IRELAND VS LAOS: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	LAOS		IRELAND		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Stroke	1	3,796	5	1,770	+ 2,027
Coronary Heart Disease	2	3,415	1	4,762	- 1,347
Influenza and Pneumonia	3	1,855	6	1,298	+ 557
Tuberculosis	4	1,282	50	23	+ 1,259
Kidney Disease	5	1,083	10	566	+ 517
Lung Disease	6	1,070	4	1,915	- 845
Diarrhoeal diseases	7	1,021	45	53	+ 968
Diabetes Mellitus	8	965	16	414	+ 551
Road Traffic Accidents	9	843	33	153	+ 690
Liver Disease	10	771	19	279	+ 491
Low Birth Weight	11	760	44	56	+ 705
Birth Trauma	12	734	56	10	+ 724
Liver Cancer	13	726	18	318	+ 408
Lung Cancers	14	605	3	1,916	- 1,311
Hypertension	15	585	29	175	+ 411
Asthma	16	553	41	58	+ 495
Peptic Ulcer Disease	17	429	38	67	+ 362
Congenital Anomalies	18	426	32	153	+ 273
Drownings	19	374	43	57	+ 317
Stomach Cancer	20	349	17	357	- 8
Other Injuries	21	341	30	171	+ 170
Violence	22	312	47	38	+ 274
Alzheimers & Dementia	23	301	2	3,209	- 2,908
Falls	24	289	25	247	+ 43
Breast Cancer	25	287	8	760	- 472
Colon-Rectum Cancers	26	278	7	1,095	- 817
Suicide	27	256	14	470	- 214
Oral Cancer	28	230	28	183	+ 47
HIV/AIDS	29	206	57	9	+ 197
Pertussis	30	200	67	0	+ 200
Leukemia	31	191	20	274	- 83
Maternal Conditions	32	144	61	3	+ 140
Oesophagus Cancer	33	141	15	419	- 278
Lymphomas	34	139	13	513	- 374
Rheumatic Heart Disease	35	136	46	50	+ 86
Inflammatory/Heart	36	136	26	240	- 104
Cervical Cancer	37	123	35	103	+ 20
Endocrine Disorders	38	122	24	249	- 127
Malnutrition	39	109	63	2	+ 108
Meningitis	40	101	58	7	+ 94
Parkinson's Disease	41	91	12	530	- 438
Fires	42	71	48	30	+ 41
Ovary Cancer	43	67	21	273	- 206
Tetanus	44	63	81	0	+ 63
Skin Disease	45	58	42	58	+ 1
Encephalitis	46	45	66	0	+ 45
Alcohol	47	40	39	64	- 24
Pancreas Cancer	48	40	11	530	- 490
Skin Cancers	49	39	23	252	- 213
Epilepsy	50	38	36	85	- 47
Bladder Cancer	51	32	22	256	- 224
Poisonings	52	27	53	14	+ 13
Prostate Cancer	53	24	9	585	- 561
Drug Use	54	21	31	167	- 145
Uterin Cancer	55	19	34	126	- 107
Measles	56	19	83	0	+ 19
Appendicitis	57	19	60	3	+ 15
Syphilis	58	19	68	0	+ 19
Dengue	59	11	78	0	+ 11
Hepatitis B	60	11	59	6	+ 5
Other Neoplasms	61	8	27	218	- 210
Schistosomiasis	62	8	72	0	+ 8
Malaria	63	7	75	0	+ 7
Rheumatoid Arthritis	64	5	40	59	- 54
Multiple Sclerosis	65	4	37	83	- 79
Upper Respiratory	66	3	64	1	+ 2
Hepatitis C	67	3	52	19	- 17
War	68	2	65	0	+ 1
Diphtheria	69	2	82	0	+ 2
Ascariasis	70	2	77	0	+ 2
Chlamydia	71	0	69	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	72	0	71	0	+ 0
Leprosy	73	0	70	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	74	0	74	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	75	0	76	0	- 0
Chagas disease	76	0	73	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	77	0	84	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	78	0	80	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	79	0	79	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	80	0	51	20	- 20
Prostatic Hypertrophy	81	0	54	14	- 14
Oral conditions	82	0	62	2	- 2
Depression	83	0	86	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	84	0	55	12	- 12
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	85	0	- 0
Anemia	86	0	49	29	- 29
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to IRELAND

Laos

Ireland

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.