NIGERIA VS LESOTHO: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	LESOTHO		NIGERIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
HIV/AIDS	1	506,691	10	44,124	+ 462,567
Influenza and Pneumonia	2	341,613	1	207,281	+ 134,332
Stroke	3	299,376	8	57,744	+ 241,632
Diarrhoeal diseases	4	250,201	2	144,724	+ 105,477
Coronary Heart Disease	5	223,289	7	61,374	+ 161,915
Diabetes Mellitus	6	212,516	18	22,497	+ 190,019
Suicide	7	163,615	30	7,019	+ 156,597
Tuberculosis	8	128,423	3	127,335	+ 1,087
Lung Disease	9	117,109	22	12,569	+ 104,540
Kidney Disease	10	107,824	20	18,189	+ 89,635
Hypertension	11	105,211	24	10,692	+ 94,519
Low Birth Weight	12	101,690	6	95,959	+ 5,731
Violence	13	98,194	19	18,407	+ 79,786
Liver Disease	14	84,180	13	38,326	+ 45,854
Birth Trauma	15	76,232	5	100,186	- 23,954
Road Traffic Accidents	16	72,111	12	41,693	+ 30,418
Asthma	17	72,037	27	8,192	+ 63,846
Other Injuries	18	56,628	17	22,696	+ 33,933
Congenital Anomalies	19	41,377	9	49,696	- 8,320
Cervical Cancer	20	39,579	25	10,574	+ 29,005
Malnutrition	21	37,959	36	5,896	+ 32,063
Meningitis	22	33,774	11	43,651	- 9,877
Inflammatory/Heart	23	32,423	42	4,826	+ 27,597
Maternal Conditions	24	31,058	15	23,540	+ 7,518
Peptic Ulcer Disease	25	29,619	37	5,846	+ 23,774
Fires	26	28,563	29	7,132	+ 21,432
Endocrine Disorders	27	24,966	21	15,799	+ 9,167
Drownings	28	21,244	32	6,584	+ 14,660
Alzheimers & Dementia	29	20,641	31	6,786	+ 13,855
Epilepsy	30	15,245	41	5,001	+ 10,244
Falls	31	13,583	28	7,528	+ 6,054
Rheumatic Heart Disease	32	13,343	52	1,946	+ 11,397
Poisonings	33	11,806	33	6,570	+ 5,236
Breast Cancer	34	10,319	23	11,884	- 1,565
Prostate Cancer	35	8,571	35	5,914	+ 2,656
Lymphomas	36	8,273	40	5,202	+ 3,071
Oesophagus Cancer	37	7,803	64	560	+ 7,243
Alcohol	38	7,525	58	1,031	+ 6,494
Liver Cancer	39	7,510	39	5,289	+ 2,221
Skin Disease	40	7,424	56	1,468	+ 5,956
Parkinson's Disease	41	5,822	46	2,473	+ 3,349
Oral Cancer	42	5,489	48	2,238	+ 3,250
Lung Cancers	43	5,425	57	1,295	+ 4,129
Pertussis	44	5,421	16	23,282	- 17,861
Syphilis	45	5,367	38	5,449	- 83
Skin Cancers	46	4,922	53	1,933	+ 2,989
Tetanus	47	4,798	26	8,355	- 3,557
Colon-Rectum Cancers	48	4,213	43	4,152	+ 61
Leukemia	49	4,131	47	2,257	+ 1,874
Drug Use	50	3,356	34	6,273	- 2,917
Hepatitis B	51	2,837	55	1,488	+ 1,349
Appendicitis	52	2,642	60	760	+ 1,882
Ovary Cancer	53	2,598	49	2,133	+ 466
Uterin Cancer	54	2,493	62	679	+ 1,814
Upper Respiratory	55	1,927	67	259	+ 1,669
Rheumatoid Arthritis	56	1,918	69	165	+ 1,754
Encephalitis	57	1,441	59	937	+ 505
Pancreas Cancer	58	1,296	51	1,975	- 679
Measles	59	1,244	14	29,439	- 28,194
Stomach Cancer	60	1,142	50	2,129	- 987
Bladder Cancer	61	1,020	63	670	+ 350
Other Neoplasms	62	979	66	290	+ 689
Multiple Sclerosis	63	631	68	179	+ 452
Hepatitis C	64	262	65	304	- 42
Chlamydia	65	164	71	14	+ 150
Otitis Media	66	130	72	3	+ 127
Ascariasis	67	78	61	685	- 607
War	68	29	45	3,245	- 3,216
Diphtheria	69	28	44	3,800	- 3,772
Dengue	70	10	73	2	+ 8
Trichuriasis	71	0	75	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	72	0	74	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	73	0	79	0	- 0
Leprosy	74	0	76	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	75	0	70	23	- 23
Schistosomiasis	76	0	54	1,508	- 1,508
Trypanosomiasis	77	0	77	0	- 0
Chagas disease	78	0	78	0	- 0
Malaria	79	0	4	100,963	- 100,963
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 NIGERIA

Lesotho

Nigeria

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.