GUYANA VS LESOTHO: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	LESOTHO		GUYANA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
HIV/AIDS	1	1,700	7	256	+ 1,443
Influenza and Pneumonia	2	1,146	6	302	+ 844
Stroke	3	1,004	2	1,022	- 18
Diarrhoeal diseases	4	839	27	48	+ 792
Coronary Heart Disease	5	749	1	1,335	- 586
Diabetes Mellitus	6	713	3	579	+ 134
Suicide	7	549	5	315	+ 233
Tuberculosis	8	431	16	137	+ 294
Lung Disease	9	393	13	174	+ 219
Kidney Disease	10	362	8	233	+ 128
Hypertension	11	353	4	320	+ 33
Low Birth Weight	12	341	22	89	+ 252
Violence	13	329	10	194	+ 136
Liver Disease	14	282	9	197	+ 86
Birth Trauma	15	256	24	64	+ 191
Road Traffic Accidents	16	242	11	175	+ 67
Asthma	17	242	36	25	+ 216
Other Injuries	18	190	14	167	+ 23
Congenital Anomalies	19	139	23	69	+ 70
Cervical Cancer	20	133	21	91	+ 41
Malnutrition	21	127	30	37	+ 90
Meningitis	22	113	44	17	+ 96
Inflammatory/Heart	23	109	20	92	+ 17
Maternal Conditions	24	104	35	28	+ 76
Peptic Ulcer Disease	25	99	26	54	+ 45
Fires	26	96	41	19	+ 76
Endocrine Disorders	27	84	12	174	- 91
Drownings	28	71	15	145	- 74
Alzheimers & Dementia	29	69	38	23	+ 46
Epilepsy	30	51	37	24	+ 28
Falls	31	46	48	11	+ 34
Rheumatic Heart Disease	32	45	47	13	+ 32
Poisonings	33	40	65	1	+ 39
Breast Cancer	34	35	19	96	- 61
Prostate Cancer	35	29	17	123	- 95
Lymphomas	36	28	32	32	- 4
Oesophagus Cancer	37	26	51	8	+ 18
Alcohol	38	25	57	3	+ 22
Liver Cancer	39	25	34	29	- 4
Skin Disease	40	25	56	3	+ 22
Parkinson's Disease	41	20	49	9	+ 11
Oral Cancer	42	18	40	20	- 2
Lung Cancers	43	18	29	38	- 20
Pertussis	44	18	73	0	+ 18
Syphilis	45	18	71	0	+ 18
Skin Cancers	46	17	55	5	+ 12
Tetanus	47	16	72	0	+ 16
Colon-Rectum Cancers	48	14	25	59	- 44
Leukemia	49	14	39	21	- 7
Drug Use	50	11	45	16	- 4
Hepatitis B	51	10	59	2	+ 8
Appendicitis	52	9	54	6	+ 3
Ovary Cancer	53	9	43	18	- 9
Uterin Cancer	54	8	46	13	- 5
Upper Respiratory	55	6	66	1	+ 6
Rheumatoid Arthritis	56	6	63	1	+ 5
Encephalitis	57	5	53	7	- 2
Pancreas Cancer	58	4	42	19	- 15
Measles	59	4	77	0	+ 4
Stomach Cancer	60	4	31	34	- 30
Bladder Cancer	61	3	50	8	- 4
Other Neoplasms	62	3	28	40	- 37
Multiple Sclerosis	63	2	61	1	+ 1
Hepatitis C	64	1	69	0	+ 1
Chlamydia	65	1	80	0	+ 1
Otitis Media	66	0	76	0	+ 0
Ascariasis	67	0	74	0	+ 0
War	68	0	64	1	- 1
Diphtheria	69	0	75	0	+ 0
Dengue	70	0	60	2	- 2
Trichuriasis	71	0	78	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	72	0	79	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	73	0	85	0	- 0
Leprosy	74	0	68	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	75	0	83	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	76	0	84	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	77	0	82	0	- 0
Chagas disease	78	0	81	0	- 0
Malaria	79	0	33	30	- 30
Depression	80	0	86	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	81	0	62	1	- 1
Vitamin A Deficiency	82	0	70	0	- 0
Anemia	83	0	18	99	- 99
Osteoarthritis	84	0	58	3	- 3
Prostatic Hypertrophy	85	0	52	8	- 8
Oral conditions	86	0	67	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to GUYANA

Lesotho

Guyana

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.