LAOS VS ERITREA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	ERITREA		LAOS		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Influenza and Pneumonia	1	4,108	3	2,820	+ 1,288
Stroke	2	3,215	1	5,769	- 2,555
Diarrhoeal diseases	3	2,874	7	1,552	+ 1,322
Coronary Heart Disease	4	2,700	2	5,190	- 2,490
Road Traffic Accidents	5	1,663	9	1,281	+ 382
Liver Disease	6	1,523	10	1,171	+ 352
Diabetes Mellitus	7	1,184	8	1,466	- 282
Hypertension	8	1,161	15	890	+ 271
Lung Disease	9	830	6	1,626	- 797
Malnutrition	10	827	39	166	+ 661
Birth Trauma	11	773	12	1,116	- 343
Kidney Disease	12	724	5	1,646	- 922
Maternal Conditions	13	681	32	218	+ 463
Tuberculosis	14	681	4	1,949	- 1,267
Other Injuries	15	677	21	519	+ 158
Low Birth Weight	16	666	11	1,156	- 490
Malaria	17	548	63	10	+ 538
Congenital Anomalies	18	542	18	647	- 105
Meningitis	19	507	40	154	+ 354
Violence	20	482	22	475	+ 7
Suicide	21	479	27	390	+ 89
Asthma	22	409	16	840	- 432
Breast Cancer	23	390	25	437	- 46
Alzheimers & Dementia	24	388	23	458	- 69
HIV/AIDS	25	386	29	313	+ 72
Falls	26	211	24	440	- 229
Peptic Ulcer Disease	27	184	17	651	- 467
Lymphomas	28	184	34	211	- 27
Leukemia	29	181	31	290	- 109
Cervical Cancer	30	166	37	187	- 21
Fires	31	165	42	108	+ 57
Inflammatory/Heart	32	154	36	206	- 52
Drownings	33	148	19	568	- 421
Poisonings	34	143	52	41	+ 102
Colon-Rectum Cancers	35	142	26	422	- 281
Pertussis	36	112	30	304	- 192
Parkinson's Disease	37	106	41	139	- 32
Epilepsy	38	102	50	58	+ 44
Oesophagus Cancer	39	102	33	214	- 112
Ovary Cancer	40	100	43	101	- 1
Rheumatic Heart Disease	41	96	35	207	- 111
Schistosomiasis	42	91	62	11	+ 80
Endocrine Disorders	43	89	38	186	- 97
Oral Cancer	44	89	28	349	- 260
Liver Cancer	45	87	13	1,104	- 1,017
Lung Cancers	46	77	14	919	- 842
Prostate Cancer	47	68	53	37	+ 31
Stomach Cancer	48	61	20	530	- 470
Alcohol	49	57	47	61	- 4
Skin Disease	50	56	45	89	- 33
Bladder Cancer	51	53	51	49	+ 4
Tetanus	52	47	44	96	- 49
Drug Use	53	45	54	33	+ 13
Syphilis	54	44	58	28	+ 15
Appendicitis	55	39	57	29	+ 11
Skin Cancers	56	37	49	59	- 22
Hepatitis B	57	35	60	17	+ 18
Pancreas Cancer	58	25	48	61	- 36
Leishmaniasis	59	24	75	0	+ 24
Upper Respiratory	60	22	66	5	+ 18
Uterin Cancer	61	22	55	29	- 7
Encephalitis	62	19	46	69	- 49
Measles	63	16	56	29	- 13
Rheumatoid Arthritis	64	15	64	7	+ 8
Hepatitis C	65	8	67	4	+ 4
Other Neoplasms	66	8	61	12	- 4
Multiple Sclerosis	67	5	65	6	- 2
Ascariasis	68	2	70	2	- 0
Otitis Media	69	2	72	0	+ 2
Chlamydia	70	1	71	0	+ 1
War	71	1	68	3	- 2
Diphtheria	72	0	69	2	- 2
Dengue	73	0	59	17	- 17
Hookworm Disease	74	0	78	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	75	0	79	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	76	0	74	0	- 0
Chagas disease	77	0	76	0	- 0
Leprosy	78	0	73	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	77	0	- 0
Depression	80	0	83	0	- 0
Anemia	81	0	86	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	82	0	85	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	83	0	84	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	84	0	81	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	85	0	80	0	- 0
Oral conditions	86	0	82	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to LAOS

Eritrea

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.