LESOTHO VS SRI LANKA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	SRI LANKA		LESOTHO		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	2,665	5	2,101	+ 565
Diabetes Mellitus	2	1,263	6	2,000	- 737
Lung Disease	3	958	9	1,102	- 144
Alzheimers & Dementia	4	703	29	194	+ 509
Kidney Disease	5	695	10	1,015	- 320
Stroke	6	690	3	2,817	- 2,127
Asthma	7	656	17	678	- 22
Influenza and Pneumonia	8	518	2	3,214	- 2,696
Road Traffic Accidents	9	426	16	678	- 253
Suicide	10	302	7	1,539	- 1,238
Oral Cancer	11	293	42	52	+ 242
Lung Cancers	12	180	43	51	+ 129
Oesophagus Cancer	13	156	37	73	+ 83
Other Injuries	14	155	18	533	- 378
Breast Cancer	15	140	34	97	+ 43
Stomach Cancer	16	134	60	11	+ 123
Liver Disease	17	132	14	792	- 660
Leukemia	18	117	49	39	+ 78
Liver Cancer	19	110	39	71	+ 40
Hypertension	20	107	11	990	- 883
Lymphomas	21	104	36	78	+ 26
Congenital Anomalies	22	100	19	389	- 289
Falls	23	98	31	128	- 30
Colon-Rectum Cancers	24	92	48	40	+ 53
Tuberculosis	25	78	8	1,208	- 1,130
Cervical Cancer	26	77	20	372	- 295
Drownings	27	74	28	200	- 126
Diarrhoeal diseases	28	61	4	2,354	- 2,293
Low Birth Weight	29	54	12	957	- 902
Prostate Cancer	30	51	35	81	- 29
Violence	31	51	13	924	- 873
Endocrine Disorders	32	47	27	235	- 188
Anemia	33	45	83	0	+ 45
Bladder Cancer	34	44	61	10	+ 34
Inflammatory/Heart	35	43	23	305	- 262
Skin Disease	36	30	40	70	- 40
Ovary Cancer	37	28	53	24	+ 4
War	38	28	68	0	+ 28
Epilepsy	39	27	30	143	- 116
Drug Use	40	26	50	32	- 6
Fires	41	24	26	269	- 245
Uterin Cancer	42	22	54	23	- 1
Pancreas Cancer	43	22	58	12	+ 9
Birth Trauma	44	20	15	717	- 698
Parkinson's Disease	45	17	41	55	- 38
Meningitis	46	15	22	318	- 303
Dengue	47	13	70	0	+ 13
Maternal Conditions	48	10	24	292	- 282
Poisonings	49	9	33	111	- 102
Other Neoplasms	50	9	62	9	- 1
Alcohol	51	8	38	71	- 62
Skin Cancers	52	6	46	46	- 40
Rheumatic Heart Disease	53	5	32	126	- 121
Malnutrition	54	4	21	357	- 353
HIV/AIDS	55	4	1	4,767	- 4,763
Peptic Ulcer Disease	56	4	25	279	- 275
Tetanus	57	3	47	45	- 42
Syphilis	58	1	45	50	- 49
Pertussis	59	1	44	51	- 50
Rheumatoid Arthritis	60	1	56	18	- 17
Encephalitis	61	1	57	14	- 13
Hepatitis B	62	1	51	27	- 26
Leprosy	63	1	74	0	+ 1
Appendicitis	64	1	52	25	- 24
Schizophrenia	65	1	81	0	+ 1
Upper Respiratory	66	0	55	18	- 18
Osteoarthritis	67	0	84	0	+ 0
Oral conditions	68	0	86	0	+ 0
Multiple Sclerosis	69	0	63	6	- 6
Prostatic Hypertrophy	70	0	85	0	+ 0
Hookworm Disease	71	0	72	0	+ 0
Ascariasis	72	0	67	1	- 1
Leishmaniasis	73	0	75	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	74	0	69	0	- 0
Hepatitis C	75	0	64	2	- 2
Otitis Media	76	0	66	1	- 1
Measles	77	0	59	12	- 12
Iodine Deficiency	78	0	73	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	79	0	71	0	- 0
Malaria	80	0	79	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	81	0	76	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	82	0	77	0	- 0
Chagas disease	83	0	78	0	- 0
Chlamydia	84	0	65	2	- 2
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	82	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	80	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to LESOTHO

Sri Lanka

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.