ARMENIA VS LAOS: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	LAOS		ARMENIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Stroke	1	2,159	2	2,121	+ 38
Coronary Heart Disease	2	1,943	1	8,901	- 6,959
Influenza and Pneumonia	3	1,055	3	1,214	- 159
Tuberculosis	4	729	38	44	+ 686
Kidney Disease	5	616	11	467	+ 149
Lung Disease	6	609	5	832	- 224
Diarrhoeal diseases	7	581	50	9	+ 571
Diabetes Mellitus	8	549	7	714	- 165
Road Traffic Accidents	9	479	9	590	- 111
Liver Disease	10	438	8	627	- 188
Low Birth Weight	11	433	23	130	+ 303
Birth Trauma	12	418	42	34	+ 383
Liver Cancer	13	413	14	362	+ 51
Lung Cancers	14	344	4	1,030	- 686
Hypertension	15	333	6	773	- 440
Asthma	16	315	49	10	+ 305
Peptic Ulcer Disease	17	244	18	235	+ 9
Congenital Anomalies	18	242	16	282	- 40
Drownings	19	213	45	21	+ 192
Stomach Cancer	20	198	12	448	- 250
Other Injuries	21	194	17	263	- 68
Violence	22	178	25	112	+ 66
Alzheimers & Dementia	23	171	39	40	+ 131
Falls	24	165	40	38	+ 127
Breast Cancer	25	163	13	444	- 280
Colon-Rectum Cancers	26	158	10	469	- 311
Suicide	27	146	28	98	+ 48
Oral Cancer	28	131	33	60	+ 71
HIV/AIDS	29	117	32	64	+ 53
Pertussis	30	114	71	0	+ 114
Leukemia	31	108	22	136	- 27
Maternal Conditions	32	82	55	8	+ 73
Oesophagus Cancer	33	80	36	51	+ 29
Lymphomas	34	79	26	106	- 27
Rheumatic Heart Disease	35	77	30	67	+ 10
Inflammatory/Heart	36	77	21	174	- 97
Cervical Cancer	37	70	27	99	- 29
Endocrine Disorders	38	70	35	52	+ 18
Malnutrition	39	62	66	1	+ 61
Meningitis	40	57	56	7	+ 51
Parkinson's Disease	41	52	48	12	+ 40
Fires	42	41	47	13	+ 27
Ovary Cancer	43	38	29	91	- 53
Tetanus	44	36	81	0	+ 36
Skin Disease	45	33	43	27	+ 6
Encephalitis	46	26	57	5	+ 21
Alcohol	47	23	62	3	+ 20
Pancreas Cancer	48	23	15	358	- 335
Skin Cancers	49	22	34	57	- 34
Epilepsy	50	22	52	9	+ 13
Bladder Cancer	51	18	20	178	- 160
Poisonings	52	15	46	20	- 5
Prostate Cancer	53	14	19	221	- 207
Drug Use	54	12	41	36	- 24
Uterin Cancer	55	11	24	121	- 110
Measles	56	11	74	0	+ 11
Appendicitis	57	11	59	5	+ 6
Syphilis	58	11	75	0	+ 11
Dengue	59	6	77	0	+ 6
Hepatitis B	60	6	51	9	- 3
Other Neoplasms	61	4	37	44	- 39
Schistosomiasis	62	4	82	0	+ 4
Malaria	63	4	85	0	+ 4
Rheumatoid Arthritis	64	3	54	9	- 6
Multiple Sclerosis	65	2	53	9	- 6
Upper Respiratory	66	2	63	3	- 1
Hepatitis C	67	1	31	64	- 63
War	68	1	69	0	+ 1
Diphtheria	69	1	73	0	+ 1
Ascariasis	70	1	72	0	+ 1
Chlamydia	71	0	76	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	72	0	65	1	- 1
Leprosy	73	0	80	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	74	0	83	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	75	0	67	1	- 1
Chagas disease	76	0	84	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	77	0	70	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	78	0	78	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	79	0	79	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	80	0	60	3	- 3
Prostatic Hypertrophy	81	0	44	27	- 27
Oral conditions	82	0	64	2	- 2
Depression	83	0	86	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	84	0	61	3	- 3
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	68	1	- 1
Anemia	86	0	58	5	- 5
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to ARMENIA

Laos

Armenia

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.