ESTONIA VS LAOS: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	LAOS		ESTONIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Stroke	1	866	3	1,116	- 250
Coronary Heart Disease	2	779	1	3,009	- 2,230
Influenza and Pneumonia	3	423	6	349	+ 74
Tuberculosis	4	292	47	16	+ 276
Kidney Disease	5	247	17	176	+ 71
Lung Disease	6	244	13	229	+ 15
Diarrhoeal diseases	7	233	53	8	+ 225
Diabetes Mellitus	8	220	19	146	+ 74
Road Traffic Accidents	9	192	35	59	+ 133
Liver Disease	10	176	7	328	- 153
Low Birth Weight	11	173	55	7	+ 167
Birth Trauma	12	167	57	5	+ 162
Liver Cancer	13	166	26	107	+ 58
Lung Cancers	14	138	4	657	- 519
Hypertension	15	134	2	2,700	- 2,567
Asthma	16	126	44	24	+ 102
Peptic Ulcer Disease	17	98	36	55	+ 43
Congenital Anomalies	18	97	43	25	+ 72
Drownings	19	85	40	30	+ 55
Stomach Cancer	20	80	9	290	- 210
Other Injuries	21	78	20	141	- 63
Violence	22	71	42	28	+ 43
Alzheimers & Dementia	23	69	12	229	- 161
Falls	24	66	24	119	- 53
Breast Cancer	25	66	11	260	- 194
Colon-Rectum Cancers	26	63	5	527	- 464
Suicide	27	58	16	197	- 139
Oral Cancer	28	52	25	110	- 58
HIV/AIDS	29	47	39	40	+ 7
Pertussis	30	46	83	0	+ 46
Leukemia	31	44	22	126	- 82
Maternal Conditions	32	33	61	1	+ 32
Oesophagus Cancer	33	32	27	99	- 66
Lymphomas	34	32	15	213	- 181
Rheumatic Heart Disease	35	31	45	22	+ 10
Inflammatory/Heart	36	31	14	217	- 186
Cervical Cancer	37	28	32	68	- 39
Endocrine Disorders	38	28	33	66	- 38
Malnutrition	39	25	79	0	+ 25
Meningitis	40	23	54	7	+ 16
Parkinson's Disease	41	21	29	82	- 61
Fires	42	16	38	41	- 25
Ovary Cancer	43	15	28	87	- 72
Tetanus	44	14	81	0	+ 14
Skin Disease	45	13	41	29	- 15
Encephalitis	46	10	63	0	+ 10
Alcohol	47	9	18	148	- 139
Pancreas Cancer	48	9	10	268	- 259
Skin Cancers	49	9	30	79	- 70
Epilepsy	50	9	37	45	- 36
Bladder Cancer	51	7	21	126	- 118
Poisonings	52	6	52	8	- 2
Prostate Cancer	53	6	8	298	- 293
Drug Use	54	5	31	75	- 70
Uterin Cancer	55	4	34	60	- 56
Measles	56	4	84	0	+ 4
Appendicitis	57	4	59	2	+ 2
Syphilis	58	4	62	1	+ 3
Dengue	59	3	75	0	+ 3
Hepatitis B	60	3	65	0	+ 3
Other Neoplasms	61	2	23	123	- 122
Schistosomiasis	62	2	72	0	+ 2
Malaria	63	2	73	0	+ 2
Rheumatoid Arthritis	64	1	46	17	- 16
Multiple Sclerosis	65	1	48	16	- 15
Upper Respiratory	66	1	66	0	+ 1
Hepatitis C	67	1	58	4	- 3
War	68	0	64	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	69	0	82	0	+ 0
Ascariasis	70	0	74	0	+ 0
Chlamydia	71	0	78	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	72	0	67	0	+ 0
Leprosy	73	0	68	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	74	0	70	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	75	0	69	0	- 0
Chagas disease	76	0	71	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	77	0	80	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	78	0	76	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	79	0	77	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	80	0	50	10	- 10
Prostatic Hypertrophy	81	0	49	12	- 12
Oral conditions	82	0	60	2	- 2
Depression	83	0	86	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	84	0	56	6	- 6
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	85	0	- 0
Anemia	86	0	51	9	- 9
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to ESTONIA

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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.