LESOTHO VS URUGUAY: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	URUGUAY		LESOTHO		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	2,773	5	2,101	+ 672
Stroke	2	1,853	3	2,817	- 964
Alzheimers & Dementia	3	1,235	29	194	+ 1,040
Lung Disease	4	1,109	9	1,102	+ 8
Lung Cancers	5	951	43	51	+ 900
Influenza and Pneumonia	6	891	2	3,214	- 2,323
Colon-Rectum Cancers	7	810	48	40	+ 770
Kidney Disease	8	676	10	1,015	- 338
Breast Cancer	9	551	34	97	+ 454
Other Injuries	10	503	18	533	- 30
Diabetes Mellitus	11	486	6	2,000	- 1,514
Suicide	12	478	7	1,539	- 1,061
Prostate Cancer	13	460	35	81	+ 379
Pancreas Cancer	14	426	58	12	+ 414
Hypertension	15	422	11	990	- 568
Road Traffic Accidents	16	333	16	678	- 346
Endocrine Disorders	17	317	27	235	+ 82
Stomach Cancer	18	312	60	11	+ 302
Other Neoplasms	19	302	62	9	+ 292
Lymphomas	20	297	36	78	+ 220
Parkinson's Disease	21	208	41	55	+ 154
Inflammatory/Heart	22	204	23	305	- 101
Violence	23	192	13	924	- 732
Oesophagus Cancer	24	186	37	73	+ 113
Leukemia	25	182	49	39	+ 143
Bladder Cancer	26	180	61	10	+ 170
Liver Disease	27	134	14	792	- 658
HIV/AIDS	28	127	1	4,767	- 4,640
Cervical Cancer	29	112	20	372	- 261
Congenital Anomalies	30	111	19	389	- 279
Oral Cancer	31	109	42	52	+ 57
Ovary Cancer	32	104	53	24	+ 80
Skin Cancers	33	97	46	46	+ 51
Liver Cancer	34	96	39	71	+ 25
Diarrhoeal diseases	35	87	4	2,354	- 2,267
Skin Disease	36	84	40	70	+ 15
Asthma	37	83	17	678	- 595
Uterin Cancer	38	75	54	23	+ 51
Alcohol	39	68	38	71	- 3
Epilepsy	40	56	30	143	- 88
Tuberculosis	41	52	8	1,208	- 1,156
Low Birth Weight	42	48	12	957	- 909
Malnutrition	43	47	21	357	- 310
Anemia	44	46	83	0	+ 46
Drownings	45	42	28	200	- 158
Peptic Ulcer Disease	46	37	25	279	- 242
Falls	47	36	31	128	- 92
Fires	48	35	26	269	- 233
Drug Use	49	26	50	32	- 5
Rheumatic Heart Disease	50	25	32	126	- 100
Rheumatoid Arthritis	51	22	56	18	+ 4
Osteoarthritis	52	21	84	0	+ 21
Birth Trauma	53	14	15	717	- 703
Schizophrenia	54	12	81	0	+ 12
Poisonings	55	11	33	111	- 100
Multiple Sclerosis	56	9	63	6	+ 3
Prostatic Hypertrophy	57	8	85	0	+ 8
Meningitis	58	7	22	318	- 311
Appendicitis	59	6	52	25	- 19
Maternal Conditions	60	6	24	292	- 286
Chagas disease	61	3	78	0	+ 3
Upper Respiratory	62	3	55	18	- 15
Hepatitis B	63	3	51	27	- 24
Encephalitis	64	3	57	14	- 11
Hepatitis C	65	2	64	2	- 0
Syphilis	66	2	45	50	- 49
Otitis Media	67	1	66	1	- 0
Oral conditions	68	1	86	0	+ 1
Leprosy	69	0	74	0	+ 0
War	70	0	68	0	- 0
Tetanus	71	0	47	45	- 45
Pertussis	72	0	44	51	- 51
Diphtheria	73	0	69	0	- 0
Measles	74	0	59	12	- 12
Chlamydia	75	0	65	2	- 2
Trypanosomiasis	76	0	77	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	77	0	76	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	78	0	75	0	- 0
Malaria	79	0	79	0	- 0
Ascariasis	80	0	67	1	- 1
Trichuriasis	81	0	71	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	82	0	72	0	- 0
Dengue	83	0	70	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	84	0	73	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	82	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	80	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to LESOTHO

Uruguay

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.