MEXICO VS LESOTHO: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	LESOTHO		MEXICO		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
HIV/AIDS	1	279,812	28	4,128	+ 275,684
Influenza and Pneumonia	2	188,650	8	24,816	+ 163,834
Stroke	3	165,326	4	39,790	+ 125,536
Diarrhoeal diseases	4	138,170	29	3,476	+ 134,694
Coronary Heart Disease	5	123,308	1	116,238	+ 7,070
Diabetes Mellitus	6	117,359	2	86,110	+ 31,249
Suicide	7	90,354	22	6,772	+ 83,582
Tuberculosis	8	70,919	38	1,943	+ 68,977
Lung Disease	9	64,671	7	29,123	+ 35,548
Kidney Disease	10	59,544	3	44,622	+ 14,922
Hypertension	11	58,101	9	17,806	+ 40,295
Low Birth Weight	12	56,157	18	7,163	+ 48,994
Violence	13	54,226	5	32,450	+ 21,776
Liver Disease	14	46,487	6	29,838	+ 16,649
Birth Trauma	15	42,098	36	2,552	+ 39,546
Road Traffic Accidents	16	39,822	10	16,303	+ 23,519
Asthma	17	39,782	47	1,342	+ 38,439
Other Injuries	18	31,272	11	12,175	+ 19,097
Congenital Anomalies	19	22,850	13	10,457	+ 12,393
Cervical Cancer	20	21,857	26	4,787	+ 17,070
Malnutrition	21	20,963	14	7,552	+ 13,411
Meningitis	22	18,651	58	357	+ 18,294
Inflammatory/Heart	23	17,905	41	1,866	+ 16,039
Maternal Conditions	24	17,151	54	750	+ 16,402
Peptic Ulcer Disease	25	16,357	33	2,734	+ 13,623
Fires	26	15,774	56	604	+ 15,170
Endocrine Disorders	27	13,787	12	11,310	+ 2,477
Drownings	28	11,732	42	1,799	+ 9,933
Alzheimers & Dementia	29	11,399	30	3,447	+ 7,952
Epilepsy	30	8,419	39	1,912	+ 6,507
Falls	31	7,501	35	2,628	+ 4,873
Rheumatic Heart Disease	32	7,368	52	859	+ 6,509
Poisonings	33	6,520	57	531	+ 5,989
Breast Cancer	34	5,699	16	7,380	- 1,681
Prostate Cancer	35	4,733	15	7,494	- 2,761
Lymphomas	36	4,568	24	4,961	- 393
Oesophagus Cancer	37	4,309	49	1,252	+ 3,057
Alcohol	38	4,156	32	2,945	+ 1,210
Liver Cancer	39	4,147	21	6,817	- 2,670
Skin Disease	40	4,100	31	3,029	+ 1,071
Parkinson's Disease	41	3,215	43	1,567	+ 1,648
Oral Cancer	42	3,031	46	1,355	+ 1,676
Lung Cancers	43	2,996	17	7,349	- 4,354
Pertussis	44	2,994	70	21	+ 2,973
Syphilis	45	2,964	73	5	+ 2,959
Skin Cancers	46	2,718	40	1,909	+ 809
Tetanus	47	2,650	71	10	+ 2,640
Colon-Rectum Cancers	48	2,327	20	6,871	- 4,544
Leukemia	49	2,281	25	4,830	- 2,549
Drug Use	50	1,853	44	1,470	+ 383
Hepatitis B	51	1,567	61	210	+ 1,357
Appendicitis	52	1,459	53	774	+ 685
Ovary Cancer	53	1,435	34	2,649	- 1,214
Uterin Cancer	54	1,377	50	902	+ 475
Upper Respiratory	55	1,064	64	127	+ 938
Rheumatoid Arthritis	56	1,059	45	1,415	- 356
Encephalitis	57	796	62	140	+ 656
Pancreas Cancer	58	716	27	4,510	- 3,794
Measles	59	687	80	0	+ 687
Stomach Cancer	60	631	19	6,939	- 6,308
Bladder Cancer	61	563	48	1,272	- 709
Other Neoplasms	62	541	23	6,204	- 5,664
Multiple Sclerosis	63	349	60	295	+ 53
Hepatitis C	64	145	55	625	- 481
Chlamydia	65	90	77	0	+ 90
Otitis Media	66	72	68	29	+ 43
Ascariasis	67	43	72	5	+ 38
War	68	16	66	112	- 96
Diphtheria	69	15	79	0	+ 15
Dengue	70	5	67	30	- 25
Trichuriasis	71	0	81	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	72	0	78	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	73	0	74	2	- 2
Leprosy	74	0	75	1	- 1
Leishmaniasis	75	0	76	1	- 1
Schistosomiasis	76	0	83	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	77	0	82	0	- 0
Chagas disease	78	0	69	24	- 24
Malaria	79	0	84	0	- 0
Depression	80	0	85	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	81	0	63	127	- 127
Vitamin A Deficiency	82	0	86	0	- 0
Anemia	83	0	37	2,182	- 2,182
Osteoarthritis	84	0	59	305	- 305
Prostatic Hypertrophy	85	0	51	894	- 894
Oral conditions	86	0	65	125	- 125
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to MEXICO

Lesotho

Mexico

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.