ERITREA VS LESOTHO: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	LESOTHO		ERITREA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
HIV/AIDS	1	13,577	25	308	+ 13,270
Influenza and Pneumonia	2	9,154	1	3,277	+ 5,877
Stroke	3	8,022	2	2,564	+ 5,458
Diarrhoeal diseases	4	6,704	3	2,292	+ 4,412
Coronary Heart Disease	5	5,983	4	2,154	+ 3,830
Diabetes Mellitus	6	5,695	7	944	+ 4,750
Suicide	7	4,384	21	382	+ 4,003
Tuberculosis	8	3,441	14	543	+ 2,898
Lung Disease	9	3,138	9	662	+ 2,476
Kidney Disease	10	2,889	12	578	+ 2,312
Hypertension	11	2,819	8	926	+ 1,894
Low Birth Weight	12	2,725	16	531	+ 2,194
Violence	13	2,631	20	384	+ 2,247
Liver Disease	14	2,256	6	1,215	+ 1,041
Birth Trauma	15	2,043	11	616	+ 1,426
Road Traffic Accidents	16	1,932	5	1,326	+ 606
Asthma	17	1,930	22	326	+ 1,604
Other Injuries	18	1,517	15	540	+ 977
Congenital Anomalies	19	1,109	18	432	+ 677
Cervical Cancer	20	1,061	30	132	+ 928
Malnutrition	21	1,017	10	660	+ 358
Meningitis	22	905	19	404	+ 501
Inflammatory/Heart	23	869	32	123	+ 746
Maternal Conditions	24	832	13	544	+ 289
Peptic Ulcer Disease	25	794	27	147	+ 647
Fires	26	765	31	132	+ 634
Endocrine Disorders	27	669	43	71	+ 598
Drownings	28	569	33	118	+ 452
Alzheimers & Dementia	29	553	24	310	+ 243
Epilepsy	30	409	38	81	+ 327
Falls	31	364	26	168	+ 196
Rheumatic Heart Disease	32	358	41	77	+ 281
Poisonings	33	316	34	114	+ 202
Breast Cancer	34	277	23	311	- 35
Prostate Cancer	35	230	47	54	+ 176
Lymphomas	36	222	28	147	+ 75
Oesophagus Cancer	37	209	39	81	+ 128
Alcohol	38	202	49	45	+ 156
Liver Cancer	39	201	45	69	+ 132
Skin Disease	40	199	50	45	+ 154
Parkinson's Disease	41	156	37	85	+ 71
Oral Cancer	42	147	44	71	+ 76
Lung Cancers	43	145	46	62	+ 84
Pertussis	44	145	36	90	+ 56
Syphilis	45	144	54	35	+ 109
Skin Cancers	46	132	56	30	+ 102
Tetanus	47	129	52	37	+ 91
Colon-Rectum Cancers	48	113	35	113	- 0
Leukemia	49	111	29	144	- 33
Drug Use	50	90	53	36	+ 54
Hepatitis B	51	76	57	28	+ 48
Appendicitis	52	71	55	31	+ 39
Ovary Cancer	53	70	40	79	- 10
Uterin Cancer	54	67	61	18	+ 49
Upper Respiratory	55	52	60	18	+ 34
Rheumatoid Arthritis	56	51	64	12	+ 39
Encephalitis	57	39	62	16	+ 23
Pancreas Cancer	58	35	58	20	+ 15
Measles	59	33	63	13	+ 21
Stomach Cancer	60	31	48	48	- 18
Bladder Cancer	61	27	51	42	- 15
Other Neoplasms	62	26	66	6	+ 20
Multiple Sclerosis	63	17	67	4	+ 13
Hepatitis C	64	7	65	6	+ 1
Chlamydia	65	4	70	1	+ 3
Otitis Media	66	3	69	2	+ 2
Ascariasis	67	2	68	2	+ 0
War	68	1	71	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	69	1	72	0	+ 0
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	78	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	75	0	59	19	- 19
Schistosomiasis	76	0	42	73	- 73
Trypanosomiasis	77	0	76	0	- 0
Chagas disease	78	0	77	0	- 0
Malaria	79	0	17	437	- 437
Depression	80	0	80	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	81	0	83	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	82	0	82	0	- 0
Anemia	83	0	81	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 ERITREA

Lesotho

Eritrea

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.