DENMARK VS LAOS: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	LAOS		DENMARK		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Stroke	1	4,333	5	3,662	+ 671
Coronary Heart Disease	2	3,898	1	5,341	- 1,443
Influenza and Pneumonia	3	2,118	6	2,244	- 126
Tuberculosis	4	1,463	57	16	+ 1,448
Kidney Disease	5	1,236	12	911	+ 325
Lung Disease	6	1,221	3	4,387	- 3,165
Diarrhoeal diseases	7	1,165	38	145	+ 1,021
Diabetes Mellitus	8	1,101	10	1,284	- 183
Road Traffic Accidents	9	962	33	213	+ 749
Liver Disease	10	880	14	692	+ 187
Low Birth Weight	11	868	41	116	+ 751
Birth Trauma	12	838	56	21	+ 817
Liver Cancer	13	829	25	464	+ 365
Lung Cancers	14	690	4	3,721	- 3,031
Hypertension	15	668	15	642	+ 26
Asthma	16	631	44	82	+ 549
Peptic Ulcer Disease	17	489	32	216	+ 273
Congenital Anomalies	18	486	36	153	+ 333
Drownings	19	427	50	37	+ 390
Stomach Cancer	20	398	23	484	- 86
Other Injuries	21	389	30	347	+ 42
Violence	22	356	47	63	+ 293
Alzheimers & Dementia	23	344	2	5,218	- 4,874
Falls	24	330	22	541	- 210
Breast Cancer	25	328	9	1,299	- 971
Colon-Rectum Cancers	26	317	7	2,147	- 1,830
Suicide	27	293	16	617	- 325
Oral Cancer	28	262	28	371	- 108
HIV/AIDS	29	235	55	23	+ 213
Pertussis	30	228	72	0	+ 228
Leukemia	31	218	20	558	- 341
Maternal Conditions	32	164	64	2	+ 162
Oesophagus Cancer	33	161	24	477	- 316
Lymphomas	34	158	13	730	- 572
Rheumatic Heart Disease	35	155	42	96	+ 59
Inflammatory/Heart	36	155	31	284	- 130
Cervical Cancer	37	141	37	153	- 12
Endocrine Disorders	38	140	19	575	- 435
Malnutrition	39	125	59	14	+ 111
Meningitis	40	115	52	25	+ 90
Parkinson's Disease	41	104	17	600	- 496
Fires	42	81	49	53	+ 29
Ovary Cancer	43	76	29	367	- 291
Tetanus	44	72	68	0	+ 71
Skin Disease	45	67	45	79	- 12
Encephalitis	46	52	67	1	+ 51
Alcohol	47	46	18	598	- 552
Pancreas Cancer	48	46	11	1,096	- 1,050
Skin Cancers	49	45	26	388	- 344
Epilepsy	50	43	40	125	- 82
Bladder Cancer	51	37	21	545	- 509
Poisonings	52	31	62	6	+ 25
Prostate Cancer	53	28	8	1,480	- 1,452
Drug Use	54	25	34	197	- 172
Uterin Cancer	55	22	35	156	- 134
Measles	56	22	71	0	+ 22
Appendicitis	57	21	54	23	- 1
Syphilis	58	21	70	0	+ 21
Dengue	59	13	83	0	+ 13
Hepatitis B	60	13	61	6	+ 7
Other Neoplasms	61	9	27	378	- 369
Schistosomiasis	62	9	75	0	+ 9
Malaria	63	8	79	0	+ 8
Rheumatoid Arthritis	64	5	43	84	- 79
Multiple Sclerosis	65	5	39	132	- 127
Upper Respiratory	66	4	58	15	- 12
Hepatitis C	67	3	60	9	- 6
War	68	2	66	1	+ 1
Diphtheria	69	2	73	0	+ 2
Ascariasis	70	2	81	0	+ 2
Chlamydia	71	0	69	0	- 0
Otitis Media	72	0	65	2	- 2
Leprosy	73	0	74	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	74	0	76	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	75	0	78	0	- 0
Chagas disease	76	0	77	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	77	0	84	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	78	0	82	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	79	0	80	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	80	0	51	25	- 25
Prostatic Hypertrophy	81	0	53	25	- 25
Oral conditions	82	0	63	4	- 4
Depression	83	0	85	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	84	0	48	57	- 57
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	86	0	- 0
Anemia	86	0	46	73	- 73
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to DENMARK

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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.