LESOTHO VS NIGERIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	NIGERIA		LESOTHO		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Influenza and Pneumonia	1	1,950	2	3,214	- 1,264
Diarrhoeal diseases	2	1,362	4	2,354	- 992
Tuberculosis	3	1,198	8	1,208	- 10
Malaria	4	950	79	0	+ 950
Birth Trauma	5	943	15	717	+ 225
Low Birth Weight	6	903	12	957	- 54
Coronary Heart Disease	7	577	5	2,101	- 1,523
Stroke	8	543	3	2,817	- 2,274
Congenital Anomalies	9	468	19	389	+ 78
HIV/AIDS	10	415	1	4,767	- 4,352
Meningitis	11	411	22	318	+ 93
Road Traffic Accidents	12	392	16	678	- 286
Liver Disease	13	361	14	792	- 431
Measles	14	277	59	12	+ 265
Maternal Conditions	15	221	24	292	- 71
Pertussis	16	219	44	51	+ 168
Other Injuries	17	214	18	533	- 319
Diabetes Mellitus	18	212	6	2,000	- 1,788
Violence	19	173	13	924	- 751
Kidney Disease	20	171	10	1,015	- 843
Endocrine Disorders	21	149	27	235	- 86
Lung Disease	22	118	9	1,102	- 984
Breast Cancer	23	112	34	97	+ 15
Hypertension	24	101	11	990	- 889
Cervical Cancer	25	99	20	372	- 273
Tetanus	26	79	47	45	+ 33
Asthma	27	77	17	678	- 601
Falls	28	71	31	128	- 57
Fires	29	67	26	269	- 202
Suicide	30	66	7	1,539	- 1,473
Alzheimers & Dementia	31	64	29	194	- 130
Drownings	32	62	28	200	- 138
Poisonings	33	62	33	111	- 49
Drug Use	34	59	50	32	+ 27
Prostate Cancer	35	56	35	81	- 25
Malnutrition	36	55	21	357	- 302
Peptic Ulcer Disease	37	55	25	279	- 224
Syphilis	38	51	45	50	+ 1
Liver Cancer	39	50	39	71	- 21
Lymphomas	40	49	36	78	- 29
Epilepsy	41	47	30	143	- 96
Inflammatory/Heart	42	45	23	305	- 260
Colon-Rectum Cancers	43	39	48	40	- 1
Diphtheria	44	36	69	0	+ 35
War	45	31	68	0	+ 30
Parkinson's Disease	46	23	41	55	- 32
Leukemia	47	21	49	39	- 18
Oral Cancer	48	21	42	52	- 31
Ovary Cancer	49	20	53	24	- 4
Stomach Cancer	50	20	60	11	+ 9
Pancreas Cancer	51	19	58	12	+ 6
Rheumatic Heart Disease	52	18	32	126	- 107
Skin Cancers	53	18	46	46	- 28
Schistosomiasis	54	14	76	0	+ 14
Hepatitis B	55	14	51	27	- 13
Skin Disease	56	14	40	70	- 56
Lung Cancers	57	12	43	51	- 39
Alcohol	58	10	38	71	- 61
Encephalitis	59	9	57	14	- 5
Appendicitis	60	7	52	25	- 18
Ascariasis	61	6	67	1	+ 6
Uterin Cancer	62	6	54	23	- 17
Bladder Cancer	63	6	61	10	- 3
Oesophagus Cancer	64	5	37	73	- 68
Hepatitis C	65	3	64	2	+ 0
Other Neoplasms	66	3	62	9	- 6
Upper Respiratory	67	2	55	18	- 16
Multiple Sclerosis	68	2	63	6	- 4
Rheumatoid Arthritis	69	2	56	18	- 17
Leishmaniasis	70	0	75	0	+ 0
Chlamydia	71	0	65	2	- 1
Otitis Media	72	0	66	1	- 1
Dengue	73	0	70	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	74	0	72	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	75	0	71	0	- 0
Leprosy	76	0	74	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	77	0	77	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
Prostatic Hypertrophy	84	0	85	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	85	0	84	0	- 0
Oral conditions	86	0	86	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to LESOTHO

Nigeria

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.