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Lesotho
COUNTRY #1
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Compare Lesotho and Brunei 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.

Brunei
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
Brunei Population Pyramid
492,391
LIFE EXPECTANCY HISTORY
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Lesotho LESOTHO   Brunei BRUNEI
  Lesotho LESOTHO   Brunei BRUNEI
       
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
 
61.9
62.9
62.4
45
56
52
1970
47.5
50.8
49.1
126
122
127
 
65.8
68.4
67.0
40
54
49
1980
52.2
55.5
53.8
130
128
131
 
69.3
72.7
71.0
28
51
33
1990
56.7
60.5
58.6
135
131
134
 
72.1
76.4
74.2
23
35
31
2000
48.2
50.3
49.3
167
167
166
 
73.1
76.0
74.4
35
50
41
2010
49.4
52.6
51.1
179
178
179
 
75.5
78.3
76.9
36
47
35
2019
47.7
54.2
50.7
183
183
183
 
73.4
75.4
74.3
65
100
83
LIFE EXPECTANCY BY AGE
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Lesotho LESOTHO   Brunei BRUNEI
      World Rank       World Rank
  M F M F M F M F
At Birth
47.7
54.2
183
183
73.4
75.4
65
100
Age
47.7
54.2
183
183
73.4
75.4
65
100
Age 5
52.5
58.8
183
183
74.4
76.2
63
106
Age 10
52.8
59.1
183
183
74.5
76.3
63
106
Age 15
52.9
59.2
183
183
74.6
76.3
64
107
Age 20
53.6
59.7
183
183
74.7
76.4
66
107
Age 25
54.5
60.6
183
183
74.9
76.5
71
108
Age 30
55.6
62.0
183
183
75.2
76.7
71
108
Age 35
57.2
63.8
183
183
75.5
76.8
72
109
Age 40
59.4
66.0
183
183
75.9
77.1
72
109
Age 45
62.0
68.3
183
183
76.4
77.5
73
109
Age 50
65.0
70.7
183
183
77.1
78.0
69
109
Age 55
68.1
73.0
183
181
78.0
78.5
71
112
Age 60
71.2
75.2
183
180
79.0
79.4
74
114
Age 65
74.4
77.5
182
180
80.1
80.4
78
129
Age 70
77.7
79.9
182
179
81.6
81.6
90
150
Age 75
81.2
82.6
183
178
83.6
83.3
106
170
Age 80
84.8
85.7
181
172
86.3
85.9
118
167
Age 85
88.6
89.1
175
172
89.1
88.5
160
178
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Lesotho LESOTHO   Brunei BRUNEI
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. HIV/AIDS
254.70
2
0.00
168
2. Stroke
211.66
3
87.37
89
3. Influenza and Pneumonia
192.07
1
25.00
101
4. Coronary Heart Disease
155.85
43
90.67
122
5. Diabetes Mellitus
147.55
5
56.41
32
6. Diarrhoeal diseases
142.10
2
1.31
122
7. Suicide
87.48
1
2.54
172
8. Lung Disease
83.85
6
27.00
67
9. Hypertension
74.75
1
15.15
108
10. Kidney Disease
69.87
4
33.89
42
11. Tuberculosis
68.85
13
7.47
73
12. Liver Disease
51.33
9
1.90
182
13. Asthma
45.32
3
4.75
91
14. Cervical Cancer
44.59
9
8.94
89
15. Violence
43.38
5
0.65
172
16. Road Traffic Accidents
36.62
32
7.38
136
17. Other Injuries
28.67
2
8.96
75
18. Prostate Cancer
24.42
47
15.24
100
19. Inflammatory/Heart
21.17
6
6.93
50
20. Low Birth Weight
18.96
1
3.38
118
21. Peptic Ulcer Disease
18.88
3
1.78
124
22. Alzheimers & Dementia
17.24
99
33.87
6
23. Malnutrition
17.17
13
0.51
114
24. Meningitis
16.69
10
0.11
176
25. Fires
14.67
1
0.85
121
26. Endocrine Disorders
14.08
10
25.19
1
27. Maternal Conditions
13.99
19
0.53
108
28. Birth Trauma
13.70
7
0.90
128
29. Breast Cancer
11.68
143
21.80
41
30. Congenital Anomalies
11.28
4
9.40
14
31. Drownings
9.67
7
2.21
106
32. Falls
8.24
44
6.36
78
33. Rheumatic Heart Disease
7.68
13
1.58
