EQU. GUINEA VS LAOS: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	LAOS		EQU. GUINEA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Stroke	1	1,303	6	437	+ 866
Coronary Heart Disease	2	1,172	7	419	+ 753
Influenza and Pneumonia	3	637	2	913	- 276
Tuberculosis	4	440	10	321	+ 119
Kidney Disease	5	372	14	198	+ 173
Lung Disease	6	367	20	120	+ 247
Diarrhoeal diseases	7	350	9	349	+ 1
Diabetes Mellitus	8	331	11	299	+ 32
Road Traffic Accidents	9	289	8	368	- 79
Liver Disease	10	264	13	199	+ 65
Low Birth Weight	11	261	4	457	- 196
Birth Trauma	12	252	5	441	- 189
Liver Cancer	13	249	34	43	+ 206
Lung Cancers	14	208	41	27	+ 181
Hypertension	15	201	16	165	+ 36
Asthma	16	190	26	65	+ 125
Peptic Ulcer Disease	17	147	43	22	+ 125
Congenital Anomalies	18	146	12	249	- 103
Drownings	19	128	36	39	+ 89
Stomach Cancer	20	120	49	16	+ 104
Other Injuries	21	117	23	105	+ 12
Violence	22	107	33	45	+ 62
Alzheimers & Dementia	23	103	29	55	+ 48
Falls	24	99	32	46	+ 54
Breast Cancer	25	99	24	84	+ 14
Colon-Rectum Cancers	26	95	40	29	+ 67
Suicide	27	88	22	107	- 19
Oral Cancer	28	79	37	35	+ 44
HIV/AIDS	29	71	1	1,838	- 1,768
Pertussis	30	69	21	109	- 40
Leukemia	31	65	61	4	+ 62
Maternal Conditions	32	49	17	139	- 89
Oesophagus Cancer	33	48	54	12	+ 36
Lymphomas	34	48	45	19	+ 28
Rheumatic Heart Disease	35	47	50	14	+ 33
Inflammatory/Heart	36	47	27	63	- 17
Cervical Cancer	37	42	28	56	- 14
Endocrine Disorders	38	42	25	73	- 31
Malnutrition	39	38	31	48	- 11
Meningitis	40	35	19	127	- 92
Parkinson's Disease	41	31	46	18	+ 14
Fires	42	24	39	30	- 6
Ovary Cancer	43	23	52	13	+ 10
Tetanus	44	22	42	23	- 2
Skin Disease	45	20	51	13	+ 7
Encephalitis	46	16	57	8	+ 8
Alcohol	47	14	53	12	+ 2
Pancreas Cancer	48	14	55	11	+ 2
Skin Cancers	49	13	48	16	- 3
Epilepsy	50	13	38	32	- 19
Bladder Cancer	51	11	56	9	+ 2
Poisonings	52	9	44	21	- 12
Prostate Cancer	53	8	35	43	- 34
Drug Use	54	7	30	50	- 43
Uterin Cancer	55	7	58	8	- 1
Measles	56	7	15	181	- 174
Appendicitis	57	6	59	6	+ 1
Syphilis	58	6	18	134	- 127
Dengue	59	4	73	0	+ 4
Hepatitis B	60	4	65	3	+ 1
Other Neoplasms	61	3	63	3	- 0
Schistosomiasis	62	3	60	4	- 2
Malaria	63	2	3	668	- 665
Rheumatoid Arthritis	64	2	62	4	- 2
Multiple Sclerosis	65	1	67	1	+ 0
Upper Respiratory	66	1	66	2	- 1
Hepatitis C	67	1	69	0	+ 1
War	68	1	71	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	69	1	64	3	- 3
Ascariasis	70	1	70	0	+ 0
Chlamydia	71	0	68	0	- 0
Otitis Media	72	0	72	0	- 0
Leprosy	73	0	76	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	74	0	47	16	- 16
Leishmaniasis	75	0	78	0	- 0
Chagas disease	76	0	77	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	77	0	79	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	78	0	74	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	79	0	75	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	80	0	81	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	81	0	82	0	- 0
Oral conditions	82	0	80	0	- 0
Depression	83	0	83	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	84	0	86	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	84	0	- 0
Anemia	86	0	85	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to EQU. GUINEA

Laos

Equ. Guinea

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.