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Lesotho
COUNTRY #1
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LESOTHO VS COLOMBIA

Compare Lesotho and Colombia 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.

Colombia
COUNTRY #2
Afghanistan Albania Algeria Angola Antigua/Bar. Arab Emirates Argentina Armenia Australia Austria Azerbaijan Bahamas Bahrain Bangladesh Barbados Belarus Belgium Belize Benin Bhutan Bolivia Bosnia/Herzeg. Botswana Brazil Brunei Bulgaria Burkina Faso Burundi Cambodia Cameroon Canada Cape Verde Central Africa Chad Chile China Colombia Comoros Congo Costa Rica Cote d Ivoire Croatia Cuba Cyprus Czech Republic Denmark Djibouti Dominican Rep. DR Congo Ecuador Egypt El Salvador Equ. Guinea Eritrea Estonia Ethiopia Fiji Finland France Gabon Gambia Georgia Germany Ghana Greece Grenada Guatemala Guinea Guinea-Bissau Guyana Haiti Honduras Hungary Iceland India Indonesia Iran Iraq Ireland Israel Italy Jamaica Japan Jordan Kazakhstan Kenya Kiribati Kuwait Kyrgyzstan Laos Latvia Lebanon Lesotho Liberia Libya Lithuania Luxembourg Madagascar Malawi Malaysia Maldives Mali Malta Mauritania Mauritius Mexico Micronesia Moldova Mongolia Montenegro Morocco Mozambique Myanmar Namibia Nepal Netherlands New Guinea New Zealand Nicaragua Niger Nigeria No Macedonia North Korea Norway Oman Pakistan Panama Paraguay Peru Philippines Poland Portugal Qatar Romania Russia Rwanda Saint Lucia Saint Vincent Samoa Sao Tome Saudi Arabia Senegal Serbia Seychelles Sierra Leone Singapore Slovakia Slovenia Solomon Isl. Somalia South Africa South Korea South Sudan Spain Sri Lanka Sudan Suriname Swaziland Sweden Switzerland Syria Tajikistan Tanzania Thailand Timor-Leste Togo Tonga Trinidad/Tob. Tunisia Turkey Turkmenistan Uganda Ukraine United Kingdom United States Uruguay Uzbekistan Vanuatu Venezuela Viet Nam Yemen Zambia Zimbabwe
DYNAMIC PYRAMIDS
Data Source: United Nations
Lesotho Population Pyramid
2,665,265
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Colombia Population Pyramid
55,957,823
LIFE EXPECTANCY HISTORY
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Lesotho LESOTHO   Colombia COLOMBIA
  Lesotho LESOTHO   Colombia COLOMBIA
       
