NAMIBIA VS LESOTHO: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	LESOTHO		NAMIBIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
HIV/AIDS	1	6,000	1	2,928	+ 3,072
Influenza and Pneumonia	2	4,046	2	1,464	+ 2,581
Stroke	3	3,545	4	1,333	+ 2,212
Diarrhoeal diseases	4	2,963	8	645	+ 2,318
Coronary Heart Disease	5	2,644	5	1,221	+ 1,424
Diabetes Mellitus	6	2,517	7	724	+ 1,792
Suicide	7	1,938	17	243	+ 1,695
Tuberculosis	8	1,521	3	1,416	+ 105
Lung Disease	9	1,387	10	461	+ 926
Kidney Disease	10	1,277	15	322	+ 955
Hypertension	11	1,246	12	428	+ 818
Low Birth Weight	12	1,204	9	516	+ 688
Violence	13	1,163	11	450	+ 713
Liver Disease	14	997	14	336	+ 661
Birth Trauma	15	903	13	345	+ 558
Road Traffic Accidents	16	854	6	868	- 14
Asthma	17	853	20	200	+ 653
Other Injuries	18	671	19	207	+ 464
Congenital Anomalies	19	490	16	283	+ 207
Cervical Cancer	20	469	23	133	+ 336
Malnutrition	21	450	18	224	+ 226
Meningitis	22	400	27	109	+ 291
Inflammatory/Heart	23	384	22	162	+ 222
Maternal Conditions	24	368	25	110	+ 258
Peptic Ulcer Disease	25	351	32	76	+ 275
Fires	26	338	28	109	+ 230
Endocrine Disorders	27	296	33	73	+ 223
Drownings	28	252	26	110	+ 142
Alzheimers & Dementia	29	244	21	176	+ 69
Epilepsy	30	181	38	49	+ 131
Falls	31	161	34	62	+ 99
Rheumatic Heart Disease	32	158	44	33	+ 125
Poisonings	33	140	39	46	+ 93
Breast Cancer	34	122	24	121	+ 1
Prostate Cancer	35	101	31	94	+ 7
Lymphomas	36	98	40	46	+ 52
Oesophagus Cancer	37	92	52	21	+ 71
Alcohol	38	89	48	28	+ 61
Liver Cancer	39	89	41	45	+ 44
Skin Disease	40	88	47	31	+ 57
Parkinson's Disease	41	69	42	43	+ 26
Oral Cancer	42	65	30	100	- 35
Lung Cancers	43	64	35	59	+ 5
Pertussis	44	64	37	54	+ 10
Syphilis	45	64	43	35	+ 29
Skin Cancers	46	58	29	108	- 49
Tetanus	47	57	62	6	+ 51
Colon-Rectum Cancers	48	50	36	54	- 5
Leukemia	49	49	49	24	+ 25
Drug Use	50	40	46	32	+ 8
Hepatitis B	51	34	63	4	+ 29
Appendicitis	52	31	58	9	+ 23
Ovary Cancer	53	31	50	23	+ 8
Uterin Cancer	54	30	56	11	+ 18
Upper Respiratory	55	23	61	6	+ 16
Rheumatoid Arthritis	56	23	57	9	+ 13
Encephalitis	57	17	59	8	+ 9
Pancreas Cancer	58	15	53	18	- 2
Measles	59	15	65	2	+ 13
Stomach Cancer	60	14	45	33	- 19
Bladder Cancer	61	12	54	16	- 4
Other Neoplasms	62	12	60	8	+ 4
Multiple Sclerosis	63	7	64	2	+ 5
Hepatitis C	64	3	66	1	+ 3
Chlamydia	65	2	68	0	+ 2
Otitis Media	66	2	70	0	+ 1
Ascariasis	67	1	69	0	+ 1
War	68	0	67	0	- 0
Diphtheria	69	0	71	0	+ 0
Dengue	70	0	74	0	+ 0
Trichuriasis	71	0	75	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	72	0	76	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	73	0	73	0	- 0
Leprosy	74	0	72	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	75	0	79	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	76	0	55	14	- 14
Trypanosomiasis	77	0	77	0	- 0
Chagas disease	78	0	78	0	- 0
Malaria	79	0	51	22	- 22
Depression	80	0	85	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	81	0	86	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	82	0	84	0	- 0
Anemia	83	0	83	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	84	0	81	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	85	0	82	0	- 0
Oral conditions	86	0	80	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to NAMIBIA

Lesotho

Namibia

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.