SOMALIA VS LESOTHO: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	LESOTHO		SOMALIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
HIV/AIDS	1	27,860	33	610	+ 27,250
Influenza and Pneumonia	2	18,783	1	21,712	- 2,929
Stroke	3	16,461	6	8,595	+ 7,865
Diarrhoeal diseases	4	13,757	2	15,363	- 1,606
Coronary Heart Disease	5	12,277	7	7,233	+ 5,045
Diabetes Mellitus	6	11,685	16	2,888	+ 8,797
Suicide	7	8,996	27	1,219	+ 7,777
Tuberculosis	8	7,061	4	10,261	- 3,200
Lung Disease	9	6,439	19	2,442	+ 3,997
Kidney Disease	10	5,929	21	2,051	+ 3,878
Hypertension	11	5,785	18	2,643	+ 3,142
Low Birth Weight	12	5,591	8	6,250	- 659
Violence	13	5,399	29	828	+ 4,571
Liver Disease	14	4,629	13	3,917	+ 712
Birth Trauma	15	4,192	5	9,573	- 5,382
Road Traffic Accidents	16	3,965	11	4,231	- 266
Asthma	17	3,961	23	1,878	+ 2,083
Other Injuries	18	3,114	14	3,602	- 488
Congenital Anomalies	19	2,275	15	3,410	- 1,135
Cervical Cancer	20	2,176	28	883	+ 1,293
Malnutrition	21	2,087	10	4,825	- 2,738
Meningitis	22	1,857	9	5,381	- 3,524
Inflammatory/Heart	23	1,783	39	521	+ 1,262
Maternal Conditions	24	1,708	12	4,127	- 2,419
Peptic Ulcer Disease	25	1,629	36	559	+ 1,070
Fires	26	1,571	30	810	+ 760
Endocrine Disorders	27	1,373	44	406	+ 967
Drownings	28	1,168	25	1,272	- 103
Alzheimers & Dementia	29	1,135	32	647	+ 488
Epilepsy	30	838	43	419	+ 420
Falls	31	747	37	548	+ 199
Rheumatic Heart Disease	32	734	41	446	+ 288
Poisonings	33	649	31	758	- 109
Breast Cancer	34	567	26	1,232	- 664
Prostate Cancer	35	471	52	285	+ 186
Lymphomas	36	455	34	605	- 150
Oesophagus Cancer	37	429	40	516	- 87
Alcohol	38	414	59	151	+ 263
Liver Cancer	39	413	53	256	+ 157
Skin Disease	40	408	58	151	+ 257
Parkinson's Disease	41	320	56	184	+ 136
Oral Cancer	42	302	46	328	- 26
Lung Cancers	43	298	54	233	+ 65
Pertussis	44	298	20	2,054	- 1,756
Syphilis	45	295	45	378	- 82
Skin Cancers	46	271	57	164	+ 107
Tetanus	47	264	17	2,648	- 2,384
Colon-Rectum Cancers	48	232	38	546	- 315
Leukemia	49	227	35	562	- 334
Drug Use	50	184	65	54	+ 130
Hepatitis B	51	156	48	315	- 159
Appendicitis	52	145	55	188	- 43
Ovary Cancer	53	143	50	295	- 152
Uterin Cancer	54	137	64	78	+ 59
Upper Respiratory	55	106	47	326	- 220
Rheumatoid Arthritis	56	105	66	35	+ 70
Encephalitis	57	79	63	91	- 11
Pancreas Cancer	58	71	62	108	- 36
Measles	59	68	3	11,576	- 11,507
Stomach Cancer	60	63	49	310	- 247
Bladder Cancer	61	56	61	149	- 93
Other Neoplasms	62	54	70	12	+ 42
Multiple Sclerosis	63	35	71	8	+ 27
Hepatitis C	64	14	67	34	- 20
Chlamydia	65	9	72	5	+ 4
Otitis Media	66	7	68	32	- 24
Ascariasis	67	4	69	30	- 25
War	68	2	24	1,318	- 1,317
Diphtheria	69	2	60	150	- 148
Dengue	70	1	73	1	- 0
Trichuriasis	71	0	75	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	72	0	74	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	73	0	76	0	- 0
Leprosy	74	0	77	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	75	0	51	290	- 290
Schistosomiasis	76	0	42	435	- 435
Trypanosomiasis	77	0	78	0	- 0
Chagas disease	78	0	79	0	- 0
Malaria	79	0	22	1,942	- 1,942
Depression	80	0	80	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	81	0	81	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	82	0	82	0	- 0
Anemia	83	0	83	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 SOMALIA

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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.