EQU. GUINEA VS LESOTHO: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	LESOTHO		EQU. GUINEA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
HIV/AIDS	1	3,843	1	1,838	+ 2,005
Influenza and Pneumonia	2	2,591	2	913	+ 1,679
Stroke	3	2,271	6	437	+ 1,834
Diarrhoeal diseases	4	1,898	9	349	+ 1,549
Coronary Heart Disease	5	1,694	7	419	+ 1,275
Diabetes Mellitus	6	1,612	11	299	+ 1,313
Suicide	7	1,241	22	107	+ 1,134
Tuberculosis	8	974	10	321	+ 653
Lung Disease	9	888	20	120	+ 768
Kidney Disease	10	818	14	198	+ 619
Hypertension	11	798	16	165	+ 633
Low Birth Weight	12	771	4	457	+ 314
Violence	13	745	33	45	+ 700
Liver Disease	14	639	13	199	+ 439
Birth Trauma	15	578	5	441	+ 137
Road Traffic Accidents	16	547	8	368	+ 179
Asthma	17	546	26	65	+ 481
Other Injuries	18	430	23	105	+ 324
Congenital Anomalies	19	314	12	249	+ 65
Cervical Cancer	20	300	28	56	+ 244
Malnutrition	21	288	31	48	+ 240
Meningitis	22	256	19	127	+ 129
Inflammatory/Heart	23	246	27	63	+ 183
Maternal Conditions	24	236	17	139	+ 97
Peptic Ulcer Disease	25	225	43	22	+ 203
Fires	26	217	39	30	+ 187
Endocrine Disorders	27	189	25	73	+ 116
Drownings	28	161	36	39	+ 122
Alzheimers & Dementia	29	157	29	55	+ 101
Epilepsy	30	116	38	32	+ 83
Falls	31	103	32	46	+ 57
Rheumatic Heart Disease	32	101	50	14	+ 87
Poisonings	33	90	44	21	+ 69
Breast Cancer	34	78	24	84	- 6
Prostate Cancer	35	65	35	43	+ 22
Lymphomas	36	63	45	19	+ 43
Oesophagus Cancer	37	59	54	12	+ 47
Alcohol	38	57	53	12	+ 45
Liver Cancer	39	57	34	43	+ 14
Skin Disease	40	56	51	13	+ 43
Parkinson's Disease	41	44	46	18	+ 27
Oral Cancer	42	42	37	35	+ 7
Lung Cancers	43	41	41	27	+ 14
Pertussis	44	41	21	109	- 68
Syphilis	45	41	18	134	- 93
Skin Cancers	46	37	48	16	+ 21
Tetanus	47	36	42	23	+ 13
Colon-Rectum Cancers	48	32	40	29	+ 3
Leukemia	49	31	61	4	+ 28
Drug Use	50	25	30	50	- 25
Hepatitis B	51	22	65	3	+ 18
Appendicitis	52	20	59	6	+ 14
Ovary Cancer	53	20	52	13	+ 7
Uterin Cancer	54	19	58	8	+ 11
Upper Respiratory	55	15	66	2	+ 13
Rheumatoid Arthritis	56	15	62	4	+ 11
Encephalitis	57	11	57	8	+ 3
Pancreas Cancer	58	10	55	11	- 2
Measles	59	9	15	181	- 172
Stomach Cancer	60	9	49	16	- 7
Bladder Cancer	61	8	56	9	- 1
Other Neoplasms	62	7	63	3	+ 4
Multiple Sclerosis	63	5	67	1	+ 3
Hepatitis C	64	2	69	0	+ 2
Chlamydia	65	1	68	0	+ 1
Otitis Media	66	1	72	0	+ 1
Ascariasis	67	1	70	0	+ 0
War	68	0	71	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	69	0	64	3	- 3
Dengue	70	0	73	0	+ 0
Trichuriasis	71	0	75	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	72	0	74	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	73	0	79	0	- 0
Leprosy	74	0	76	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	75	0	78	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	76	0	60	4	- 4
Trypanosomiasis	77	0	47	16	- 16
Chagas disease	78	0	77	0	- 0
Malaria	79	0	3	668	- 668
Depression	80	0	83	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	81	0	86	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	82	0	84	0	- 0
Anemia	83	0	85	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	84	0	81	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	85	0	82	0	- 0
Oral conditions	86	0	80	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to EQU. GUINEA

Lesotho

Equ. Guinea

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.