MALI VS LESOTHO: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	LESOTHO		MALI		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
HIV/AIDS	1	47,065	9	5,785	+ 41,280
Influenza and Pneumonia	2	31,731	1	14,885	+ 16,846
Stroke	3	27,808	6	6,163	+ 21,645
Diarrhoeal diseases	4	23,240	2	13,419	+ 9,821
Coronary Heart Disease	5	20,741	7	5,907	+ 14,833
Diabetes Mellitus	6	19,740	16	2,289	+ 17,451
Suicide	7	15,198	32	806	+ 14,391
Tuberculosis	8	11,929	24	1,491	+ 10,437
Lung Disease	9	10,878	19	1,973	+ 8,905
Kidney Disease	10	10,015	17	2,185	+ 7,830
Hypertension	11	9,773	25	1,291	+ 8,482
Low Birth Weight	12	9,446	4	8,880	+ 565
Violence	13	9,121	18	2,095	+ 7,026
Liver Disease	14	7,819	14	2,733	+ 5,087
Birth Trauma	15	7,081	5	8,310	- 1,229
Road Traffic Accidents	16	6,698	11	4,465	+ 2,234
Asthma	17	6,691	23	1,492	+ 5,199
Other Injuries	18	5,260	15	2,310	+ 2,950
Congenital Anomalies	19	3,843	12	3,743	+ 100
Cervical Cancer	20	3,676	20	1,735	+ 1,942
Malnutrition	21	3,526	8	5,848	- 2,322
Meningitis	22	3,137	10	4,531	- 1,394
Inflammatory/Heart	23	3,012	40	549	+ 2,463
Maternal Conditions	24	2,885	13	2,858	+ 27
Peptic Ulcer Disease	25	2,751	37	625	+ 2,126
Fires	26	2,653	35	750	+ 1,903
Endocrine Disorders	27	2,319	21	1,618	+ 701
Drownings	28	1,973	28	1,053	+ 920
Alzheimers & Dementia	29	1,917	34	756	+ 1,162
Epilepsy	30	1,416	41	485	+ 931
Falls	31	1,262	31	867	+ 395
Rheumatic Heart Disease	32	1,239	46	283	+ 957
Poisonings	33	1,097	39	561	+ 535
Breast Cancer	34	959	30	947	+ 12
Prostate Cancer	35	796	44	362	+ 434
Lymphomas	36	768	45	316	+ 453
Oesophagus Cancer	37	725	58	159	+ 566
Alcohol	38	699	60	83	+ 616
Liver Cancer	39	698	38	562	+ 136
Skin Disease	40	690	57	170	+ 520
Parkinson's Disease	41	541	50	236	+ 305
Oral Cancer	42	510	48	252	+ 258
Lung Cancers	43	504	49	252	+ 252
Pertussis	44	504	29	1,006	- 503
Syphilis	45	498	33	770	- 272
Skin Cancers	46	457	54	194	+ 263
Tetanus	47	446	43	427	+ 19
Colon-Rectum Cancers	48	391	36	703	- 312
Leukemia	49	384	56	192	+ 192
Drug Use	50	312	59	139	+ 173
Hepatitis B	51	264	52	207	+ 57
Appendicitis	52	245	62	70	+ 176
Ovary Cancer	53	241	53	197	+ 44
Uterin Cancer	54	232	61	80	+ 151
Upper Respiratory	55	179	65	31	+ 148
Rheumatoid Arthritis	56	178	69	16	+ 162
Encephalitis	57	134	55	193	- 59
Pancreas Cancer	58	120	47	258	- 138
Measles	59	116	22	1,548	- 1,432
Stomach Cancer	60	106	27	1,063	- 957
Bladder Cancer	61	95	42	431	- 336
Other Neoplasms	62	91	67	21	+ 70
Multiple Sclerosis	63	59	68	20	+ 39
Hepatitis C	64	24	64	32	- 8
Chlamydia	65	15	70	3	+ 13
Otitis Media	66	12	71	0	+ 12
Ascariasis	67	7	63	56	- 49
War	68	3	26	1,099	- 1,096
Diphtheria	69	3	66	22	- 19
Dengue	70	1	72	0	+ 1
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	78	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	76	0	51	220	- 220
Trypanosomiasis	77	0	77	0	- 0
Chagas disease	78	0	76	0	- 0
Malaria	79	0	3	11,678	- 11,678
Depression	80	0	83	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	81	0	84	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	82	0	86	0	- 0
Anemia	83	0	85	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	84	0	81	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	85	0	80	0	- 0
Oral conditions	86	0	82	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to MALI

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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.