LAOS VS BANGLADESH: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	BANGLADESH		LAOS		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Stroke	1	6,326	1	5,769	+ 556
Coronary Heart Disease	2	5,117	2	5,190	- 73
Lung Disease	3	2,155	6	1,626	+ 528
Tuberculosis	4	1,753	4	1,949	- 196
Diarrhoeal diseases	5	1,703	7	1,552	+ 151
Influenza and Pneumonia	6	1,395	3	2,820	- 1,425
Diabetes Mellitus	7	1,366	8	1,466	- 100
Road Traffic Accidents	8	1,180	9	1,281	- 101
Liver Disease	9	991	10	1,171	- 180
Oesophagus Cancer	10	921	33	214	+ 707
Low Birth Weight	11	823	11	1,156	- 333
Oral Cancer	12	731	28	349	+ 382
Alzheimers & Dementia	13	707	23	458	+ 249
Hypertension	14	697	15	890	- 193
Birth Trauma	15	631	12	1,116	- 484
Lung Cancers	16	574	14	919	- 345
Kidney Disease	17	511	5	1,646	- 1,135
Congenital Anomalies	18	477	18	647	- 170
Measles	19	425	56	29	+ 396
Asthma	20	419	16	840	- 421
Other Injuries	21	360	21	519	- 159
Drownings	22	334	19	568	- 234
Breast Cancer	23	321	25	437	- 116
Stomach Cancer	24	321	20	530	- 210
Suicide	25	283	27	390	- 107
Cervical Cancer	26	242	37	187	+ 55
Violence	27	218	22	475	- 257
Colon-Rectum Cancers	28	214	26	422	- 209
Maternal Conditions	29	185	32	218	- 33
Parkinson's Disease	30	178	41	139	+ 40
Falls	31	157	24	440	- 283
Drug Use	32	140	54	33	+ 107
Rheumatic Heart Disease	33	138	35	207	- 69
Liver Cancer	34	136	13	1,104	- 968
Lymphomas	35	126	34	211	- 85
Malnutrition	36	114	39	166	- 52
Ovary Cancer	37	105	43	101	+ 4
Meningitis	38	99	40	154	- 54
Pertussis	39	95	30	304	- 209
Leukemia	40	89	31	290	- 200
Prostate Cancer	41	78	53	37	+ 41
Inflammatory/Heart	42	70	36	206	- 136
Pancreas Cancer	43	67	48	61	+ 6
Epilepsy	44	64	50	58	+ 6
Endocrine Disorders	45	63	38	186	- 123
Fires	46	60	42	108	- 48
Appendicitis	47	59	57	29	+ 31
Peptic Ulcer Disease	48	59	17	651	- 592
Syphilis	49	58	58	28	+ 29
Skin Disease	50	53	45	89	- 35
Hepatitis B	51	53	60	17	+ 36
Bladder Cancer	52	47	51	49	- 2
Skin Cancers	53	40	49	59	- 19
Rheumatoid Arthritis	54	38	64	7	+ 31
HIV/AIDS	55	27	29	313	- 287
Poisonings	56	25	52	41	- 16
Tetanus	57	21	44	96	- 74
Uterin Cancer	58	19	55	29	- 10
Encephalitis	59	17	46	69	- 51
Alcohol	60	12	47	61	- 49
Other Neoplasms	61	11	61	12	- 0
Hepatitis C	62	10	67	4	+ 6
War	63	10	68	3	+ 7
Multiple Sclerosis	64	8	65	6	+ 2
Dengue	65	8	59	17	- 10
Upper Respiratory	66	5	66	5	- 0
Leishmaniasis	67	3	75	0	+ 3
Malaria	68	2	63	10	- 8
Ascariasis	69	1	70	2	- 1
Chlamydia	70	1	71	0	+ 1
Otitis Media	71	1	72	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	72	0	69	2	- 2
Leprosy	73	0	73	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	74	0	62	11	- 11
Chagas disease	75	0	76	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	76	0	74	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	77	0	77	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	78	0	79	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	79	0	78	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	80	0	85	0	- 0
Anemia	81	0	86	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	82	0	84	0	- 0
Depression	83	0	83	0	- 0
Oral conditions	84	0	82	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	85	0	81	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	86	0	80	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to LAOS

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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.