LESOTHO VS NEW ZEALAND: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	NEW ZEALAND		LESOTHO		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	2,199	5	2,101	+ 98
Alzheimers & Dementia	2	1,308	29	194	+ 1,114
Stroke	3	1,026	3	2,817	- 1,790
Lung Cancers	4	809	43	51	+ 758
Lung Disease	5	783	9	1,102	- 319
Colon-Rectum Cancers	6	645	48	40	+ 605
Influenza and Pneumonia	7	397	2	3,214	- 2,817
Diabetes Mellitus	8	332	6	2,000	- 1,668
Prostate Cancer	9	319	35	81	+ 238
Breast Cancer	10	318	34	97	+ 221
Falls	11	270	31	128	+ 143
Skin Cancers	12	264	46	46	+ 218
Lymphomas	13	262	36	78	+ 185
Pancreas Cancer	14	234	58	12	+ 222
Suicide	15	228	7	1,539	- 1,311
Road Traffic Accidents	16	198	16	678	- 481
Kidney Disease	17	186	10	1,015	- 828
Leukemia	18	169	49	39	+ 130
Parkinson's Disease	19	152	41	55	+ 98
Hypertension	20	141	11	990	- 849
Endocrine Disorders	21	140	27	235	- 95
Stomach Cancer	22	139	60	11	+ 129
Inflammatory/Heart	23	135	23	305	- 170
Liver Cancer	24	124	39	71	+ 54
Oesophagus Cancer	25	120	37	73	+ 47
Bladder Cancer	26	115	61	10	+ 106
Other Neoplasms	27	106	62	9	+ 97
Other Injuries	28	94	18	533	- 439
Ovary Cancer	29	89	53	24	+ 65
Congenital Anomalies	30	76	19	389	- 314
Oral Cancer	31	71	42	52	+ 19
Liver Disease	32	68	14	792	- 724
Uterin Cancer	33	62	54	23	+ 39
Skin Disease	34	51	40	70	- 19
Rheumatic Heart Disease	35	49	32	126	- 77
Asthma	36	39	17	678	- 639
Diarrhoeal diseases	37	35	4	2,354	- 2,319
Low Birth Weight	38	34	12	957	- 923
Peptic Ulcer Disease	39	30	25	279	- 248
Drug Use	40	30	50	32	- 2
Cervical Cancer	41	26	20	372	- 346
Violence	42	25	13	924	- 899
Epilepsy	43	24	30	143	- 120
Drownings	44	23	28	200	- 176
Alcohol	45	22	38	71	- 49
Rheumatoid Arthritis	46	20	56	18	+ 2
Multiple Sclerosis	47	19	63	6	+ 13
Hepatitis C	48	13	64	2	+ 10
Osteoarthritis	49	10	84	0	+ 10
Prostatic Hypertrophy	50	10	85	0	+ 10
Anemia	51	8	83	0	+ 8
Tuberculosis	52	7	8	1,208	- 1,201
Fires	53	7	26	269	- 261
Birth Trauma	54	6	15	717	- 711
Malnutrition	55	6	21	357	- 351
Hepatitis B	56	6	51	27	- 21
HIV/AIDS	57	4	1	4,767	- 4,763
Poisonings	58	4	33	111	- 107
Meningitis	59	4	22	318	- 314
Schizophrenia	60	3	81	0	+ 3
Oral conditions	61	3	86	0	+ 3
Appendicitis	62	3	52	25	- 22
Maternal Conditions	63	2	24	292	- 290
Upper Respiratory	64	2	55	18	- 17
Pertussis	65	0	44	51	- 51
Encephalitis	66	0	57	14	- 13
Otitis Media	67	0	66	1	- 1
War	68	0	68	0	- 0
Tetanus	69	0	47	45	- 45
Syphilis	70	0	45	50	- 50
Chlamydia	71	0	65	2	- 2
Leprosy	72	0	74	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	73	0	72	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	74	0	71	0	- 0
Dengue	75	0	70	0	- 0
Ascariasis	76	0	67	1	- 1
Schistosomiasis	77	0	76	0	- 0
Malaria	78	0	79	0	- 0
Chagas disease	79	0	78	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	80	0	75	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	81	0	77	0	- 0
Measles	82	0	59	12	- 12
Diphtheria	83	0	69	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	84	0	73	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	82	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	80	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to LESOTHO

New Zealand

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.