LESOTHO VS NICARAGUA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	NICARAGUA		LESOTHO		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	1,949	5	2,101	- 151
Kidney Disease	2	1,179	10	1,015	+ 164
Stroke	3	742	3	2,817	- 2,075
Diabetes Mellitus	4	690	6	2,000	- 1,310
Lung Disease	5	524	9	1,102	- 578
Liver Disease	6	401	14	792	- 391
Influenza and Pneumonia	7	384	2	3,214	- 2,830
Road Traffic Accidents	8	370	16	678	- 309
Hypertension	9	368	11	990	- 622
Violence	10	206	13	924	- 718
Congenital Anomalies	11	190	19	389	- 199
Liver Cancer	12	170	39	71	+ 99
Low Birth Weight	13	163	12	957	- 793
Stomach Cancer	14	159	60	11	+ 149
Prostate Cancer	15	129	35	81	+ 48
Cervical Cancer	16	125	20	372	- 248
Other Injuries	17	119	18	533	- 414
Colon-Rectum Cancers	18	105	48	40	+ 66
Suicide	19	95	7	1,539	- 1,445
Breast Cancer	20	94	34	97	- 3
Alcohol	21	93	38	71	+ 22
Falls	22	92	31	128	- 36
Lung Cancers	23	91	43	51	+ 40
Leukemia	24	76	49	39	+ 37
Birth Trauma	25	66	15	717	- 651
Other Neoplasms	26	64	62	9	+ 55
Pancreas Cancer	27	59	58	12	+ 47
Endocrine Disorders	28	55	27	235	- 180
Lymphomas	29	55	36	78	- 23
Malnutrition	30	54	21	357	- 303
Skin Disease	31	54	40	70	- 16
Drownings	32	52	28	200	- 148
Alzheimers & Dementia	33	50	29	194	- 144
Inflammatory/Heart	34	47	23	305	- 259
HIV/AIDS	35	46	1	4,767	- 4,721
Diarrhoeal diseases	36	41	4	2,354	- 2,313
Tuberculosis	37	38	8	1,208	- 1,170
Asthma	38	35	17	678	- 643
Maternal Conditions	39	29	24	292	- 263
Peptic Ulcer Disease	40	29	25	279	- 250
Epilepsy	41	25	30	143	- 119
Parkinson's Disease	42	22	41	55	- 33
Oral Cancer	43	21	42	52	- 30
Ovary Cancer	44	20	53	24	- 4
Skin Cancers	45	20	46	46	- 27
Drug Use	46	17	50	32	- 15
Oesophagus Cancer	47	14	37	73	- 59
Uterin Cancer	48	13	54	23	- 10
Appendicitis	49	11	52	25	- 14
Rheumatoid Arthritis	50	10	56	18	- 8
Meningitis	51	10	22	318	- 308
Bladder Cancer	52	9	61	10	- 0
Anemia	53	9	83	0	+ 9
Rheumatic Heart Disease	54	7	32	126	- 119
Poisonings	55	6	33	111	- 105
Prostatic Hypertrophy	56	6	85	0	+ 6
Fires	57	5	26	269	- 263
Encephalitis	58	3	57	14	- 10
Osteoarthritis	59	3	84	0	+ 3
Syphilis	60	3	45	50	- 47
Multiple Sclerosis	61	2	63	6	- 4
Hepatitis B	62	2	51	27	- 25
Oral conditions	63	2	86	0	+ 2
Dengue	64	1	70	0	+ 1
Chagas disease	65	1	78	0	+ 1
Schizophrenia	66	1	81	0	+ 1
Pertussis	67	1	44	51	- 50
Hepatitis C	68	0	64	2	- 2
Ascariasis	69	0	67	1	- 0
War	70	0	68	0	- 0
Leprosy	71	0	74	0	+ 0
Upper Respiratory	72	0	55	18	- 18
Iodine Deficiency	73	0	73	0	+ 0
Chlamydia	74	0	65	2	- 1
Otitis Media	75	0	66	1	- 1
Leishmaniasis	76	0	75	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	77	0	69	0	- 0
Measles	78	0	59	12	- 12
Tetanus	79	0	47	45	- 45
Hookworm Disease	80	0	72	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	81	0	71	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	82	0	77	0	- 0
Malaria	83	0	79	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	84	0	76	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	82	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	80	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to LESOTHO

Nicaragua

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.