COSTA RICA VS LAOS: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	LAOS		COSTA RICA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Stroke	1	3,820	2	1,624	+ 2,195
Coronary Heart Disease	2	3,436	1	2,639	+ 797
Influenza and Pneumonia	3	1,867	7	836	+ 1,031
Tuberculosis	4	1,290	50	32	+ 1,258
Kidney Disease	5	1,090	3	1,482	- 393
Lung Disease	6	1,077	4	1,046	+ 30
Diarrhoeal diseases	7	1,027	39	87	+ 940
Diabetes Mellitus	8	971	5	953	+ 17
Road Traffic Accidents	9	848	9	746	+ 102
Liver Disease	10	775	18	370	+ 406
Low Birth Weight	11	765	28	178	+ 587
Birth Trauma	12	739	47	48	+ 691
Liver Cancer	13	731	17	382	+ 349
Lung Cancers	14	608	20	343	+ 265
Hypertension	15	589	6	863	- 274
Asthma	16	556	45	60	+ 496
Peptic Ulcer Disease	17	431	42	74	+ 358
Congenital Anomalies	18	428	21	315	+ 113
Drownings	19	376	37	97	+ 279
Stomach Cancer	20	351	10	661	- 310
Other Injuries	21	343	13	571	- 227
Violence	22	314	11	635	- 321
Alzheimers & Dementia	23	303	8	818	- 515
Falls	24	291	35	116	+ 175
Breast Cancer	25	289	16	384	- 95
Colon-Rectum Cancers	26	280	12	621	- 341
Suicide	27	258	15	407	- 149
Oral Cancer	28	231	38	96	+ 135
HIV/AIDS	29	207	25	192	+ 15
Pertussis	30	201	69	0	+ 201
Leukemia	31	192	24	262	- 70
Maternal Conditions	32	144	55	17	+ 127
Oesophagus Cancer	33	142	44	61	+ 81
Lymphomas	34	139	19	356	- 216
Rheumatic Heart Disease	35	137	49	32	+ 105
Inflammatory/Heart	36	136	26	191	- 55
Cervical Cancer	37	124	29	159	- 35
Endocrine Disorders	38	123	27	183	- 60
Malnutrition	39	110	48	37	+ 73
Meningitis	40	102	54	18	+ 84
Parkinson's Disease	41	92	30	138	- 46
Fires	42	72	58	10	+ 62
Ovary Cancer	43	67	40	80	- 13
Tetanus	44	63	74	0	+ 63
Skin Disease	45	59	32	126	- 67
Encephalitis	46	46	63	3	+ 43
Alcohol	47	41	33	126	- 86
Pancreas Cancer	48	40	22	294	- 253
Skin Cancers	49	39	31	137	- 97
Epilepsy	50	38	34	116	- 78
Bladder Cancer	51	32	36	100	- 67
Poisonings	52	27	60	5	+ 22
Prostate Cancer	53	25	14	448	- 424
Drug Use	54	22	43	63	- 41
Uterin Cancer	55	19	41	80	- 61
Measles	56	19	75	0	+ 19
Appendicitis	57	19	52	22	- 3
Syphilis	58	19	65	1	+ 18
Dengue	59	11	70	0	+ 11
Hepatitis B	60	11	59	7	+ 4
Other Neoplasms	61	8	23	266	- 258
Schistosomiasis	62	8	76	0	+ 8
Malaria	63	7	78	0	+ 7
Rheumatoid Arthritis	64	5	46	55	- 50
Multiple Sclerosis	65	4	57	11	- 7
Upper Respiratory	66	3	62	3	+ 0
Hepatitis C	67	3	64	1	+ 1
War	68	2	68	1	+ 1
Diphtheria	69	2	73	0	+ 2
Ascariasis	70	2	71	0	+ 2
Chlamydia	71	0	84	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	72	0	82	0	+ 0
Leprosy	73	0	67	1	- 1
Trypanosomiasis	74	0	77	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	75	0	72	0	- 0
Chagas disease	76	0	79	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	77	0	83	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	78	0	80	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	79	0	81	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	80	0	61	5	- 5
Prostatic Hypertrophy	81	0	56	13	- 13
Oral conditions	82	0	66	1	- 1
Depression	83	0	85	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	84	0	53	21	- 21
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	86	0	- 0
Anemia	86	0	51	25	- 25
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to COSTA RICA

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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.