IRELAND VS LESOTHO: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	LESOTHO		IRELAND		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
HIV/AIDS	1	11,201	57	9	+ 11,192
Influenza and Pneumonia	2	7,552	6	1,298	+ 6,253
Stroke	3	6,618	5	1,770	+ 4,848
Diarrhoeal diseases	4	5,531	45	53	+ 5,478
Coronary Heart Disease	5	4,936	1	4,762	+ 174
Diabetes Mellitus	6	4,698	16	414	+ 4,284
Suicide	7	3,617	14	470	+ 3,147
Tuberculosis	8	2,839	50	23	+ 2,816
Lung Disease	9	2,589	4	1,915	+ 673
Kidney Disease	10	2,384	10	566	+ 1,817
Hypertension	11	2,326	29	175	+ 2,151
Low Birth Weight	12	2,248	44	56	+ 2,192
Violence	13	2,171	47	38	+ 2,132
Liver Disease	14	1,861	19	279	+ 1,582
Birth Trauma	15	1,685	56	10	+ 1,675
Road Traffic Accidents	16	1,594	33	153	+ 1,441
Asthma	17	1,592	41	58	+ 1,535
Other Injuries	18	1,252	30	171	+ 1,081
Congenital Anomalies	19	915	32	153	+ 762
Cervical Cancer	20	875	35	103	+ 772
Malnutrition	21	839	63	2	+ 837
Meningitis	22	747	58	7	+ 739
Inflammatory/Heart	23	717	26	240	+ 477
Maternal Conditions	24	687	61	3	+ 683
Peptic Ulcer Disease	25	655	38	67	+ 588
Fires	26	631	48	30	+ 601
Endocrine Disorders	27	552	24	249	+ 303
Drownings	28	470	43	57	+ 412
Alzheimers & Dementia	29	456	2	3,209	- 2,753
Epilepsy	30	337	36	85	+ 252
Falls	31	300	25	247	+ 53
Rheumatic Heart Disease	32	295	46	50	+ 245
Poisonings	33	261	53	14	+ 247
Breast Cancer	34	228	8	760	- 532
Prostate Cancer	35	189	9	585	- 396
Lymphomas	36	183	13	513	- 330
Oesophagus Cancer	37	172	15	419	- 246
Alcohol	38	166	39	64	+ 102
Liver Cancer	39	166	18	318	- 152
Skin Disease	40	164	42	58	+ 106
Parkinson's Disease	41	129	12	530	- 401
Oral Cancer	42	121	28	183	- 61
Lung Cancers	43	120	3	1,916	- 1,796
Pertussis	44	120	67	0	+ 120
Syphilis	45	119	68	0	+ 119
Skin Cancers	46	109	23	252	- 143
Tetanus	47	106	81	0	+ 106
Colon-Rectum Cancers	48	93	7	1,095	- 1,002
Leukemia	49	91	20	274	- 182
Drug Use	50	74	31	167	- 93
Hepatitis B	51	63	59	6	+ 57
Appendicitis	52	58	60	3	+ 55
Ovary Cancer	53	57	21	273	- 215
Uterin Cancer	54	55	34	126	- 71
Upper Respiratory	55	43	64	1	+ 42
Rheumatoid Arthritis	56	42	40	59	- 17
Encephalitis	57	32	66	0	+ 32
Pancreas Cancer	58	29	11	530	- 502
Measles	59	28	83	0	+ 28
Stomach Cancer	60	25	17	357	- 331
Bladder Cancer	61	23	22	256	- 233
Other Neoplasms	62	22	27	218	- 196
Multiple Sclerosis	63	14	37	83	- 69
Hepatitis C	64	6	52	19	- 13
Chlamydia	65	4	69	0	+ 4
Otitis Media	66	3	71	0	+ 3
Ascariasis	67	2	77	0	+ 2
War	68	1	65	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	69	1	82	0	+ 1
Dengue	70	0	78	0	+ 0
Trichuriasis	71	0	79	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	72	0	80	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	73	0	84	0	- 0
Leprosy	74	0	70	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	75	0	76	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	76	0	72	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	77	0	74	0	- 0
Chagas disease	78	0	73	0	- 0
Malaria	79	0	75	0	- 0
Depression	80	0	86	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	81	0	55	12	- 12
Vitamin A Deficiency	82	0	85	0	- 0
Anemia	83	0	49	29	- 29
Osteoarthritis	84	0	51	20	- 20
Prostatic Hypertrophy	85	0	54	14	- 14
Oral conditions	86	0	62	2	- 2
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to IRELAND

Lesotho

Ireland

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.