	642	+ 2,012
Low Birth Weight	12	2,566	41	116	+ 2,449
Violence	13	2,477	47	63	+ 2,414
Liver Disease	14	2,124	14	692	+ 1,432
Birth Trauma	15	1,923	56	21	+ 1,902
Road Traffic Accidents	16	1,819	33	213	+ 1,606
Asthma	17	1,818	44	82	+ 1,735
Other Injuries	18	1,429	30	347	+ 1,082
Congenital Anomalies	19	1,044	36	153	+ 891
Cervical Cancer	20	999	37	153	+ 846
Malnutrition	21	958	59	14	+ 944
Meningitis	22	852	52	25	+ 827
Inflammatory/Heart	23	818	31	284	+ 534
Maternal Conditions	24	784	64	2	+ 781
Peptic Ulcer Disease	25	747	32	216	+ 531
Fires	26	721	49	53	+ 668
Endocrine Disorders	27	630	19	575	+ 55
Drownings	28	536	50	37	+ 499
Alzheimers & Dementia	29	521	2	5,218	- 4,697
Epilepsy	30	385	40	125	+ 260
Falls	31	343	22	541	- 198
Rheumatic Heart Disease	32	337	42	96	+ 240
Poisonings	33	298	62	6	+ 292
Breast Cancer	34	260	9	1,299	- 1,039
Prostate Cancer	35	216	8	1,480	- 1,264
Lymphomas	36	209	13	730	- 521
Oesophagus Cancer	37	197	24	477	- 280
Alcohol	38	190	18	598	- 409
Liver Cancer	39	189	25	464	- 275
Skin Disease	40	187	45	79	+ 108
Parkinson's Disease	41	147	17	600	- 453
Oral Cancer	42	138	28	371	- 232
Lung Cancers	43	137	4	3,721	- 3,584
Pertussis	44	137	72	0	+ 137
Syphilis	45	135	70	0	+ 135
Skin Cancers	46	124	26	388	- 264
Tetanus	47	121	68	0	+ 121
Colon-Rectum Cancers	48	106	7	2,147	- 2,040
Leukemia	49	104	20	558	- 454
Drug Use	50	85	34	197	- 112
Hepatitis B	51	72	61	6	+ 66
Appendicitis	52	67	54	23	+ 44
Ovary Cancer	53	66	29	367	- 302
Uterin Cancer	54	63	35	156	- 93
Upper Respiratory	55	49	58	15	+ 33
Rheumatoid Arthritis	56	48	43	84	- 36
Encephalitis	57	36	67	1	+ 36
Pancreas Cancer	58	33	11	1,096	- 1,063
Measles	59	31	71	0	+ 31
Stomach Cancer	60	29	23	484	- 455
Bladder Cancer	61	26	21	545	- 520
Other Neoplasms	62	25	27	378	- 353
Multiple Sclerosis	63	16	39	132	- 116
Hepatitis C	64	7	60	9	- 2
Chlamydia	65	4	69	0	+ 4
Otitis Media	66	3	65	2	+ 2
Ascariasis	67	2	81	0	+ 2
War	68	1	66	1	+ 0
Diphtheria	69	1	73	0	+ 1
Dengue	70	0	83	0	+ 0
Trichuriasis	71	0	80	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	72	0	82	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	73	0	84	0	- 0
Leprosy	74	0	74	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	75	0	78	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	76	0	75	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	77	0	76	0	- 0
Chagas disease	78	0	77	0	- 0
Malaria	79	0	79	0	- 0
Depression	80	0	85	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	81	0	48	57	- 57
Vitamin A Deficiency	82	0	86	0	- 0
Anemia	83	0	46	73	- 73
Osteoarthritis	84	0	51	25	- 25
Prostatic Hypertrophy	85	0	53	25	- 25
Oral conditions	86	0	63	4	- 4
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to DENMARK

Lesotho

Denmark

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.