ERITREA VS LAOS: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	LAOS		ERITREA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Stroke	1	4,602	2	2,564	+ 2,038
Coronary Heart Disease	2	4,140	4	2,154	+ 1,986
Influenza and Pneumonia	3	2,249	1	3,277	- 1,028
Tuberculosis	4	1,554	14	543	+ 1,011
Kidney Disease	5	1,313	12	578	+ 735
Lung Disease	6	1,297	9	662	+ 635
Diarrhoeal diseases	7	1,238	3	2,292	- 1,055
Diabetes Mellitus	8	1,170	7	944	+ 225
Road Traffic Accidents	9	1,022	5	1,326	- 304
Liver Disease	10	934	6	1,215	- 281
Low Birth Weight	11	922	16	531	+ 391
Birth Trauma	12	890	11	616	+ 274
Liver Cancer	13	880	45	69	+ 811
Lung Cancers	14	733	46	62	+ 671
Hypertension	15	710	8	926	- 216
Asthma	16	670	22	326	+ 344
Peptic Ulcer Disease	17	520	27	147	+ 373
Congenital Anomalies	18	516	18	432	+ 84
Drownings	19	453	33	118	+ 336
Stomach Cancer	20	423	48	48	+ 375
Other Injuries	21	414	15	540	- 126
Violence	22	379	20	384	- 6
Alzheimers & Dementia	23	365	24	310	+ 55
Falls	24	351	26	168	+ 183
Breast Cancer	25	348	23	311	+ 37
Colon-Rectum Cancers	26	337	35	113	+ 224
Suicide	27	311	21	382	- 71
Oral Cancer	28	279	44	71	+ 208
HIV/AIDS	29	250	25	308	- 58
Pertussis	30	243	36	90	+ 153
Leukemia	31	231	29	144	+ 87
Maternal Conditions	32	174	13	544	- 370
Oesophagus Cancer	33	171	39	81	+ 90
Lymphomas	34	168	28	147	+ 21
Rheumatic Heart Disease	35	165	41	77	+ 88
Inflammatory/Heart	36	164	32	123	+ 42
Cervical Cancer	37	149	30	132	+ 17
Endocrine Disorders	38	148	43	71	+ 77
Malnutrition	39	133	10	660	- 527
Meningitis	40	122	19	404	- 282
Parkinson's Disease	41	111	37	85	+ 26
Fires	42	86	31	132	- 45
Ovary Cancer	43	81	40	79	+ 1
Tetanus	44	76	52	37	+ 39
Skin Disease	45	71	50	45	+ 26
Encephalitis	46	55	62	16	+ 39
Alcohol	47	49	49	45	+ 3
Pancreas Cancer	48	48	58	20	+ 29
Skin Cancers	49	47	56	30	+ 18
Epilepsy	50	46	38	81	- 35
Bladder Cancer	51	39	51	42	- 3
Poisonings	52	33	34	114	- 81
Prostate Cancer	53	30	47	54	- 25
Drug Use	54	26	53	36	- 10
Uterin Cancer	55	23	61	18	+ 6
Measles	56	23	63	13	+ 11
Appendicitis	57	23	55	31	- 9
Syphilis	58	23	54	35	- 12
Dengue	59	14	73	0	+ 14
Hepatitis B	60	13	57	28	- 14
Other Neoplasms	61	9	66	6	+ 3
Schistosomiasis	62	9	42	73	- 64
Malaria	63	8	17	437	- 429
Rheumatoid Arthritis	64	6	64	12	- 6
Multiple Sclerosis	65	5	67	4	+ 1
Upper Respiratory	66	4	60	18	- 14
Hepatitis C	67	3	65	6	- 3
War	68	2	71	0	+ 2
Diphtheria	69	2	72	0	+ 2
Ascariasis	70	2	68	2	+ 0
Chlamydia	71	0	70	1	- 1
Otitis Media	72	0	69	2	- 2
Leprosy	73	0	78	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	74	0	76	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	75	0	59	19	- 19
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	85	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	81	0	84	0	- 0
Oral conditions	82	0	86	0	- 0
Depression	83	0	80	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	84	0	83	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	82	0	- 0
Anemia	86	0	81	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to ERITREA

Laos

Eritrea

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.