LESOTHO VS TANZANIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	TANZANIA		LESOTHO		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
HIV/AIDS	1	905	1	4,767	- 3,863
Influenza and Pneumonia	2	859	2	3,214	- 2,355
Malaria	3	718	79	0	+ 718
Tuberculosis	4	669	8	1,208	- 539
Road Traffic Accidents	5	596	16	678	- 82
Diarrhoeal diseases	6	581	4	2,354	- 1,773
Stroke	7	558	3	2,817	- 2,259
Birth Trauma	8	498	15	717	- 219
Coronary Heart Disease	9	436	5	2,101	- 1,665
Low Birth Weight	10	402	12	957	- 555
Congenital Anomalies	11	323	19	389	- 66
Maternal Conditions	12	226	24	292	- 67
Liver Disease	13	217	14	792	- 575
Cervical Cancer	14	212	20	372	- 160
Diabetes Mellitus	15	206	6	2,000	- 1,793
Malnutrition	16	184	21	357	- 173
Hypertension	17	172	11	990	- 818
Violence	18	156	13	924	- 768
Kidney Disease	19	150	10	1,015	- 864
Other Injuries	20	141	18	533	- 392
Meningitis	21	105	22	318	- 213
Lung Disease	22	101	9	1,102	- 1,001
Pertussis	23	92	44	51	+ 41
Suicide	24	82	7	1,539	- 1,458
Oesophagus Cancer	25	74	37	73	+ 1
Syphilis	26	70	45	50	+ 19
Alzheimers & Dementia	27	68	29	194	- 127
Prostate Cancer	28	60	35	81	- 21
Endocrine Disorders	29	59	27	235	- 176
Asthma	30	56	17	678	- 622
Oral Cancer	31	54	42	52	+ 3
Drownings	32	54	28	200	- 146
Colon-Rectum Cancers	33	52	48	40	+ 12
Falls	34	51	31	128	- 77
Fires	35	47	26	269	- 222
Liver Cancer	36	47	39	71	- 24
Breast Cancer	37	42	34	97	- 55
Inflammatory/Heart	38	41	23	305	- 265
Stomach Cancer	39	39	60	11	+ 29
Poisonings	40	39	33	111	- 72
Lymphomas	41	27	36	78	- 51
Skin Cancers	42	25	46	46	- 22
Epilepsy	43	23	30	143	- 120
Bladder Cancer	44	22	61	10	+ 12
Parkinson's Disease	45	17	41	55	- 38
Peptic Ulcer Disease	46	15	25	279	- 263
Leukemia	47	14	49	39	- 25
Drug Use	48	13	50	32	- 18
Tetanus	49	13	47	45	- 32
Rheumatic Heart Disease	50	13	32	126	- 112
Schistosomiasis	51	12	76	0	+ 12
Skin Disease	52	12	40	70	- 58
Ovary Cancer	53	11	53	24	- 13
Upper Respiratory	54	10	55	18	- 8
Measles	55	10	59	12	- 2
Alcohol	56	9	38	71	- 62
Uterin Cancer	57	7	54	23	- 16
Appendicitis	58	7	52	25	- 18
Encephalitis	59	7	57	14	- 7
Hepatitis B	60	6	51	27	- 21
Lung Cancers	61	5	43	51	- 46
Pancreas Cancer	62	5	58	12	- 7
Rheumatoid Arthritis	63	3	56	18	- 15
Other Neoplasms	64	2	62	9	- 7
Ascariasis	65	2	67	1	+ 1
Hepatitis C	66	1	64	2	- 1
War	67	1	68	0	+ 1
Multiple Sclerosis	68	1	63	6	- 5
Otitis Media	69	1	66	1	- 1
Diphtheria	70	0	69	0	+ 0
Chlamydia	71	0	65	2	- 1
Trypanosomiasis	72	0	77	0	+ 0
Dengue	73	0	70	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	74	0	71	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	75	0	72	0	- 0
Leprosy	76	0	74	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	77	0	75	0	- 0
Chagas disease	78	0	78	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	73	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	80	0	81	0	- 0
Depression	81	0	80	0	- 0
Anemia	82	0	83	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	83	0	82	0	- 0
Oral conditions	84	0	86	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	85	0	84	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	86	0	85	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to LESOTHO

Tanzania

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.