MALTA VS LESOTHO: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	LESOTHO		MALTA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
HIV/AIDS	1	1,005	41	4	+ 1,002
Influenza and Pneumonia	2	678	3	213	+ 465
Stroke	3	594	2	291	+ 303
Diarrhoeal diseases	4	496	55	1	+ 495
Coronary Heart Disease	5	443	1	876	- 433
Diabetes Mellitus	6	422	6	163	+ 259
Suicide	7	325	22	27	+ 298
Tuberculosis	8	255	52	2	+ 253
Lung Disease	9	232	8	127	+ 106
Kidney Disease	10	214	11	79	+ 135
Hypertension	11	209	20	33	+ 176
Low Birth Weight	12	202	35	11	+ 190
Violence	13	195	40	4	+ 190
Liver Disease	14	167	24	23	+ 144
Birth Trauma	15	151	44	3	+ 148
Road Traffic Accidents	16	143	31	18	+ 125
Asthma	17	143	36	8	+ 135
Other Injuries	18	112	33	16	+ 96
Congenital Anomalies	19	82	32	17	+ 65
Cervical Cancer	20	79	39	4	+ 74
Malnutrition	21	75	60	0	+ 75
Meningitis	22	67	56	1	+ 66
Inflammatory/Heart	23	64	27	22	+ 42
Maternal Conditions	24	62	64	0	+ 61
Peptic Ulcer Disease	25	59	37	7	+ 52
Fires	26	57	62	0	+ 56
Endocrine Disorders	27	50	30	19	+ 30
Drownings	28	42	48	2	+ 40
Alzheimers & Dementia	29	41	4	207	- 166
Epilepsy	30	30	43	3	+ 27
Falls	31	27	14	52	- 25
Rheumatic Heart Disease	32	26	49	2	+ 24
Poisonings	33	23	58	1	+ 23
Breast Cancer	34	20	10	85	- 64
Prostate Cancer	35	17	13	53	- 36
Lymphomas	36	16	12	53	- 37
Oesophagus Cancer	37	15	29	20	- 5
Alcohol	38	15	47	3	+ 12
Liver Cancer	39	15	18	34	- 19
Skin Disease	40	15	25	23	- 8
Parkinson's Disease	41	12	16	50	- 38
Oral Cancer	42	11	23	25	- 14
Lung Cancers	43	11	5	197	- 186
Pertussis	44	11	72	0	+ 11
Syphilis	45	11	81	0	+ 11
Skin Cancers	46	10	34	14	- 4
Tetanus	47	10	74	0	+ 10
Colon-Rectum Cancers	48	8	7	147	- 139
Leukemia	49	8	21	28	- 19
Drug Use	50	7	38	7	- 0
Hepatitis B	51	6	61	0	+ 5
Appendicitis	52	5	63	0	+ 5
Ovary Cancer	53	5	17	34	- 29
Uterin Cancer	54	5	28	21	- 16
Upper Respiratory	55	4	59	0	+ 3
Rheumatoid Arthritis	56	4	51	2	+ 2
Encephalitis	57	3	65	0	+ 3
Pancreas Cancer	58	3	9	90	- 88
Measles	59	2	73	0	+ 2
Stomach Cancer	60	2	15	50	- 47
Bladder Cancer	61	2	19	33	- 31
Other Neoplasms	62	2	26	22	- 20
Multiple Sclerosis	63	1	45	3	- 2
Hepatitis C	64	1	53	1	- 1
Chlamydia	65	0	80	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	66	0	82	0	+ 0
Ascariasis	67	0	79	0	+ 0
War	68	0	54	1	- 1
Diphtheria	69	0	75	0	+ 0
Dengue	70	0	78	0	+ 0
Trichuriasis	71	0	76	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	72	0	77	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	73	0	71	0	- 0
Leprosy	74	0	83	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	75	0	66	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	76	0	70	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	77	0	67	0	- 0
Chagas disease	78	0	68	0	- 0
Malaria	79	0	69	0	- 0
Depression	80	0	84	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	81	0	57	1	- 1
Vitamin A Deficiency	82	0	85	0	- 0
Anemia	83	0	46	3	- 3
Osteoarthritis	84	0	50	2	- 2
Prostatic Hypertrophy	85	0	42	3	- 3
Oral conditions	86	0	86	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to MALTA

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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.