TANZANIA VS LESOTHO: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	LESOTHO		TANZANIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
HIV/AIDS	1	144,384	1	27,402	+ 116,982
Influenza and Pneumonia	2	97,344	2	26,028	+ 71,316
Stroke	3	85,308	7	16,894	+ 68,415
Diarrhoeal diseases	4	71,296	6	17,587	+ 53,709
Coronary Heart Disease	5	63,627	9	13,215	+ 50,413
Diabetes Mellitus	6	60,557	15	6,247	+ 54,311
Suicide	7	46,623	24	2,474	+ 44,149
Tuberculosis	8	36,595	4	20,269	+ 16,325
Lung Disease	9	33,371	22	3,051	+ 30,319
Kidney Disease	10	30,725	19	4,547	+ 26,178
Hypertension	11	29,980	17	5,209	+ 24,772
Low Birth Weight	12	28,977	10	12,173	+ 16,804
Violence	13	27,981	18	4,713	+ 23,268
Liver Disease	14	23,987	13	6,586	+ 17,402
Birth Trauma	15	21,723	8	15,086	+ 6,637
Road Traffic Accidents	16	20,548	5	18,054	+ 2,495
Asthma	17	20,527	30	1,700	+ 18,827
Other Injuries	18	16,137	20	4,270	+ 11,867
Congenital Anomalies	19	11,790	11	9,791	+ 2,000
Cervical Cancer	20	11,278	14	6,424	+ 4,855
Malnutrition	21	10,817	16	5,574	+ 5,242
Meningitis	22	9,624	21	3,188	+ 6,436
Inflammatory/Heart	23	9,239	38	1,227	+ 8,012
Maternal Conditions	24	8,850	12	6,835	+ 2,015
Peptic Ulcer Disease	25	8,440	46	462	+ 7,978
Fires	26	8,139	35	1,424	+ 6,715
Endocrine Disorders	27	7,114	29	1,778	+ 5,336
Drownings	28	6,054	32	1,642	+ 4,412
Alzheimers & Dementia	29	5,882	27	2,048	+ 3,834
Epilepsy	30	4,344	43	707	+ 3,637
Falls	31	3,870	34	1,533	+ 2,337
Rheumatic Heart Disease	32	3,802	50	401	+ 3,402
Poisonings	33	3,364	40	1,170	+ 2,194
Breast Cancer	34	2,941	37	1,285	+ 1,656
Prostate Cancer	35	2,442	28	1,819	+ 623
Lymphomas	36	2,357	41	805	+ 1,552
Oesophagus Cancer	37	2,223	25	2,247	- 24
Alcohol	38	2,144	56	270	+ 1,874
Liver Cancer	39	2,140	36	1,413	+ 727
Skin Disease	40	2,115	52	359	+ 1,756
Parkinson's Disease	41	1,659	45	513	+ 1,146
Oral Cancer	42	1,564	31	1,646	- 82
Lung Cancers	43	1,546	61	159	+ 1,387
Pertussis	44	1,545	23	2,774	- 1,229
Syphilis	45	1,529	26	2,115	- 586
Skin Cancers	46	1,403	42	744	+ 658
Tetanus	47	1,367	49	402	+ 966
Colon-Rectum Cancers	48	1,201	33	1,567	- 367
Leukemia	49	1,177	47	416	+ 761
Drug Use	50	956	48	404	+ 552
Hepatitis B	51	809	60	168	+ 640
Appendicitis	52	753	58	218	+ 535
Ovary Cancer	53	740	53	337	+ 403
Uterin Cancer	54	710	57	218	+ 492
Upper Respiratory	55	549	54	299	+ 251
Rheumatoid Arthritis	56	547	63	81	+ 466
Encephalitis	57	411	59	199	+ 212
Pancreas Cancer	58	369	62	158	+ 212
Measles	59	355	55	295	+ 60
Stomach Cancer	60	325	39	1,190	- 865
Bladder Cancer	61	291	44	667	- 376
Other Neoplasms	62	279	64	58	+ 222
Multiple Sclerosis	63	180	68	27	+ 153
Hepatitis C	64	75	66	40	+ 35
Chlamydia	65	47	71	9	+ 38
Otitis Media	66	37	69	17	+ 20
Ascariasis	67	22	65	56	- 33
War	68	8	67	30	- 21
Diphtheria	69	8	70	11	- 3
Dengue	70	3	73	2	+ 1
Trichuriasis	71	0	74	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	72	0	75	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	73	0	79	0	- 0
Leprosy	74	0	76	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	75	0	77	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	76	0	51	371	- 371
Trypanosomiasis	77	0	72	3	- 3
Chagas disease	78	0	78	0	- 0
Malaria	79	0	3	21,758	- 21,758
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	86	0	- 0
Oral conditions	86	0	84	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to TANZANIA

Lesotho

Tanzania

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.