GUINEA VS LAOS: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	LAOS		GUINEA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Stroke	1	10,145	5	5,777	+ 4,368
Coronary Heart Disease	2	9,127	6	5,665	+ 3,461
Influenza and Pneumonia	3	4,959	1	12,790	- 7,832
Tuberculosis	4	3,427	13	2,369	+ 1,058
Kidney Disease	5	2,894	16	1,939	+ 955
Lung Disease	6	2,860	20	1,373	+ 1,487
Diarrhoeal diseases	7	2,728	3	6,788	- 4,060
Diabetes Mellitus	8	2,578	15	2,138	+ 441
Road Traffic Accidents	9	2,253	9	3,788	- 1,536
Liver Disease	10	2,060	12	2,550	- 491
Low Birth Weight	11	2,032	8	4,319	- 2,286
Birth Trauma	12	1,962	7	4,797	- 2,835
Liver Cancer	13	1,941	23	1,167	+ 774
Lung Cancers	14	1,616	50	128	+ 1,488
Hypertension	15	1,564	21	1,348	+ 216
Asthma	16	1,478	22	1,179	+ 299
Peptic Ulcer Disease	17	1,145	34	448	+ 697
Congenital Anomalies	18	1,138	14	2,181	- 1,043
Drownings	19	999	31	528	+ 471
Stomach Cancer	20	932	41	245	+ 687
Other Injuries	21	912	18	1,504	- 592
Violence	22	835	26	1,128	- 293
Alzheimers & Dementia	23	805	30	579	+ 226
Falls	24	773	33	480	+ 294
Breast Cancer	25	768	38	345	+ 423
Colon-Rectum Cancers	26	743	53	100	+ 643
Suicide	27	685	29	892	- 207
Oral Cancer	28	615	52	122	+ 493
HIV/AIDS	29	551	10	3,020	- 2,469
Pertussis	30	535	24	1,165	- 631
Leukemia	31	510	67	17	+ 493
Maternal Conditions	32	384	17	1,793	- 1,410
Oesophagus Cancer	33	376	63	20	+ 356
Lymphomas	34	370	48	158	+ 213
Rheumatic Heart Disease	35	364	42	238	+ 126
Inflammatory/Heart	36	362	35	439	- 77
Cervical Cancer	37	329	19	1,491	- 1,162
Endocrine Disorders	38	327	25	1,140	- 812
Malnutrition	39	292	28	1,032	- 740
Meningitis	40	270	11	2,633	- 2,363
Parkinson's Disease	41	244	44	212	+ 32
Fires	42	190	36	410	- 220
Ovary Cancer	43	178	54	93	+ 85
Tetanus	44	168	45	170	- 1
Skin Disease	45	156	51	127	+ 29
Encephalitis	46	121	56	81	+ 40
Alcohol	47	108	55	83	+ 24
Pancreas Cancer	48	107	65	19	+ 88
Skin Cancers	49	105	49	152	- 48
Epilepsy	50	102	37	350	- 248
Bladder Cancer	51	86	60	32	+ 54
Poisonings	52	72	40	295	- 223
Prostate Cancer	53	65	32	525	- 460
Drug Use	54	57	46	169	- 111
Uterin Cancer	55	51	59	38	+ 14
Measles	56	51	4	6,025	- 5,973
Appendicitis	57	50	57	41	+ 9
Syphilis	58	50	39	328	- 278
Dengue	59	30	73	0	+ 30
Hepatitis B	60	30	47	162	- 132
Other Neoplasms	61	20	68	16	+ 4
Schistosomiasis	62	20	43	232	- 212
Malaria	63	18	2	8,180	- 8,162
Rheumatoid Arthritis	64	13	70	13	- 0
Multiple Sclerosis	65	11	66	18	- 7
Upper Respiratory	66	8	69	15	- 7
Hepatitis C	67	7	61	22	- 16
War	68	5	64	20	- 15
Diphtheria	69	4	58	40	- 35
Ascariasis	70	4	62	22	- 18
Chlamydia	71	1	71	3	- 2
Otitis Media	72	0	72	0	+ 0
Leprosy	73	0	79	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	74	0	27	1,072	- 1,072
Leishmaniasis	75	0	78	0	- 0
Chagas disease	76	0	77	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	77	0	76	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	78	0	75	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	79	0	74	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	81	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	82	0	- 0
Anemia	86	0	83	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to GUINEA

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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.