LAOS VS GUYANA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	GUYANA		LAOS		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	13,370	2	5,190	+ 8,180
Stroke	2	10,240	1	5,769	+ 4,471
Diabetes Mellitus	3	5,796	8	1,466	+ 4,329
Hypertension	4	3,205	15	890	+ 2,315
Suicide	5	3,158	27	390	+ 2,769
Influenza and Pneumonia	6	3,020	3	2,820	+ 200
HIV/AIDS	7	2,566	29	313	+ 2,253
Kidney Disease	8	2,337	5	1,646	+ 691
Liver Disease	9	1,971	10	1,171	+ 800
Violence	10	1,939	22	475	+ 1,464
Road Traffic Accidents	11	1,751	9	1,281	+ 470
Endocrine Disorders	12	1,747	38	186	+ 1,561
Lung Disease	13	1,742	6	1,626	+ 116
Other Injuries	14	1,675	21	519	+ 1,156
Drownings	15	1,450	19	568	+ 882
Tuberculosis	16	1,372	4	1,949	- 577
Prostate Cancer	17	1,235	53	37	+ 1,198
Anemia	18	991	86	0	+ 991
Breast Cancer	19	960	25	437	+ 523
Inflammatory/Heart	20	919	36	206	+ 713
Cervical Cancer	21	915	37	187	+ 728
Low Birth Weight	22	894	11	1,156	- 262
Congenital Anomalies	23	688	18	647	+ 41
Birth Trauma	24	645	12	1,116	- 471
Colon-Rectum Cancers	25	587	26	422	+ 164
Peptic Ulcer Disease	26	544	17	651	- 107
Diarrhoeal diseases	27	476	7	1,552	- 1,076
Other Neoplasms	28	402	61	12	+ 391
Lung Cancers	29	378	14	919	- 541
Malnutrition	30	374	39	166	+ 208
Stomach Cancer	31	340	20	530	- 190
Lymphomas	32	322	34	211	+ 112
Malaria	33	300	63	10	+ 290
Liver Cancer	34	289	13	1,104	- 814
Maternal Conditions	35	282	32	218	+ 64
Asthma	36	255	16	840	- 585
Epilepsy	37	236	50	58	+ 178
Alzheimers & Dementia	38	229	23	458	- 229
Leukemia	39	213	31	290	- 77
Oral Cancer	40	201	28	349	- 149
Fires	41	195	42	108	+ 86
Pancreas Cancer	42	190	48	61	+ 129
Ovary Cancer	43	178	43	101	+ 76
Meningitis	44	174	40	154	+ 21
Drug Use	45	157	54	33	+ 124
Uterin Cancer	46	130	55	29	+ 101
Rheumatic Heart Disease	47	129	35	207	- 78
Falls	48	111	24	440	- 328
Parkinson's Disease	49	90	41	139	- 48
Bladder Cancer	50	79	51	49	+ 31
Oesophagus Cancer	51	78	33	214	- 136
Prostatic Hypertrophy	52	78	81	0	+ 78
Encephalitis	53	70	46	69	+ 2
Appendicitis	54	60	57	29	+ 31
Skin Cancers	55	48	49	59	- 11
Skin Disease	56	32	45	89	- 57
Alcohol	57	31	47	61	- 30
Osteoarthritis	58	30	80	0	+ 30
Hepatitis B	59	20	60	17	+ 3
Dengue	60	18	59	17	+ 1
Multiple Sclerosis	61	12	65	6	+ 6
Schizophrenia	62	10	84	0	+ 10
Rheumatoid Arthritis	63	10	64	7	+ 3
War	64	6	68	3	+ 3
Poisonings	65	6	52	41	- 35
Upper Respiratory	66	5	66	5	+ 0
Oral conditions	67	4	82	0	+ 4
Leprosy	68	4	73	0	+ 4
Hepatitis C	69	3	67	4	- 1
Vitamin A Deficiency	70	3	85	0	+ 3
Syphilis	71	2	58	28	- 26
Tetanus	72	2	44	96	- 94
Pertussis	73	1	30	304	- 303
Ascariasis	74	0	70	2	- 2
Diphtheria	75	0	69	2	- 2
Otitis Media	76	0	72	0	- 0
Measles	77	0	56	29	- 29
Trichuriasis	78	0	79	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	79	0	78	0	- 0
Chlamydia	80	0	71	0	- 0
Chagas disease	81	0	76	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	82	0	74	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	83	0	75	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	84	0	62	11	- 11
Iodine Deficiency	85	0	77	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	83	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to LAOS

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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.