LAOS VS BRAZIL: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	BRAZIL		LAOS		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	5,992	2	5,190	+ 802
Stroke	2	4,453	1	5,769	- 1,316
Influenza and Pneumonia	3	3,423	3	2,820	+ 603
Violence	4	2,486	22	475	+ 2,011
Diabetes Mellitus	5	2,154	8	1,466	+ 688
Lung Disease	6	2,146	6	1,626	+ 520
Kidney Disease	7	1,362	5	1,646	- 284
Road Traffic Accidents	8	1,224	9	1,281	- 57
Lung Cancers	9	1,144	14	919	+ 225
Alzheimers & Dementia	10	1,110	23	458	+ 652
Hypertension	11	1,042	15	890	+ 152
Colon-Rectum Cancers	12	837	26	422	+ 415
Liver Disease	13	774	10	1,171	- 397
Breast Cancer	14	750	25	437	+ 314
Prostate Cancer	15	687	53	37	+ 650
Falls	16	681	24	440	+ 241
Stomach Cancer	17	650	20	530	+ 120
Inflammatory/Heart	18	633	36	206	+ 427
Endocrine Disorders	19	612	38	186	+ 426
Suicide	20	526	27	390	+ 136
Other Injuries	21	499	21	519	- 20
HIV/AIDS	22	454	29	313	+ 141
Congenital Anomalies	23	445	18	647	- 202
Pancreas Cancer	24	434	48	61	+ 373
Liver Cancer	25	416	13	1,104	- 688
Oesophagus Cancer	26	378	33	214	+ 164
Lymphomas	27	375	34	211	+ 164
Oral Cancer	28	360	28	349	+ 10
Cervical Cancer	29	344	37	187	+ 156
Leukemia	30	308	31	290	+ 19
Skin Disease	31	259	45	89	+ 171
Alcohol	32	257	47	61	+ 196
Low Birth Weight	33	249	11	1,156	- 907
Malnutrition	34	242	39	166	+ 76
Diarrhoeal diseases	35	205	7	1,552	- 1,347
Bladder Cancer	36	192	51	49	+ 143
Chagas disease	37	182	76	0	+ 182
Skin Cancers	38	182	49	59	+ 122
Drownings	39	178	19	568	- 390
Tuberculosis	40	177	4	1,949	- 1,772
Parkinson's Disease	41	172	41	139	+ 34
Other Neoplasms	42	169	61	12	+ 157
Ovary Cancer	43	157	43	101	+ 56
Peptic Ulcer Disease	44	154	17	651	- 497
Birth Trauma	45	137	12	1,116	- 979
Epilepsy	46	118	50	58	+ 60
Uterin Cancer	47	100	55	29	+ 71
Asthma	48	94	16	840	- 747
Drug Use	49	89	54	33	+ 57
Anemia	50	87	86	0	+ 87
Rheumatic Heart Disease	51	79	35	207	- 128
Hepatitis C	52	71	67	4	+ 67
Maternal Conditions	53	54	32	218	- 164
Meningitis	54	49	40	154	- 104
Prostatic Hypertrophy	55	40	81	0	+ 40
War	56	39	68	3	+ 37
Appendicitis	57	39	57	29	+ 10
Fires	58	37	42	108	- 71
Hepatitis B	59	28	60	17	+ 11
Schizophrenia	60	24	84	0	+ 24
Rheumatoid Arthritis	61	22	64	7	+ 14
Schistosomiasis	62	21	62	11	+ 10
Leishmaniasis	63	16	75	0	+ 16
Multiple Sclerosis	64	13	65	6	+ 6
Osteoarthritis	65	12	80	0	+ 12
Poisonings	66	11	52	41	- 30
Upper Respiratory	67	9	66	5	+ 5
Syphilis	68	8	58	28	- 20
Leprosy	69	6	73	0	+ 6
Otitis Media	70	3	72	0	+ 3
Tetanus	71	3	44	96	- 93
Encephalitis	72	2	46	69	- 66
Oral conditions	73	2	82	0	+ 2
Malaria	74	2	63	10	- 8
Pertussis	75	1	30	304	- 303
Dengue	76	0	59	17	- 17
Iodine Deficiency	77	0	77	0	+ 0
Ascariasis	78	0	70	2	- 2
Diphtheria	79	0	69	2	- 2
Chlamydia	80	0	71	0	- 0
Measles	81	0	56	29	- 29
Vitamin A Deficiency	82	0	85	0	+ 0
Trypanosomiasis	83	0	74	0	+ 0
Trichuriasis	84	0	79	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	85	0	78	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	83	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to LAOS

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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.