LAOS VS CYPRUS: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	CYPRUS		LAOS		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	6,744	2	5,190	+ 1,554
Stroke	2	2,783	1	5,769	- 2,987
Alzheimers & Dementia	3	2,409	23	458	+ 1,951
Lung Disease	4	2,140	6	1,626	+ 514
Diabetes Mellitus	5	1,998	8	1,466	+ 531
Lung Cancers	6	1,923	14	919	+ 1,004
Kidney Disease	7	1,280	5	1,646	- 366
Colon-Rectum Cancers	8	1,007	26	422	+ 584
Breast Cancer	9	932	25	437	+ 495
Other Injuries	10	818	21	519	+ 299
Hypertension	11	767	15	890	- 123
Endocrine Disorders	12	758	38	186	+ 572
Prostate Cancer	13	708	53	37	+ 671
Pancreas Cancer	14	628	48	61	+ 568
Influenza and Pneumonia	15	587	3	2,820	- 2,232
Lymphomas	16	585	34	211	+ 375
Leukemia	17	498	31	290	+ 208
Road Traffic Accidents	18	415	9	1,281	- 866
Bladder Cancer	19	402	51	49	+ 353
Liver Cancer	20	386	13	1,104	- 718
Stomach Cancer	21	380	20	530	- 150
Diarrhoeal diseases	22	340	7	1,552	- 1,211
Other Neoplasms	23	322	61	12	+ 310
Inflammatory/Heart	24	308	36	206	+ 102
Falls	25	305	24	440	- 134
Liver Disease	26	303	10	1,171	- 868
Ovary Cancer	27	270	43	101	+ 169
Parkinson's Disease	28	265	41	139	+ 127
Suicide	29	263	27	390	- 127
Skin Disease	30	263	45	89	+ 174
Skin Cancers	31	233	49	59	+ 173
Rheumatic Heart Disease	32	208	35	207	+ 1
Drownings	33	201	19	568	- 367
Uterin Cancer	34	166	55	29	+ 136
Asthma	35	146	16	840	- 695
Oral Cancer	36	125	28	349	- 224
Cervical Cancer	37	111	37	187	- 76
Congenital Anomalies	38	106	18	647	- 541
Anemia	39	104	86	0	+ 104
Violence	40	92	22	475	- 383
Drug Use	41	80	54	33	+ 48
Peptic Ulcer Disease	42	68	17	651	- 584
Oesophagus Cancer	43	62	33	214	- 152
Epilepsy	44	59	50	58	+ 1
Rheumatoid Arthritis	45	59	64	7	+ 52
Multiple Sclerosis	46	53	65	6	+ 47
Low Birth Weight	47	39	11	1,156	- 1,117
Prostatic Hypertrophy	48	34	81	0	+ 34
Alcohol	49	32	47	61	- 30
Fires	50	28	42	108	- 80
Poisonings	51	25	52	41	- 16
Tuberculosis	52	22	4	1,949	- 1,926
Birth Trauma	53	15	12	1,116	- 1,101
Hepatitis B	54	11	60	17	- 6
Meningitis	55	10	40	154	- 143
Malnutrition	56	10	39	166	- 157
Schizophrenia	57	9	84	0	+ 9
Hepatitis C	58	9	67	4	+ 5
Upper Respiratory	59	7	66	5	+ 2
Osteoarthritis	60	5	80	0	+ 5
Oral conditions	61	5	82	0	+ 5
Syphilis	62	4	58	28	- 24
Maternal Conditions	63	4	32	218	- 214
HIV/AIDS	64	2	29	313	- 311
Otitis Media	65	2	72	0	+ 2
Appendicitis	66	2	57	29	- 26
Leishmaniasis	67	2	75	0	+ 2
War	68	1	68	3	- 2
Encephalitis	69	0	46	69	- 69
Pertussis	70	0	30	304	- 304
Tetanus	71	0	44	96	- 96
Measles	72	0	56	29	- 29
Diphtheria	73	0	69	2	- 2
Dengue	74	0	59	17	- 17
Hookworm Disease	75	0	78	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	76	0	79	0	- 0
Ascariasis	77	0	70	2	- 2
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	74	0	- 0
Malaria	79	0	63	10	- 10
Schistosomiasis	80	0	62	11	- 11
Chagas disease	81	0	76	0	- 0
Leprosy	82	0	73	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	83	0	77	0	- 0
Chlamydia	84	0	71	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.