LESOTHO VS PORTUGAL: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	PORTUGAL		LESOTHO		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	2,810	5	2,101	+ 709
Stroke	2	2,693	3	2,817	- 124
Alzheimers & Dementia	3	1,569	29	194	+ 1,375
Influenza and Pneumonia	4	1,495	2	3,214	- 1,719
Lung Cancers	5	962	43	51	+ 911
Colon-Rectum Cancers	6	958	48	40	+ 918
Lung Disease	7	935	9	1,102	- 167
Diabetes Mellitus	8	786	6	2,000	- 1,214
Kidney Disease	9	612	10	1,015	- 403
Stomach Cancer	10	553	60	11	+ 542
Prostate Cancer	11	463	35	81	+ 383
Breast Cancer	12	436	34	97	+ 339
Other Injuries	13	423	18	533	- 110
Hypertension	14	410	11	990	- 580
Pancreas Cancer	15	364	58	12	+ 352
Lymphomas	16	351	36	78	+ 273
Endocrine Disorders	17	338	27	235	+ 103
Liver Cancer	18	277	39	71	+ 207
Suicide	19	256	7	1,539	- 1,284
Bladder Cancer	20	255	61	10	+ 246
Parkinson's Disease	21	249	41	55	+ 194
Liver Disease	22	246	14	792	- 546
Falls	23	225	31	128	+ 98
Leukemia	24	222	49	39	+ 183
Oral Cancer	25	199	42	52	+ 147
Inflammatory/Heart	26	198	23	305	- 107
Road Traffic Accidents	27	183	16	678	- 496
Other Neoplasms	28	142	62	9	+ 133
Oesophagus Cancer	29	136	37	73	+ 62
Skin Cancers	30	114	46	46	+ 68
Epilepsy	31	91	30	143	- 53
Uterin Cancer	32	89	54	23	+ 65
Ovary Cancer	33	87	53	24	+ 62
Cervical Cancer	34	72	20	372	- 301
HIV/AIDS	35	70	1	4,767	- 4,698
Diarrhoeal diseases	36	50	4	2,354	- 2,304
Peptic Ulcer Disease	37	50	25	279	- 229
Tuberculosis	38	46	8	1,208	- 1,162
Skin Disease	39	44	40	70	- 26
Congenital Anomalies	40	43	19	389	- 346
Rheumatic Heart Disease	41	37	32	126	- 89
Anemia	42	33	83	0	+ 33
Asthma	43	32	17	678	- 646
Drug Use	44	28	50	32	- 4
Alcohol	45	24	38	71	- 47
Fires	46	24	26	269	- 245
Rheumatoid Arthritis	47	22	56	18	+ 4
Violence	48	21	13	924	- 903
Hepatitis C	49	19	64	2	+ 16
Prostatic Hypertrophy	50	18	85	0	+ 18
Drownings	51	17	28	200	- 183
Low Birth Weight	52	17	12	957	- 940
Malnutrition	53	17	21	357	- 340
Multiple Sclerosis	54	12	63	6	+ 6
Schizophrenia	55	11	81	0	+ 11
Meningitis	56	9	22	318	- 308
Poisonings	57	6	33	111	- 105
Osteoarthritis	58	6	84	0	+ 6
Hepatitis B	59	6	51	27	- 21
Birth Trauma	60	5	15	717	- 712
Appendicitis	61	5	52	25	- 20
Upper Respiratory	62	3	55	18	- 15
Maternal Conditions	63	2	24	292	- 291
Syphilis	64	1	45	50	- 50
Oral conditions	65	1	86	0	+ 1
Otitis Media	66	1	66	1	- 1
Encephalitis	67	0	57	14	- 13
Leishmaniasis	68	0	75	0	+ 0
War	69	0	68	0	- 0
Leprosy	70	0	74	0	+ 0
Measles	71	0	59	12	- 12
Pertussis	72	0	44	51	- 51
Tetanus	73	0	47	45	- 45
Diphtheria	74	0	69	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	75	0	73	0	- 0
Chlamydia	76	0	65	2	- 2
Schistosomiasis	77	0	76	0	- 0
Malaria	78	0	79	0	- 0
Chagas disease	79	0	78	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	80	0	77	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	81	0	71	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	82	0	72	0	- 0
Ascariasis	83	0	67	1	- 1
Dengue	84	0	70	0	- 0
Depression	85	0	80	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	86	0	82	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to LESOTHO

Portugal

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.