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Italy
COUNTRY #1
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

Compare Italy and Lesotho 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.

Lesotho
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
Italy Population Pyramid
54,381,674
Lesotho Population Pyramid
2,665,265
LIFE EXPECTANCY HISTORY
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Italy ITALY   Lesotho LESOTHO
  Italy ITALY   Lesotho LESOTHO
       
World Rank
       
World Rank
  M F All M F All   M F All M F All
1960
66.7
71.7
69.1
21
24
21
 
44.9
48.3
46.6
115
111
114
1970
68.7
74.6
71.6
15
14
13
 
47.5
50.8
49.1
126
122
127
1980
70.7
77.4
73.9
17
12
13
 
52.2
55.5
53.8
130
128
131
1990
73.6
80.3
76.9
11
7
8
 
56.7
60.5
58.6
135
131
134
2000
76.3
82.4
79.4
8
5
6
 
48.2
50.3
49.3
167
167
166
2010
79.3
84.2
81.8
7
6
7
 
49.4
52.6
51.1
179
178
179
2019
80.9
84.9
83.0
7
8
8
 
47.7
54.2
50.7
183
183
183
LIFE EXPECTANCY BY AGE
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Italy ITALY   Lesotho LESOTHO
      World Rank       World Rank
  M F M F M F M F
At Birth
80.9
84.9
7
8
47.7
54.2
183
183
Age
80.9
84.9
7
8
47.7
54.2
183
183
Age 5
81.2
85.1
7
8
52.5
58.8
183
183
Age 10
81.2
85.2
7
8
52.8
59.1
183
183
Age 15
81.3
85.2
7
8
52.9
59.2
183
183
Age 20
81.3
85.2
7
8
53.6
59.7
183
183
Age 25
81.5
85.3
7
8
54.5
60.6
183
183
Age 30
81.6
85.3
10
9
55.6
62.0
183
183
Age 35
81.7
85.4
11
9
57.2
63.8
183
183
Age 40
81.8
85.5
12
10
59.4
66.0
183
183
Age 45
82.0
85.6
12
10
62.0
68.3
183
183
Age 50
82.3
85.8
12
9
65.0
70.7
183
183
Age 55
82.7
86.1
14
9
68.1
73.0
183
181
Age 60
83.4
86.5
13
9
71.2
75.2
183
180
Age 65
84.2
87.1
15
11
74.4
77.5
182
180
Age 70
85.3
87.7
14
11
77.7
79.9
182
179
Age 75
86.7
88.7
16
14
81.2
82.6
183
178
Age 80
88.4
89.8
22
16
84.8
85.7
181
172
Age 85
90.6
91.5
42
22
88.6
89.1
175
172
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Italy ITALY   Lesotho LESOTHO
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Coronary Heart Disease
42.43
169
155.85
43
2. Stroke
25.15
156
211.66
3
3. Lung Cancers
21.68
42
3.87
146
4. Breast Cancer
16.63
94
11.68
143
5. Alzheimers & Dementia
14.86
135
17.24
99
6. Lung Disease
13.17
152
83.85
6
7. Colon-Rectum Cancers
11.95
52
2.77
180
8. Hypertension
10.77
127
74.75
1
9. Prostate Cancer
9.43
135
24.42
47
10. Diabetes Mellitus
9.21
145
147.55
5
11. Pancreas Cancer
7.40
33
0.90
168
12. Influenza and Pneumonia
6.30
178
192.07
1
13. Stomach Cancer
6.00
92
0.76
181
14. Liver Cancer
5.97
76
4.78
106
15. Lymphomas
5.80
52
4.86
86
16. Other Injuries
5.34
127
28.67
2
17. Kidney Disease
5.16
165
69.87
4
18. Other Neoplasms
4.93
15
0.66
73
19. Endocrine Disorders
4.79
66
14.08
10
20. Suicide
4.33
151
87.48
1
21. Ovary Cancer
4.29
98
3.01
145
22. Leukemia
4.17
60
2.43
144
23. Road Traffic Accidents
4.13
162
36.62
32
24. Liver Disease
3.92
171
51.33
9
25. Parkinson's Disease
3.48
127
4.56
67
26. Bladder Cancer
3.38
47
0.70
170
27. Inflammatory/Heart
2.98
139
21.17
6
28. Congenital Anomalies
2.59
164
11.28
4
29. Uterin Cancer
2.45
82
2.88
66
30. Oral Cancer
2.31
113
3.76
61
31. Falls
2.13
171
8.24
44
32. Skin Cancers
2.05
82
3.61
19
33. Cervical Cancer
1.82
172
44.59
9
34. Oesophagus Cancer
1.36
134
5.57
33
35. Hepatitis C
1.36
4
0.16
72
36. Low Birth Weight
