NEW ZEALAND VS LESOTHO: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	LESOTHO		NEW ZEALAND		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
HIV/AIDS	1	11,046	57	10	+ 11,036
Influenza and Pneumonia	2	7,447	7	920	+ 6,527
Stroke	3	6,527	3	2,378	+ 4,148
Diarrhoeal diseases	4	5,455	37	81	+ 5,374
Coronary Heart Disease	5	4,868	1	5,095	- 227
Diabetes Mellitus	6	4,633	8	769	+ 3,864
Suicide	7	3,567	15	528	+ 3,039
Tuberculosis	8	2,800	52	17	+ 2,783
Lung Disease	9	2,553	5	1,815	+ 738
Kidney Disease	10	2,351	17	432	+ 1,919
Hypertension	11	2,294	20	327	+ 1,967
Low Birth Weight	12	2,217	38	78	+ 2,138
Violence	13	2,141	42	57	+ 2,083
Liver Disease	14	1,835	32	158	+ 1,678
Birth Trauma	15	1,662	54	15	+ 1,647
Road Traffic Accidents	16	1,572	16	458	+ 1,114
Asthma	17	1,570	36	91	+ 1,480
Other Injuries	18	1,235	28	218	+ 1,016
Congenital Anomalies	19	902	30	176	+ 727
Cervical Cancer	20	863	41	61	+ 802
Malnutrition	21	828	55	14	+ 813
Meningitis	22	736	59	9	+ 727
Inflammatory/Heart	23	707	23	313	+ 394
Maternal Conditions	24	677	63	5	+ 672
Peptic Ulcer Disease	25	646	39	70	+ 575
Fires	26	623	53	17	+ 606
Endocrine Disorders	27	544	21	325	+ 220
Drownings	28	463	44	54	+ 409
Alzheimers & Dementia	29	450	2	3,032	- 2,582
Epilepsy	30	332	43	55	+ 277
Falls	31	296	11	627	- 331
Rheumatic Heart Disease	32	291	35	113	+ 178
Poisonings	33	257	58	9	+ 248
Breast Cancer	34	225	10	737	- 512
Prostate Cancer	35	187	9	739	- 552
Lymphomas	36	180	13	608	- 428
Oesophagus Cancer	37	170	25	279	- 109
Alcohol	38	164	45	51	+ 113
Liver Cancer	39	164	24	288	- 124
Skin Disease	40	162	34	118	+ 44
Parkinson's Disease	41	127	19	353	- 226
Oral Cancer	42	120	31	164	- 44
Lung Cancers	43	118	4	1,873	- 1,755
Pertussis	44	118	65	1	+ 117
Syphilis	45	117	70	0	+ 117
Skin Cancers	46	107	12	612	- 504
Tetanus	47	105	69	0	+ 104
Colon-Rectum Cancers	48	92	6	1,495	- 1,403
Leukemia	49	90	18	391	- 301
Drug Use	50	73	40	69	+ 4
Hepatitis B	51	62	56	14	+ 48
Appendicitis	52	58	62	6	+ 52
Ovary Cancer	53	57	29	207	- 150
Uterin Cancer	54	54	33	145	- 90
Upper Respiratory	55	42	64	4	+ 38
Rheumatoid Arthritis	56	42	46	47	- 5
Encephalitis	57	31	66	1	+ 31
Pancreas Cancer	58	28	14	543	- 515
Measles	59	27	82	0	+ 27
Stomach Cancer	60	25	22	323	- 298
Bladder Cancer	61	22	26	267	- 245
Other Neoplasms	62	21	27	245	- 224
Multiple Sclerosis	63	14	47	43	- 30
Hepatitis C	64	6	48	30	- 24
Chlamydia	65	4	71	0	+ 4
Otitis Media	66	3	67	1	+ 2
Ascariasis	67	2	76	0	+ 2
War	68	1	68	1	+ 0
Diphtheria	69	1	83	0	+ 1
Dengue	70	0	75	0	+ 0
Trichuriasis	71	0	74	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	72	0	73	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	73	0	84	0	- 0
Leprosy	74	0	72	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	75	0	80	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	76	0	77	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	77	0	81	0	- 0
Chagas disease	78	0	79	0	- 0
Malaria	79	0	78	0	- 0
Depression	80	0	86	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	81	0	60	8	- 8
Vitamin A Deficiency	82	0	85	0	- 0
Anemia	83	0	51	17	- 17
Osteoarthritis	84	0	49	24	- 24
Prostatic Hypertrophy	85	0	50	22	- 22
Oral conditions	86	0	61	8	- 8
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to NEW ZEALAND

Lesotho

New Zealand

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.