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
  
55.1
58.6
56.8
69
70
70
1970
47.5
50.8
49.1
126
122
127
  
59.2
63.0
61.1
79
75
79
1980
52.2
55.5
53.8
130
128
131
  
62.9
68.6
65.7
78
78
78
1990
56.7
60.5
58.6
135
131
134
  
64.5
72.5
68.4
91
73
83
2000
48.2
50.3
49.3
167
167
166
  
67.5
75.3
71.4
88
63
76
2010
49.4
52.6
51.1
179
178
179
  
70.0
77.2
73.6
88
65
78
2019
47.7
54.2
50.7
183
183
183
  
76.7
81.9
79.3
36
36
34
LIFE EXPECTANCY BY AGE
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Lesotho LESOTHO   Colombia COLOMBIA
      World Rank       World Rank
  M F M F M F M F
At Birth
47.7
54.2
183
183
76.7
81.9
36
36
Age
47.7
54.2
183
183
76.7
81.9
36
36
Age 5
52.5
58.8
183
183
77.8
82.8
38
33
Age 10
52.8
59.1
183
183
77.9
82.9
38
33
Age 15
52.9
59.2
183
183
78.0
83.0
38
33
Age 20
53.6
59.7
183
183
78.4
83.1
38
33
Age 25
54.5
60.6
183
183
79.0
83.3
35
33
Age 30
55.6
62.0
183
183
79.5
83.4
30
33
Age 35
57.2
63.8
183
183
79.9
83.6
28
32
Age 40
59.4
66.0
183
183
80.3
83.8
28
32
Age 45
62.0
68.3
183
183
80.7
84.0
25
31
Age 50
65.0
70.7
183
183
81.2
84.3
25
31
Age 55
68.1
73.0
183
181
81.7
84.7
24
30
Age 60
71.2
75.2
183
180
82.5
85.3
25
30
Age 65
74.4
77.5
182
180
83.5
86.0
25
30
Age 70
77.7
79.9
182
179
84.7
86.8
30
30
Age 75
81.2
82.6
183
178
86.3
88.0
31
29
Age 80
84.8
85.7
181
172
88.5
89.6
20
20
Age 85
88.6
89.1
175
172
91.0
91.7
23
19
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Lesotho LESOTHO   Colombia COLOMBIA
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. HIV/AIDS
254.70
2
5.08
76
2. Stroke
211.66
3
29.57
152
3. Influenza and Pneumonia
192.07
1
19.35
119
4. Coronary Heart Disease
155.85
43
76.09
139
5. Diabetes Mellitus
147.55
5
9.13
146
6. Diarrhoeal diseases
142.10
2
1.43
117
7. Suicide
87.48
1
3.74
154
8. Lung Disease
83.85
6
27.51
65
9. Hypertension
74.75
1
11.15
125
10. Kidney Disease
69.87
4
12.32
133
11. Tuberculosis
68.85
13
2.37
102
12. Liver Disease
51.33
9
4.52
166
13. Asthma
45.32
3
0.36
175
14. Cervical Cancer
44.59
9
7.84
95
15. Violence
43.38
5
36.61
9
16. Road Traffic Accidents
36.62
32
14.72
98
17. Other Injuries
28.67
2
3.03
171
18. Prostate Cancer
24.42
47
14.99
101
19. Inflammatory/Heart
21.17
6
2.46
152
20. Low Birth Weight
18.96
1
3.69
110
21. Peptic Ulcer Disease
18.88
3
1.25
141
22. Alzheimers & Dementia
17.24
99
3.60
170
23. Malnutrition
17.17
13
3.49
63
24. Meningitis
16.69
10
0.49
117
25. Fires
14.67
1
0.25
168
26. Endocrine Disorders
14.08
10
2.59
129
27. Maternal Conditions
13.99
19
0.75
97
28. Birth Trauma
13.70
7
1.20
113
29. Breast Cancer
11.68
143
12.50
137
30. Congenital Anomalies
11.28
4
5.86
91
31. Drownings
9.67
7
1.39
133
32. Falls
8.24
44
2.74
157
33. Rheumatic Heart Disease
7.68
13
0.07
183
34. Epilepsy
7.57
1
1.14
125
35. Oesophagus Cancer
5.57
33
1.53
124
36. Poisonings
5.26
2
0.12
166
37. Skin Disease
5.11
14
1.97
71
38. Lymphomas
4.86
86
4.86
85
39. Liver Cancer
4.78
106
3.82
139
40. Parkinson's Disease
4.56
67
0.67
180
41. Alcohol
4.54
21
0.04
183
42. Lung Cancers
3.87
146
9.72
