LESOTHO VS SPAIN: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	SPAIN		LESOTHO		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	2,435	5	2,101	+ 334
Alzheimers & Dementia	2	1,995	29	194	+ 1,801
Stroke	3	1,366	3	2,817	- 1,450
Lung Cancers	4	1,043	43	51	+ 992
Lung Disease	5	892	9	1,102	- 210
Colon-Rectum Cancers	6	799	48	40	+ 759
Influenza and Pneumonia	7	646	2	3,214	- 2,568
Kidney Disease	8	458	10	1,015	- 556
Hypertension	9	429	11	990	- 561
Diabetes Mellitus	10	366	6	2,000	- 1,633
Breast Cancer	11	333	34	97	+ 236
Pancreas Cancer	12	318	58	12	+ 306
Prostate Cancer	13	302	35	81	+ 222
Stomach Cancer	14	273	60	11	+ 262
Other Injuries	15	261	18	533	- 272
Lymphomas	16	251	36	78	+ 173
Bladder Cancer	17	246	61	10	+ 236
Liver Cancer	18	240	39	71	+ 170
Inflammatory/Heart	19	235	23	305	- 70
Parkinson's Disease	20	233	41	55	+ 178
Endocrine Disorders	21	229	27	235	- 6
Other Neoplasms	22	224	62	9	+ 214
Liver Disease	23	199	14	792	- 593
Leukemia	24	178	49	39	+ 139
Suicide	25	170	7	1,539	- 1,369
Falls	26	153	31	128	+ 25
Oral Cancer	27	122	42	52	+ 70
Ovary Cancer	28	95	53	24	+ 71
Oesophagus Cancer	29	95	37	73	+ 21
Skin Disease	30	87	40	70	+ 17
Road Traffic Accidents	31	86	16	678	- 592
Skin Cancers	32	85	46	46	+ 39
Rheumatic Heart Disease	33	76	32	126	- 50
Uterin Cancer	34	76	54	23	+ 52
Asthma	35	53	17	678	- 624
Diarrhoeal diseases	36	50	4	2,354	- 2,304
Anemia	37	43	83	0	+ 43
Congenital Anomalies	38	41	19	389	- 349
Cervical Cancer	39	40	20	372	- 332
Epilepsy	40	39	30	143	- 105
Drug Use	41	37	50	32	+ 5
Hepatitis C	42	31	64	2	+ 28
HIV/AIDS	43	25	1	4,767	- 4,742
Peptic Ulcer Disease	44	22	25	279	- 256
Drownings	45	21	28	200	- 179
Alcohol	46	16	38	71	- 55
Malnutrition	47	14	21	357	- 343
Rheumatoid Arthritis	48	14	56	18	- 4
Multiple Sclerosis	49	14	63	6	+ 8
Tuberculosis	50	13	8	1,208	- 1,196
Violence	51	12	13	924	- 912
Low Birth Weight	52	12	12	957	- 945
Osteoarthritis	53	10	84	0	+ 10
Prostatic Hypertrophy	54	10	85	0	+ 10
Fires	55	9	26	269	- 260
Schizophrenia	56	9	81	0	+ 9
Poisonings	57	8	33	111	- 103
Hepatitis B	58	8	51	27	- 19
Meningitis	59	6	22	318	- 312
Birth Trauma	60	5	15	717	- 712
Appendicitis	61	4	52	25	- 21
Upper Respiratory	62	2	55	18	- 16
Oral conditions	63	2	86	0	+ 2
Maternal Conditions	64	1	24	292	- 292
Leishmaniasis	65	1	75	0	+ 1
Otitis Media	66	0	66	1	- 1
Syphilis	67	0	45	50	- 50
War	68	0	68	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	69	0	73	0	+ 0
Encephalitis	70	0	57	14	- 13
Chagas disease	71	0	78	0	+ 0
Tetanus	72	0	47	45	- 45
Pertussis	73	0	44	51	- 51
Schistosomiasis	74	0	76	0	+ 0
Leprosy	75	0	74	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	76	0	69	0	- 0
Dengue	77	0	70	0	- 0
Ascariasis	78	0	67	1	- 1
Hookworm Disease	79	0	72	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	80	0	71	0	- 0
Measles	81	0	59	12	- 12
Chlamydia	82	0	65	2	- 2
Malaria	83	0	79	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	84	0	77	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	82	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	80	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to LESOTHO

Spain

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.