GUINEA VS LESOTHO: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	LESOTHO		GUINEA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
HIV/AIDS	1	29,933	10	3,020	+ 26,914
Influenza and Pneumonia	2	20,181	1	12,790	+ 7,391
Stroke	3	17,686	5	5,777	+ 11,909
Diarrhoeal diseases	4	14,781	3	6,788	+ 7,993
Coronary Heart Disease	5	13,191	6	5,665	+ 7,526
Diabetes Mellitus	6	12,555	15	2,138	+ 10,417
Suicide	7	9,666	29	892	+ 8,774
Tuberculosis	8	7,587	13	2,369	+ 5,218
Lung Disease	9	6,918	20	1,373	+ 5,546
Kidney Disease	10	6,370	16	1,939	+ 4,431
Hypertension	11	6,215	21	1,348	+ 4,867
Low Birth Weight	12	6,007	8	4,319	+ 1,689
Violence	13	5,801	26	1,128	+ 4,673
Liver Disease	14	4,973	12	2,550	+ 2,423
Birth Trauma	15	4,504	7	4,797	- 293
Road Traffic Accidents	16	4,260	9	3,788	+ 472
Asthma	17	4,256	22	1,179	+ 3,077
Other Injuries	18	3,345	18	1,504	+ 1,841
Congenital Anomalies	19	2,444	14	2,181	+ 264
Cervical Cancer	20	2,338	19	1,491	+ 847
Malnutrition	21	2,243	28	1,032	+ 1,210
Meningitis	22	1,995	11	2,633	- 638
Inflammatory/Heart	23	1,915	35	439	+ 1,476
Maternal Conditions	24	1,835	17	1,793	+ 42
Peptic Ulcer Disease	25	1,750	34	448	+ 1,302
Fires	26	1,687	36	410	+ 1,277
Endocrine Disorders	27	1,475	25	1,140	+ 335
Drownings	28	1,255	31	528	+ 727
Alzheimers & Dementia	29	1,219	30	579	+ 640
Epilepsy	30	901	37	350	+ 551
Falls	31	802	33	480	+ 323
Rheumatic Heart Disease	32	788	42	238	+ 550
Poisonings	33	697	40	295	+ 403
Breast Cancer	34	610	38	345	+ 265
Prostate Cancer	35	506	32	525	- 19
Lymphomas	36	489	48	158	+ 331
Oesophagus Cancer	37	461	63	20	+ 441
Alcohol	38	445	55	83	+ 361
Liver Cancer	39	444	23	1,167	- 724
Skin Disease	40	439	51	127	+ 311
Parkinson's Disease	41	344	44	212	+ 132
Oral Cancer	42	324	52	122	+ 203
Lung Cancers	43	320	50	128	+ 192
Pertussis	44	320	24	1,165	- 845
Syphilis	45	317	39	328	- 11
Skin Cancers	46	291	49	152	+ 139
Tetanus	47	283	45	170	+ 114
Colon-Rectum Cancers	48	249	53	100	+ 149
Leukemia	49	244	67	17	+ 227
Drug Use	50	198	46	169	+ 30
Hepatitis B	51	168	47	162	+ 6
Appendicitis	52	156	57	41	+ 115
Ovary Cancer	53	153	54	93	+ 61
Uterin Cancer	54	147	59	38	+ 110
Upper Respiratory	55	114	69	15	+ 99
Rheumatoid Arthritis	56	113	70	13	+ 101
Encephalitis	57	85	56	81	+ 4
Pancreas Cancer	58	77	65	19	+ 57
Measles	59	74	4	6,025	- 5,951
Stomach Cancer	60	67	41	245	- 178
Bladder Cancer	61	60	60	32	+ 28
Other Neoplasms	62	58	68	16	+ 42
Multiple Sclerosis	63	37	66	18	+ 20
Hepatitis C	64	15	61	22	- 7
Chlamydia	65	10	71	3	+ 7
Otitis Media	66	8	72	0	+ 7
Ascariasis	67	5	62	22	- 18
War	68	2	64	20	- 18
Diphtheria	69	2	58	40	- 38
Dengue	70	1	73	0	+ 0
Trichuriasis	71	0	74	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	72	0	75	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	73	0	76	0	- 0
Leprosy	74	0	79	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	75	0	78	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	76	0	43	232	- 232
Trypanosomiasis	77	0	27	1,072	- 1,072
Chagas disease	78	0	77	0	- 0
Malaria	79	0	2	8,180	- 8,180
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	85	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	85	0	84	0	- 0
Oral conditions	86	0	86	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to GUINEA

Lesotho

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.