URUGUAY VS LESOTHO: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	LESOTHO		URUGUAY		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
HIV/AIDS	1	7,331	28	195	+ 7,136
Influenza and Pneumonia	2	4,943	6	1,370	+ 3,572
Stroke	3	4,331	2	2,850	+ 1,482
Diarrhoeal diseases	4	3,620	35	134	+ 3,486
Coronary Heart Disease	5	3,231	1	4,265	- 1,034
Diabetes Mellitus	6	3,075	11	747	+ 2,327
Suicide	7	2,367	12	735	+ 1,632
Tuberculosis	8	1,858	41	81	+ 1,778
Lung Disease	9	1,694	4	1,706	- 12
Kidney Disease	10	1,560	8	1,040	+ 520
Hypertension	11	1,522	15	648	+ 874
Low Birth Weight	12	1,471	42	73	+ 1,398
Violence	13	1,421	23	295	+ 1,126
Liver Disease	14	1,218	27	206	+ 1,012
Birth Trauma	15	1,103	53	22	+ 1,081
Road Traffic Accidents	16	1,043	16	512	+ 532
Asthma	17	1,042	37	127	+ 915
Other Injuries	18	819	10	774	+ 45
Congenital Anomalies	19	599	30	170	+ 429
Cervical Cancer	20	573	29	172	+ 401
Malnutrition	21	549	43	73	+ 476
Meningitis	22	489	58	10	+ 478
Inflammatory/Heart	23	469	22	314	+ 155
Maternal Conditions	24	449	60	9	+ 440
Peptic Ulcer Disease	25	429	46	57	+ 372
Fires	26	413	48	54	+ 359
Endocrine Disorders	27	361	17	487	- 126
Drownings	28	307	45	65	+ 243
Alzheimers & Dementia	29	299	3	1,899	- 1,600
Epilepsy	30	221	40	86	+ 135
Falls	31	197	47	55	+ 142
Rheumatic Heart Disease	32	193	50	39	+ 154
Poisonings	33	171	55	17	+ 154
Breast Cancer	34	149	9	848	- 699
Prostate Cancer	35	124	13	707	- 583
Lymphomas	36	120	20	457	- 338
Oesophagus Cancer	37	113	24	286	- 173
Alcohol	38	109	39	104	+ 4
Liver Cancer	39	109	34	147	- 39
Skin Disease	40	107	36	130	- 23
Parkinson's Disease	41	84	21	320	- 236
Oral Cancer	42	79	31	167	- 88
Lung Cancers	43	78	5	1,463	- 1,384
Pertussis	44	78	72	0	+ 78
Syphilis	45	78	66	3	+ 75
Skin Cancers	46	71	33	149	- 78
Tetanus	47	69	71	0	+ 69
Colon-Rectum Cancers	48	61	7	1,245	- 1,184
Leukemia	49	60	25	280	- 221
Drug Use	50	49	49	41	+ 8
Hepatitis B	51	41	63	4	+ 37
Appendicitis	52	38	59	9	+ 29
Ovary Cancer	53	38	32	160	- 123
Uterin Cancer	54	36	38	115	- 79
Upper Respiratory	55	28	62	5	+ 23
Rheumatoid Arthritis	56	28	51	35	- 7
Encephalitis	57	21	64	4	+ 17
Pancreas Cancer	58	19	14	656	- 637
Measles	59	18	74	0	+ 18
Stomach Cancer	60	17	18	480	- 464
Bladder Cancer	61	15	26	276	- 261
Other Neoplasms	62	14	19	464	- 449
Multiple Sclerosis	63	9	56	13	- 4
Hepatitis C	64	4	65	3	+ 0
Chlamydia	65	2	75	0	+ 2
Otitis Media	66	2	67	2	+ 0
Ascariasis	67	1	80	0	+ 1
War	68	0	70	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	69	0	73	0	+ 0
Dengue	70	0	83	0	+ 0
Trichuriasis	71	0	81	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	72	0	82	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	73	0	84	0	- 0
Leprosy	74	0	69	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	75	0	78	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	76	0	77	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	77	0	76	0	- 0
Chagas disease	78	0	61	5	- 5
Malaria	79	0	79	0	- 0
Depression	80	0	86	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	81	0	54	18	- 18
Vitamin A Deficiency	82	0	85	0	- 0
Anemia	83	0	44	71	- 71
Osteoarthritis	84	0	52	32	- 32
Prostatic Hypertrophy	85	0	57	12	- 12
Oral conditions	86	0	68	1	- 1
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to URUGUAY

Lesotho

Uruguay

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.