LESOTHO VS RUSSIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	RUSSIA		LESOTHO		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	8,901	5	2,101	+ 6,800
Stroke	2	5,176	3	2,817	+ 2,359
Lung Cancers	3	860	43	51	+ 809
Inflammatory/Heart	4	855	23	305	+ 550
Alzheimers & Dementia	5	768	29	194	+ 573
Liver Disease	6	719	14	792	- 73
Colon-Rectum Cancers	7	674	48	40	+ 635
Suicide	8	579	7	1,539	- 960
Lung Disease	9	579	9	1,102	- 523
Influenza and Pneumonia	10	513	2	3,214	- 2,702
Stomach Cancer	11	465	60	11	+ 454
Alcohol	12	443	38	71	+ 372
Breast Cancer	13	368	34	97	+ 271
Other Injuries	14	356	18	533	- 177
HIV/AIDS	15	336	1	4,767	- 4,431
Pancreas Cancer	16	321	58	12	+ 309
Hypertension	17	290	11	990	- 700
Diabetes Mellitus	18	290	6	2,000	- 1,709
Road Traffic Accidents	19	277	16	678	- 402
Prostate Cancer	20	223	35	81	+ 143
Falls	21	185	31	128	+ 57
Kidney Disease	22	183	10	1,015	- 831
Violence	23	181	13	924	- 743
Liver Cancer	24	177	39	71	+ 106
Oral Cancer	25	172	42	52	+ 120
Parkinson's Disease	26	148	41	55	+ 93
Drug Use	27	144	50	32	+ 113
Peptic Ulcer Disease	28	141	25	279	- 137
Lymphomas	29	141	36	78	+ 63
Tuberculosis	30	133	8	1,208	- 1,075
Leukemia	31	130	49	39	+ 91
Ovary Cancer	32	128	53	24	+ 104
Oesophagus Cancer	33	118	37	73	+ 44
Cervical Cancer	34	117	20	372	- 255
Uterin Cancer	35	109	54	23	+ 85
Drownings	36	105	28	200	- 95
Fires	37	101	26	269	- 168
Bladder Cancer	38	100	61	10	+ 90
Skin Cancers	39	89	46	46	+ 42
Poisonings	40	88	33	111	- 23
Congenital Anomalies	41	66	19	389	- 323
Rheumatic Heart Disease	42	44	32	126	- 82
Skin Disease	43	43	40	70	- 27
Low Birth Weight	44	34	12	957	- 923
Endocrine Disorders	45	32	27	235	- 203
Asthma	46	28	17	678	- 650
Encephalitis	47	17	57	14	+ 3
Meningitis	48	16	22	318	- 301
Multiple Sclerosis	49	13	63	6	+ 7
Rheumatoid Arthritis	50	12	56	18	- 6
Other Neoplasms	51	12	62	9	+ 2
Epilepsy	52	11	30	143	- 132
Birth Trauma	53	11	15	717	- 706
Appendicitis	54	6	52	25	- 18
Diarrhoeal diseases	55	6	4	2,354	- 2,348
Maternal Conditions	56	4	24	292	- 288
Malnutrition	57	4	21	357	- 353
Upper Respiratory	58	3	55	18	- 16
War	59	2	68	0	+ 2
Hepatitis B	60	1	51	27	- 26
Chlamydia	61	0	65	2	- 1
Syphilis	62	0	45	50	- 50
Tetanus	63	0	47	45	- 45
Otitis Media	64	0	66	1	- 1
Pertussis	65	0	44	51	- 51
Hepatitis C	66	0	64	2	- 2
Diphtheria	67	0	69	0	- 0
Measles	68	0	59	12	- 12
Iodine Deficiency	69	0	73	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	70	0	77	0	- 0
Chagas disease	71	0	78	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	72	0	76	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	73	0	75	0	- 0
Malaria	74	0	79	0	- 0
Leprosy	75	0	74	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	76	0	72	0	- 0
Ascariasis	77	0	67	1	- 1
Trichuriasis	78	0	71	0	- 0
Dengue	79	0	70	0	- 0
Depression	80	0	80	0	- 0
Anemia	81	0	83	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	82	0	82	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	83	0	81	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	84	0	84	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	85	0	85	0	- 0
Oral conditions	86	0	86	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to LESOTHO

Russia

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.