LESOTHO VS SAUDI ARABIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	SAUDI ARABIA		LESOTHO		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	2,379	5	2,101	+ 279
Stroke	2	1,024	3	2,817	- 1,793
Road Traffic Accidents	3	751	16	678	+ 72
Kidney Disease	4	552	10	1,015	- 463
Influenza and Pneumonia	5	374	2	3,214	- 2,840
Falls	6	326	31	128	+ 198
Liver Disease	7	301	14	792	- 491
Other Injuries	8	244	18	533	- 289
Diabetes Mellitus	9	237	6	2,000	- 1,762
Lung Disease	10	173	9	1,102	- 929
Alzheimers & Dementia	11	149	29	194	- 45
Congenital Anomalies	12	141	19	389	- 249
Suicide	13	125	7	1,539	- 1,415
Colon-Rectum Cancers	14	99	48	40	+ 60
Endocrine Disorders	15	88	27	235	- 147
Inflammatory/Heart	16	82	23	305	- 223
Asthma	17	71	17	678	- 607
Low Birth Weight	18	60	12	957	- 897
Leukemia	19	56	49	39	+ 18
Breast Cancer	20	55	34	97	- 42
Liver Cancer	21	52	39	71	- 19
Hypertension	22	51	11	990	- 939
Fires	23	50	26	269	- 218
Drownings	24	50	28	200	- 150
Parkinson's Disease	25	47	41	55	- 7
Lung Cancers	26	47	43	51	- 4
Tuberculosis	27	46	8	1,208	- 1,162
Lymphomas	28	44	36	78	- 34
Epilepsy	29	42	30	143	- 101
Violence	30	39	13	924	- 885
Pancreas Cancer	31	32	58	12	+ 20
Skin Disease	32	31	40	70	- 38
Drug Use	33	30	50	32	- 2
Oral Cancer	34	28	42	52	- 23
Diarrhoeal diseases	35	28	4	2,354	- 2,326
Stomach Cancer	36	24	60	11	+ 13
Birth Trauma	37	21	15	717	- 696
Uterin Cancer	38	20	54	23	- 4
Rheumatic Heart Disease	39	17	32	126	- 108
Poisonings	40	17	33	111	- 94
Peptic Ulcer Disease	41	17	25	279	- 262
Ovary Cancer	42	15	53	24	- 9
Encephalitis	43	14	57	14	+ 1
Oesophagus Cancer	44	14	37	73	- 59
Meningitis	45	14	22	318	- 304
Bladder Cancer	46	13	61	10	+ 3
HIV/AIDS	47	12	1	4,767	- 4,756
Maternal Conditions	48	11	24	292	- 282
Cervical Cancer	49	10	20	372	- 363
Prostate Cancer	50	9	35	81	- 72
Alcohol	51	8	38	71	- 63
Malnutrition	52	5	21	357	- 352
Hepatitis B	53	3	51	27	- 23
Pertussis	54	3	44	51	- 48
Skin Cancers	55	3	46	46	- 43
Multiple Sclerosis	56	3	63	6	- 3
Other Neoplasms	57	2	62	9	- 7
Appendicitis	58	2	52	25	- 23
Syphilis	59	2	45	50	- 49
Schistosomiasis	60	2	76	0	+ 2
Tetanus	61	1	47	45	- 44
Rheumatoid Arthritis	62	1	56	18	- 18
Dengue	63	1	70	0	+ 0
Hepatitis C	64	0	64	2	- 2
War	65	0	68	0	- 0
Ascariasis	66	0	67	1	- 1
Leishmaniasis	67	0	75	0	+ 0
Measles	68	0	59	12	- 12
Diphtheria	69	0	69	0	- 0
Upper Respiratory	70	0	55	18	- 18
Chlamydia	71	0	65	2	- 2
Otitis Media	72	0	66	1	- 1
Leprosy	73	0	74	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	74	0	77	0	- 0
Malaria	75	0	79	0	- 0
Chagas disease	76	0	78	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	77	0	73	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	78	0	71	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	79	0	72	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	80	0	84	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	81	0	85	0	- 0
Oral conditions	82	0	86	0	- 0
Depression	83	0	80	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	84	0	81	0	- 0
Anemia	85	0	83	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	86	0	82	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to LESOTHO

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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.