LESOTHO VS NORWAY: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	NORWAY		LESOTHO		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	2,151	5	2,101	+ 50
Alzheimers & Dementia	2	1,805	29	194	+ 1,611
Lung Disease	3	1,101	9	1,102	- 1
Stroke	4	1,001	3	2,817	- 1,816
Lung Cancers	5	938	43	51	+ 887
Influenza and Pneumonia	6	726	2	3,214	- 2,488
Colon-Rectum Cancers	7	722	48	40	+ 683
Prostate Cancer	8	474	35	81	+ 393
Falls	9	314	31	128	+ 187
Pancreas Cancer	10	311	58	12	+ 299
Breast Cancer	11	282	34	97	+ 185
Lymphomas	12	261	36	78	+ 183
Suicide	13	256	7	1,539	- 1,283
Kidney Disease	14	247	10	1,015	- 768
Other Injuries	15	236	18	533	- 297
Diabetes Mellitus	16	226	6	2,000	- 1,773
Parkinson's Disease	17	224	41	55	+ 169
Skin Cancers	18	165	46	46	+ 118
Endocrine Disorders	19	145	27	235	- 90
Bladder Cancer	20	144	61	10	+ 134
Leukemia	21	143	49	39	+ 104
Stomach Cancer	22	139	60	11	+ 128
Other Neoplasms	23	131	62	9	+ 122
Ovary Cancer	24	125	53	24	+ 100
Drug Use	25	107	50	32	+ 75
Liver Cancer	26	105	39	71	+ 34
Oesophagus Cancer	27	100	37	73	+ 27
Hypertension	28	93	11	990	- 897
Inflammatory/Heart	29	89	23	305	- 216
Liver Disease	30	86	14	792	- 706
Alcohol	31	83	38	71	+ 12
Oral Cancer	32	68	42	52	+ 16
Peptic Ulcer Disease	33	65	25	279	- 214
Congenital Anomalies	34	55	19	389	- 334
Malnutrition	35	55	21	357	- 303
Uterin Cancer	36	54	54	23	+ 31
Diarrhoeal diseases	37	52	4	2,354	- 2,302
Skin Disease	38	52	40	70	- 18
Cervical Cancer	39	51	20	372	- 322
Epilepsy	40	48	30	143	- 95
Multiple Sclerosis	41	48	63	6	+ 42
Road Traffic Accidents	42	46	16	678	- 632
Asthma	43	34	17	678	- 644
Anemia	44	30	83	0	+ 30
Drownings	45	26	28	200	- 174
Rheumatic Heart Disease	46	25	32	126	- 101
Rheumatoid Arthritis	47	24	56	18	+ 6
Fires	48	18	26	269	- 251
Prostatic Hypertrophy	49	13	85	0	+ 13
Violence	50	13	13	924	- 911
Osteoarthritis	51	11	84	0	+ 11
Low Birth Weight	52	9	12	957	- 947
Schizophrenia	53	9	81	0	+ 9
Birth Trauma	54	7	15	717	- 710
Hepatitis C	55	7	64	2	+ 4
Tuberculosis	56	6	8	1,208	- 1,202
Poisonings	57	6	33	111	- 105
Meningitis	58	6	22	318	- 312
Appendicitis	59	5	52	25	- 20
Upper Respiratory	60	5	55	18	- 13
HIV/AIDS	61	4	1	4,767	- 4,763
Oral conditions	62	3	86	0	+ 3
Hepatitis B	63	1	51	27	- 25
Pertussis	64	1	44	51	- 51
Otitis Media	65	0	66	1	- 1
Maternal Conditions	66	0	24	292	- 292
Syphilis	67	0	45	50	- 50
War	68	0	68	0	- 0
Tetanus	69	0	47	45	- 45
Encephalitis	70	0	57	14	- 13
Diphtheria	71	0	69	0	- 0
Measles	72	0	59	12	- 12
Trichuriasis	73	0	71	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	74	0	72	0	- 0
Dengue	75	0	70	0	- 0
Ascariasis	76	0	67	1	- 1
Chlamydia	77	0	65	2	- 2
Leprosy	78	0	74	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	73	0	- 0
Chagas disease	80	0	78	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	81	0	75	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	82	0	77	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	83	0	76	0	- 0
Malaria	84	0	79	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	82	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	80	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to LESOTHO

Norway

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.