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Lesotho
COUNTRY #1
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LESOTHO VS BELGIUM

Compare Lesotho and Belgium health profiles including life expectancy history, causes of death and population dynamics side by side. Health Data used is WHO, World Bank and the United Nations for population.

Belgium
COUNTRY #2
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DYNAMIC PYRAMIDS
Data Source: United Nations
Lesotho Population Pyramid
2,665,265
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Belgium Population Pyramid
12,220,769
LIFE EXPECTANCY HISTORY
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Lesotho LESOTHO   Belgium BELGIUM
  Lesotho LESOTHO   Belgium BELGIUM
       
World Rank
        
World Rank
  M F All M F All   M F All M F All
1960
44.9
48.3
46.6
115
111
114
  
67.5
73.4
70.4
13
12
11
1970
47.5
50.8
49.1
126
122
127
  
68.0
74.5
71.2
20
15
17
1980
52.2
55.5
53.8
130
128
131
  
69.9
76.7
73.2
23
15
20
1990
56.7
60.5
58.6
135
131
134
  
72.7
79.4
76.0
20
12
15
2000
48.2
50.3
49.3
167
167
166
  
74.3
80.8
77.6
26
19
22
2010
49.4
52.6
51.1
179
178
179
  
77.3
82.5
80.0
23
24
23
2019
47.7
54.2
50.7
183
183
183
  
79.3
83.5
81.4
23
25
24
LIFE EXPECTANCY BY AGE
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Lesotho LESOTHO   Belgium BELGIUM
      World Rank       World Rank
  M F M F M F M F
At Birth
47.7
54.2
183
183
79.3
83.5
23
25
Age
47.7
54.2
183
183
79.3
83.5
23
25
Age 5
52.5
58.8
183
183
79.6
83.8
24
27
Age 10
52.8
59.1
183
183
79.6
83.8
25
27
Age 15
52.9
59.2
183
183
79.7
83.8
25
27
Age 20
53.6
59.7
183
183
79.7
83.9
25
27
Age 25
54.5
60.6
183
183
79.9
83.9
26
27
Age 30
55.6
62.0
183
183
80.0
84.0
26
27
Age 35
57.2
63.8
183
183
80.2
84.1
26
27
Age 40
59.4
66.0
183
183
80.4
84.2
26
28
Age 45
62.0
68.3
183
183
80.7
84.4
27
28
Age 50
65.0
70.7
183
183
81.1
84.7
27
28
Age 55
68.1
73.0
183
181
81.5
85.0
29
28
Age 60
71.2
75.2
183
180
82.3
85.6
29
26
Age 65
74.4
77.5
182
180
83.4
86.3
29
23
Age 70
77.7
79.9
182
179
84.8
87.2
28
21
Age 75
81.2
82.6
183
178
86.4
88.2
28
20
Age 80
84.8
85.7
181
172
88.3
89.5
30
24
Age 85
88.6
89.1
175
172
90.6
91.3
49
43
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Lesotho LESOTHO   Belgium BELGIUM
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. HIV/AIDS
254.70
2
0.26
139
2. Stroke
211.66
3
21.11
166
3. Influenza and Pneumonia
192.07
1
14.69
138
4. Coronary Heart Disease
155.85
43
44.62
167
5. Diabetes Mellitus
147.55
5
4.21
177
6. Diarrhoeal diseases
142.10
2
1.14
131
7. Suicide
87.48
1
13.93
35
8. Lung Disease
83.85
6
20.24
104
9. Hypertension
74.75
1
1.78
179
10. Kidney Disease
69.87
4
7.64
153
11. Tuberculosis
68.85
13
0.18
165
12. Liver Disease
51.33
9
7.38
149
13. Asthma
45.32
3
0.46
166
14. Cervical Cancer
44.59
9
2.23
163
15. Violence
43.38
5
1.19
147
16. Road Traffic Accidents
36.62
32
5.10
154
17. Other Injuries
28.67
2
6.43
110
18. Prostate Cancer
24.42
47
13.32
117
19. Inflammatory/Heart
21.17
6
3.38
126
20. Low Birth Weight
18.96
1
0.79
170
21. Peptic Ulcer Disease
18.88
3
0.65
167
22. Alzheimers & Dementia
17.24
99
22.30
27
23. Malnutrition
17.17
13
0.71
108
24. Meningitis
16.69
10
0.18
160
25. Fires
14.67
1
0.46
146
26. Endocrine Disorders
14.08
10
4.82
64
27. Maternal Conditions
13.99
19
0.06
162
28. Birth Trauma
13.70
7
0.53
151
29. Breast Cancer
11.68
143
19.18
58
30. Congenital Anomalies
11.28
4
2.57
165
31. Drownings
9.67
7
0.52
168
32. Falls
8.24
44
5.68
89
33. Rheumatic Heart Disease
7.68
13
0.81
129
34. Epilepsy
