LESOTHO VS YEMEN: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	YEMEN		LESOTHO		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	2,090	5	2,101	- 11
Stroke	2	940	3	2,817	- 1,876
War	3	895	68	0	+ 895
Influenza and Pneumonia	4	830	2	3,214	- 2,384
Low Birth Weight	5	611	12	957	- 346
Road Traffic Accidents	6	593	16	678	- 85
Birth Trauma	7	412	15	717	- 306
Hypertension	8	367	11	990	- 623
Diarrhoeal diseases	9	303	4	2,354	- 2,051
Congenital Anomalies	10	297	19	389	- 92
Lung Disease	11	221	9	1,102	- 880
Measles	12	209	59	12	+ 198
Liver Disease	13	200	14	792	- 592
Violence	14	197	13	924	- 727
Kidney Disease	15	186	10	1,015	- 829
Other Injuries	16	154	18	533	- 379
Asthma	17	146	17	678	- 532
Tuberculosis	18	132	8	1,208	- 1,077
Diabetes Mellitus	19	124	6	2,000	- 1,875
Malaria	20	119	79	0	+ 119
Suicide	21	118	7	1,539	- 1,422
Alzheimers & Dementia	22	97	29	194	- 97
Pertussis	23	86	44	51	+ 35
Falls	24	81	31	128	- 47
Drownings	25	79	28	200	- 121
Breast Cancer	26	79	34	97	- 19
Malnutrition	27	73	21	357	- 284
Meningitis	28	71	22	318	- 247
Fires	29	69	26	269	- 200
Colon-Rectum Cancers	30	63	48	40	+ 24
Stomach Cancer	31	63	60	11	+ 52
Maternal Conditions	32	62	24	292	- 231
Peptic Ulcer Disease	33	58	25	279	- 221
Leukemia	34	54	49	39	+ 15
Oesophagus Cancer	35	53	37	73	- 20
Endocrine Disorders	36	51	27	235	- 184
Rheumatic Heart Disease	37	49	32	126	- 77
Drug Use	38	42	50	32	+ 11
Liver Cancer	39	42	39	71	- 28
Inflammatory/Heart	40	41	23	305	- 265
Lung Cancers	41	39	43	51	- 12
Oral Cancer	42	38	42	52	- 14
Epilepsy	43	37	30	143	- 106
Poisonings	44	37	33	111	- 74
Lymphomas	45	30	36	78	- 48
HIV/AIDS	46	27	1	4,767	- 4,740
Tetanus	47	27	47	45	- 18
Encephalitis	48	26	57	14	+ 12
Parkinson's Disease	49	25	41	55	- 30
Hepatitis B	50	21	51	27	- 6
Pancreas Cancer	51	20	58	12	+ 7
Ovary Cancer	52	13	53	24	- 11
Syphilis	53	12	45	50	- 38
Appendicitis	54	11	52	25	- 14
Bladder Cancer	55	11	61	10	+ 2
Schistosomiasis	56	9	76	0	+ 9
Cervical Cancer	57	8	20	372	- 364
Skin Cancers	58	7	46	46	- 39
Alcohol	59	5	38	71	- 65
Dengue	60	5	70	0	+ 5
Skin Disease	61	3	40	70	- 67
Multiple Sclerosis	62	3	63	6	- 3
Prostate Cancer	63	3	35	81	- 78
Other Neoplasms	64	1	62	9	- 8
Ascariasis	65	1	67	1	+ 0
Rheumatoid Arthritis	66	1	56	18	- 17
Diphtheria	67	1	69	0	+ 1
Hepatitis C	68	1	64	2	- 2
Uterin Cancer	69	0	54	23	- 23
Upper Respiratory	70	0	55	18	- 18
Leishmaniasis	71	0	75	0	+ 0
Chlamydia	72	0	65	2	- 1
Otitis Media	73	0	66	1	- 1
Leprosy	74	0	74	0	- 0
Chagas disease	75	0	78	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	76	0	77	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	77	0	72	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	78	0	71	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	73	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	80	0	85	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	81	0	84	0	- 0
Oral conditions	82	0	86	0	- 0
Depression	83	0	80	0	- 0
Anemia	84	0	83	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	82	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	86	0	81	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to LESOTHO

Yemen

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.