LESOTHO VS SAINT LUCIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	SAINT LUCIA		LESOTHO		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Stroke	1	2,496	3	2,817	- 320
Coronary Heart Disease	2	1,972	5	2,101	- 129
Diabetes Mellitus	3	1,851	6	2,000	- 148
Kidney Disease	4	1,056	10	1,015	+ 42
Influenza and Pneumonia	5	871	2	3,214	- 2,344
Prostate Cancer	6	746	35	81	+ 665
Road Traffic Accidents	7	723	16	678	+ 45
Lung Disease	8	700	9	1,102	- 402
Hypertension	9	695	11	990	- 294
Alzheimers & Dementia	10	631	29	194	+ 437
Violence	11	490	13	924	- 433
Liver Disease	12	462	14	792	- 330
Inflammatory/Heart	13	418	23	305	+ 112
Breast Cancer	14	337	34	97	+ 240
Stomach Cancer	15	290	60	11	+ 280
Colon-Rectum Cancers	16	280	48	40	+ 240
Endocrine Disorders	17	267	27	235	+ 33
Lung Cancers	18	248	43	51	+ 197
Low Birth Weight	19	228	12	957	- 729
Skin Disease	20	214	40	70	+ 144
Other Injuries	21	196	18	533	- 337
Suicide	22	191	7	1,539	- 1,349
Parkinson's Disease	23	184	41	55	+ 129
Lymphomas	24	173	36	78	+ 96
Cervical Cancer	25	157	20	372	- 215
Falls	26	140	31	128	+ 12
Asthma	27	127	17	678	- 551
Drownings	28	124	28	200	- 76
Alcohol	29	123	38	71	+ 52
Congenital Anomalies	30	107	19	389	- 282
Pancreas Cancer	31	107	58	12	+ 95
Epilepsy	32	94	30	143	- 49
Malnutrition	33	87	21	357	- 270
Peptic Ulcer Disease	34	71	25	279	- 208
Diarrhoeal diseases	35	61	4	2,354	- 2,293
Leukemia	36	59	49	39	+ 20
Liver Cancer	37	54	39	71	- 17
Rheumatic Heart Disease	38	52	32	126	- 73
Fires	39	44	26	269	- 225
Oesophagus Cancer	40	42	37	73	- 32
Ovary Cancer	41	41	53	24	+ 17
Birth Trauma	42	41	15	717	- 676
Oral Cancer	43	41	42	52	- 11
Tuberculosis	44	39	8	1,208	- 1,170
Uterin Cancer	45	27	54	23	+ 4
Drug Use	46	25	50	32	- 6
Maternal Conditions	47	24	24	292	- 268
Other Neoplasms	48	24	62	9	+ 15
Meningitis	49	19	22	318	- 298
Rheumatoid Arthritis	50	17	56	18	- 1
Appendicitis	51	15	52	25	- 10
Encephalitis	52	15	57	14	+ 1
Dengue	53	8	70	0	+ 8
Multiple Sclerosis	54	6	63	6	- 0
Poisonings	55	3	33	111	- 108
Tetanus	56	3	47	45	- 42
Syphilis	57	2	45	50	- 48
War	58	2	68	0	+ 2
Upper Respiratory	59	2	55	18	- 16
Hepatitis B	60	1	51	27	- 26
Schistosomiasis	61	1	76	0	+ 1
Chlamydia	62	1	65	2	- 1
Pertussis	63	0	44	51	- 51
Ascariasis	64	0	67	1	- 1
Hepatitis C	65	0	64	2	- 2
Otitis Media	66	0	66	1	- 1
Diphtheria	67	0	69	0	- 0
Skin Cancers	68	0	46	46	- 46
Vitamin A Deficiency	69	0	82	0	- 0
Anemia	70	0	83	0	- 0
Depression	71	0	80	0	- 0
Bladder Cancer	72	0	61	10	- 10
Schizophrenia	73	0	81	0	- 0
Oral conditions	74	0	86	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	75	0	84	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	76	0	85	0	- 0
Measles	77	0	59	12	- 12
Iodine Deficiency	78	0	73	0	- 0
Chagas disease	79	0	78	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	80	0	77	0	- 0
Malaria	81	0	79	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	82	0	75	0	- 0
Leprosy	83	0	74	0	- 0
HIV/AIDS	84	0	1	4,767	- 4,767
Trichuriasis	85	0	71	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	86	0	72	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to LESOTHO

Saint Lucia

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.