MAURITIUS VS LESOTHO: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	LESOTHO		MAURITIUS		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
HIV/AIDS	1	2,805	13	141	+ 2,664
Influenza and Pneumonia	2	1,891	7	346	+ 1,545
Stroke	3	1,657	3	985	+ 672
Diarrhoeal diseases	4	1,385	42	23	+ 1,362
Coronary Heart Disease	5	1,236	2	1,805	- 569
Diabetes Mellitus	6	1,176	1	1,873	- 697
Suicide	7	906	14	120	+ 785
Tuberculosis	8	711	45	17	+ 693
Lung Disease	9	648	5	646	+ 2
Kidney Disease	10	597	4	724	- 127
Hypertension	11	582	6	592	- 9
Low Birth Weight	12	563	35	37	+ 526
Violence	13	544	41	30	+ 514
Liver Disease	14	466	12	145	+ 321
Birth Trauma	15	422	36	37	+ 385
Road Traffic Accidents	16	399	11	155	+ 244
Asthma	17	399	17	107	+ 292
Other Injuries	18	313	21	66	+ 248
Congenital Anomalies	19	229	25	57	+ 172
Cervical Cancer	20	219	30	49	+ 170
Malnutrition	21	210	54	4	+ 206
Meningitis	22	187	57	2	+ 185
Inflammatory/Heart	23	179	16	108	+ 71
Maternal Conditions	24	172	48	11	+ 161
Peptic Ulcer Disease	25	164	43	22	+ 142
Fires	26	158	50	10	+ 148
Endocrine Disorders	27	138	19	101	+ 37
Drownings	28	118	33	43	+ 74
Alzheimers & Dementia	29	114	34	42	+ 72
Epilepsy	30	84	38	35	+ 49
Falls	31	75	26	57	+ 18
Rheumatic Heart Disease	32	74	56	3	+ 71
Poisonings	33	65	49	11	+ 55
Breast Cancer	34	57	8	232	- 175
Prostate Cancer	35	47	15	115	- 68
Lymphomas	36	46	24	57	- 11
Oesophagus Cancer	37	43	37	35	+ 8
Alcohol	38	42	29	53	- 12
Liver Cancer	39	42	27	56	- 15
Skin Disease	40	41	22	64	- 23
Parkinson's Disease	41	32	47	12	+ 20
Oral Cancer	42	30	23	63	- 33
Lung Cancers	43	30	9	182	- 152
Pertussis	44	30	66	0	+ 30
Syphilis	45	30	67	0	+ 30
Skin Cancers	46	27	53	5	+ 23
Tetanus	47	27	76	0	+ 27
Colon-Rectum Cancers	48	23	10	182	- 159
Leukemia	49	23	31	48	- 26
Drug Use	50	19	46	16	+ 3
Hepatitis B	51	16	65	0	+ 16
Appendicitis	52	15	59	1	+ 14
Ovary Cancer	53	14	32	46	- 31
Uterin Cancer	54	14	40	32	- 18
Upper Respiratory	55	11	63	0	+ 11
Rheumatoid Arthritis	56	11	60	1	+ 10
Encephalitis	57	8	61	1	+ 7
Pancreas Cancer	58	7	28	55	- 47
Measles	59	7	77	0	+ 7
Stomach Cancer	60	6	18	104	- 98
Bladder Cancer	61	6	44	21	- 15
Other Neoplasms	62	5	20	77	- 71
Multiple Sclerosis	63	3	84	0	+ 3
Hepatitis C	64	1	51	9	- 7
Chlamydia	65	1	74	0	+ 1
Otitis Media	66	1	80	0	+ 1
Ascariasis	67	0	64	0	+ 0
War	68	0	62	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	69	0	75	0	+ 0
Dengue	70	0	68	0	+ 0
Trichuriasis	71	0	78	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	72	0	79	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	73	0	82	0	- 0
Leprosy	74	0	81	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	75	0	72	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	76	0	69	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	77	0	73	0	- 0
Chagas disease	78	0	71	0	- 0
Malaria	79	0	70	0	- 0
Depression	80	0	86	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	81	0	52	5	- 5
Vitamin A Deficiency	82	0	85	0	- 0
Anemia	83	0	39	33	- 33
Osteoarthritis	84	0	83	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	85	0	58	2	- 2
Oral conditions	86	0	55	3	- 3
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to MAURITIUS

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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.