LESOTHO VS ZIMBABWE: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	ZIMBABWE		LESOTHO		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
HIV/AIDS	1	2,596	1	4,767	- 2,171
Influenza and Pneumonia	2	1,400	2	3,214	- 1,814
Coronary Heart Disease	3	1,103	5	2,101	- 998
Road Traffic Accidents	4	784	16	678	+ 106
Stroke	5	666	3	2,817	- 2,151
Diarrhoeal diseases	6	597	4	2,354	- 1,757
Low Birth Weight	7	524	12	957	- 432
Birth Trauma	8	442	15	717	- 275
Diabetes Mellitus	9	434	6	2,000	- 1,565
Malnutrition	10	311	21	357	- 46
Congenital Anomalies	11	288	19	389	- 101
Kidney Disease	12	288	10	1,015	- 727
Suicide	13	269	7	1,539	- 1,271
Cervical Cancer	14	263	20	372	- 110
Malaria	15	260	79	0	+ 260
Tuberculosis	16	260	8	1,208	- 949
Liver Disease	17	252	14	792	- 540
Violence	18	249	13	924	- 675
Maternal Conditions	19	227	24	292	- 65
Other Injuries	20	215	18	533	- 318
Asthma	21	199	17	678	- 479
Meningitis	22	172	22	318	- 146
Lung Disease	23	151	9	1,102	- 951
Hypertension	24	149	11	990	- 841
Inflammatory/Heart	25	136	23	305	- 169
Lymphomas	26	125	36	78	+ 47
Drownings	27	124	28	200	- 76
Breast Cancer	28	109	34	97	+ 12
Oesophagus Cancer	29	104	37	73	+ 31
Fires	30	103	26	269	- 166
Alzheimers & Dementia	31	100	29	194	- 95
Prostate Cancer	32	82	35	81	+ 1
Stomach Cancer	33	73	60	11	+ 62
Endocrine Disorders	34	72	27	235	- 163
Peptic Ulcer Disease	35	71	25	279	- 208
Rheumatic Heart Disease	36	70	32	126	- 55
Poisonings	37	67	33	111	- 44
Liver Cancer	38	66	39	71	- 4
Epilepsy	39	66	30	143	- 77
Colon-Rectum Cancers	40	66	48	40	+ 26
Falls	41	60	31	128	- 67
Pertussis	42	54	44	51	+ 3
Lung Cancers	43	37	43	51	- 14
Skin Cancers	44	34	46	46	- 12
Leukemia	45	32	49	39	- 7
Parkinson's Disease	46	29	41	55	- 25
Pancreas Cancer	47	28	58	12	+ 16
Drug Use	48	28	50	32	- 4
Oral Cancer	49	27	42	52	- 25
Uterin Cancer	50	24	54	23	+ 0
Ovary Cancer	51	23	53	24	- 2
Skin Disease	52	22	40	70	- 47
Schistosomiasis	53	22	76	0	+ 22
Bladder Cancer	54	16	61	10	+ 7
Syphilis	55	16	45	50	- 34
Encephalitis	56	15	57	14	+ 2
Tetanus	57	13	47	45	- 32
Appendicitis	58	9	52	25	- 16
Upper Respiratory	59	8	55	18	- 10
Hepatitis B	60	7	51	27	- 19
Alcohol	61	6	38	71	- 65
Other Neoplasms	62	5	62	9	- 4
Measles	63	4	59	12	- 8
Rheumatoid Arthritis	64	3	56	18	- 15
War	65	3	68	0	+ 3
Hepatitis C	66	2	64	2	- 1
Multiple Sclerosis	67	2	63	6	- 4
Otitis Media	68	0	66	1	- 1
Chlamydia	69	0	65	2	- 1
Ascariasis	70	0	67	1	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	71	0	77	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	72	0	69	0	- 0
Dengue	73	0	70	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	74	0	71	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	75	0	72	0	- 0
Chagas disease	76	0	78	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	77	0	75	0	- 0
Leprosy	78	0	74	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

Zimbabwe

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.