TRINIDAD/TOB. VS LESOTHO: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	LESOTHO		TRINIDAD/TOB.		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
HIV/AIDS	1	3,015	12	196	+ 2,819
Influenza and Pneumonia	2	2,033	10	205	+ 1,828
Stroke	3	1,782	3	822	+ 959
Diarrhoeal diseases	4	1,489	45	18	+ 1,471
Coronary Heart Disease	5	1,329	1	1,476	- 147
Diabetes Mellitus	6	1,265	2	1,275	- 11
Suicide	7	974	17	121	+ 853
Tuberculosis	8	764	43	22	+ 743
Lung Disease	9	697	16	129	+ 568
Kidney Disease	10	642	5	439	+ 202
Hypertension	11	626	11	201	+ 425
Low Birth Weight	12	605	23	83	+ 522
Violence	13	584	4	549	+ 35
Liver Disease	14	501	14	136	+ 365
Birth Trauma	15	454	40	25	+ 428
Road Traffic Accidents	16	429	15	130	+ 299
Asthma	17	429	35	40	+ 388
Other Injuries	18	337	30	61	+ 276
Congenital Anomalies	19	246	22	93	+ 153
Cervical Cancer	20	236	21	97	+ 139
Malnutrition	21	226	47	17	+ 209
Meningitis	22	201	52	9	+ 192
Inflammatory/Heart	23	193	25	72	+ 121
Maternal Conditions	24	185	50	10	+ 174
Peptic Ulcer Disease	25	176	31	52	+ 124
Fires	26	170	48	16	+ 154
Endocrine Disorders	27	149	18	119	+ 29
Drownings	28	126	39	31	+ 96
Alzheimers & Dementia	29	123	9	215	- 92
Epilepsy	30	91	37	32	+ 59
Falls	31	81	33	43	+ 38
Rheumatic Heart Disease	32	79	49	11	+ 68
Poisonings	33	70	59	1	+ 69
Breast Cancer	34	61	7	258	- 197
Prostate Cancer	35	51	6	330	- 279
Lymphomas	36	49	20	111	- 62
Oesophagus Cancer	37	46	41	24	+ 22
Alcohol	38	45	42	23	+ 22
Liver Cancer	39	45	28	66	- 21
Skin Disease	40	44	36	39	+ 5
Parkinson's Disease	41	35	32	51	- 17
Oral Cancer	42	33	38	31	+ 2
Lung Cancers	43	32	8	217	- 185
Pertussis	44	32	67	0	+ 32
Syphilis	45	32	61	0	+ 32
Skin Cancers	46	29	57	4	+ 25
Tetanus	47	29	65	0	+ 29
Colon-Rectum Cancers	48	25	13	196	- 171
Leukemia	49	25	29	62	- 38
Drug Use	50	20	44	19	+ 1
Hepatitis B	51	17	60	0	+ 16
Appendicitis	52	16	56	4	+ 11
Ovary Cancer	53	15	24	80	- 65
Uterin Cancer	54	15	27	68	- 53
Upper Respiratory	55	11	64	0	+ 11
Rheumatoid Arthritis	56	11	53	8	+ 3
Encephalitis	57	9	54	6	+ 2
Pancreas Cancer	58	8	19	114	- 106
Measles	59	7	76	0	+ 7
Stomach Cancer	60	7	26	69	- 62
Bladder Cancer	61	6	34	41	- 34
Other Neoplasms	62	6	51	10	- 4
Multiple Sclerosis	63	4	58	2	+ 1
Hepatitis C	64	2	62	0	+ 1
Chlamydia	65	1	63	0	+ 1
Otitis Media	66	1	69	0	+ 1
Ascariasis	67	0	66	0	+ 0
War	68	0	46	17	- 17
Diphtheria	69	0	68	0	+ 0
Dengue	70	0	55	5	- 5
Trichuriasis	71	0	78	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	72	0	77	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	73	0	79	0	- 0
Leprosy	74	0	70	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	75	0	73	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	76	0	71	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	77	0	75	0	- 0
Chagas disease	78	0	74	0	- 0
Malaria	79	0	72	0	- 0
Depression	80	0	83	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	81	0	86	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	82	0	84	0	- 0
Anemia	83	0	85	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	84	0	81	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	85	0	82	0	- 0
Oral conditions	86	0	80	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to TRINIDAD/TOB.

Lesotho

Trinidad/Tob.

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.