GHANA VS LESOTHO: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	LESOTHO		GHANA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
HIV/AIDS	1	74,028	4	13,565	+ 60,463
Influenza and Pneumonia	2	49,910	1	16,262	+ 33,648
Stroke	3	43,739	2	15,163	+ 28,576
Diarrhoeal diseases	4	36,555	9	6,538	+ 30,017
Coronary Heart Disease	5	32,623	3	14,103	+ 18,520
Diabetes Mellitus	6	31,049	12	5,929	+ 25,120
Suicide	7	23,904	21	1,993	+ 21,911
Tuberculosis	8	18,763	6	10,214	+ 8,548
Lung Disease	9	17,110	15	3,120	+ 13,990
Kidney Disease	10	15,753	13	4,161	+ 11,592
Hypertension	11	15,371	19	2,231	+ 13,141
Low Birth Weight	12	14,857	8	6,662	+ 8,195
Violence	13	14,346	27	1,857	+ 12,489
Liver Disease	14	12,299	11	6,053	+ 6,245
Birth Trauma	15	11,138	10	6,194	+ 4,944
Road Traffic Accidents	16	10,536	7	7,808	+ 2,728
Asthma	17	10,525	23	1,979	+ 8,545
Other Injuries	18	8,274	18	2,433	+ 5,841
Congenital Anomalies	19	6,045	14	3,935	+ 2,110
Cervical Cancer	20	5,783	20	2,161	+ 3,622
Malnutrition	21	5,546	26	1,868	+ 3,678
Meningitis	22	4,934	16	2,983	+ 1,951
Inflammatory/Heart	23	4,737	28	1,615	+ 3,122
Maternal Conditions	24	4,538	22	1,991	+ 2,547
Peptic Ulcer Disease	25	4,327	48	321	+ 4,007
Fires	26	4,173	37	729	+ 3,444
Endocrine Disorders	27	3,648	24	1,965	+ 1,683
Drownings	28	3,104	36	740	+ 2,363
Alzheimers & Dementia	29	3,016	29	1,294	+ 1,722
Epilepsy	30	2,227	47	329	+ 1,898
Falls	31	1,984	30	1,168	+ 817
Rheumatic Heart Disease	32	1,949	52	256	+ 1,694
Poisonings	33	1,725	40	522	+ 1,203
Breast Cancer	34	1,508	25	1,937	- 430
Prostate Cancer	35	1,252	31	1,031	+ 221
Lymphomas	36	1,209	32	875	+ 334
Oesophagus Cancer	37	1,140	49	285	+ 855
Alcohol	38	1,099	54	244	+ 855
Liver Cancer	39	1,097	17	2,851	- 1,754
Skin Disease	40	1,085	50	264	+ 821
Parkinson's Disease	41	851	43	387	+ 464
Oral Cancer	42	802	42	483	+ 319
Lung Cancers	43	793	55	237	+ 555
Pertussis	44	792	35	744	+ 48
Syphilis	45	784	41	483	+ 301
Skin Cancers	46	719	58	214	+ 505
Tetanus	47	701	56	220	+ 481
Colon-Rectum Cancers	48	616	34	803	- 187
Leukemia	49	604	45	340	+ 263
Drug Use	50	490	39	630	- 140
Hepatitis B	51	415	62	101	+ 313
Appendicitis	52	386	59	146	+ 240
Ovary Cancer	53	380	38	698	- 319
Uterin Cancer	54	364	57	219	+ 145
Upper Respiratory	55	282	66	16	+ 265
Rheumatoid Arthritis	56	280	67	16	+ 264
Encephalitis	57	211	44	357	- 147
Pancreas Cancer	58	189	46	334	- 145
Measles	59	182	60	135	+ 46
Stomach Cancer	60	167	33	870	- 703
Bladder Cancer	61	149	53	245	- 96
Other Neoplasms	62	143	63	48	+ 95
Multiple Sclerosis	63	92	61	113	- 20
Hepatitis C	64	38	65	28	+ 10
Chlamydia	65	24	70	3	+ 21
Otitis Media	66	19	72	0	+ 19
Ascariasis	67	11	68	12	- 1
War	68	4	64	29	- 25
Diphtheria	69	4	69	4	+ 0
Dengue	70	1	71	0	+ 1
Trichuriasis	71	0	74	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	72	0	75	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	73	0	79	0	- 0
Leprosy	74	0	73	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	75	0	77	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	76	0	51	257	- 257
Trypanosomiasis	77	0	78	0	- 0
Chagas disease	78	0	76	0	- 0
Malaria	79	0	5	11,162	- 11,162
Depression	80	0	80	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	81	0	81	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	82	0	82	0	- 0
Anemia	83	0	83	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	84	0	84	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	85	0	85	0	- 0
Oral conditions	86	0	86	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to GHANA

Lesotho

Ghana

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.