LAOS VS GHANA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	GHANA		LAOS		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Influenza and Pneumonia	1	3,739	3	2,820	+ 920
Stroke	2	3,487	1	5,769	- 2,283
Coronary Heart Disease	3	3,243	2	5,190	- 1,947
HIV/AIDS	4	3,119	29	313	+ 2,806
Malaria	5	2,567	63	10	+ 2,557
Tuberculosis	6	2,349	4	1,949	+ 400
Road Traffic Accidents	7	1,795	9	1,281	+ 514
Low Birth Weight	8	1,532	11	1,156	+ 376
Diarrhoeal diseases	9	1,503	7	1,552	- 48
Birth Trauma	10	1,424	12	1,116	+ 309
Liver Disease	11	1,392	10	1,171	+ 221
Diabetes Mellitus	12	1,363	8	1,466	- 103
Kidney Disease	13	957	5	1,646	- 689
Congenital Anomalies	14	905	18	647	+ 258
Lung Disease	15	717	6	1,626	- 909
Meningitis	16	686	40	154	+ 532
Liver Cancer	17	656	13	1,104	- 448
Other Injuries	18	559	21	519	+ 41
Hypertension	19	513	15	890	- 377
Cervical Cancer	20	497	37	187	+ 310
Suicide	21	458	27	390	+ 69
Maternal Conditions	22	458	32	218	+ 240
Asthma	23	455	16	840	- 385
Endocrine Disorders	24	452	38	186	+ 266
Breast Cancer	25	445	25	437	+ 9
Malnutrition	26	430	39	166	+ 263
Violence	27	427	22	475	- 48
Inflammatory/Heart	28	371	36	206	+ 165
Alzheimers & Dementia	29	298	23	458	- 160
Falls	30	268	24	440	- 171
Prostate Cancer	31	237	53	37	+ 200
Lymphomas	32	201	34	211	- 9
Stomach Cancer	33	200	20	530	- 330
Colon-Rectum Cancers	34	185	26	422	- 238
Pertussis	35	171	30	304	- 133
Drownings	36	170	19	568	- 398
Fires	37	168	42	108	+ 59
Ovary Cancer	38	161	43	101	+ 60
Drug Use	39	145	54	33	+ 112
Poisonings	40	120	52	41	+ 79
Syphilis	41	111	58	28	+ 83
Oral Cancer	42	111	28	349	- 238
Parkinson's Disease	43	89	41	139	- 50
Encephalitis	44	82	46	69	+ 13
Leukemia	45	78	31	290	- 212
Pancreas Cancer	46	77	48	61	+ 16
Epilepsy	47	76	50	58	+ 18
Peptic Ulcer Disease	48	74	17	651	- 578
Oesophagus Cancer	49	66	33	214	- 148
Skin Disease	50	61	45	89	- 28
Schistosomiasis	51	59	62	11	+ 48
Rheumatic Heart Disease	52	59	35	207	- 148
Bladder Cancer	53	56	51	49	+ 8
Alcohol	54	56	47	61	- 5
Lung Cancers	55	55	14	919	- 864
Tetanus	56	51	44	96	- 45
Uterin Cancer	57	50	55	29	+ 21
Skin Cancers	58	49	49	59	- 10
Appendicitis	59	34	57	29	+ 5
Measles	60	31	56	29	+ 2
Multiple Sclerosis	61	26	65	6	+ 19
Hepatitis B	62	23	60	17	+ 6
Other Neoplasms	63	11	61	12	- 1
War	64	7	68	3	+ 4
Hepatitis C	65	6	67	4	+ 3
Upper Respiratory	66	4	66	5	- 1
Rheumatoid Arthritis	67	4	64	7	- 3
Ascariasis	68	3	70	2	+ 0
Diphtheria	69	1	69	2	- 1
Chlamydia	70	1	71	0	+ 0
Dengue	71	0	59	17	- 17
Otitis Media	72	0	72	0	- 0
Leprosy	73	0	73	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	74	0	79	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	75	0	78	0	- 0
Chagas disease	76	0	76	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	77	0	75	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	74	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	77	0	- 0
Depression	80	0	83	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	81	0	84	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	82	0	85	0	- 0
Anemia	83	0	86	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	84	0	80	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	85	0	81	0	- 0
Oral conditions	86	0	82	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.