1.13
165
18.96
1
37. Rheumatic Heart Disease
1.07
111
7.68
13
38. Epilepsy
0.87
143
7.57
1
39. Drug Use
0.78
132
1.67
61
40. Diarrhoeal diseases
0.64
155
142.10
2
41. Anemia
0.62
19
0.00
124
42. Violence
0.60
173
43.38
5
43. HIV/AIDS
0.60
123
254.70
2
44. Skin Disease
0.59
137
5.11
14
45. Multiple Sclerosis
0.56
31
0.38
43
46. Drownings
0.46
173
9.67
7
47. Birth Trauma
0.40
163
13.70
7
48. Peptic Ulcer Disease
0.33
180
18.88
3
49. Rheumatoid Arthritis
0.33
84
1.28
2
50. Malnutrition
0.31
124
17.17
13
TOTAL DEATHS BY CAUSE
PERCENT TOP 50 CAUSES
  Italy ITALY   Lesotho LESOTHO
  Deaths % Deaths %
1. Coronary Heart Disease
97,116
17.89
2,101
6.31
2. Stroke
62,633
11.54
2,817
8.45
3. Alzheimers & Dementia
41,445
7.64
194
0.58
4. Lung Cancers
34,152
6.29
51
0.15
5. Lung Disease
32,382
5.97
1,102
3.31
6. Hypertension
29,931
5.51
990
2.97
7. Colon-Rectum Cancers
21,254
3.92
40
0.12
8. Diabetes Mellitus
19,836
3.65
2,000
6.00
9. Influenza and Pneumonia
16,339
3.01
3,214
9.65
10. Breast Cancer
13,868
2.56
97
0.29
11. Kidney Disease
12,726
2.34
1,015
3.05
12. Other Injuries
12,112
2.23
533
1.60
13. Pancreas Cancer
12,095
2.23
12
0.04
14. Stomach Cancer
10,252
1.89
11
0.03
15. Other Neoplasms
9,984
1.84
9
0.03
16. Lymphomas
9,670
1.78
78
0.23
17. Liver Cancer
9,620
1.77
71
0.21
18. Endocrine Disorders
8,431
1.55
235
0.71
19. Parkinson's Disease
8,428
1.55
55
0.17
20. Prostate Cancer
8,409
1.55
81
0.24
21. Leukemia
6,728
1.24
39
0.12
22. Bladder Cancer
6,711
1.24
10
0.03
23. Liver Disease
5,559
1.02
792
2.38
24. Inflammatory/Heart
5,531
1.02
305
0.92
25. Falls
4,222
0.78
128
0.38
26. Suicide
4,042
0.74
1,539
4.62
27. Oral Cancer
3,343
0.62
52
0.16
28. Ovary Cancer
3,282
0.60
24
0.07
29. Skin Cancers
3,239
0.60
46
0.14
30. Road Traffic Accidents
3,221
0.59
678
2.03
31. Hepatitis C
2,451
0.45
2
0.01
32. Rheumatic Heart Disease
2,216
0.41
126
0.38
33. Uterin Cancer
2,198
0.40
23
0.07
34. Oesophagus Cancer
2,045
0.38
73
0.22
35. Anemia
1,672
0.31
0
0.00
36. Diarrhoeal diseases
1,622
0.30
2,354
7.06
37. Congenital Anomalies
1,443
0.27
389
1.17
38. Skin Disease
1,440
0.27
70
0.21
39. Epilepsy
1,337
0.25
143
0.43
40. Cervical Cancer
1,154
0.21
372
1.12
41. Malnutrition
775
0.14
357
1.07
42. Rheumatoid Arthritis
701
0.13
18
0.05
43. Peptic Ulcer Disease
690
0.13
279
0.84
44. Multiple Sclerosis
677
0.12
6
0.02
45. Drug Use
654
0.12
32
0.10
46. HIV/AIDS
520
0.10
4,767
14.31
47. Asthma
494
0.09
678
2.03
48. Osteoarthritis
481
0.09
0
0.00
49. Schizophrenia
424
0.08
0
0.00
50. Violence
409
0.08
924
2.77
CANCER RANK BY TYPE
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Italy ITALY   Lesotho LESOTHO
  Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Lung Cancers
21.68
42
3.87
146
2. Breast Cancer
16.63
94
11.68
143
3. Colon-Rectum Cancers
11.95
52
2.77
180
4. Prostate Cancer
9.43
135
24.42
47
5. Pancreas Cancer
7.40
33
0.90
168
6. Stomach Cancer
6.00
92
0.76
181
7. Liver Cancer
5.97
76
4.78
106
8. Lymphomas
5.80
52
4.86
86
9. Ovary Cancer
4.29
98
3.01
145
10. Leukemia
4.17
60
2.43
144
11. Bladder Cancer
3.38
47
0.70
170
12. Uterin Cancer
2.45
82
2.88
66
13. Oral Cancer
2.31
113
3.76
61
14. Skin Cancers
2.05
82
3.61
19
15. Cervical Cancer
1.82
172
44.59
9
16. Oesophagus Cancer
1.36
134
5.57
33
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.