LESOTHO VS VENEZUELA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	VENEZUELA		LESOTHO		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	1,918	5	2,101	- 183
Violence	2	1,292	13	924	+ 369
Stroke	3	865	3	2,817	- 1,952
Diabetes Mellitus	4	797	6	2,000	- 1,203
Road Traffic Accidents	5	793	16	678	+ 115
HIV/AIDS	6	534	1	4,767	- 4,234
Influenza and Pneumonia	7	512	2	3,214	- 2,702
Kidney Disease	8	423	10	1,015	- 592
Hypertension	9	370	11	990	- 620
Lung Disease	10	367	9	1,102	- 735
Lung Cancers	11	278	43	51	+ 227
Low Birth Weight	12	220	12	957	- 737
Prostate Cancer	13	203	35	81	+ 122
Congenital Anomalies	14	203	19	389	- 186
Breast Cancer	15	183	34	97	+ 86
Liver Disease	16	167	14	792	- 625
Stomach Cancer	17	155	60	11	+ 144
Other Neoplasms	18	154	62	9	+ 145
Colon-Rectum Cancers	19	145	48	40	+ 106
Cervical Cancer	20	142	20	372	- 231
Other Injuries	21	121	18	533	- 412
Diarrhoeal diseases	22	97	4	2,354	- 2,257
Lymphomas	23	89	36	78	+ 11
Birth Trauma	24	77	15	717	- 640
Pancreas Cancer	25	77	58	12	+ 65
Liver Cancer	26	73	39	71	+ 3
Leukemia	27	72	49	39	+ 33
Falls	28	62	31	128	- 66
Chagas disease	29	59	78	0	+ 59
Endocrine Disorders	30	54	27	235	- 181
Tuberculosis	31	53	8	1,208	- 1,155
Malnutrition	32	45	21	357	- 312
Inflammatory/Heart	33	43	23	305	- 262
Suicide	34	42	7	1,539	- 1,498
Alzheimers & Dementia	35	41	29	194	- 153
Ovary Cancer	36	40	53	24	+ 16
Skin Cancers	37	39	46	46	- 7
Oral Cancer	38	39	42	52	- 13
Maternal Conditions	39	30	24	292	- 262
Peptic Ulcer Disease	40	30	25	279	- 249
Epilepsy	41	29	30	143	- 114
Malaria	42	29	79	0	+ 29
Drownings	43	28	28	200	- 172
Oesophagus Cancer	44	26	37	73	- 47
Bladder Cancer	45	26	61	10	+ 16
Asthma	46	22	17	678	- 656
Uterin Cancer	47	22	54	23	- 1
Parkinson's Disease	48	18	41	55	- 37
Meningitis	49	18	22	318	- 300
Drug Use	50	16	50	32	- 16
War	51	13	68	0	+ 13
Rheumatoid Arthritis	52	13	56	18	- 5
Prostatic Hypertrophy	53	11	85	0	+ 11
Fires	54	10	26	269	- 258
Anemia	55	9	83	0	+ 9
Appendicitis	56	7	52	25	- 18
Rheumatic Heart Disease	57	6	32	126	- 120
Poisonings	58	5	33	111	- 106
Dengue	59	5	70	0	+ 5
Multiple Sclerosis	60	4	63	6	- 2
Encephalitis	61	3	57	14	- 11
Alcohol	62	2	38	71	- 68
Hepatitis B	63	2	51	27	- 25
Pertussis	64	2	44	51	- 49
Hepatitis C	65	2	64	2	- 1
Skin Disease	66	1	40	70	- 69
Syphilis	67	1	45	50	- 49
Tetanus	68	1	47	45	- 45
Schizophrenia	69	0	81	0	+ 0
Ascariasis	70	0	67	1	- 0
Leprosy	71	0	74	0	+ 0
Osteoarthritis	72	0	84	0	+ 0
Leishmaniasis	73	0	75	0	+ 0
Upper Respiratory	74	0	55	18	- 18
Otitis Media	75	0	66	1	- 1
Schistosomiasis	76	0	76	0	+ 0
Iodine Deficiency	77	0	73	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	78	0	69	0	- 0
Measles	79	0	59	12	- 12
Hookworm Disease	80	0	72	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	81	0	71	0	- 0
Chlamydia	82	0	65	2	- 2
Trypanosomiasis	83	0	77	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	84	0	82	0	- 0
Depression	85	0	80	0	- 0
Oral conditions	86	0	86	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to LESOTHO

Venezuela

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.