87
34. Epilepsy
7.57
1
1.15
124
35. Oesophagus Cancer
5.57
33
0.91
160
36. Poisonings
5.26
2
0.00
183
37. Skin Disease
5.11
14
7.61
8
38. Lymphomas
4.86
86
9.76
5
39. Liver Cancer
4.78
106
10.79
26
40. Parkinson's Disease
4.56
67
7.90
7
41. Alcohol
4.54
21
0.43
147
42. Lung Cancers
3.87
146
24.77
28
43. Oral Cancer
3.76
61
6.55
22
44. Skin Cancers
3.61
19
0.49
163
45. Ovary Cancer
3.01
145
5.66
43
46. Uterin Cancer
2.88
66
6.19
11
47. Colon-Rectum Cancers
2.77
180
21.30
5
48. Leukemia
2.43
144
5.44
15
49. Pertussis
1.81
46
0.03
118
50. Hepatitis B
1.71
15
2.36
6
TOTAL DEATHS BY CAUSE
PERCENT TOP 50 CAUSES
  Lesotho LESOTHO   Brunei BRUNEI
  Deaths % Deaths %
1. HIV/AIDS
4,767
14.31
0
0.00
2. Influenza and Pneumonia
3,214
9.65
69
3.65
3. Stroke
2,817
8.45
240
12.69
4. Diarrhoeal diseases
2,354
7.06
4
0.21
5. Coronary Heart Disease
2,101
6.31
295
15.60
6. Diabetes Mellitus
2,000
6.00
179
9.47
7. Suicide
1,539
4.62
12
0.63
8. Tuberculosis
1,208
3.63
21
1.11
9. Lung Disease
1,102
3.31
61
3.23
10. Kidney Disease
1,015
3.05
105
5.55
11. Hypertension
990
2.97
46
2.43
12. Low Birth Weight
957
2.87
15
0.79
13. Violence
924
2.77
3
0.16
14. Liver Disease
792
2.38
9
0.48
15. Birth Trauma
717
2.15
4
0.21
16. Asthma
678
2.03
14
0.74
17. Road Traffic Accidents
678
2.03
32
1.69
18. Other Injuries
533
1.60
29
1.53
19. Congenital Anomalies
389
1.17
37
1.96
20. Cervical Cancer
372
1.12
18
0.95
21. Malnutrition
357
1.07
1
0.05
22. Meningitis
318
0.95
1
0.05
23. Inflammatory/Heart
305
0.92
25
1.32
24. Maternal Conditions
292
0.88
3
0.16
25. Peptic Ulcer Disease
279
0.84
6
0.32
26. Fires
269
0.81
3
0.16
27. Endocrine Disorders
235
0.71
86
4.55
28. Drownings
200
0.60
9
0.48
29. Alzheimers & Dementia
194
0.58
73
3.86
30. Epilepsy
143
0.43
4
0.21
31. Falls
128
0.38
20
1.06
32. Rheumatic Heart Disease
126
0.38
4
0.21
33. Poisonings
111
0.33
0
0.00
34. Breast Cancer
97
0.29
39
2.06
35. Prostate Cancer
81
0.24
19
1.00
36. Lymphomas
78
0.23
32
1.69
37. Oesophagus Cancer
73
0.22
3
0.16
38. Alcohol
71
0.21
1
0.05
39. Liver Cancer
71
0.21
38
2.01
40. Skin Disease
70
0.21
20
1.06
41. Parkinson's Disease
55
0.17
18
0.95
42. Oral Cancer
52
0.16
22
1.16
43. Lung Cancers
51
0.15
73
3.86
44. Pertussis
51
0.15
0
0.00
45. Syphilis
50
0.15
0
0.00
46. Skin Cancers
46
0.14
2
0.11
47. Tetanus
45
0.14
0
0.00
48. Colon-Rectum Cancers
40
0.12
69
3.65
49. Leukemia
39
0.12
19
1.00
50. Drug Use
32
0.10
3
0.16
CANCER RANK BY TYPE
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Lesotho LESOTHO   Brunei BRUNEI
  Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Cervical Cancer
44.59
9
8.94
89
2. Prostate Cancer
24.42
47
15.24
100
3. Breast Cancer
11.68
143
21.80
41
4. Oesophagus Cancer
5.57
33
0.91
160
5. Lymphomas
4.86
86
9.76
5
6. Liver Cancer
4.78
106
10.79
26
7. Lung Cancers
3.87
146
24.77
28
8. Oral Cancer
3.76
61
6.55
22
9. Skin Cancers
3.61
19
0.49
163
10. Ovary Cancer
3.01
145
5.66
43
11. Uterin Cancer
2.88
66
6.19
11
12. Colon-Rectum Cancers
2.77
180
21.30
5
13. Leukemia
2.43
144
5.44
15
14. Pancreas Cancer
0.90
168
4.50
76
15. Stomach Cancer
0.76
181
8.69
55
16. Bladder Cancer
0.70
170
1.60
122
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.