LESOTHO VS MOROCCO: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	MOROCCO		LESOTHO		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	4,608	5	2,101	+ 2,507
Stroke	2	1,898	3	2,817	- 919
Hypertension	3	640	11	990	- 350
Kidney Disease	4	609	10	1,015	- 406
Diabetes Mellitus	5	440	6	2,000	- 1,560
Influenza and Pneumonia	6	431	2	3,214	- 2,783
Lung Cancers	7	392	43	51	+ 341
Lung Disease	8	375	9	1,102	- 727
Road Traffic Accidents	9	368	16	678	- 310
Alzheimers & Dementia	10	296	29	194	+ 102
Liver Disease	11	290	14	792	- 502
Breast Cancer	12	215	34	97	+ 118
Asthma	13	199	17	678	- 479
Low Birth Weight	14	197	12	957	- 760
Tuberculosis	15	171	8	1,208	- 1,037
Suicide	16	156	7	1,539	- 1,384
Colon-Rectum Cancers	17	152	48	40	+ 113
Cervical Cancer	18	149	20	372	- 223
Falls	19	146	31	128	+ 19
Lymphomas	20	135	36	78	+ 58
Other Injuries	21	135	18	533	- 397
Congenital Anomalies	22	127	19	389	- 263
Birth Trauma	23	123	15	717	- 594
Prostate Cancer	24	114	35	81	+ 33
Stomach Cancer	25	101	60	11	+ 90
Parkinson's Disease	26	90	41	55	+ 35
Diarrhoeal diseases	27	71	4	2,354	- 2,283
Endocrine Disorders	28	67	27	235	- 168
Peptic Ulcer Disease	29	64	25	279	- 215
Bladder Cancer	30	64	61	10	+ 54
Leukemia	31	62	49	39	+ 23
Inflammatory/Heart	32	61	23	305	- 244
Fires	33	54	26	269	- 215
Ovary Cancer	34	48	53	24	+ 23
Oral Cancer	35	46	42	52	- 5
Pancreas Cancer	36	44	58	12	+ 32
Rheumatic Heart Disease	37	43	32	126	- 83
Maternal Conditions	38	42	24	292	- 250
Violence	39	38	13	924	- 886
Meningitis	40	32	22	318	- 285
Skin Cancers	41	28	46	46	- 18
Oesophagus Cancer	42	26	37	73	- 47
Drownings	43	25	28	200	- 175
Liver Cancer	44	25	39	71	- 45
Epilepsy	45	20	30	143	- 123
Pertussis	46	19	44	51	- 32
Drug Use	47	19	50	32	- 12
Hepatitis B	48	19	51	27	- 8
HIV/AIDS	49	17	1	4,767	- 4,750
Poisonings	50	16	33	111	- 95
Malnutrition	51	12	21	357	- 345
Encephalitis	52	11	57	14	- 3
Uterin Cancer	53	9	54	23	- 14
Skin Disease	54	9	40	70	- 61
Syphilis	55	8	45	50	- 42
Appendicitis	56	8	52	25	- 17
Alcohol	57	7	38	71	- 64
Multiple Sclerosis	58	6	63	6	+ 0
Tetanus	59	5	47	45	- 41
Other Neoplasms	60	4	62	9	- 5
Schistosomiasis	61	4	76	0	+ 4
Rheumatoid Arthritis	62	2	56	18	- 16
War	63	1	68	0	+ 1
Leishmaniasis	64	1	75	0	+ 1
Hepatitis C	65	0	64	2	- 2
Ascariasis	66	0	67	1	- 0
Upper Respiratory	67	0	55	18	- 18
Chlamydia	68	0	65	2	- 1
Diphtheria	69	0	69	0	- 0
Measles	70	0	59	12	- 12
Otitis Media	71	0	66	1	- 1
Leprosy	72	0	74	0	- 0
Malaria	73	0	79	0	- 0
Chagas disease	74	0	78	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	75	0	77	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	76	0	72	0	- 0
Dengue	77	0	70	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	78	0	71	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	73	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	80	0	85	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	81	0	84	0	- 0
Oral conditions	82	0	86	0	- 0
Depression	83	0	80	0	- 0
Anemia	84	0	83	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	82	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	86	0	81	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to LESOTHO

Morocco

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.