Mortality from CVD, cancer, diabetes or CRD between exact ages 30 and in Lesotho
Lesotho: Mortality from CVD, cancer, diabetes or CRD between exact ages 30 and was 40.0% in 2021. ▲ Rising
Mortality from CVD, cancer, diabetes or CRD between exact ages 30 and in Lesotho, 2000–2021
Source: World Health Organization, Global Health Observatory Data Repository (http://apps.who.int/ghodata/)., World Health Organization (WHO). Measured in %.
Analysis
In 2021, mortality from cvd, cancer, diabetes or crd between exact ages 30 and in Lesotho stood at 40.0%.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 6.5% on the previous year and up 1.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, mortality from cvd, cancer, diabetes or crd between exact ages 30 and in Lesotho peaked at 42.8% in 2020 and was at its lowest, 27.6%, in 2000.
Lesotho ranks 6th of 185 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 22 years of available data.
Mortality from CVD, cancer, diabetes or CRD between exact ages 30 and in Lesotho, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 27.6% | — |
| 2001 | 27.9% | +1.1% |
| 2002 | 28.9% | +3.6% |
| 2003 | 30.0% | +3.8% |
| 2004 | 32.4% | +8.0% |
| 2005 | 33.6% | +3.7% |
| 2006 | 32.5% | -3.3% |
| 2007 | 32.4% | -0.3% |
| 2008 | 31.0% | -4.3% |
| 2009 | 30.8% | -0.6% |
| 2010 | 38.0% | +23.4% |
| 2011 | 39.4% | +3.7% |
| 2012 | 33.4% | -15.2% |
| 2013 | 35.3% | +5.7% |
| 2014 | 39.3% | +11.3% |
| 2015 | 40.9% | +4.1% |
| 2016 | 41.2% | +0.7% |
| 2017 | 40.7% | -1.2% |
| 2018 | 41.0% | +0.7% |
| 2019 | 41.2% | +0.5% |
| 2020 | 42.8% | +3.9% |
| 2021 | 40.0% | -6.5% |
Lesotho compared with similar countries
- Lesotho's 40.0% is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 22.9%, 1.7× the median. (47 countries reporting)
- Lesotho's 40.0% is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 23.5%, 1.7× the median. (48 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 30.7% | 27.6% | 33.6% | 10 |
| 2010s | 39.0% | 33.4% | 41.2% | 10 |
| 2020s | 41.4% | 40.0% | 42.8% | 2 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is mortality from cvd, cancer, diabetes or crd between exact ages 30 and in Lesotho?
- Mortality from cvd, cancer, diabetes or crd between exact ages 30 and in Lesotho was 40.0% in 2021, according to World Health Organization, Global Health Observatory Data Repository (http://apps.who.int/ghodata/)., World Health Organization (WHO).
- What is the highest mortality from cvd, cancer, diabetes or crd between exact ages 30 and recorded in Lesotho?
- The highest recorded value was 42.8% in 2020.
- What is the lowest mortality from cvd, cancer, diabetes or crd between exact ages 30 and recorded in Lesotho?
- The lowest recorded value was 27.6% in 2000.
- How does Lesotho rank for mortality from cvd, cancer, diabetes or crd between exact ages 30 and?
- Lesotho ranks 6th out of 185 countries with data for 2021.
- Is mortality from cvd, cancer, diabetes or crd between exact ages 30 and rising or falling in Lesotho?
- Over the last ten years it is up 1.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Lesotho data come from?
- The figures come from World Health Organization, Global Health Observatory Data Repository (http://apps.who.int/ghodata/)., World Health Organization (WHO), published as part of Mortality from CVD, cancer, diabetes or CRD between exact ages 30 and 70, male (%). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Mortality from CVD, cancer, diabetes or CRD is the percent of 30-year-old-people who would die before their 70th birthday from any of cardiovascular disease, cancer, diabetes, or chronic respiratory disease, assuming that s/he would experience current mortality rates at every age and s/he would not die from any other cause of death (e.g., injuries or HIV/AIDS).