LAOS VS AFGHANISTAN: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	AFGHANISTAN		LAOS		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	7,968	2	5,190	+ 2,778
War	2	5,079	68	3	+ 5,076
Stroke	3	3,778	1	5,769	- 1,991
Influenza and Pneumonia	4	2,904	3	2,820	+ 84
Low Birth Weight	5	2,504	11	1,156	+ 1,348
Birth Trauma	6	2,126	12	1,116	+ 1,010
Tuberculosis	7	1,950	4	1,949	+ 2
Hypertension	8	1,585	15	890	+ 695
Maternal Conditions	9	1,548	32	218	+ 1,330
Kidney Disease	10	1,306	5	1,646	- 339
Road Traffic Accidents	11	1,196	9	1,281	- 85
Diabetes Mellitus	12	1,140	8	1,466	- 326
Diarrhoeal diseases	13	1,101	7	1,552	- 450
Congenital Anomalies	14	991	18	647	+ 344
Lung Disease	15	922	6	1,626	- 705
Liver Disease	16	912	10	1,171	- 259
Asthma	17	675	16	840	- 166
Other Injuries	18	643	21	519	+ 124
Violence	19	638	22	475	+ 163
Meningitis	20	520	40	154	+ 367
Pertussis	21	418	30	304	+ 114
Breast Cancer	22	361	25	437	- 75
Alzheimers & Dementia	23	350	23	458	- 108
Suicide	24	312	27	390	- 78
Peptic Ulcer Disease	25	298	17	651	- 353
Stomach Cancer	26	297	20	530	- 233
Oral Cancer	27	291	28	349	- 59
Endocrine Disorders	28	270	38	186	+ 84
Oesophagus Cancer	29	261	33	214	+ 47
Tetanus	30	249	44	96	+ 153
Encephalitis	31	236	46	69	+ 167
Lung Cancers	32	213	14	919	- 706
Rheumatic Heart Disease	33	206	35	207	- 1
Drownings	34	197	19	568	- 371
Epilepsy	35	197	50	58	+ 139
Lymphomas	36	188	34	211	- 23
Falls	37	179	24	440	- 260
Hepatitis B	38	171	60	17	+ 154
Colon-Rectum Cancers	39	147	26	422	- 275
Liver Cancer	40	130	13	1,104	- 974
Parkinson's Disease	41	124	41	139	- 14
Leukemia	42	121	31	290	- 169
Malnutrition	43	117	39	166	- 49
Cervical Cancer	44	107	37	187	- 80
Inflammatory/Heart	45	104	36	206	- 102
HIV/AIDS	46	92	29	313	- 221
Poisonings	47	76	52	41	+ 35
Ovary Cancer	48	73	43	101	- 28
Measles	49	69	56	29	+ 40
Fires	50	69	42	108	- 39
Drug Use	51	65	54	33	+ 32
Appendicitis	52	59	57	29	+ 31
Uterin Cancer	53	57	55	29	+ 28
Bladder Cancer	54	54	51	49	+ 5
Prostate Cancer	55	51	53	37	+ 14
Pancreas Cancer	56	45	48	61	- 15
Malaria	57	37	63	10	+ 27
Alcohol	58	30	47	61	- 32
Skin Cancers	59	29	49	59	- 31
Syphilis	60	19	58	28	- 10
Skin Disease	61	19	45	89	- 70
Multiple Sclerosis	62	17	65	6	+ 10
Other Neoplasms	63	6	61	12	- 6
Hepatitis C	64	6	67	4	+ 2
Rheumatoid Arthritis	65	5	64	7	- 2
Ascariasis	66	3	70	2	+ 1
Diphtheria	67	3	69	2	+ 1
Upper Respiratory	68	2	66	5	- 3
Chlamydia	69	0	71	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	70	0	75	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	71	0	72	0	- 0
Dengue	72	0	59	17	- 17
Hookworm Disease	73	0	78	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	74	0	79	0	- 0
Leprosy	75	0	73	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	76	0	77	0	- 0
Chagas disease	77	0	76	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	74	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	79	0	62	11	- 11
Depression	80	0	83	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	81	0	84	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	82	0	85	0	- 0
Anemia	83	0	86	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	84	0	80	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	85	0	81	0	- 0
Oral conditions	86	0	82	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to LAOS

Afghanistan

Laos

THE INTELLECTUAL EXERCISE

The point of this intellectual exercise is to measure what would happen if two countries shared the same leading causes of death. To make these comparisons possible we equalized the population and used total deaths for each country's top 10 causes to simulate an "Exchange." Use the chart on the left to sort by the country name and use the summary plus and minus column to measure the differences in total deaths.

Life Expectancy statistics are calculated the same way everywhere in the world, but what we die from can be very different depending upon where we live. Despite these differences, with rare exception, the top 10 causes of death for any given country will represent between 70-80% of their total deaths. This is an intellectual exercise only, not a comparison of which country is healthier or to challenge existing life expectancy rankings. If you prefer to see total deaths for over 80 causes and choose your own countries to compare go here: https://www.globallifeexpectancy.com/world-rankings-total-deaths

ABOUT OUR DATA

All meaningful comparisons between countries should be made using the same data source and year. The most reliable source for International comparisons is the World Health Organization because it is standardized for cross cultural comparisons. It is also reviewed annually, which often makes it more current than individual country data that can take years to compile. The WHO data includes individual country "projections," that are calculated based upon an annual consultation with each country before it is published. There are differences however, such as WHO data separates different forms of heart disease and cancer and combines Alzheimer's with Dementia. In this top 10 comparison WHO data for both countries was used.