Health in Lesotho

1,102 indicators covering health for Lesotho.

IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank
Cause of death, by injury, male 12.5% 2021 up 10.1% 31st
Cause of death, by non-communicable diseases, ages 0-4, female 9.4% 2021 up 47.3% 153rd
Cause of death, by non-communicable diseases, ages 0-4, male 9.3% 2021 up 41.6% 156th
Cause of death, by non-communicable diseases, ages 0-4 9.3% 2021 up 44.1% 155th
Cause of death, by non-communicable diseases, ages 5-14, female 16.6% 2021 up 419.6% 172nd
Cause of death, by non-communicable diseases, ages 5-14, male 12.9% 2021 up 298.7% 182nd
Cause of death, by non-communicable diseases, ages 5-14 14.6% 2021 up 351.7% 180th
Cause of death, by non-communicable diseases, ages 15-59, female 30.8% 2021 up 29.6% 178th
Cause of death, by non-communicable diseases, ages 15-59, male 22.4% 2021 up 27.5% 183rd
Cause of death, by non-communicable diseases, ages 15-59 26.1% 2021 up 28.4% 181st
Cause of death, by non-communicable diseases, ages 60+, female 61.1% 2021 down 10.3% 162nd
Cause of death, by non-communicable diseases, ages 60+, male 47.5% 2021 down 11.4% 173rd
Cause of death, by non-communicable diseases, ages 60+ 55.2% 2021 down 10.1% 169th
Cause of death, by non-communicable diseases, female 40.6% 2021 up 7.5% 160th
Cause of death, by non-communicable diseases, male 28.0% 2021 up 5.8% 175th
Cause of death, by other COVID-19 pandemic-related outcomes, ages 0-4 0.0% 2021 β€” 3rd
Cause of death, by other COVID-19 pandemic-related outcomes, ages 0-4 0.0% 2021 β€” 3rd
New cases tested for RR-/MDR-TB 85.0% 2024 up 372.2% 118th
Tuberculosis death rate age standardized 364.17 2021 down 16.7% 2nd
Age-standardized suicide rates 36.7 2021 up 4.0% 1st
Number of deaths in children aged <5 years, by cause 924.79 2021 down 3.6% 75th
Premature deaths due to noncommunicable diseases (NCD) as a proportion 63.96 2021 up 18.8% 31st
Total NCD Deaths 11,393 2021 up 3.6% 140th
Probability (%) of dying between age 30 and exact age 70 from any of c 36.3% 2021 up 3.1% 6th
Life expectancy at age 60 12.02 2021 down 1.3% 184th
Age-standardized NCD mortality rate 934.7 2021 down 5.1% 4th
Mortality rate attributed to unintentional poisoning 3.49 2021 up 4.3% 3rd
Life expectancy at birth 51.48 2021 up 4.8% 184th
Adult mortality rate (probability of dying between 15 and 60 years per 573.71 2021 down 5.0% 1st
Previously treated cases tested for RR-/MDR-TB 73.0% 2024 up 1,331.4% 127th
Healthy life expectancy (HALE) at age 60 8.95 2021 down 3.1% 184th
nMx - age-specific death rate between ages x and x+n 0.0603 2021 down 8.6% 11th
nqx - probability of dying between ages x and x+n 0.0578 2021 down 8.2% 11th
lx - number of people left alive at age x 100,000 2021 unchanged 1st
nLx - person-years lived between ages x and x+n 95,952 2021 up 0.4% 174th
Tx - person-years lived above age x 5.15 million 2021 up 4.8% 184th
ex - expectation of life at age x 51.48 2021 up 4.8% 184th
Healthy life expectancy (HALE) at birth 44.63 2021 up 4.2% 184th
ndx - number of people dying between ages x and x+n 5,783 2021 down 8.2% 11th
Cardiovascular death rate vs gdp per capita 474.48 2021 up 6.7% 13th
Suicide rate vs income inequality 40.68 2021 up 8.9% 1st
Life expectancy at birth who gho 51.48 2021 up 4.8% 185th
Deaths from falls 88.58 2021 up 12.8% 140th
Death rate from falls 3.88 2021 up 0.8% 130th
Death rate from natural disasters 0 2021 down 100.0% 83rd
Deaths from natural disasters 0 2021 down 100.0% 89th
Number of deaths who 36,472 2021 up 6.1% 122nd
Crude death rate the share of the population that dies each year who 1.6 2021 down 5.3% 9th
Deaths from fires and burns who 239.76 2021 up 26.7% 70th
Death rate from fires and burns who 10.51 2021 up 13.1% 1st
Deaths from diarrheal diseases who 1,509 2021 down 12.3% 56th
Death rate from diarrheal diseases who 66.14 2021 down 21.7% 7th
Number of deaths from malaria ghe 0 2021 β€” 70th
Death rate from malaria ghe 0 2021 β€” 66th
Number of deaths from tuberculosis ghe 5,296 2021 down 3.2% 37th
Death rate from tuberculosis ghe 232.13 2021 down 13.6% 1st
Deaths from cardiovascular disease ghe 5,393 2021 up 14.3% 138th
Death rate from cardiovascular disease ghe 236.39 2021 up 2.1% 68th
Deaths from strokes ghe 2,729 2021 up 11.9% 122nd
Death rate from strokes who 242.98 2021 up 5.0% 2nd