JAMAICA VS LAOS: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	LAOS		JAMAICA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Stroke	1	2,048	1	2,415	- 366
Coronary Heart Disease	2	1,843	3	1,726	+ 117
Influenza and Pneumonia	3	1,001	15	393	+ 608
Tuberculosis	4	692	54	8	+ 684
Kidney Disease	5	584	6	793	- 209
Lung Disease	6	577	11	452	+ 125
Diarrhoeal diseases	7	551	42	35	+ 516
Diabetes Mellitus	8	521	2	2,077	- 1,556
Road Traffic Accidents	9	455	12	444	+ 11
Liver Disease	10	416	21	155	+ 261
Low Birth Weight	11	410	18	241	+ 170
Birth Trauma	12	396	37	65	+ 331
Liver Cancer	13	392	29	101	+ 291
Lung Cancers	14	326	10	472	- 146
Hypertension	15	316	8	651	- 335
Asthma	16	298	36	65	+ 233
Peptic Ulcer Disease	17	231	32	82	+ 149
Congenital Anomalies	18	230	23	139	+ 91
Drownings	19	202	51	10	+ 192
Stomach Cancer	20	188	19	231	- 42
Other Injuries	21	184	31	91	+ 93
Violence	22	169	4	1,484	- 1,316
Alzheimers & Dementia	23	163	9	587	- 425
Falls	24	156	33	82	+ 74
Breast Cancer	25	155	14	413	- 258
Colon-Rectum Cancers	26	150	13	436	- 286
Suicide	27	138	35	70	+ 68
Oral Cancer	28	124	39	59	+ 65
HIV/AIDS	29	111	7	757	- 646
Pertussis	30	108	67	0	+ 108
Leukemia	31	103	26	129	- 26
Maternal Conditions	32	77	43	35	+ 43
Oesophagus Cancer	33	76	34	74	+ 2
Lymphomas	34	75	17	251	- 176
Rheumatic Heart Disease	35	73	44	27	+ 47
Inflammatory/Heart	36	73	24	133	- 60
Cervical Cancer	37	66	16	358	- 291
Endocrine Disorders	38	66	20	176	- 110
Malnutrition	39	59	40	48	+ 11
Meningitis	40	54	47	16	+ 39
Parkinson's Disease	41	49	25	132	- 83
Fires	42	38	46	16	+ 23
Ovary Cancer	43	36	30	97	- 61
Tetanus	44	34	63	0	+ 34
Skin Disease	45	32	22	145	- 114
Encephalitis	46	24	49	13	+ 11
Alcohol	47	22	55	7	+ 14
Pancreas Cancer	48	22	27	119	- 97
Skin Cancers	49	21	52	10	+ 11
Epilepsy	50	21	41	46	- 25
Bladder Cancer	51	17	38	60	- 42
Poisonings	52	15	57	2	+ 12
Prostate Cancer	53	13	5	883	- 870
Drug Use	54	12	48	13	- 1
Uterin Cancer	55	10	28	106	- 96
Measles	56	10	77	0	+ 10
Appendicitis	57	10	53	9	+ 1
Syphilis	58	10	60	1	+ 9
Dengue	59	6	58	1	+ 5
Hepatitis B	60	6	59	1	+ 5
Other Neoplasms	61	4	45	19	- 14
Schistosomiasis	62	4	74	0	+ 4
Malaria	63	4	72	0	+ 4
Rheumatoid Arthritis	64	3	50	11	- 9
Multiple Sclerosis	65	2	56	3	- 1
Upper Respiratory	66	2	65	0	+ 2
Hepatitis C	67	1	64	0	+ 1
War	68	1	61	1	+ 0
Diphtheria	69	1	68	0	+ 1
Ascariasis	70	1	66	0	+ 1
Chlamydia	71	0	62	0	- 0
Otitis Media	72	0	69	0	+ 0
Leprosy	73	0	70	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	74	0	75	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	75	0	71	0	- 0
Chagas disease	76	0	73	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	77	0	76	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	78	0	79	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	79	0	78	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	80	0	82	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	81	0	81	0	- 0
Oral conditions	82	0	80	0	- 0
Depression	83	0	86	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	84	0	85	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	84	0	- 0
Anemia	86	0	83	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to JAMAICA

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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.