LESOTHO VS SOMALIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	SOMALIA		LESOTHO		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Influenza and Pneumonia	1	3,715	2	3,214	+ 501
Diarrhoeal diseases	2	2,629	4	2,354	+ 275
Measles	3	1,981	59	12	+ 1,969
Tuberculosis	4	1,756	8	1,208	+ 548
Birth Trauma	5	1,638	15	717	+ 921
Stroke	6	1,471	3	2,817	- 1,346
Coronary Heart Disease	7	1,238	5	2,101	- 863
Low Birth Weight	8	1,070	12	957	+ 113
Meningitis	9	921	22	318	+ 603
Malnutrition	10	826	21	357	+ 468
Road Traffic Accidents	11	724	16	678	+ 46
Maternal Conditions	12	706	24	292	+ 414
Liver Disease	13	670	14	792	- 122
Other Injuries	14	616	18	533	+ 84
Congenital Anomalies	15	584	19	389	+ 194
Diabetes Mellitus	16	494	6	2,000	- 1,505
Tetanus	17	453	47	45	+ 408
Hypertension	18	452	11	990	- 538
Lung Disease	19	418	9	1,102	- 684
Pertussis	20	351	44	51	+ 300
Kidney Disease	21	351	10	1,015	- 664
Malaria	22	332	79	0	+ 332
Asthma	23	321	17	678	- 356
War	24	226	68	0	+ 225
Drownings	25	218	28	200	+ 18
Breast Cancer	26	211	34	97	+ 114
Suicide	27	209	7	1,539	- 1,331
Cervical Cancer	28	151	20	372	- 221
Violence	29	142	13	924	- 782
Fires	30	139	26	269	- 130
Poisonings	31	130	33	111	+ 19
Alzheimers & Dementia	32	111	29	194	- 83
HIV/AIDS	33	104	1	4,767	- 4,663
Lymphomas	34	103	36	78	+ 26
Leukemia	35	96	49	39	+ 57
Peptic Ulcer Disease	36	96	25	279	- 183
Falls	37	94	31	128	- 34
Colon-Rectum Cancers	38	93	48	40	+ 54
Inflammatory/Heart	39	89	23	305	- 216
Oesophagus Cancer	40	88	37	73	+ 15
Rheumatic Heart Disease	41	76	32	126	- 49
Schistosomiasis	42	75	76	0	+ 75
Epilepsy	43	72	30	143	- 72
Endocrine Disorders	44	70	27	235	- 165
Syphilis	45	65	45	50	+ 14
Oral Cancer	46	56	42	52	+ 4
Upper Respiratory	47	56	55	18	+ 38
Hepatitis B	48	54	51	27	+ 27
Stomach Cancer	49	53	60	11	+ 42
Ovary Cancer	50	50	53	24	+ 26
Leishmaniasis	51	50	75	0	+ 50
Prostate Cancer	52	49	35	81	- 32
Liver Cancer	53	44	39	71	- 27
Lung Cancers	54	40	43	51	- 11
Appendicitis	55	32	52	25	+ 7
Parkinson's Disease	56	31	41	55	- 23
Skin Cancers	57	28	46	46	- 18
Skin Disease	58	26	40	70	- 44
Alcohol	59	26	38	71	- 45
Diphtheria	60	26	69	0	+ 25
Bladder Cancer	61	26	61	10	+ 16
Pancreas Cancer	62	18	58	12	+ 6
Encephalitis	63	16	57	14	+ 2
Uterin Cancer	64	13	54	23	- 10
Drug Use	65	9	50	32	- 22
Rheumatoid Arthritis	66	6	56	18	- 12
Hepatitis C	67	6	64	2	+ 3
Otitis Media	68	5	66	1	+ 4
Ascariasis	69	5	67	1	+ 4
Other Neoplasms	70	2	62	9	- 7
Multiple Sclerosis	71	1	63	6	- 5
Chlamydia	72	1	65	2	- 1
Dengue	73	0	70	0	+ 0
Hookworm Disease	74	0	72	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	75	0	71	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	76	0	73	0	- 0
Leprosy	77	0	74	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	77	0	- 0
Chagas disease	79	0	78	0	- 0
Depression	80	0	80	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	81	0	81	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	82	0	82	0	- 0
Anemia	83	0	83	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	84	0	85	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	85	0	84	0	- 0
Oral conditions	86	0	86	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to LESOTHO

Somalia

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.