7.57
1
1.63
89
35. Oesophagus Cancer
5.57
33
3.84
48
36. Poisonings
5.26
2
0.25
138
37. Skin Disease
5.11
14
0.98
112
38. Lymphomas
4.86
86
5.59
61
39. Liver Cancer
4.78
106
3.89
137
40. Parkinson's Disease
4.56
67
3.89
104
41. Alcohol
4.54
21
2.78
43
42. Lung Cancers
3.87
146
28.49
16
43. Oral Cancer
3.76
61
3.11
81
44. Skin Cancers
3.61
19
2.14
75
45. Ovary Cancer
3.01
145
4.84
74
46. Uterin Cancer
2.88
66
2.39
88
47. Colon-Rectum Cancers
2.77
180
11.97
51
48. Leukemia
2.43
144
4.44
48
49. Pertussis
1.81
46
0.00
139
50. Hepatitis B
1.71
15
0.08
142
TOTAL DEATHS BY CAUSE
PERCENT TOP 50 CAUSES
  Lesotho LESOTHO   Belgium BELGIUM
  Deaths % Deaths %
1. HIV/AIDS
4,767
14.31
36
0.04
2. Influenza and Pneumonia
3,214
9.65
5,677
6.13
3. Stroke
2,817
8.45
7,408
8.00
4. Diarrhoeal diseases
2,354
7.06
418
0.45
5. Coronary Heart Disease
2,101
6.31
15,281
16.50
6. Diabetes Mellitus
2,000
6.00
1,269
1.37
7. Suicide
1,539
4.62
2,111
2.28
8. Tuberculosis
1,208
3.63
46
0.05
9. Lung Disease
1,102
3.31
6,438
6.95
10. Kidney Disease
1,015
3.05
2,952
3.19
11. Hypertension
990
2.97
740
0.80
12. Low Birth Weight
957
2.87
70
0.08
13. Violence
924
2.77
149
0.16
14. Liver Disease
792
2.38
1,433
1.55
15. Birth Trauma
717
2.15
47
0.05
16. Asthma
678
2.03
128
0.14
17. Road Traffic Accidents
678
2.03
666
0.72
18. Other Injuries
533
1.60
2,006
2.17
19. Congenital Anomalies
389
1.17
282
0.30
20. Cervical Cancer
372
1.12
243
0.26
21. Malnutrition
357
1.07
291
0.31
22. Meningitis
318
0.95
28
0.03
23. Inflammatory/Heart
305
0.92
1,060
1.14
24. Maternal Conditions
292
0.88
6
0.01
25. Peptic Ulcer Disease
279
0.84
213
0.23
26. Fires
269
0.81
75
0.08
27. Endocrine Disorders
235
0.71
1,432
1.55
28. Drownings
200
0.60
79
0.09
29. Alzheimers & Dementia
194
0.58
9,416
10.17
30. Epilepsy
143
0.43
348
0.38
31. Falls
128
0.38
1,756
1.90
32. Rheumatic Heart Disease
126
0.38
293
0.32
33. Poisonings
111
0.33
41
0.04
34. Breast Cancer
97
0.29
2,587
2.79
35. Prostate Cancer
81
0.24
1,824
1.97
36. Lymphomas
78
0.23
1,552
1.68
37. Oesophagus Cancer
73
0.22
898
0.97
38. Liver Cancer
71
0.21
976
1.05
39. Alcohol
71
0.21
500
0.54
40. Skin Disease
70
0.21
380
0.41
41. Parkinson's Disease
55
0.17
1,378
1.49
42. Oral Cancer
52
0.16
675
0.73
43. Pertussis
51
0.15
1
0.00
44. Lung Cancers
51
0.15
6,777
7.32
45. Syphilis
50
0.15
0
0.00
46. Skin Cancers
46
0.14
522
0.56
47. Tetanus
45
0.14
0
0.00
48. Colon-Rectum Cancers
40
0.12
3,329
3.59
49. Leukemia
39
0.12
1,199
1.29
50. Drug Use
32
0.10
287
0.31
CANCER RANK BY TYPE
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Lesotho LESOTHO   Belgium BELGIUM
  Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Cervical Cancer
44.59
9
2.23
163
2. Prostate Cancer
24.42
47
13.32
117
3. Breast Cancer
11.68
143
19.18
58
4. Oesophagus Cancer
5.57
33
3.84
48
5. Lymphomas
4.86
86
5.59
61
6. Liver Cancer
4.78
106
3.89
137
7. Lung Cancers
3.87
146
28.49
16
8. Oral Cancer
3.76
61
3.11
81
9. Skin Cancers
3.61
19
2.14
75
10. Ovary Cancer
3.01
145
4.84
74
11. Uterin Cancer
2.88
66
2.39
88
12. Colon-Rectum Cancers
2.77
180
11.97
51
13. Leukemia
2.43
144
4.44
48
14. Pancreas Cancer
0.90
168
7.06
43
15. Stomach Cancer
0.76
181
3.31
144
16. Bladder Cancer
0.70
170
3.54
39
Data rounded. Decimals affect ranking.
Data Source: WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION 2020
Data Accuracy Not Guaranteed
WHO Excludes Cause of Death Data For the following countries: Andorra, Cook Islands, Dominica, Marshall Islands, Monaco, Nauru, Niue, Palau, Saint Kitts, San Marino, Tuvalu.