GUYANA VS LAOS: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	LAOS		GUYANA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Stroke	1	576	2	1,022	- 446
Coronary Heart Disease	2	518	1	1,335	- 817
Influenza and Pneumonia	3	282	6	302	- 20
Tuberculosis	4	195	16	137	+ 58
Kidney Disease	5	164	8	233	- 69
Lung Disease	6	162	13	174	- 12
Diarrhoeal diseases	7	155	27	48	+ 107
Diabetes Mellitus	8	146	3	579	- 432
Road Traffic Accidents	9	128	11	175	- 47
Liver Disease	10	117	9	197	- 80
Low Birth Weight	11	115	22	89	+ 26
Birth Trauma	12	111	24	64	+ 47
Liver Cancer	13	110	34	29	+ 81
Lung Cancers	14	92	29	38	+ 54
Hypertension	15	89	4	320	- 231
Asthma	16	84	36	25	+ 58
Peptic Ulcer Disease	17	65	26	54	+ 11
Congenital Anomalies	18	65	23	69	- 4
Drownings	19	57	15	145	- 88
Stomach Cancer	20	53	31	34	+ 19
Other Injuries	21	52	14	167	- 115
Violence	22	47	10	194	- 146
Alzheimers & Dementia	23	46	38	23	+ 23
Falls	24	44	48	11	+ 33
Breast Cancer	25	44	19	96	- 52
Colon-Rectum Cancers	26	42	25	59	- 16
Suicide	27	39	5	315	- 276
Oral Cancer	28	35	40	20	+ 15
HIV/AIDS	29	31	7	256	- 225
Pertussis	30	30	73	0	+ 30
Leukemia	31	29	39	21	+ 8
Maternal Conditions	32	22	35	28	- 6
Oesophagus Cancer	33	21	51	8	+ 14
Lymphomas	34	21	32	32	- 11
Rheumatic Heart Disease	35	21	47	13	+ 8
Inflammatory/Heart	36	21	20	92	- 71
Cervical Cancer	37	19	21	91	- 73
Endocrine Disorders	38	19	12	174	- 156
Malnutrition	39	17	30	37	- 21
Meningitis	40	15	44	17	- 2
Parkinson's Disease	41	14	49	9	+ 5
Fires	42	11	41	19	- 9
Ovary Cancer	43	10	43	18	- 8
Tetanus	44	10	72	0	+ 9
Skin Disease	45	9	56	3	+ 6
Encephalitis	46	7	53	7	- 0
Alcohol	47	6	57	3	+ 3
Pancreas Cancer	48	6	42	19	- 13
Skin Cancers	49	6	55	5	+ 1
Epilepsy	50	6	37	24	- 18
Bladder Cancer	51	5	50	8	- 3
Poisonings	52	4	65	1	+ 4
Prostate Cancer	53	4	17	123	- 120
Drug Use	54	3	45	16	- 12
Uterin Cancer	55	3	46	13	- 10
Measles	56	3	77	0	+ 3
Appendicitis	57	3	54	6	- 3
Syphilis	58	3	71	0	+ 3
Dengue	59	2	60	2	- 0
Hepatitis B	60	2	59	2	- 0
Other Neoplasms	61	1	28	40	- 39
Schistosomiasis	62	1	84	0	+ 1
Malaria	63	1	33	30	- 29
Rheumatoid Arthritis	64	1	63	1	- 0
Multiple Sclerosis	65	1	61	1	- 1
Upper Respiratory	66	0	66	1	- 0
Hepatitis C	67	0	69	0	+ 0
War	68	0	64	1	- 0
Diphtheria	69	0	75	0	+ 0
Ascariasis	70	0	74	0	+ 0
Chlamydia	71	0	80	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	72	0	76	0	+ 0
Leprosy	73	0	68	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	74	0	82	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	75	0	83	0	- 0
Chagas disease	76	0	81	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	77	0	85	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	78	0	79	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	79	0	78	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	80	0	58	3	- 3
Prostatic Hypertrophy	81	0	52	8	- 8
Oral conditions	82	0	67	0	- 0
Depression	83	0	86	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	84	0	62	1	- 1
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	70	0	- 0
Anemia	86	0	18	99	- 99
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to GUYANA

Laos

Guyana

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.