LESOTHO VS ROMANIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	ROMANIA		LESOTHO		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	8,814	5	2,101	+ 6,713
Stroke	2	6,101	3	2,817	+ 3,284
Hypertension	3	1,351	11	990	+ 361
Lung Cancers	4	1,241	43	51	+ 1,190
Influenza and Pneumonia	5	1,148	2	3,214	- 2,066
Liver Disease	6	1,095	14	792	+ 303
Lung Disease	7	903	9	1,102	- 199
Colon-Rectum Cancers	8	839	48	40	+ 799
Kidney Disease	9	635	10	1,015	- 379
Inflammatory/Heart	10	544	23	305	+ 239
Breast Cancer	11	473	34	97	+ 376
Stomach Cancer	12	424	60	11	+ 414
Liver Cancer	13	382	39	71	+ 312
Pancreas Cancer	14	360	58	12	+ 348
Alzheimers & Dementia	15	348	29	194	+ 154
Prostate Cancer	16	301	35	81	+ 220
Oral Cancer	17	281	42	52	+ 229
Diabetes Mellitus	18	274	6	2,000	- 1,726
Other Injuries	19	263	18	533	- 270
Road Traffic Accidents	20	245	16	678	- 434
Suicide	21	232	7	1,539	- 1,308
Cervical Cancer	22	230	20	372	- 143
Bladder Cancer	23	211	61	10	+ 201
Falls	24	185	31	128	+ 57
Lymphomas	25	170	36	78	+ 92
Leukemia	26	165	49	39	+ 126
Ovary Cancer	27	136	53	24	+ 112
Tuberculosis	28	125	8	1,208	- 1,084
Skin Cancers	29	123	46	46	+ 77
Oesophagus Cancer	30	93	37	73	+ 19
Parkinson's Disease	31	91	41	55	+ 36
Drownings	32	73	28	200	- 127
Peptic Ulcer Disease	33	65	25	279	- 213
Uterin Cancer	34	64	54	23	+ 41
Rheumatic Heart Disease	35	54	32	126	- 71
Fires	36	52	26	269	- 217
Alcohol	37	50	38	71	- 21
Congenital Anomalies	38	45	19	389	- 344
Poisonings	39	45	33	111	- 66
Drug Use	40	42	50	32	+ 11
Low Birth Weight	41	39	12	957	- 918
Epilepsy	42	39	30	143	- 105
Other Neoplasms	43	35	62	9	+ 26
Violence	44	31	13	924	- 893
Asthma	45	28	17	678	- 650
Diarrhoeal diseases	46	27	4	2,354	- 2,327
HIV/AIDS	47	27	1	4,767	- 4,741
Endocrine Disorders	48	24	27	235	- 211
Prostatic Hypertrophy	49	18	85	0	+ 18
Malnutrition	50	17	21	357	- 340
Schizophrenia	51	13	81	0	+ 13
Hepatitis C	52	12	64	2	+ 10
Skin Disease	53	12	40	70	- 58
Meningitis	54	9	22	318	- 308
Multiple Sclerosis	55	8	63	6	+ 2
Anemia	56	7	83	0	+ 7
Birth Trauma	57	5	15	717	- 713
Maternal Conditions	58	4	24	292	- 288
Hepatitis B	59	4	51	27	- 23
Appendicitis	60	3	52	25	- 22
Measles	61	1	59	12	- 11
Encephalitis	62	1	57	14	- 13
Upper Respiratory	63	0	55	18	- 18
Oral conditions	64	0	86	0	+ 0
War	65	0	68	0	+ 0
Syphilis	66	0	45	50	- 50
Tetanus	67	0	47	45	- 45
Otitis Media	68	0	66	1	- 1
Pertussis	69	0	44	51	- 51
Leishmaniasis	70	0	75	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	71	0	69	0	- 0
Leprosy	72	0	74	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	73	0	73	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	74	0	76	0	- 0
Malaria	75	0	79	0	- 0
Chagas disease	76	0	78	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	77	0	77	0	- 0
Chlamydia	78	0	65	2	- 2
Hookworm Disease	79	0	72	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	80	0	71	0	- 0
Dengue	81	0	70	0	- 0
Ascariasis	82	0	67	1	- 1
Vitamin A Deficiency	83	0	82	0	- 0
Depression	84	0	80	0	- 0
Rheumatoid Arthritis	85	0	56	18	- 18
Osteoarthritis	86	0	84	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to LESOTHO

Romania

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.