LESOTHO VS NEPAL: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	NEPAL		LESOTHO		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Lung Disease	1	1,934	9	1,102	+ 833
Coronary Heart Disease	2	1,408	5	2,101	- 693
Tuberculosis	3	1,183	8	1,208	- 25
Stroke	4	924	3	2,817	- 1,893
Liver Disease	5	457	14	792	- 335
Influenza and Pneumonia	6	446	2	3,214	- 2,768
Diarrhoeal diseases	7	434	4	2,354	- 1,920
Asthma	8	424	17	678	- 253
Road Traffic Accidents	9	333	16	678	- 345
Kidney Disease	10	307	10	1,015	- 708
Low Birth Weight	11	274	12	957	- 683
Lung Cancers	12	257	43	51	+ 206
Falls	13	238	31	128	+ 110
Diabetes Mellitus	14	210	6	2,000	- 1,790
Birth Trauma	15	191	15	717	- 526
Suicide	16	184	7	1,539	- 1,355
Rheumatic Heart Disease	17	166	32	126	+ 41
Hypertension	18	150	11	990	- 840
Alzheimers & Dementia	19	145	29	194	- 49
Cervical Cancer	20	141	20	372	- 231
Congenital Anomalies	21	139	19	389	- 250
Other Injuries	22	118	18	533	- 414
Drownings	23	108	28	200	- 92
Oral Cancer	24	99	42	52	+ 48
Stomach Cancer	25	99	60	11	+ 88
Colon-Rectum Cancers	26	84	48	40	+ 44
Breast Cancer	27	74	34	97	- 23
Maternal Conditions	28	70	24	292	- 222
Encephalitis	29	63	57	14	+ 50
Epilepsy	30	63	30	143	- 81
Malnutrition	31	60	21	357	- 297
Lymphomas	32	55	36	78	- 23
Parkinson's Disease	33	54	41	55	- 0
HIV/AIDS	34	53	1	4,767	- 4,715
Violence	35	50	13	924	- 874
Leukemia	36	48	49	39	+ 9
Ovary Cancer	37	42	53	24	+ 17
Oesophagus Cancer	38	35	37	73	- 38
Poisonings	39	34	33	111	- 77
Pertussis	40	32	44	51	- 19
Pancreas Cancer	41	32	58	12	+ 20
Skin Cancers	42	29	46	46	- 18
Meningitis	43	27	22	318	- 291
Bladder Cancer	44	23	61	10	+ 14
Endocrine Disorders	45	18	27	235	- 216
Liver Cancer	46	18	39	71	- 52
Appendicitis	47	16	52	25	- 9
Inflammatory/Heart	48	16	23	305	- 290
Peptic Ulcer Disease	49	14	25	279	- 265
Fires	50	13	26	269	- 256
Rheumatoid Arthritis	51	12	56	18	- 6
Alcohol	52	12	38	71	- 59
Tetanus	53	10	47	45	- 36
Syphilis	54	10	45	50	- 41
Dengue	55	9	70	0	+ 8
Hepatitis B	56	8	51	27	- 18
Drug Use	57	7	50	32	- 25
Prostate Cancer	58	6	35	81	- 75
Measles	59	4	59	12	- 7
Uterin Cancer	60	4	54	23	- 19
Other Neoplasms	61	4	62	9	- 6
Leishmaniasis	62	3	75	0	+ 3
Multiple Sclerosis	63	3	63	6	- 3
Hepatitis C	64	2	64	2	- 0
War	65	2	68	0	+ 1
Upper Respiratory	66	2	55	18	- 16
Skin Disease	67	1	40	70	- 69
Chlamydia	68	0	65	2	- 1
Ascariasis	69	0	67	1	- 0
Otitis Media	70	0	66	1	- 1
Diphtheria	71	0	69	0	- 0
Malaria	72	0	79	0	+ 0
Schistosomiasis	73	0	76	0	- 0
Chagas disease	74	0	78	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	75	0	77	0	- 0
Leprosy	76	0	74	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	77	0	71	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	78	0	72	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
Schizophrenia	84	0	81	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	82	0	- 0
Anemia	86	0	83	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to LESOTHO

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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.