ZAMBIA VS LESOTHO: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	LESOTHO		ZAMBIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
HIV/AIDS	1	44,515	1	17,234	+ 27,280
Influenza and Pneumonia	2	30,012	2	9,517	+ 20,495
Stroke	3	26,301	3	7,948	+ 18,353
Diarrhoeal diseases	4	21,981	5	6,275	+ 15,706
Coronary Heart Disease	5	19,617	10	4,432	+ 15,185
Diabetes Mellitus	6	18,670	14	2,395	+ 16,275
Suicide	7	14,374	20	1,303	+ 13,072
Tuberculosis	8	11,282	6	5,941	+ 5,341
Lung Disease	9	10,288	21	1,273	+ 9,016
Kidney Disease	10	9,473	18	1,760	+ 7,712
Hypertension	11	9,243	13	2,616	+ 6,627
Low Birth Weight	12	8,934	8	4,857	+ 4,077
Violence	13	8,627	23	1,153	+ 7,473
Liver Disease	14	7,396	9	4,501	+ 2,895
Birth Trauma	15	6,697	7	5,062	+ 1,636
Road Traffic Accidents	16	6,335	11	3,654	+ 2,681
Asthma	17	6,329	26	741	+ 5,588
Other Injuries	18	4,975	19	1,729	+ 3,246
Congenital Anomalies	19	3,635	12	3,146	+ 489
Cervical Cancer	20	3,477	17	1,799	+ 1,679
Malnutrition	21	3,335	15	2,303	+ 1,032
Meningitis	22	2,967	16	1,976	+ 991
Inflammatory/Heart	23	2,849	33	501	+ 2,347
Maternal Conditions	24	2,729	22	1,188	+ 1,541
Peptic Ulcer Disease	25	2,602	40	246	+ 2,357
Fires	26	2,509	32	546	+ 1,963
Endocrine Disorders	27	2,193	37	354	+ 1,840
Drownings	28	1,866	27	689	+ 1,178
Alzheimers & Dementia	29	1,813	29	590	+ 1,224
Epilepsy	30	1,339	38	332	+ 1,007
Falls	31	1,193	28	596	+ 597
Rheumatic Heart Disease	32	1,172	45	190	+ 983
Poisonings	33	1,037	34	456	+ 581
Breast Cancer	34	907	35	366	+ 541
Prostate Cancer	35	753	30	561	+ 191
Lymphomas	36	727	31	548	+ 179
Oesophagus Cancer	37	686	36	359	+ 327
Alcohol	38	661	49	140	+ 521
Liver Cancer	39	660	46	177	+ 483
Skin Disease	40	652	52	126	+ 526
Parkinson's Disease	41	511	47	164	+ 348
Oral Cancer	42	482	48	155	+ 327
Lung Cancers	43	477	41	226	+ 251
Pertussis	44	476	25	743	- 266
Syphilis	45	471	24	885	- 413
Skin Cancers	46	432	54	108	+ 324
Tetanus	47	422	44	190	+ 232
Colon-Rectum Cancers	48	370	43	203	+ 167
Leukemia	49	363	39	261	+ 102
Drug Use	50	295	53	122	+ 172
Hepatitis B	51	249	55	104	+ 145
Appendicitis	52	232	56	84	+ 148
Ovary Cancer	53	228	57	82	+ 146
Uterin Cancer	54	219	64	30	+ 189
Upper Respiratory	55	169	60	68	+ 102
Rheumatoid Arthritis	56	169	63	30	+ 139
Encephalitis	57	127	59	70	+ 57
Pancreas Cancer	58	114	62	42	+ 72
Measles	59	109	61	48	+ 61
Stomach Cancer	60	100	42	206	- 106
Bladder Cancer	61	90	50	132	- 42
Other Neoplasms	62	86	65	20	+ 66
Multiple Sclerosis	63	55	67	13	+ 42
Hepatitis C	64	23	66	18	+ 5
Chlamydia	65	14	71	3	+ 11
Otitis Media	66	11	70	5	+ 6
Ascariasis	67	7	68	9	- 2
War	68	3	69	6	- 4
Diphtheria	69	2	73	3	- 0
Dengue	70	1	74	1	- 0
Trichuriasis	71	0	75	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	72	0	76	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	73	0	78	0	- 0
Leprosy	74	0	77	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	75	0	58	72	- 72
Schistosomiasis	76	0	51	128	- 128
Trypanosomiasis	77	0	72	3	- 3
Chagas disease	78	0	79	0	- 0
Malaria	79	0	4	7,882	- 7,882
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 ZAMBIA

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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.