LAOS VS COLOMBIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	COLOMBIA		LAOS		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	6,907	2	5,190	+ 1,717
Violence	2	3,090	22	475	+ 2,616
Stroke	3	2,658	1	5,769	- 3,111
Lung Disease	4	2,555	6	1,626	+ 928
Influenza and Pneumonia	5	1,728	3	2,820	- 1,092
Road Traffic Accidents	6	1,245	9	1,281	- 36
Kidney Disease	7	1,096	5	1,646	- 550
Hypertension	8	1,026	15	890	+ 137
Stomach Cancer	9	980	20	530	+ 450
Lung Cancers	10	842	14	919	- 77
Diabetes Mellitus	11	807	8	1,466	- 660
Colon-Rectum Cancers	12	701	26	422	+ 279
Breast Cancer	13	589	25	437	+ 152
Prostate Cancer	14	575	53	37	+ 538
Other Neoplasms	15	514	61	12	+ 502
Congenital Anomalies	16	475	18	647	- 172
HIV/AIDS	17	430	29	313	+ 117
Lymphomas	18	417	34	211	+ 207
Liver Disease	19	389	10	1,171	- 782
Cervical Cancer	20	363	37	187	+ 176
Leukemia	21	354	31	290	+ 64
Alzheimers & Dementia	22	346	23	458	- 112
Low Birth Weight	23	336	11	1,156	- 820
Liver Cancer	24	331	13	1,104	- 773
Pancreas Cancer	25	324	48	61	+ 264
Suicide	26	315	27	390	- 74
Malnutrition	27	301	39	166	+ 135
Other Injuries	28	255	21	519	- 263
Falls	29	243	24	440	- 196
Endocrine Disorders	30	219	38	186	+ 33
Inflammatory/Heart	31	213	36	206	+ 7
Tuberculosis	32	204	4	1,949	- 1,745
Ovary Cancer	33	180	43	101	+ 79
Skin Disease	34	177	45	89	+ 88
Skin Cancers	35	165	49	59	+ 105
Oesophagus Cancer	36	134	33	214	- 80
Oral Cancer	37	129	28	349	- 220
Diarrhoeal diseases	38	120	7	1,552	- 1,432
Peptic Ulcer Disease	39	112	17	651	- 539
Drownings	40	111	19	568	- 458
Birth Trauma	41	104	12	1,116	- 1,012
Bladder Cancer	42	98	51	49	+ 49
Epilepsy	43	96	50	58	+ 38
Drug Use	44	79	54	33	+ 46
Uterin Cancer	45	68	55	29	+ 39
Maternal Conditions	46	63	32	218	- 155
Parkinson's Disease	47	61	41	139	- 77
Prostatic Hypertrophy	48	53	81	0	+ 53
War	49	42	68	3	+ 39
Meningitis	50	39	40	154	- 114
Rheumatoid Arthritis	51	39	64	7	+ 32
Appendicitis	52	34	57	29	+ 6
Chagas disease	53	33	76	0	+ 33
Asthma	54	31	16	840	- 810
Dengue	55	21	59	17	+ 4
Fires	56	20	42	108	- 88
Anemia	57	16	86	0	+ 16
Osteoarthritis	58	11	80	0	+ 11
Hepatitis C	59	10	67	4	+ 7
Multiple Sclerosis	60	10	65	6	+ 4
Poisonings	61	10	52	41	- 31
Hepatitis B	62	8	60	17	- 9
Rheumatic Heart Disease	63	6	35	207	- 201
Encephalitis	64	6	46	69	- 63
Syphilis	65	5	58	28	- 24
Upper Respiratory	66	4	66	5	- 0
Malaria	67	4	63	10	- 6
Alcohol	68	4	47	61	- 58
Pertussis	69	3	30	304	- 301
Schizophrenia	70	3	84	0	+ 3
Tetanus	71	2	44	96	- 93
Leprosy	72	1	73	0	+ 1
Otitis Media	73	1	72	0	+ 1
Leishmaniasis	74	1	75	0	+ 1
Oral conditions	75	1	82	0	+ 1
Ascariasis	76	1	70	2	- 2
Schistosomiasis	77	0	62	11	- 11
Measles	78	0	56	29	- 29
Hookworm Disease	79	0	78	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	80	0	69	2	- 2
Chlamydia	81	0	71	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	82	0	77	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	83	0	79	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	84	0	74	0	- 0
Depression	85	0	83	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	86	0	85	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.