LESOTHO VS MEXICO: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	MEXICO		LESOTHO		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	1,980	5	2,101	- 120
Diabetes Mellitus	2	1,467	6	2,000	- 532
Kidney Disease	3	760	10	1,015	- 254
Stroke	4	678	3	2,817	- 2,139
Violence	5	553	13	924	- 371
Liver Disease	6	508	14	792	- 284
Lung Disease	7	496	9	1,102	- 606
Influenza and Pneumonia	8	423	2	3,214	- 2,791
Hypertension	9	303	11	990	- 687
Road Traffic Accidents	10	278	16	678	- 401
Other Injuries	11	207	18	533	- 325
Endocrine Disorders	12	193	27	235	- 42
Congenital Anomalies	13	178	19	389	- 211
Malnutrition	14	129	21	357	- 228
Prostate Cancer	15	128	35	81	+ 47
Breast Cancer	16	126	34	97	+ 29
Lung Cancers	17	125	43	51	+ 74
Low Birth Weight	18	122	12	957	- 835
Stomach Cancer	19	118	60	11	+ 107
Colon-Rectum Cancers	20	117	48	40	+ 77
Liver Cancer	21	116	39	71	+ 45
Suicide	22	115	7	1,539	- 1,424
Other Neoplasms	23	106	62	9	+ 96
Lymphomas	24	85	36	78	+ 7
Leukemia	25	82	49	39	+ 43
Cervical Cancer	26	82	20	372	- 291
Pancreas Cancer	27	77	58	12	+ 65
HIV/AIDS	28	70	1	4,767	- 4,697
Diarrhoeal diseases	29	59	4	2,354	- 2,295
Alzheimers & Dementia	30	59	29	194	- 135
Skin Disease	31	52	40	70	- 18
Alcohol	32	50	38	71	- 21
Peptic Ulcer Disease	33	47	25	279	- 232
Ovary Cancer	34	45	53	24	+ 21
Falls	35	45	31	128	- 83
Birth Trauma	36	43	15	717	- 674
Anemia	37	37	83	0	+ 37
Tuberculosis	38	33	8	1,208	- 1,175
Epilepsy	39	33	30	143	- 111
Skin Cancers	40	33	46	46	- 14
Inflammatory/Heart	41	32	23	305	- 273
Drownings	42	31	28	200	- 169
Parkinson's Disease	43	27	41	55	- 28
Drug Use	44	25	50	32	- 7
Rheumatoid Arthritis	45	24	56	18	+ 6
Oral Cancer	46	23	42	52	- 29
Asthma	47	23	17	678	- 655
Bladder Cancer	48	22	61	10	+ 12
Oesophagus Cancer	49	21	37	73	- 52
Uterin Cancer	50	15	54	23	- 8
Prostatic Hypertrophy	51	15	85	0	+ 15
Rheumatic Heart Disease	52	15	32	126	- 111
Appendicitis	53	13	52	25	- 12
Maternal Conditions	54	13	24	292	- 279
Hepatitis C	55	11	64	2	+ 8
Fires	56	10	26	269	- 258
Poisonings	57	9	33	111	- 102
Meningitis	58	6	22	318	- 312
Osteoarthritis	59	5	84	0	+ 5
Multiple Sclerosis	60	5	63	6	- 1
Hepatitis B	61	4	51	27	- 23
Encephalitis	62	2	57	14	- 11
Schizophrenia	63	2	81	0	+ 2
Upper Respiratory	64	2	55	18	- 16
Oral conditions	65	2	86	0	+ 2
War	66	2	68	0	+ 2
Dengue	67	1	70	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	68	0	66	1	- 1
Chagas disease	69	0	78	0	+ 0
Pertussis	70	0	44	51	- 51
Tetanus	71	0	47	45	- 45
Ascariasis	72	0	67	1	- 1
Syphilis	73	0	45	50	- 50
Iodine Deficiency	74	0	73	0	+ 0
Leprosy	75	0	74	0	+ 0
Leishmaniasis	76	0	75	0	+ 0
Chlamydia	77	0	65	2	- 2
Hookworm Disease	78	0	72	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	79	0	69	0	- 0
Measles	80	0	59	12	- 12
Trichuriasis	81	0	71	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	82	0	77	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	83	0	76	0	- 0
Malaria	84	0	79	0	- 0
Depression	85	0	80	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	86	0	82	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to LESOTHO

Mexico

Lesotho

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.