LESOTHO VS PHILIPPINES: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	PHILIPPINES		LESOTHO		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	2,447	5	2,101	+ 347
Influenza and Pneumonia	2	1,767	2	3,214	- 1,448
Stroke	3	1,397	3	2,817	- 1,420
Kidney Disease	4	742	10	1,015	- 273
Hypertension	5	650	11	990	- 340
Lung Disease	6	613	9	1,102	- 489
Diabetes Mellitus	7	608	6	2,000	- 1,392
Tuberculosis	8	510	8	1,208	- 699
Violence	9	279	13	924	- 645
Road Traffic Accidents	10	245	16	678	- 433
Asthma	11	215	17	678	- 463
Endocrine Disorders	12	197	27	235	- 38
Lung Cancers	13	194	43	51	+ 143
Low Birth Weight	14	191	12	957	- 766
Breast Cancer	15	185	34	97	+ 88
Colon-Rectum Cancers	16	152	48	40	+ 112
Congenital Anomalies	17	152	19	389	- 238
Birth Trauma	18	150	15	717	- 567
Liver Cancer	19	144	39	71	+ 74
Liver Disease	20	133	14	792	- 659
Peptic Ulcer Disease	21	129	25	279	- 149
Diarrhoeal diseases	22	117	4	2,354	- 2,238
Other Neoplasms	23	97	62	9	+ 88
Malnutrition	24	81	21	357	- 276
Skin Disease	25	80	40	70	+ 10
Prostate Cancer	26	78	35	81	- 2
Drownings	27	73	28	200	- 127
Falls	28	73	31	128	- 55
Leukemia	29	68	49	39	+ 29
Inflammatory/Heart	30	67	23	305	- 238
Other Injuries	31	67	18	533	- 466
Anemia	32	65	83	0	+ 65
Cervical Cancer	33	58	20	372	- 314
Oral Cancer	34	55	42	52	+ 3
Suicide	35	44	7	1,539	- 1,496
Lymphomas	36	43	36	78	- 35
Pancreas Cancer	37	40	58	12	+ 28
Maternal Conditions	38	38	24	292	- 254
Alzheimers & Dementia	39	38	29	194	- 156
Ovary Cancer	40	38	53	24	+ 13
Stomach Cancer	41	35	60	11	+ 24
Rheumatic Heart Disease	42	34	32	126	- 92
Pertussis	43	33	44	51	- 18
Syphilis	44	22	45	50	- 29
Epilepsy	45	21	30	143	- 122
Dengue	46	20	70	0	+ 20
Meningitis	47	20	22	318	- 298
Measles	48	17	59	12	+ 5
War	49	15	68	0	+ 15
Uterin Cancer	50	14	54	23	- 9
Prostatic Hypertrophy	51	14	85	0	+ 14
Drug Use	52	13	50	32	- 18
Oesophagus Cancer	53	13	37	73	- 61
Fires	54	11	26	269	- 257
Parkinson's Disease	55	11	41	55	- 44
Hepatitis B	56	11	51	27	- 16
Osteoarthritis	57	11	84	0	+ 11
Bladder Cancer	58	11	61	10	+ 1
Tetanus	59	10	47	45	- 35
Alcohol	60	8	38	71	- 63
Skin Cancers	61	7	46	46	- 39
Rheumatoid Arthritis	62	6	56	18	- 12
Appendicitis	63	5	52	25	- 20
Schistosomiasis	64	4	76	0	+ 4
Poisonings	65	4	33	111	- 107
HIV/AIDS	66	4	1	4,767	- 4,764
Encephalitis	67	3	57	14	- 10
Schizophrenia	68	2	81	0	+ 2
Malaria	69	2	79	0	+ 2
Upper Respiratory	70	1	55	18	- 17
Leprosy	71	1	74	0	+ 1
Multiple Sclerosis	72	1	63	6	- 5
Oral conditions	73	1	86	0	+ 1
Otitis Media	74	0	66	1	- 1
Diphtheria	75	0	69	0	+ 0
Ascariasis	76	0	67	1	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	77	0	73	0	+ 0
Chlamydia	78	0	65	2	- 1
Chagas disease	79	0	78	0	+ 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	80	0	82	0	+ 0
Hepatitis C	81	0	64	2	- 2
Leishmaniasis	82	0	75	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	83	0	77	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	84	0	72	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	85	0	71	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	80	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to LESOTHO

Philippines

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.