THAILAND VS LESOTHO: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	LESOTHO		THAILAND		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
HIV/AIDS	1	149,646	12	13,922	+ 135,724
Influenza and Pneumonia	2	100,892	3	31,289	+ 69,603
Stroke	3	88,418	2	50,273	+ 38,145
Diarrhoeal diseases	4	73,895	15	6,863	+ 67,031
Coronary Heart Disease	5	65,946	1	51,305	+ 14,641
Diabetes Mellitus	6	62,765	10	18,776	+ 43,989
Suicide	7	48,322	16	6,147	+ 42,175
Tuberculosis	8	37,928	14	9,551	+ 28,377
Lung Disease	9	34,587	9	19,474	+ 15,112
Kidney Disease	10	31,845	4	26,822	+ 5,022
Hypertension	11	31,073	34	2,179	+ 28,894
Low Birth Weight	12	30,033	40	1,548	+ 28,486
Violence	13	29,001	31	2,965	+ 26,035
Liver Disease	14	24,862	11	17,596	+ 7,266
Birth Trauma	15	22,514	50	533	+ 21,981
Road Traffic Accidents	16	21,297	7	22,428	- 1,131
Asthma	17	21,276	24	4,182	+ 17,094
Other Injuries	18	16,725	21	4,869	+ 11,855
Congenital Anomalies	19	12,220	35	2,107	+ 10,113
Cervical Cancer	20	11,689	19	5,110	+ 6,579
Malnutrition	21	11,211	42	962	+ 10,249
Meningitis	22	9,975	43	931	+ 9,044
Inflammatory/Heart	23	9,576	32	2,879	+ 6,697
Maternal Conditions	24	9,173	52	227	+ 8,945
Peptic Ulcer Disease	25	8,748	39	1,679	+ 7,069
Fires	26	8,436	48	617	+ 7,818
Endocrine Disorders	27	7,374	37	1,888	+ 5,485
Drownings	28	6,274	25	3,956	+ 2,318
Alzheimers & Dementia	29	6,096	6	22,851	- 16,755
Epilepsy	30	4,502	47	689	+ 3,814
Falls	31	4,011	18	5,409	- 1,398
Rheumatic Heart Disease	32	3,941	51	436	+ 3,505
Poisonings	33	3,487	57	132	+ 3,355
Breast Cancer	34	3,048	17	6,053	- 3,005
Prostate Cancer	35	2,531	30	3,013	- 482
Lymphomas	36	2,443	22	4,539	- 2,096
Oesophagus Cancer	37	2,305	29	3,156	- 851
Alcohol	38	2,222	49	548	+ 1,674
Liver Cancer	39	2,218	5	23,883	- 21,665
Skin Disease	40	2,193	28	3,375	- 1,183
Parkinson's Disease	41	1,719	23	4,292	- 2,573
Oral Cancer	42	1,621	20	4,961	- 3,340
Lung Cancers	43	1,602	8	22,296	- 20,694
Pertussis	44	1,601	62	77	+ 1,524
Syphilis	45	1,585	64	36	+ 1,549
Skin Cancers	46	1,454	41	1,133	+ 321
Tetanus	47	1,417	58	116	+ 1,301
Colon-Rectum Cancers	48	1,244	13	9,908	- 8,664
Leukemia	49	1,220	26	3,902	- 2,682
Drug Use	50	991	45	794	+ 197
Hepatitis B	51	838	56	153	+ 685
Appendicitis	52	780	59	114	+ 666
Ovary Cancer	53	767	36	2,003	- 1,236
Uterin Cancer	54	736	44	864	- 128
Upper Respiratory	55	569	65	18	+ 552
Rheumatoid Arthritis	56	567	53	194	+ 372
Encephalitis	57	426	46	722	- 296
Pancreas Cancer	58	383	33	2,383	- 2,000
Measles	59	368	63	56	+ 312
Stomach Cancer	60	337	27	3,451	- 3,113
Bladder Cancer	61	301	38	1,798	- 1,497
Other Neoplasms	62	289	54	192	+ 97
Multiple Sclerosis	63	186	61	86	+ 101
Hepatitis C	64	77	67	7	+ 70
Chlamydia	65	48	70	3	+ 45
Otitis Media	66	38	68	7	+ 31
Ascariasis	67	23	69	4	+ 19
War	68	9	60	87	- 79
Diphtheria	69	8	71	1	+ 7
Dengue	70	3	55	172	- 169
Trichuriasis	71	0	78	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	72	0	77	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	73	0	76	0	- 0
Leprosy	74	0	79	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	75	0	72	1	- 1
Schistosomiasis	76	0	75	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	77	0	74	0	- 0
Chagas disease	78	0	73	0	- 0
Malaria	79	0	66	13	- 13
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	81	0	- 0
Oral conditions	86	0	80	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to THAILAND

Lesotho

Thailand

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.