LAOS VS ARGENTINA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	ARGENTINA		LAOS		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	8,253	2	5,190	+ 3,063
Influenza and Pneumonia	2	6,937	3	2,820	+ 4,117
Lung Disease	3	3,932	6	1,626	+ 2,306
Stroke	4	3,872	1	5,769	- 1,897
Kidney Disease	5	2,300	5	1,646	+ 654
Lung Cancers	6	1,695	14	919	+ 776
Colon-Rectum Cancers	7	1,511	26	422	+ 1,089
Breast Cancer	8	1,195	25	437	+ 759
Diabetes Mellitus	9	1,157	8	1,466	- 309
Road Traffic Accidents	10	1,066	9	1,281	- 215
Hypertension	11	981	15	890	+ 92
Other Injuries	12	955	21	519	+ 436
Inflammatory/Heart	13	930	36	206	+ 724
Pancreas Cancer	14	780	48	61	+ 719
Prostate Cancer	15	763	53	37	+ 726
Liver Disease	16	682	10	1,171	- 489
Endocrine Disorders	17	675	38	186	+ 489
Suicide	18	634	27	390	+ 245
Alzheimers & Dementia	19	632	23	458	+ 175
Stomach Cancer	20	596	20	530	+ 66
Other Neoplasms	21	546	61	12	+ 534
Skin Disease	22	537	45	89	+ 448
Violence	23	459	22	475	- 16
Lymphomas	24	458	34	211	+ 248
Cervical Cancer	25	420	37	187	+ 232
Congenital Anomalies	26	409	18	647	- 237
Leukemia	27	370	31	290	+ 81
Low Birth Weight	28	369	11	1,156	- 786
Oesophagus Cancer	29	348	33	214	+ 134
Liver Cancer	30	346	13	1,104	- 758
Bladder Cancer	31	284	51	49	+ 235
HIV/AIDS	32	251	29	313	- 62
Ovary Cancer	33	221	43	101	+ 120
Skin Cancers	34	182	49	59	+ 122
Oral Cancer	35	182	28	349	- 168
Parkinson's Disease	36	163	41	139	+ 24
Uterin Cancer	37	160	55	29	+ 131
Malnutrition	38	157	39	166	- 9
Drug Use	39	140	54	33	+ 107
Anemia	40	117	86	0	+ 117
Tuberculosis	41	111	4	1,949	- 1,838
Diarrhoeal diseases	42	98	7	1,552	- 1,454
Falls	43	86	24	440	- 354
Peptic Ulcer Disease	44	83	17	651	- 569
Chagas disease	45	76	76	0	+ 76
Alcohol	46	75	47	61	+ 13
Asthma	47	68	16	840	- 772
Drownings	48	64	19	568	- 504
Birth Trauma	49	63	12	1,116	- 1,053
Epilepsy	50	56	50	58	- 2
Meningitis	51	54	40	154	- 100
Fires	52	47	42	108	- 61
Maternal Conditions	53	47	32	218	- 171
Rheumatoid Arthritis	54	41	64	7	+ 34
Poisonings	55	33	52	41	- 8
Rheumatic Heart Disease	56	24	35	207	- 183
Hepatitis C	57	19	67	4	+ 15
Multiple Sclerosis	58	17	65	6	+ 11
Osteoarthritis	59	12	80	0	+ 12
Appendicitis	60	12	57	29	- 17
Schizophrenia	61	10	84	0	+ 10
Hepatitis B	62	9	60	17	- 7
Prostatic Hypertrophy	63	8	81	0	+ 8
Encephalitis	64	3	46	69	- 66
Syphilis	65	2	58	28	- 26
Oral conditions	66	2	82	0	+ 2
Upper Respiratory	67	2	66	5	- 3
Pertussis	68	2	30	304	- 302
Leprosy	69	1	73	0	+ 1
War	70	1	68	3	- 2
Tetanus	71	1	44	96	- 95
Leishmaniasis	72	0	75	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	73	0	72	0	+ 0
Iodine Deficiency	74	0	77	0	+ 0
Hookworm Disease	75	0	78	0	+ 0
Trypanosomiasis	76	0	74	0	+ 0
Ascariasis	77	0	70	2	- 2
Diphtheria	78	0	69	2	- 2
Measles	79	0	56	29	- 29
Dengue	80	0	59	17	- 17
Trichuriasis	81	0	79	0	- 0
Chlamydia	82	0	71	0	- 0
Malaria	83	0	63	10	- 10
Schistosomiasis	84	0	62	11	- 11
Depression	85	0	83	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	86	0	85	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to LAOS

Argentina

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.