DR CONGO VS LESOTHO: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	LESOTHO		DR CONGO		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
HIV/AIDS	1	246,988	15	13,286	+ 233,702
Influenza and Pneumonia	2	166,520	1	73,546	+ 92,974
Stroke	3	145,932	6	36,596	+ 109,335
Diarrhoeal diseases	4	121,961	5	41,301	+ 80,660
Coronary Heart Disease	5	108,843	7	34,713	+ 74,130
Diabetes Mellitus	6	103,591	16	12,902	+ 90,689
Suicide	7	79,755	26	5,812	+ 73,943
Tuberculosis	8	62,600	2	43,759	+ 18,841
Lung Disease	9	57,085	14	13,527	+ 43,558
Kidney Disease	10	52,559	20	9,077	+ 43,482
Hypertension	11	51,285	12	15,743	+ 35,543
Low Birth Weight	12	49,569	8	34,668	+ 14,900
Violence	13	47,865	18	11,120	+ 36,745
Liver Disease	14	41,034	13	15,044	+ 25,989
Birth Trauma	15	37,159	9	33,075	+ 4,084
Road Traffic Accidents	16	35,151	10	30,256	+ 4,894
Asthma	17	35,115	24	7,733	+ 27,381
Other Injuries	18	27,604	22	8,272	+ 19,332
Congenital Anomalies	19	20,169	11	16,256	+ 3,913
Cervical Cancer	20	19,293	27	4,823	+ 14,470
Malnutrition	21	18,503	21	8,910	+ 9,593
Meningitis	22	16,463	17	11,568	+ 4,895
Inflammatory/Heart	23	15,805	29	4,045	+ 11,760
Maternal Conditions	24	15,139	19	10,513	+ 4,627
Peptic Ulcer Disease	25	14,438	40	1,923	+ 12,515
Fires	26	13,923	39	2,007	+ 11,916
Endocrine Disorders	27	12,170	25	7,380	+ 4,790
Drownings	28	10,356	34	3,454	+ 6,902
Alzheimers & Dementia	29	10,061	28	4,548	+ 5,514
Epilepsy	30	7,431	44	1,727	+ 5,705
Falls	31	6,621	33	3,483	+ 3,138
Rheumatic Heart Disease	32	6,504	43	1,728	+ 4,776
Poisonings	33	5,755	42	1,729	+ 4,026
Breast Cancer	34	5,030	35	3,416	+ 1,615
Prostate Cancer	35	4,178	30	3,948	+ 229
Lymphomas	36	4,033	38	2,061	+ 1,971
Oesophagus Cancer	37	3,804	53	790	+ 3,013
Alcohol	38	3,668	60	635	+ 3,033
Liver Cancer	39	3,661	31	3,840	- 179
Skin Disease	40	3,619	54	781	+ 2,838
Parkinson's Disease	41	2,838	49	1,035	+ 1,803
Oral Cancer	42	2,675	51	1,003	+ 1,673
Lung Cancers	43	2,644	47	1,158	+ 1,487
Pertussis	44	2,643	23	7,921	- 5,279
Syphilis	45	2,616	32	3,751	- 1,135
Skin Cancers	46	2,399	55	765	+ 1,634
Tetanus	47	2,339	46	1,166	+ 1,173
Colon-Rectum Cancers	48	2,054	36	2,966	- 913
Leukemia	49	2,014	41	1,871	+ 142
Drug Use	50	1,636	59	638	+ 997
Hepatitis B	51	1,383	61	456	+ 927
Appendicitis	52	1,288	56	703	+ 584
Ovary Cancer	53	1,267	58	656	+ 611
Uterin Cancer	54	1,215	63	352	+ 863
Upper Respiratory	55	940	62	370	+ 569
Rheumatoid Arthritis	56	935	66	217	+ 718
Encephalitis	57	703	57	680	+ 23
Pancreas Cancer	58	632	50	1,017	- 385
Measles	59	607	3	42,254	- 41,647
Stomach Cancer	60	557	37	2,579	- 2,023
Bladder Cancer	61	497	65	270	+ 227
Other Neoplasms	62	477	67	88	+ 390
Multiple Sclerosis	63	308	71	44	+ 264
Hepatitis C	64	128	69	69	+ 59
Chlamydia	65	80	73	15	+ 65
Otitis Media	66	63	72	38	+ 25
Ascariasis	67	38	68	80	- 42
War	68	14	45	1,658	- 1,644
Diphtheria	69	14	70	47	- 33
Dengue	70	5	74	1	+ 4
Trichuriasis	71	0	76	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	72	0	75	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	73	0	78	0	- 0
Leprosy	74	0	77	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	75	0	52	869	- 869
Schistosomiasis	76	0	48	1,071	- 1,071
Trypanosomiasis	77	0	64	347	- 347
Chagas disease	78	0	79	0	- 0
Malaria	79	0	4	41,813	- 41,813
Depression	80	0	84	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	81	0	83	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	82	0	85	0	- 0
Anemia	83	0	86	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	84	0	80	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	85	0	81	0	- 0
Oral conditions	86	0	82	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to DR CONGO

Lesotho

DR 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.