NEW GUINEA VS LESOTHO: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	LESOTHO		NEW GUINEA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
HIV/AIDS	1	21,501	24	611	+ 20,890
Influenza and Pneumonia	2	14,496	6	2,595	+ 11,901
Stroke	3	12,704	2	5,095	+ 7,609
Diarrhoeal diseases	4	10,617	8	2,295	+ 8,322
Coronary Heart Disease	5	9,475	1	6,835	+ 2,640
Diabetes Mellitus	6	9,018	4	4,533	+ 4,485
Suicide	7	6,943	37	259	+ 6,684
Tuberculosis	8	5,450	5	3,969	+ 1,481
Lung Disease	9	4,969	3	4,538	+ 432
Kidney Disease	10	4,575	18	687	+ 3,889
Hypertension	11	4,465	13	1,096	+ 3,369
Low Birth Weight	12	4,315	10	1,661	+ 2,654
Violence	13	4,167	15	969	+ 3,198
Liver Disease	14	3,572	22	624	+ 2,948
Birth Trauma	15	3,235	11	1,504	+ 1,731
Road Traffic Accidents	16	3,060	12	1,105	+ 1,955
Asthma	17	3,057	9	1,842	+ 1,215
Other Injuries	18	2,403	20	647	+ 1,756
Congenital Anomalies	19	1,756	16	951	+ 805
Cervical Cancer	20	1,680	19	665	+ 1,015
Malnutrition	21	1,611	48	134	+ 1,477
Meningitis	22	1,433	34	324	+ 1,109
Inflammatory/Heart	23	1,376	43	229	+ 1,147
Maternal Conditions	24	1,318	30	421	+ 897
Peptic Ulcer Disease	25	1,257	35	302	+ 955
Fires	26	1,212	27	488	+ 724
Endocrine Disorders	27	1,059	47	153	+ 906
Drownings	28	901	40	240	+ 662
Alzheimers & Dementia	29	876	33	343	+ 533
Epilepsy	30	647	51	111	+ 536
Falls	31	576	26	502	+ 75
Rheumatic Heart Disease	32	566	14	1,072	- 506
Poisonings	33	501	50	121	+ 380
Breast Cancer	34	438	17	764	- 326
Prostate Cancer	35	364	36	285	+ 79
Lymphomas	36	351	32	353	- 2
Oesophagus Cancer	37	331	44	199	+ 132
Alcohol	38	319	53	93	+ 226
Liver Cancer	39	319	21	644	- 325
Skin Disease	40	315	49	126	+ 189
Parkinson's Disease	41	247	45	185	+ 63
Oral Cancer	42	233	25	580	- 347
Lung Cancers	43	230	23	622	- 392
Pertussis	44	230	39	248	- 18
Syphilis	45	228	42	234	- 6
Skin Cancers	46	209	31	417	- 208
Tetanus	47	204	56	48	+ 156
Colon-Rectum Cancers	48	179	29	445	- 266
Leukemia	49	175	38	253	- 78
Drug Use	50	142	61	13	+ 130
Hepatitis B	51	120	58	27	+ 93
Appendicitis	52	112	59	20	+ 92
Ovary Cancer	53	110	46	179	- 69
Uterin Cancer	54	106	55	81	+ 25
Upper Respiratory	55	82	68	2	+ 80
Rheumatoid Arthritis	56	81	65	5	+ 76
Encephalitis	57	61	57	31	+ 31
Pancreas Cancer	58	55	52	107	- 52
Measles	59	53	41	238	- 185
Stomach Cancer	60	48	28	447	- 399
Bladder Cancer	61	43	54	82	- 39
Other Neoplasms	62	42	60	15	+ 26
Multiple Sclerosis	63	27	66	5	+ 22
Hepatitis C	64	11	62	8	+ 3
Chlamydia	65	7	70	1	+ 6
Otitis Media	66	6	71	0	+ 5
Ascariasis	67	3	63	7	- 4
War	68	1	69	1	+ 0
Diphtheria	69	1	67	3	- 2
Dengue	70	0	64	6	- 6
Trichuriasis	71	0	78	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	72	0	79	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	73	0	77	0	- 0
Leprosy	74	0	72	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	75	0	74	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	76	0	73	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	77	0	76	0	- 0
Chagas disease	78	0	75	0	- 0
Malaria	79	0	7	2,446	- 2,446
Depression	80	0	81	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	81	0	80	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	82	0	83	0	- 0
Anemia	83	0	82	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	84	0	85	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	85	0	84	0	- 0
Oral conditions	86	0	86	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to NEW GUINEA

Lesotho

New Guinea

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.