LAOS VS ITALY: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	ITALY		LAOS		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	12,670	2	5,190	+ 7,480
Stroke	2	8,171	1	5,769	+ 2,402
Alzheimers & Dementia	3	5,407	23	458	+ 4,949
Lung Cancers	4	4,456	14	919	+ 3,537
Lung Disease	5	4,225	6	1,626	+ 2,598
Hypertension	6	3,905	15	890	+ 3,015
Colon-Rectum Cancers	7	2,773	26	422	+ 2,350
Diabetes Mellitus	8	2,588	8	1,466	+ 1,122
Influenza and Pneumonia	9	2,132	3	2,820	- 688
Breast Cancer	10	1,809	25	437	+ 1,373
Kidney Disease	11	1,660	5	1,646	+ 14
Other Injuries	12	1,580	21	519	+ 1,062
Pancreas Cancer	13	1,578	48	61	+ 1,517
Stomach Cancer	14	1,338	20	530	+ 807
Other Neoplasms	15	1,303	61	12	+ 1,291
Lymphomas	16	1,262	34	211	+ 1,051
Liver Cancer	17	1,255	13	1,104	+ 151
Endocrine Disorders	18	1,100	38	186	+ 914
Parkinson's Disease	19	1,099	41	139	+ 961
Prostate Cancer	20	1,097	53	37	+ 1,060
Leukemia	21	878	31	290	+ 588
Bladder Cancer	22	875	51	49	+ 827
Liver Disease	23	725	10	1,171	- 446
Inflammatory/Heart	24	722	36	206	+ 516
Falls	25	551	24	440	+ 111
Suicide	26	527	27	390	+ 138
Oral Cancer	27	436	28	349	+ 87
Ovary Cancer	28	428	43	101	+ 327
Skin Cancers	29	423	49	59	+ 363
Road Traffic Accidents	30	420	9	1,281	- 861
Hepatitis C	31	320	67	4	+ 316
Rheumatic Heart Disease	32	289	35	207	+ 82
Uterin Cancer	33	287	55	29	+ 258
Oesophagus Cancer	34	267	33	214	+ 53
Anemia	35	218	86	0	+ 218
Diarrhoeal diseases	36	212	7	1,552	- 1,340
Congenital Anomalies	37	188	18	647	- 459
Skin Disease	38	188	45	89	+ 99
Epilepsy	39	174	50	58	+ 116
Cervical Cancer	40	151	37	187	- 37
Malnutrition	41	101	39	166	- 65
Rheumatoid Arthritis	42	92	64	7	+ 84
Peptic Ulcer Disease	43	90	17	651	- 561
Multiple Sclerosis	44	88	65	6	+ 82
Drug Use	45	85	54	33	+ 53
HIV/AIDS	46	68	29	313	- 245
Asthma	47	64	16	840	- 776
Osteoarthritis	48	63	80	0	+ 63
Schizophrenia	49	55	84	0	+ 55
Violence	50	53	22	475	- 421
Low Birth Weight	51	47	11	1,156	- 1,109
Drownings	52	45	19	568	- 523
Tuberculosis	53	44	4	1,949	- 1,905
Hepatitis B	54	44	60	17	+ 27
Alcohol	55	36	47	61	- 25
Fires	56	35	42	108	- 73
Prostatic Hypertrophy	57	31	81	0	+ 31
Poisonings	58	20	52	41	- 21
Birth Trauma	59	18	12	1,116	- 1,097
Meningitis	60	17	40	154	- 137
Appendicitis	61	6	57	29	- 22
Oral conditions	62	6	82	0	+ 6
Tetanus	63	3	44	96	- 93
Upper Respiratory	64	3	66	5	- 2
Otitis Media	65	2	72	0	+ 2
War	66	1	68	3	- 2
Maternal Conditions	67	1	32	218	- 217
Encephalitis	68	1	46	69	- 68
Syphilis	69	1	58	28	- 28
Leishmaniasis	70	0	75	0	+ 0
Measles	71	0	56	29	- 29
Chagas disease	72	0	76	0	+ 0
Pertussis	73	0	30	304	- 304
Leprosy	74	0	73	0	+ 0
Iodine Deficiency	75	0	77	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	76	0	69	2	- 2
Trypanosomiasis	77	0	74	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	78	0	62	11	- 11
Malaria	79	0	63	10	- 10
Ascariasis	80	0	70	2	- 2
Dengue	81	0	59	17	- 17
Trichuriasis	82	0	79	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	83	0	78	0	- 0
Chlamydia	84	0	71	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	85	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	83	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.