LAOS VS CHILE: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	CHILE		LAOS		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	4,553	2	5,190	- 637
Stroke	2	4,147	1	5,769	- 1,623
Kidney Disease	3	1,732	5	1,646	+ 86
Lung Disease	4	1,731	6	1,626	+ 105
Alzheimers & Dementia	5	1,704	23	458	+ 1,247
Influenza and Pneumonia	6	1,670	3	2,820	- 1,149
Hypertension	7	1,626	15	890	+ 737
Stomach Cancer	8	1,547	20	530	+ 1,017
Lung Cancers	9	1,471	14	919	+ 552
Diabetes Mellitus	10	1,354	8	1,466	- 113
Colon-Rectum Cancers	11	1,288	26	422	+ 866
Road Traffic Accidents	12	1,204	9	1,281	- 77
Liver Disease	13	1,128	10	1,171	- 43
Prostate Cancer	14	1,038	53	37	+ 1,001
Suicide	15	725	27	390	+ 335
Breast Cancer	16	720	25	437	+ 283
Pancreas Cancer	17	668	48	61	+ 607
Lymphomas	18	594	34	211	+ 383
Liver Cancer	19	583	13	1,104	- 520
Other Neoplasms	20	579	61	12	+ 567
Other Injuries	21	558	21	519	+ 40
Endocrine Disorders	22	548	38	186	+ 362
Falls	23	385	24	440	- 54
Leukemia	24	375	31	290	+ 85
Congenital Anomalies	25	366	18	647	- 281
Parkinson's Disease	26	337	41	139	+ 198
Cervical Cancer	27	332	37	187	+ 145
Skin Disease	28	325	45	89	+ 236
Violence	29	317	22	475	- 158
Oesophagus Cancer	30	308	33	214	+ 94
Inflammatory/Heart	31	302	36	206	+ 96
Bladder Cancer	32	273	51	49	+ 224
HIV/AIDS	33	230	29	313	- 83
Skin Cancers	34	224	49	59	+ 165
Ovary Cancer	35	219	43	101	+ 118
Low Birth Weight	36	186	11	1,156	- 969
Malnutrition	37	179	39	166	+ 13
Tuberculosis	38	175	4	1,949	- 1,774
Diarrhoeal diseases	39	142	7	1,552	- 1,409
Oral Cancer	40	131	28	349	- 219
Fires	41	126	42	108	+ 18
Asthma	42	126	16	840	- 715
Epilepsy	43	125	50	58	+ 68
Drownings	44	121	19	568	- 448
Uterin Cancer	45	117	55	29	+ 88
Peptic Ulcer Disease	46	95	17	651	- 556
Alcohol	47	88	47	61	+ 27
Rheumatoid Arthritis	48	79	64	7	+ 72
Anemia	49	77	86	0	+ 77
Drug Use	50	63	54	33	+ 31
Osteoarthritis	51	56	80	0	+ 56
Rheumatic Heart Disease	52	44	35	207	- 162
Meningitis	53	40	40	154	- 113
Birth Trauma	54	37	12	1,116	- 1,078
Chagas disease	55	33	76	0	+ 33
Prostatic Hypertrophy	56	31	81	0	+ 31
Poisonings	57	29	52	41	- 12
Schizophrenia	58	16	84	0	+ 16
Appendicitis	59	16	57	29	- 13
Hepatitis B	60	13	60	17	- 4
Hepatitis C	61	11	67	4	+ 7
Multiple Sclerosis	62	11	65	6	+ 5
Maternal Conditions	63	10	32	218	- 208
War	64	6	68	3	+ 3
Oral conditions	65	2	82	0	+ 2
Syphilis	66	2	58	28	- 26
Upper Respiratory	67	2	66	5	- 3
Pertussis	68	1	30	304	- 303
Tetanus	69	1	44	96	- 95
Encephalitis	70	1	46	69	- 68
Otitis Media	71	1	72	0	+ 0
Ascariasis	72	0	70	2	- 2
Dengue	73	0	59	17	- 17
Diphtheria	74	0	69	2	- 2
Measles	75	0	56	29	- 29
Leprosy	76	0	73	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	77	0	77	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	78	0	79	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	79	0	78	0	- 0
Chlamydia	80	0	71	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	81	0	75	0	- 0
Malaria	82	0	63	10	- 10
Trypanosomiasis	83	0	74	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	84	0	62	11	- 11
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	85	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.