LAOS VS AUSTRALIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	AUSTRALIA		LAOS		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	6,402	2	5,190	+ 1,212
Alzheimers & Dementia	2	4,632	23	458	+ 4,174
Stroke	3	3,070	1	5,769	- 2,700
Lung Cancers	4	2,605	14	919	+ 1,686
Lung Disease	5	2,522	6	1,626	+ 895
Colon-Rectum Cancers	6	1,845	26	422	+ 1,422
Diabetes Mellitus	7	1,328	8	1,466	- 138
Influenza and Pneumonia	8	1,321	3	2,820	- 1,499
Prostate Cancer	9	1,119	53	37	+ 1,082
Breast Cancer	10	1,012	25	437	+ 575
Suicide	11	936	27	390	+ 546
Kidney Disease	12	933	5	1,646	- 713
Pancreas Cancer	13	926	48	61	+ 865
Falls	14	926	24	440	+ 486
Lymphomas	15	903	34	211	+ 692
Endocrine Disorders	16	692	38	186	+ 506
Skin Cancers	17	689	49	59	+ 629
Leukemia	18	632	31	290	+ 342
Parkinson's Disease	19	605	41	139	+ 466
Liver Cancer	20	605	13	1,104	- 499
Drug Use	21	530	54	33	+ 497
Other Injuries	22	488	21	519	- 31
Hypertension	23	485	15	890	- 405
Inflammatory/Heart	24	467	36	206	+ 261
Oesophagus Cancer	25	444	33	214	+ 230
Liver Disease	26	422	10	1,171	- 749
Stomach Cancer	27	383	20	530	- 147
Other Neoplasms	28	372	61	12	+ 360
Road Traffic Accidents	29	370	9	1,281	- 911
Bladder Cancer	30	353	51	49	+ 304
Ovary Cancer	31	298	43	101	+ 197
Oral Cancer	32	289	28	349	- 61
Congenital Anomalies	33	211	18	647	- 436
Skin Disease	34	177	45	89	+ 88
Uterin Cancer	35	156	55	29	+ 127
Asthma	36	135	16	840	- 705
Alcohol	37	113	47	61	+ 52
Rheumatic Heart Disease	38	113	35	207	- 94
Cervical Cancer	39	101	37	187	- 86
Diarrhoeal diseases	40	88	7	1,552	- 1,464
Epilepsy	41	85	50	58	+ 27
Peptic Ulcer Disease	42	82	17	651	- 569
Low Birth Weight	43	74	11	1,156	- 1,082
Violence	44	72	22	475	- 402
Rheumatoid Arthritis	45	68	64	7	+ 61
Multiple Sclerosis	46	56	65	6	+ 49
Drownings	47	53	19	568	- 516
Hepatitis C	48	51	67	4	+ 48
Anemia	49	47	86	0	+ 47
Birth Trauma	50	42	12	1,116	- 1,074
Malnutrition	51	35	39	166	- 131
Osteoarthritis	52	34	80	0	+ 34
Prostatic Hypertrophy	53	21	81	0	+ 21
Schizophrenia	54	19	84	0	+ 19
Fires	55	16	42	108	- 92
Tuberculosis	56	16	4	1,949	- 1,933
HIV/AIDS	57	15	29	313	- 298
Hepatitis B	58	12	60	17	- 5
Oral conditions	59	12	82	0	+ 12
Meningitis	60	11	40	154	- 142
Poisonings	61	10	52	41	- 31
Appendicitis	62	8	57	29	- 21
Maternal Conditions	63	6	32	218	- 212
Upper Respiratory	64	5	66	5	+ 0
War	65	2	68	3	- 0
Otitis Media	66	2	72	0	+ 2
Syphilis	67	1	58	28	- 28
Encephalitis	68	1	46	69	- 68
Pertussis	69	0	30	304	- 304
Tetanus	70	0	44	96	- 95
Diphtheria	71	0	69	2	- 2
Dengue	72	0	59	17	- 17
Trichuriasis	73	0	79	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	74	0	78	0	- 0
Ascariasis	75	0	70	2	- 2
Leprosy	76	0	73	0	- 0
Chlamydia	77	0	71	0	- 0
Measles	78	0	56	29	- 29
Schistosomiasis	79	0	62	11	- 11
Chagas disease	80	0	76	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	81	0	75	0	- 0
Malaria	82	0	63	10	- 10
Trypanosomiasis	83	0	74	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	84	0	77	0	- 0
Depression	85	0	83	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	86	0	85	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to LAOS

Australia

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.