SINGAPORE VS LESOTHO: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	LESOTHO		SINGAPORE		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
HIV/AIDS	1	12,902	45	18	+ 12,884
Influenza and Pneumonia	2	8,699	2	5,189	+ 3,510
Stroke	3	7,623	3	1,559	+ 6,065
Diarrhoeal diseases	4	6,371	39	28	+ 6,343
Coronary Heart Disease	5	5,686	1	5,292	+ 394
Diabetes Mellitus	6	5,411	28	108	+ 5,304
Suicide	7	4,166	9	650	+ 3,516
Tuberculosis	8	3,270	40	26	+ 3,245
Lung Disease	9	2,982	14	383	+ 2,599
Kidney Disease	10	2,746	6	1,028	+ 1,717
Hypertension	11	2,679	8	732	+ 1,947
Low Birth Weight	12	2,589	41	25	+ 2,564
Violence	13	2,500	46	15	+ 2,486
Liver Disease	14	2,144	20	209	+ 1,934
Birth Trauma	15	1,941	55	3	+ 1,938
Road Traffic Accidents	16	1,836	26	121	+ 1,715
Asthma	17	1,834	35	37	+ 1,797
Other Injuries	18	1,442	32	79	+ 1,363
Congenital Anomalies	19	1,054	31	80	+ 974
Cervical Cancer	20	1,008	30	85	+ 923
Malnutrition	21	967	63	0	+ 967
Meningitis	22	860	48	8	+ 852
Inflammatory/Heart	23	826	19	215	+ 610
Maternal Conditions	24	791	53	3	+ 787
Peptic Ulcer Disease	25	754	33	69	+ 685
Fires	26	727	49	7	+ 720
Endocrine Disorders	27	636	37	30	+ 605
Drownings	28	541	38	29	+ 512
Alzheimers & Dementia	29	526	36	32	+ 493
Epilepsy	30	388	42	25	+ 363
Falls	31	346	18	218	+ 128
Rheumatic Heart Disease	32	340	43	22	+ 318
Poisonings	33	301	60	1	+ 300
Breast Cancer	34	263	10	605	- 343
Prostate Cancer	35	218	16	303	- 84
Lymphomas	36	211	13	397	- 186
Oesophagus Cancer	37	199	24	137	+ 62
Alcohol	38	192	47	10	+ 181
Liver Cancer	39	191	7	746	- 554
Skin Disease	40	189	25	136	+ 53
Parkinson's Disease	41	148	29	90	+ 59
Oral Cancer	42	140	15	317	- 177
Lung Cancers	43	138	4	1,540	- 1,402
Pertussis	44	138	62	0	+ 138
Syphilis	45	137	65	0	+ 137
Skin Cancers	46	125	34	56	+ 69
Tetanus	47	122	73	0	+ 122
Colon-Rectum Cancers	48	107	5	1,203	- 1,095
Leukemia	49	105	17	249	- 144
Drug Use	50	85	44	19	+ 66
Hepatitis B	51	72	52	4	+ 68
Appendicitis	52	67	50	6	+ 61
Ovary Cancer	53	66	21	204	- 138
Uterin Cancer	54	63	23	147	- 84
Upper Respiratory	55	49	54	3	+ 46
Rheumatoid Arthritis	56	49	58	2	+ 47
Encephalitis	57	37	61	0	+ 37
Pancreas Cancer	58	33	11	537	- 504
Measles	59	32	72	0	+ 32
Stomach Cancer	60	29	12	405	- 376
Bladder Cancer	61	26	27	120	- 94
Other Neoplasms	62	25	22	195	- 170
Multiple Sclerosis	63	16	57	3	+ 14
Hepatitis C	64	7	56	3	+ 4
Chlamydia	65	4	70	0	+ 4
Otitis Media	66	3	79	0	+ 3
Ascariasis	67	2	67	0	+ 2
War	68	1	59	2	- 1
Diphtheria	69	1	64	0	+ 1
Dengue	70	0	66	0	+ 0
Trichuriasis	71	0	69	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	72	0	68	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	73	0	71	0	- 0
Leprosy	74	0	80	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	75	0	76	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	76	0	78	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	77	0	77	0	- 0
Chagas disease	78	0	74	0	- 0
Malaria	79	0	75	0	- 0
Depression	80	0	83	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	81	0	84	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	82	0	86	0	- 0
Anemia	83	0	85	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	84	0	82	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	85	0	51	6	- 6
Oral conditions	86	0	81	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to SINGAPORE

Lesotho

Singapore

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.