IRAN VS LESOTHO: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	LESOTHO		IRAN		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
HIV/AIDS	1	189,167	28	2,521	+ 186,647
Influenza and Pneumonia	2	127,537	8	11,243	+ 116,294
Stroke	3	111,769	2	36,730	+ 75,039
Diarrhoeal diseases	4	93,410	33	1,836	+ 91,574
Coronary Heart Disease	5	83,362	1	93,308	- 9,945
Diabetes Mellitus	6	79,340	5	13,910	+ 65,431
Suicide	7	61,084	16	4,334	+ 56,750
Tuberculosis	8	47,945	41	882	+ 47,063
Lung Disease	9	43,721	7	11,409	+ 32,312
Kidney Disease	10	40,255	6	11,810	+ 28,444
Hypertension	11	39,279	4	16,415	+ 22,864
Low Birth Weight	12	37,965	13	4,861	+ 33,104
Violence	13	36,660	27	2,535	+ 34,124
Liver Disease	14	31,428	12	6,637	+ 24,791
Birth Trauma	15	28,460	25	2,735	+ 25,725
Road Traffic Accidents	16	26,922	3	17,803	+ 9,119
Asthma	17	26,894	22	3,360	+ 23,534
Other Injuries	18	21,142	17	4,048	+ 17,093
Congenital Anomalies	19	15,447	14	4,844	+ 10,604
Cervical Cancer	20	14,776	48	501	+ 14,276
Malnutrition	21	14,172	56	157	+ 14,015
Meningitis	22	12,609	46	642	+ 11,968
Inflammatory/Heart	23	12,105	35	1,611	+ 10,494
Maternal Conditions	24	11,595	52	285	+ 11,310
Peptic Ulcer Disease	25	11,058	37	1,246	+ 9,812
Fires	26	10,664	34	1,823	+ 8,841
Endocrine Disorders	27	9,321	32	2,092	+ 7,229
Drownings	28	7,931	40	930	+ 7,001
Alzheimers & Dementia	29	7,706	9	11,046	- 3,340
Epilepsy	30	5,692	44	719	+ 4,973
Falls	31	5,071	24	2,821	+ 2,250
Rheumatic Heart Disease	32	4,981	38	996	+ 3,985
Poisonings	33	4,408	43	816	+ 3,592
Breast Cancer	34	3,853	19	3,736	+ 116
Prostate Cancer	35	3,200	21	3,583	- 383
Lymphomas	36	3,089	23	2,882	+ 207
Oesophagus Cancer	37	2,913	30	2,371	+ 542
Alcohol	38	2,809	53	253	+ 2,557
Liver Cancer	39	2,804	20	3,714	- 911
Skin Disease	40	2,772	55	237	+ 2,534
Parkinson's Disease	41	2,173	26	2,545	- 372
Oral Cancer	42	2,049	45	655	+ 1,395
Lung Cancers	43	2,025	11	6,784	- 4,758
Pertussis	44	2,024	60	75	+ 1,949
Syphilis	45	2,004	61	52	+ 1,951
Skin Cancers	46	1,838	47	518	+ 1,319
Tetanus	47	1,791	62	37	+ 1,755
Colon-Rectum Cancers	48	1,573	15	4,575	- 3,003
Leukemia	49	1,542	18	3,966	- 2,424
Drug Use	50	1,253	31	2,242	- 990
Hepatitis B	51	1,059	49	425	+ 634
Appendicitis	52	986	57	155	+ 831
Ovary Cancer	53	970	39	937	+ 33
Uterin Cancer	54	931	51	355	+ 576
Upper Respiratory	55	720	63	16	+ 704
Rheumatoid Arthritis	56	716	59	80	+ 636
Encephalitis	57	538	54	246	+ 292
Pancreas Cancer	58	484	29	2,418	- 1,934
Measles	59	465	68	2	+ 462
Stomach Cancer	60	426	10	9,822	- 9,396
Bladder Cancer	61	381	36	1,410	- 1,029
Other Neoplasms	62	366	58	112	+ 254
Multiple Sclerosis	63	236	50	405	- 169
Hepatitis C	64	98	69	1	+ 97
Chlamydia	65	61	65	4	+ 57
Otitis Media	66	48	71	0	+ 48
Ascariasis	67	29	67	3	+ 26
War	68	11	42	848	- 837
Diphtheria	69	10	70	1	+ 9
Dengue	70	4	74	0	+ 4
Trichuriasis	71	0	73	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	72	0	75	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	73	0	76	0	- 0
Leprosy	74	0	72	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	75	0	64	8	- 8
Schistosomiasis	76	0	66	3	- 3
Trypanosomiasis	77	0	79	0	- 0
Chagas disease	78	0	78	0	- 0
Malaria	79	0	77	0	- 0
Depression	80	0	80	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	81	0	81	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	82	0	83	0	- 0
Anemia	83	0	82	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 IRAN

Lesotho

Iran

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.