KENYA VS LESOTHO: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	LESOTHO		KENYA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
HIV/AIDS	1	124,660	2	20,885	+ 103,775
Influenza and Pneumonia	2	84,046	1	22,571	+ 61,475
Stroke	3	73,655	4	15,895	+ 57,759
Diarrhoeal diseases	4	61,556	5	15,420	+ 46,137
Coronary Heart Disease	5	54,935	9	11,972	+ 42,963
Diabetes Mellitus	6	52,285	14	5,651	+ 46,634
Suicide	7	40,254	23	3,214	+ 37,040
Tuberculosis	8	31,596	3	19,655	+ 11,940
Lung Disease	9	28,812	20	4,280	+ 24,532
Kidney Disease	10	26,528	16	4,464	+ 22,064
Hypertension	11	25,885	17	4,418	+ 21,467
Low Birth Weight	12	25,018	11	9,562	+ 15,457
Violence	13	24,158	24	2,942	+ 21,216
Liver Disease	14	20,711	7	13,405	+ 7,306
Birth Trauma	15	18,755	10	9,957	+ 8,798
Road Traffic Accidents	16	17,741	6	14,883	+ 2,858
Asthma	17	17,723	26	2,300	+ 15,423
Other Injuries	18	13,932	19	4,336	+ 9,596
Congenital Anomalies	19	10,180	12	6,115	+ 4,064
Cervical Cancer	20	9,738	22	3,389	+ 6,349
Malnutrition	21	9,339	21	4,212	+ 5,127
Meningitis	22	8,309	15	5,364	+ 2,946
Inflammatory/Heart	23	7,977	40	1,121	+ 6,856
Maternal Conditions	24	7,641	13	5,651	+ 1,990
Peptic Ulcer Disease	25	7,287	41	1,089	+ 6,198
Fires	26	7,027	36	1,316	+ 5,711
Endocrine Disorders	27	6,142	44	831	+ 5,311
Drownings	28	5,227	39	1,200	+ 4,027
Alzheimers & Dementia	29	5,078	31	1,827	+ 3,251
Epilepsy	30	3,751	43	832	+ 2,918
Falls	31	3,342	33	1,465	+ 1,877
Rheumatic Heart Disease	32	3,283	53	408	+ 2,875
Poisonings	33	2,905	38	1,269	+ 1,636
Breast Cancer	34	2,539	25	2,658	- 119
Prostate Cancer	35	2,109	37	1,292	+ 817
Lymphomas	36	2,035	29	1,931	+ 104
Oesophagus Cancer	37	1,920	18	4,373	- 2,453
Alcohol	38	1,851	55	355	+ 1,496
Liver Cancer	39	1,848	34	1,351	+ 497
Skin Disease	40	1,826	51	455	+ 1,371
Parkinson's Disease	41	1,432	50	470	+ 962
Oral Cancer	42	1,350	30	1,842	- 492
Lung Cancers	43	1,335	47	669	+ 666
Pertussis	44	1,334	42	1,014	+ 320
Syphilis	45	1,320	52	449	+ 871
Skin Cancers	46	1,211	48	638	+ 573
Tetanus	47	1,180	27	2,129	- 948
Colon-Rectum Cancers	48	1,037	32	1,477	- 441
Leukemia	49	1,016	35	1,327	- 311
Drug Use	50	826	62	113	+ 712
Hepatitis B	51	698	49	522	+ 176
Appendicitis	52	650	58	240	+ 409
Ovary Cancer	53	639	45	795	- 155
Uterin Cancer	54	613	56	323	+ 291
Upper Respiratory	55	474	64	95	+ 379
Rheumatoid Arthritis	56	472	66	84	+ 388
Encephalitis	57	355	60	189	+ 166
Pancreas Cancer	58	319	46	716	- 397
Measles	59	306	63	103	+ 203
Stomach Cancer	60	281	28	2,010	- 1,729
Bladder Cancer	61	251	57	318	- 67
Other Neoplasms	62	241	67	60	+ 181
Multiple Sclerosis	63	155	68	39	+ 117
Hepatitis C	64	64	61	152	- 88
Chlamydia	65	40	70	10	+ 30
Otitis Media	66	32	72	7	+ 25
Ascariasis	67	19	71	9	+ 10
War	68	7	65	89	- 82
Diphtheria	69	7	69	13	- 6
Dengue	70	2	73	0	+ 2
Trichuriasis	71	0	75	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	72	0	74	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	73	0	77	0	- 0
Leprosy	74	0	76	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	75	0	59	194	- 194
Schistosomiasis	76	0	54	370	- 370
Trypanosomiasis	77	0	78	0	- 0
Chagas disease	78	0	79	0	- 0
Malaria	79	0	8	12,652	- 12,652
Depression	80	0	80	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	81	0	83	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	82	0	81	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 KENYA

Lesotho

Kenya

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.