105
43. Oral Cancer
3.76
61
1.48
162
44. Skin Cancers
3.61
19
1.84
94
45. Ovary Cancer
3.01
145
3.87
113
46. Uterin Cancer
2.88
66
1.43
143
47. Colon-Rectum Cancers
2.77
180
8.06
102
48. Leukemia
2.43
144
4.22
58
49. Pertussis
1.81
46
0.04
114
50. Hepatitis B
1.71
15
0.10
134
TOTAL DEATHS BY CAUSE
PERCENT TOP 50 CAUSES
  Lesotho LESOTHO   Colombia COLOMBIA
  Deaths % Deaths %
1. HIV/AIDS
4,767
14.31
2,683
1.31
2. Influenza and Pneumonia
3,214
9.65
10,773
5.24
3. Stroke
2,817
8.45
16,573
8.07
4. Diarrhoeal diseases
2,354
7.06
747
0.36
5. Coronary Heart Disease
2,101
6.31
43,066
20.96
6. Diabetes Mellitus
2,000
6.00
5,028
2.45
7. Suicide
1,539
4.62
1,965
0.96
8. Tuberculosis
1,208
3.63
1,272
0.62
9. Lung Disease
1,102
3.31
15,928
7.75
10. Kidney Disease
1,015
3.05
6,834
3.33
11. Hypertension
990
2.97
6,400
3.12
12. Low Birth Weight
957
2.87
2,095
1.02
13. Violence
924
2.77
19,268
9.38
14. Liver Disease
792
2.38
2,426
1.18
15. Birth Trauma
717
2.15
648
0.32
16. Asthma
678
2.03
191
0.09
17. Road Traffic Accidents
678
2.03
7,765
3.78
18. Other Injuries
533
1.60
1,592
0.77
19. Congenital Anomalies
389
1.17
2,963
1.44
20. Cervical Cancer
372
1.12
2,266
1.10
21. Malnutrition
357
1.07
1,878
0.91
22. Meningitis
318
0.95
244
0.12
23. Inflammatory/Heart
305
0.92
1,329
0.65
24. Maternal Conditions
292
0.88
394
0.19
25. Peptic Ulcer Disease
279
0.84
698
0.34
26. Fires
269
0.81
127
0.06
27. Endocrine Disorders
235
0.71
1,367
0.67
28. Drownings
200
0.60
689
0.34
29. Alzheimers & Dementia
194
0.58
2,157
1.05
30. Epilepsy
143
0.43
597
0.29
31. Falls
128
0.38
1,518
0.74
32. Rheumatic Heart Disease
126
0.38
38
0.02
33. Poisonings
111
0.33
61
0.03
34. Breast Cancer
97
0.29
3,669
1.79
35. Prostate Cancer
81
0.24
3,584
1.74
36. Lymphomas
78
0.23
2,603
1.27
37. Oesophagus Cancer
73
0.22
835
0.41
38. Liver Cancer
71
0.21
2,065
1.01
39. Alcohol
71
0.21
23
0.01
40. Skin Disease
70
0.21
1,102
0.54
41. Parkinson's Disease
55
0.17
383
0.19
42. Oral Cancer
52
0.16
807
0.39
43. Pertussis
51
0.15
18
0.01
44. Lung Cancers
51
0.15
5,250
2.56
45. Syphilis
50
0.15
30
0.01
46. Skin Cancers
46
0.14
1,028
0.50
47. Tetanus
45
0.14
14
0.01
48. Colon-Rectum Cancers
40
0.12
4,371
2.13
49. Leukemia
39
0.12
2,208
1.07
50. Drug Use
32
0.10
492
0.24
CANCER RANK BY TYPE
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Lesotho LESOTHO   Colombia COLOMBIA
  Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Cervical Cancer
44.59
9
7.84
95
2. Prostate Cancer
24.42
47
14.99
101
3. Breast Cancer
11.68
143
12.50
137
4. Oesophagus Cancer
5.57
33
1.53
124
5. Lymphomas
4.86
86
4.86
85
6. Liver Cancer
4.78
106
3.82
139
7. Lung Cancers
3.87
146
9.72
105
8. Oral Cancer
3.76
61
1.48
162
9. Skin Cancers
3.61
19
1.84
94
10. Ovary Cancer
3.01
145
3.87
113
11. Uterin Cancer
2.88
66
1.43
143
12. Colon-Rectum Cancers
2.77
180
8.06
102
13. Leukemia
2.43
144
4.22
58
14. Pancreas Cancer
0.90
168
3.74
91
15. Stomach Cancer
0.76
181
11.32
29
16. Bladder Cancer
0.70
170
1.10
151
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.