LIBERIA VS LESOTHO: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	LESOTHO		LIBERIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
HIV/AIDS	1	11,637	6	1,919	+ 9,718
Influenza and Pneumonia	2	7,846	2	2,693	+ 5,153
Stroke	3	6,876	11	1,578	+ 5,297
Diarrhoeal diseases	4	5,746	10	1,592	+ 4,155
Coronary Heart Disease	5	5,128	7	1,885	+ 3,243
Diabetes Mellitus	6	4,881	15	650	+ 4,231
Suicide	7	3,758	30	220	+ 3,538
Tuberculosis	8	2,949	1	2,766	+ 183
Lung Disease	9	2,690	26	294	+ 2,396
Kidney Disease	10	2,476	16	609	+ 1,868
Hypertension	11	2,416	23	371	+ 2,046
Low Birth Weight	12	2,335	8	1,652	+ 684
Violence	13	2,255	18	477	+ 1,778
Liver Disease	14	1,933	13	858	+ 1,075
Birth Trauma	15	1,751	9	1,601	+ 149
Road Traffic Accidents	16	1,656	5	1,920	- 264
Asthma	17	1,654	31	200	+ 1,455
Other Injuries	18	1,301	22	380	+ 920
Congenital Anomalies	19	950	14	833	+ 117
Cervical Cancer	20	909	19	474	+ 435
Malnutrition	21	872	24	353	+ 518
Meningitis	22	776	17	552	+ 224
Inflammatory/Heart	23	745	38	115	+ 629
Maternal Conditions	24	713	12	870	- 156
Peptic Ulcer Disease	25	680	36	126	+ 554
Fires	26	656	34	153	+ 503
Endocrine Disorders	27	573	28	245	+ 328
Drownings	28	488	35	127	+ 361
Alzheimers & Dementia	29	474	29	235	+ 239
Epilepsy	30	350	42	81	+ 269
Falls	31	312	33	155	+ 157
Rheumatic Heart Disease	32	306	49	50	+ 256
Poisonings	33	271	41	82	+ 189
Breast Cancer	34	237	27	246	- 9
Prostate Cancer	35	197	25	297	- 101
Lymphomas	36	190	39	93	+ 96
Oesophagus Cancer	37	179	60	16	+ 164
Alcohol	38	173	57	25	+ 147
Liver Cancer	39	172	20	439	- 267
Skin Disease	40	171	51	41	+ 129
Parkinson's Disease	41	134	43	72	+ 61
Oral Cancer	42	126	48	50	+ 76
Lung Cancers	43	125	44	66	+ 59
Pertussis	44	125	32	197	- 73
Syphilis	45	123	21	394	- 271
Skin Cancers	46	113	46	51	+ 62
Tetanus	47	110	54	31	+ 79
Colon-Rectum Cancers	48	97	40	90	+ 7
Leukemia	49	95	58	23	+ 72
Drug Use	50	77	50	42	+ 35
Hepatitis B	51	65	52	39	+ 26
Appendicitis	52	61	61	12	+ 48
Ovary Cancer	53	60	47	50	+ 9
Uterin Cancer	54	57	55	28	+ 29
Upper Respiratory	55	44	67	3	+ 42
Rheumatoid Arthritis	56	44	64	4	+ 40
Encephalitis	57	33	56	27	+ 6
Pancreas Cancer	58	30	53	38	- 8
Measles	59	29	3	2,554	- 2,526
Stomach Cancer	60	26	37	122	- 95
Bladder Cancer	61	23	59	19	+ 4
Other Neoplasms	62	22	62	6	+ 17
Multiple Sclerosis	63	15	63	4	+ 10
Hepatitis C	64	6	65	4	+ 2
Chlamydia	65	4	69	1	+ 3
Otitis Media	66	3	71	0	+ 3
Ascariasis	67	2	66	4	- 2
War	68	1	70	1	+ 0
Diphtheria	69	1	68	1	- 0
Dengue	70	0	72	0	+ 0
Trichuriasis	71	0	73	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	72	0	74	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	73	0	79	0	- 0
Leprosy	74	0	75	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	75	0	77	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	76	0	45	51	- 51
Trypanosomiasis	77	0	76	0	- 0
Chagas disease	78	0	78	0	- 0
Malaria	79	0	4	2,428	- 2,428
Depression	80	0	81	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	81	0	80	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 LIBERIA

Lesotho

Liberia

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.