LESOTHO VS ANTIGUA/BAR.: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	ANTIGUA/BAR.		LESOTHO		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	1,860	5	2,101	- 241
Stroke	2	1,583	3	2,817	- 1,234
Diabetes Mellitus	3	1,197	6	2,000	- 802
Hypertension	4	568	11	990	- 422
Prostate Cancer	5	561	35	81	+ 481
Breast Cancer	6	560	34	97	+ 463
Kidney Disease	7	546	10	1,015	- 469
Endocrine Disorders	8	521	27	235	+ 287
Influenza and Pneumonia	9	507	2	3,214	- 2,707
Other Injuries	10	438	18	533	- 95
Lung Disease	11	367	9	1,102	- 735
Colon-Rectum Cancers	12	337	48	40	+ 298
Skin Disease	13	193	40	70	+ 123
Cervical Cancer	14	191	20	372	- 182
Stomach Cancer	15	155	60	11	+ 144
Lung Cancers	16	144	43	51	+ 93
Alzheimers & Dementia	17	144	29	194	- 50
HIV/AIDS	18	132	1	4,767	- 4,635
Lymphomas	19	131	36	78	+ 53
Uterin Cancer	20	125	54	23	+ 102
Inflammatory/Heart	21	122	23	305	- 183
Anemia	22	112	83	0	+ 112
Pancreas Cancer	23	110	58	12	+ 98
Leukemia	24	105	49	39	+ 66
Liver Cancer	25	98	39	71	+ 28
Congenital Anomalies	26	92	19	389	- 297
Epilepsy	27	77	30	143	- 67
Liver Disease	28	76	14	792	- 716
Alcohol	29	75	38	71	+ 4
Ovary Cancer	30	72	53	24	+ 48
Prostatic Hypertrophy	31	70	85	0	+ 70
Other Neoplasms	32	65	62	9	+ 56
Oral Cancer	33	55	42	52	+ 4
Violence	34	51	13	924	- 873
Drownings	35	51	28	200	- 149
Asthma	36	42	17	678	- 636
Low Birth Weight	37	37	12	957	- 920
Malnutrition	38	29	21	357	- 328
Appendicitis	39	28	52	25	+ 3
Drug Use	40	27	50	32	- 5
Bladder Cancer	41	24	61	10	+ 15
Parkinson's Disease	42	22	41	55	- 33
Skin Cancers	43	22	46	46	- 24
Birth Trauma	44	21	15	717	- 696
Schizophrenia	45	20	81	0	+ 20
Diarrhoeal diseases	46	18	4	2,354	- 2,336
Peptic Ulcer Disease	47	18	25	279	- 261
Poisonings	48	16	33	111	- 96
Rheumatic Heart Disease	49	13	32	126	- 113
Tuberculosis	50	12	8	1,208	- 1,197
Rheumatoid Arthritis	51	10	56	18	- 8
Maternal Conditions	52	9	24	292	- 283
Meningitis	53	9	22	318	- 309
Suicide	54	8	7	1,539	- 1,531
Otitis Media	55	6	66	1	+ 5
Multiple Sclerosis	56	6	63	6	- 0
Fires	57	4	26	269	- 265
Oesophagus Cancer	58	2	37	73	- 71
War	59	0	68	0	+ 0
Syphilis	60	0	45	50	- 50
Chlamydia	61	0	65	2	- 2
Diphtheria	62	0	69	0	- 0
Tetanus	63	0	47	45	- 45
Pertussis	64	0	44	51	- 51
Measles	65	0	59	12	- 12
Ascariasis	66	0	67	1	- 1
Dengue	67	0	70	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	68	0	71	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	69	0	72	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	70	0	73	0	- 0
Upper Respiratory	71	0	55	18	- 18
Leprosy	72	0	74	0	- 0
Encephalitis	73	0	57	14	- 14
Hepatitis B	74	0	51	27	- 27
Hepatitis C	75	0	64	2	- 2
Leishmaniasis	76	0	75	0	- 0
Chagas disease	77	0	78	0	- 0
Malaria	78	0	79	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	79	0	77	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	80	0	76	0	- 0
Road Traffic Accidents	81	0	16	678	- 678
Falls	82	0	31	128	- 128
Oral conditions	83	0	86	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	84	0	84	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	82	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	80	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to LESOTHO

Antigua/Bar.

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.worldlifeexpectancy.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.