GUINEA-BISSAU VS LAOS: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	LAOS		GUINEA-BISSAU		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Stroke	1	1,547	6	829	+ 718
Coronary Heart Disease	2	1,391	5	907	+ 485
Influenza and Pneumonia	3	756	2	1,390	- 634
Tuberculosis	4	522	3	1,387	- 864
Kidney Disease	5	441	15	268	+ 173
Lung Disease	6	436	20	191	+ 245
Diarrhoeal diseases	7	416	4	913	- 497
Diabetes Mellitus	8	393	14	313	+ 80
Road Traffic Accidents	9	343	10	619	- 276
Liver Disease	10	314	11	405	- 91
Low Birth Weight	11	310	8	705	- 395
Birth Trauma	12	299	7	790	- 491
Liver Cancer	13	296	28	116	+ 180
Lung Cancers	14	246	50	18	+ 228
Hypertension	15	239	21	177	+ 61
Asthma	16	225	24	150	+ 75
Peptic Ulcer Disease	17	175	32	77	+ 98
Congenital Anomalies	18	173	12	373	- 200
Drownings	19	152	30	89	+ 63
Stomach Cancer	20	142	36	55	+ 87
Other Injuries	21	139	17	234	- 95
Violence	22	127	22	173	- 46
Alzheimers & Dementia	23	123	34	69	+ 54
Falls	24	118	33	71	+ 47
Breast Cancer	25	117	29	93	+ 24
Colon-Rectum Cancers	26	113	38	50	+ 64
Suicide	27	104	26	134	- 30
Oral Cancer	28	94	56	13	+ 81
HIV/AIDS	29	84	1	1,445	- 1,361
Pertussis	30	82	19	212	- 130
Leukemia	31	78	61	6	+ 71
Maternal Conditions	32	58	13	333	- 275
Oesophagus Cancer	33	57	49	19	+ 38
Lymphomas	34	56	45	28	+ 29
Rheumatic Heart Disease	35	55	43	33	+ 22
Inflammatory/Heart	36	55	37	53	+ 3
Cervical Cancer	37	50	23	154	- 104
Endocrine Disorders	38	50	18	221	- 171
Malnutrition	39	45	27	121	- 76
Meningitis	40	41	16	258	- 217
Parkinson's Disease	41	37	46	27	+ 10
Fires	42	29	35	64	- 35
Ovary Cancer	43	27	48	19	+ 8
Tetanus	44	26	40	48	- 23
Skin Disease	45	24	53	16	+ 8
Encephalitis	46	18	58	10	+ 8
Alcohol	47	16	57	12	+ 4
Pancreas Cancer	48	16	54	14	+ 3
Skin Cancers	49	16	52	17	- 1
Epilepsy	50	16	39	48	- 33
Bladder Cancer	51	13	51	17	- 4
Poisonings	52	11	41	45	- 34
Prostate Cancer	53	10	42	41	- 31
Drug Use	54	9	55	13	- 5
Uterin Cancer	55	8	59	8	- 0
Measles	56	8	25	147	- 139
Appendicitis	57	8	60	7	+ 1
Syphilis	58	8	31	85	- 77
Dengue	59	5	72	0	+ 5
Hepatitis B	60	5	47	20	- 16
Other Neoplasms	61	3	65	2	+ 1
Schistosomiasis	62	3	44	30	- 27
Malaria	63	3	9	684	- 681
Rheumatoid Arthritis	64	2	67	2	+ 0
Multiple Sclerosis	65	2	64	2	- 1
Upper Respiratory	66	1	66	2	- 1
Hepatitis C	67	1	63	3	- 2
War	68	1	70	0	+ 1
Diphtheria	69	1	68	1	- 1
Ascariasis	70	1	62	4	- 3
Chlamydia	71	0	69	0	- 0
Otitis Media	72	0	71	0	+ 0
Leprosy	73	0	75	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	74	0	78	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	75	0	79	0	- 0
Chagas disease	76	0	77	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	77	0	76	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	78	0	74	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	79	0	73	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	80	0	80	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	81	0	81	0	- 0
Oral conditions	82	0	82	0	- 0
Depression	83	0	83	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	84	0	84	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	85	0	- 0
Anemia	86	0	86	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to GUINEA-BISSAU

Laos

Guinea-Bissau

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.