LAOS VS JORDAN: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	JORDAN		LAOS		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	3,457	2	5,190	- 1,734
Stroke	2	2,070	1	5,769	- 3,699
Road Traffic Accidents	3	1,222	9	1,281	- 59
Diabetes Mellitus	4	1,199	8	1,466	- 268
Hypertension	5	1,090	15	890	+ 201
Kidney Disease	6	1,063	5	1,646	- 582
Lung Cancers	7	754	14	919	- 166
Influenza and Pneumonia	8	667	3	2,820	- 2,153
Congenital Anomalies	9	665	18	647	+ 18
Low Birth Weight	10	610	11	1,156	- 546
Alzheimers & Dementia	11	503	23	458	+ 45
Breast Cancer	12	488	25	437	+ 52
Colon-Rectum Cancers	13	439	26	422	+ 16
Liver Disease	14	351	10	1,171	- 820
Lung Disease	15	316	6	1,626	- 1,310
Leukemia	16	263	31	290	- 27
Stomach Cancer	17	260	20	530	- 270
Lymphomas	18	230	34	211	+ 20
Other Injuries	19	209	21	519	- 310
Birth Trauma	20	193	12	1,116	- 923
Violence	21	191	22	475	- 283
Pancreas Cancer	22	175	48	61	+ 114
Bladder Cancer	23	151	51	49	+ 103
Falls	24	136	24	440	- 304
Liver Cancer	25	132	13	1,104	- 972
Endocrine Disorders	26	128	38	186	- 58
Parkinson's Disease	27	120	41	139	- 18
Suicide	28	118	27	390	- 272
Fires	29	109	42	108	+ 0
Diarrhoeal diseases	30	108	7	1,552	- 1,443
Oral Cancer	31	102	28	349	- 248
Ovary Cancer	32	99	43	101	- 2
Prostate Cancer	33	93	53	37	+ 56
Drug Use	34	82	54	33	+ 49
Asthma	35	81	16	840	- 759
Drownings	36	76	19	568	- 492
Meningitis	37	56	40	154	- 98
Inflammatory/Heart	38	53	36	206	- 153
Uterin Cancer	39	53	55	29	+ 24
Peptic Ulcer Disease	40	47	17	651	- 604
Cervical Cancer	41	45	37	187	- 142
Oesophagus Cancer	42	45	33	214	- 169
Pertussis	43	39	30	304	- 265
Maternal Conditions	44	37	32	218	- 181
Syphilis	45	37	58	28	+ 8
Epilepsy	46	35	50	58	- 23
Poisonings	47	33	52	41	- 8
Skin Disease	48	30	45	89	- 59
Skin Cancers	49	27	49	59	- 33
Rheumatic Heart Disease	50	16	35	207	- 191
Malnutrition	51	11	39	166	- 156
Encephalitis	52	10	46	69	- 59
Tuberculosis	53	9	4	1,949	- 1,940
Multiple Sclerosis	54	8	65	6	+ 2
Alcohol	55	8	47	61	- 54
Tetanus	56	7	44	96	- 88
Other Neoplasms	57	7	61	12	- 5
Appendicitis	58	6	57	29	- 23
War	59	4	68	3	+ 2
Hepatitis B	60	3	60	17	- 14
Rheumatoid Arthritis	61	3	64	7	- 4
Schistosomiasis	62	2	62	11	- 10
HIV/AIDS	63	1	29	313	- 312
Hepatitis C	64	1	67	4	- 3
Measles	65	1	56	29	- 29
Leishmaniasis	66	0	75	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	67	0	69	2	- 2
Ascariasis	68	0	70	2	- 2
Upper Respiratory	69	0	66	5	- 5
Chlamydia	70	0	71	0	- 0
Otitis Media	71	0	72	0	- 0
Dengue	72	0	59	17	- 17
Hookworm Disease	73	0	78	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	74	0	79	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	75	0	77	0	- 0
Leprosy	76	0	73	0	- 0
Malaria	77	0	63	10	- 10
Chagas disease	78	0	76	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	79	0	74	0	- 0
Depression	80	0	83	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	81	0	84	0	- 0
Anemia	82	0	86	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	83	0	85	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.