ESTONIA VS LESOTHO: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	LESOTHO		ESTONIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
HIV/AIDS	1	2,555	39	40	+ 2,515
Influenza and Pneumonia	2	1,723	6	349	+ 1,374
Stroke	3	1,510	3	1,116	+ 394
Diarrhoeal diseases	4	1,262	53	8	+ 1,253
Coronary Heart Disease	5	1,126	1	3,009	- 1,883
Diabetes Mellitus	6	1,072	19	146	+ 926
Suicide	7	825	16	197	+ 628
Tuberculosis	8	648	47	16	+ 631
Lung Disease	9	591	13	229	+ 362
Kidney Disease	10	544	17	176	+ 367
Hypertension	11	531	2	2,700	- 2,170
Low Birth Weight	12	513	55	7	+ 506
Violence	13	495	42	28	+ 467
Liver Disease	14	424	7	328	+ 96
Birth Trauma	15	384	57	5	+ 379
Road Traffic Accidents	16	364	35	59	+ 304
Asthma	17	363	44	24	+ 339
Other Injuries	18	286	20	141	+ 144
Congenital Anomalies	19	209	43	25	+ 184
Cervical Cancer	20	200	32	68	+ 132
Malnutrition	21	191	79	0	+ 191
Meningitis	22	170	54	7	+ 163
Inflammatory/Heart	23	163	14	217	- 54
Maternal Conditions	24	157	61	1	+ 155
Peptic Ulcer Disease	25	149	36	55	+ 94
Fires	26	144	38	41	+ 103
Endocrine Disorders	27	126	33	66	+ 60
Drownings	28	107	40	30	+ 77
Alzheimers & Dementia	29	104	12	229	- 125
Epilepsy	30	77	37	45	+ 32
Falls	31	68	24	119	- 50
Rheumatic Heart Disease	32	67	45	22	+ 46
Poisonings	33	60	52	8	+ 51
Breast Cancer	34	52	11	260	- 208
Prostate Cancer	35	43	8	298	- 255
Lymphomas	36	42	15	213	- 171
Oesophagus Cancer	37	39	27	99	- 59
Alcohol	38	38	18	148	- 110
Liver Cancer	39	38	26	107	- 69
Skin Disease	40	37	41	29	+ 9
Parkinson's Disease	41	29	29	82	- 53
Oral Cancer	42	28	25	110	- 83
Lung Cancers	43	27	4	657	- 630
Pertussis	44	27	83	0	+ 27
Syphilis	45	27	62	1	+ 26
Skin Cancers	46	25	30	79	- 54
Tetanus	47	24	81	0	+ 24
Colon-Rectum Cancers	48	21	5	527	- 506
Leukemia	49	21	22	126	- 105
Drug Use	50	17	31	75	- 58
Hepatitis B	51	14	65	0	+ 14
Appendicitis	52	13	59	2	+ 11
Ovary Cancer	53	13	28	87	- 74
Uterin Cancer	54	13	34	60	- 48
Upper Respiratory	55	10	66	0	+ 10
Rheumatoid Arthritis	56	10	46	17	- 8
Encephalitis	57	7	63	0	+ 7
Pancreas Cancer	58	7	10	268	- 262
Measles	59	6	84	0	+ 6
Stomach Cancer	60	6	9	290	- 284
Bladder Cancer	61	5	21	126	- 121
Other Neoplasms	62	5	23	123	- 118
Multiple Sclerosis	63	3	48	16	- 13
Hepatitis C	64	1	58	4	- 3
Chlamydia	65	1	78	0	+ 1
Otitis Media	66	1	67	0	+ 1
Ascariasis	67	0	74	0	+ 0
War	68	0	64	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	69	0	82	0	+ 0
Dengue	70	0	75	0	+ 0
Trichuriasis	71	0	77	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	72	0	76	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	73	0	80	0	- 0
Leprosy	74	0	68	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	75	0	69	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	76	0	72	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	77	0	70	0	- 0
Chagas disease	78	0	71	0	- 0
Malaria	79	0	73	0	- 0
Depression	80	0	86	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	81	0	56	6	- 6
Vitamin A Deficiency	82	0	85	0	- 0
Anemia	83	0	51	9	- 9
Osteoarthritis	84	0	50	10	- 10
Prostatic Hypertrophy	85	0	49	12	- 12
Oral conditions	86	0	60	2	- 2
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to ESTONIA

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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.