LESOTHO VS PERU: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	PERU		LESOTHO		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Influenza and Pneumonia	1	1,047	2	3,214	- 2,167
Coronary Heart Disease	2	941	5	2,101	- 1,160
Stroke	3	528	3	2,817	- 2,289
Kidney Disease	4	494	10	1,015	- 520
Liver Disease	5	436	14	792	- 356
Alzheimers & Dementia	6	397	29	194	+ 203
Stomach Cancer	7	347	60	11	+ 336
Diabetes Mellitus	8	303	6	2,000	- 1,696
Road Traffic Accidents	9	302	16	678	- 377
Lung Cancers	10	217	43	51	+ 165
Prostate Cancer	11	216	35	81	+ 136
Violence	12	206	13	924	- 718
Other Injuries	13	196	18	533	- 336
Colon-Rectum Cancers	14	181	48	40	+ 141
Lung Disease	15	172	9	1,102	- 930
Liver Cancer	16	169	39	71	+ 99
Tuberculosis	17	162	8	1,208	- 1,046
Lymphomas	18	154	36	78	+ 76
Congenital Anomalies	19	136	19	389	- 253
Breast Cancer	20	135	34	97	+ 37
Cervical Cancer	21	131	20	372	- 241
Leukemia	22	126	49	39	+ 88
Pancreas Cancer	23	110	58	12	+ 98
Low Birth Weight	24	101	12	957	- 856
Falls	25	88	31	128	- 40
Parkinson's Disease	26	87	41	55	+ 32
Diarrhoeal diseases	27	76	4	2,354	- 2,278
Hypertension	28	72	11	990	- 917
Malnutrition	29	69	21	357	- 288
Suicide	30	62	7	1,539	- 1,478
HIV/AIDS	31	58	1	4,767	- 4,709
Skin Cancers	32	54	46	46	+ 7
Ovary Cancer	33	49	53	24	+ 24
Drug Use	34	43	50	32	+ 12
Peptic Ulcer Disease	35	42	25	279	- 237
Drownings	36	40	28	200	- 160
Birth Trauma	37	37	15	717	- 681
Oral Cancer	38	35	42	52	- 16
Inflammatory/Heart	39	34	23	305	- 271
Endocrine Disorders	40	32	27	235	- 203
Bladder Cancer	41	32	61	10	+ 22
Oesophagus Cancer	42	27	37	73	- 47
Maternal Conditions	43	24	24	292	- 269
Alcohol	44	22	38	71	- 49
Uterin Cancer	45	21	54	23	- 3
Encephalitis	46	19	57	14	+ 6
Epilepsy	47	18	30	143	- 126
Pertussis	48	18	44	51	- 33
Fires	49	16	26	269	- 252
Asthma	50	14	17	678	- 664
Rheumatic Heart Disease	51	14	32	126	- 112
Syphilis	52	12	45	50	- 38
Appendicitis	53	12	52	25	- 13
Skin Disease	54	11	40	70	- 59
Poisonings	55	9	33	111	- 102
Meningitis	56	8	22	318	- 310
Rheumatoid Arthritis	57	7	56	18	- 11
Other Neoplasms	58	4	62	9	- 6
Chagas disease	59	3	78	0	+ 3
Tetanus	60	3	47	45	- 42
Malaria	61	2	79	0	+ 2
Multiple Sclerosis	62	2	63	6	- 4
Upper Respiratory	63	1	55	18	- 17
Hepatitis B	64	1	51	27	- 26
Hepatitis C	65	0	64	2	- 2
Dengue	66	0	70	0	+ 0
War	67	0	68	0	- 0
Chlamydia	68	0	65	2	- 1
Ascariasis	69	0	67	1	- 1
Diphtheria	70	0	69	0	- 0
Otitis Media	71	0	66	1	- 1
Leprosy	72	0	74	0	- 0
Measles	73	0	59	12	- 12
Trichuriasis	74	0	71	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	75	0	72	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	76	0	75	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	77	0	76	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	77	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	73	0	- 0
Depression	80	0	80	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	81	0	82	0	- 0
Anemia	82	0	83	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	83	0	81	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	84	0	85	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	85	0	84	0	- 0
Oral conditions	86	0	86	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to LESOTHO

Peru

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.