LESOTHO VS PAKISTAN: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	PAKISTAN		LESOTHO		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	2,125	5	2,101	+ 24
Stroke	2	1,248	3	2,817	- 1,568
Diarrhoeal diseases	3	921	4	2,354	- 1,433
Low Birth Weight	4	824	12	957	- 133
Lung Disease	5	768	9	1,102	- 334
Influenza and Pneumonia	6	737	2	3,214	- 2,477
Diabetes Mellitus	7	564	6	2,000	- 1,436
Birth Trauma	8	526	15	717	- 192
Kidney Disease	9	501	10	1,015	- 513
Liver Disease	10	484	14	792	- 308
Tuberculosis	11	372	8	1,208	- 837
Road Traffic Accidents	12	249	16	678	- 430
Other Injuries	13	238	18	533	- 294
Congenital Anomalies	14	232	19	389	- 157
Rheumatic Heart Disease	15	230	32	126	+ 104
Hypertension	16	202	11	990	- 788
Asthma	17	183	17	678	- 495
Suicide	18	171	7	1,539	- 1,369
Meningitis	19	159	22	318	- 159
Breast Cancer	20	159	34	97	+ 62
Oral Cancer	21	152	42	52	+ 100
Alzheimers & Dementia	22	134	29	194	- 60
Violence	23	114	13	924	- 810
Maternal Conditions	24	109	24	292	- 183
Endocrine Disorders	25	101	27	235	- 134
Lung Cancers	26	86	43	51	+ 34
Malnutrition	27	78	21	357	- 279
Falls	28	76	31	128	- 52
Oesophagus Cancer	29	69	37	73	- 4
Tetanus	30	67	47	45	+ 21
Lymphomas	31	62	36	78	- 16
HIV/AIDS	32	60	1	4,767	- 4,707
Encephalitis	33	59	57	14	+ 45
Pertussis	34	56	44	51	+ 5
Parkinson's Disease	35	54	41	55	- 1
Peptic Ulcer Disease	36	48	25	279	- 231
Drownings	37	47	28	200	- 152
Colon-Rectum Cancers	38	47	48	40	+ 7
Leukemia	39	46	49	39	+ 8
Epilepsy	40	43	30	143	- 100
Liver Cancer	41	39	39	71	- 32
Fires	42	38	26	269	- 231
Stomach Cancer	43	36	60	11	+ 25
Cervical Cancer	44	35	20	372	- 337
Prostate Cancer	45	31	35	81	- 49
Ovary Cancer	46	31	53	24	+ 7
Poisonings	47	30	33	111	- 81
Bladder Cancer	48	24	61	10	+ 14
Measles	49	23	59	12	+ 11
Alcohol	50	22	38	71	- 49
Appendicitis	51	22	52	25	- 3
Inflammatory/Heart	52	20	23	305	- 285
Hepatitis B	53	20	51	27	- 7
Skin Cancers	54	14	46	46	- 33
Dengue	55	13	70	0	+ 13
Rheumatoid Arthritis	56	12	56	18	- 6
Syphilis	57	11	45	50	- 39
Hepatitis C	58	11	64	2	+ 8
Uterin Cancer	59	11	54	23	- 13
Pancreas Cancer	60	9	58	12	- 3
Drug Use	61	7	50	32	- 24
War	62	5	68	0	+ 5
Malaria	63	5	79	0	+ 5
Other Neoplasms	64	4	62	9	- 6
Multiple Sclerosis	65	4	63	6	- 2
Upper Respiratory	66	3	55	18	- 16
Skin Disease	67	1	40	70	- 69
Ascariasis	68	1	67	1	- 0
Diphtheria	69	1	69	0	+ 0
Chlamydia	70	0	65	2	- 1
Otitis Media	71	0	66	1	- 1
Leishmaniasis	72	0	75	0	+ 0
Trypanosomiasis	73	0	77	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	74	0	76	0	- 0
Chagas disease	75	0	78	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	76	0	73	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	77	0	71	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	78	0	72	0	- 0
Leprosy	79	0	74	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	80	0	84	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	81	0	85	0	- 0
Oral conditions	82	0	86	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	83	0	81	0	- 0
Depression	84	0	80	0	- 0
Anemia	85	0	83	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	86	0	82	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to LESOTHO

Pakistan

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.