LATVIA VS LAOS: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	LAOS		LATVIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Stroke	1	1,307	2	5,893	- 4,586
Coronary Heart Disease	2	1,175	1	8,099	- 6,924
Influenza and Pneumonia	3	639	9	501	+ 137
Tuberculosis	4	441	40	71	+ 370
Kidney Disease	5	373	17	356	+ 16
Lung Disease	6	368	18	346	+ 22
Diarrhoeal diseases	7	351	54	14	+ 338
Diabetes Mellitus	8	332	8	529	- 197
Road Traffic Accidents	9	290	27	154	+ 137
Liver Disease	10	265	15	365	- 100
Low Birth Weight	11	262	56	11	+ 250
Birth Trauma	12	253	55	12	+ 241
Liver Cancer	13	250	26	157	+ 93
Lung Cancers	14	208	4	956	- 748
Hypertension	15	201	3	1,194	- 992
Asthma	16	190	46	42	+ 149
Peptic Ulcer Disease	17	148	31	142	+ 6
Congenital Anomalies	18	147	43	46	+ 100
Drownings	19	129	34	127	+ 2
Stomach Cancer	20	120	11	470	- 349
Other Injuries	21	117	16	362	- 245
Violence	22	107	37	94	+ 13
Alzheimers & Dementia	23	104	7	664	- 560
Falls	24	100	23	201	- 102
Breast Cancer	25	99	10	472	- 374
Colon-Rectum Cancers	26	96	6	722	- 626
Suicide	27	88	14	384	- 295
Oral Cancer	28	79	22	214	- 135
HIV/AIDS	29	71	39	74	- 3
Pertussis	30	69	70	0	+ 69
Leukemia	31	66	25	186	- 120
Maternal Conditions	32	49	60	5	+ 45
Oesophagus Cancer	33	48	32	131	- 83
Lymphomas	34	48	19	245	- 198
Rheumatic Heart Disease	35	47	47	41	+ 6
Inflammatory/Heart	36	47	5	921	- 874
Cervical Cancer	37	42	33	128	- 85
Endocrine Disorders	38	42	41	59	- 17
Malnutrition	39	38	64	2	+ 36
Meningitis	40	35	52	15	+ 20
Parkinson's Disease	41	31	35	125	- 94
Fires	42	25	36	103	- 79
Ovary Cancer	43	23	24	196	- 174
Tetanus	44	22	71	0	+ 22
Skin Disease	45	20	38	76	- 56
Encephalitis	46	16	69	0	+ 16
Alcohol	47	14	21	227	- 213
Pancreas Cancer	48	14	13	436	- 422
Skin Cancers	49	13	30	144	- 131
Epilepsy	50	13	45	44	- 31
Bladder Cancer	51	11	20	228	- 217
Poisonings	52	9	49	23	- 14
Prostate Cancer	53	8	12	464	- 456
Drug Use	54	7	48	41	- 33
Uterin Cancer	55	7	29	148	- 141
Measles	56	7	72	0	+ 7
Appendicitis	57	6	59	5	+ 2
Syphilis	58	6	65	1	+ 5
Dengue	59	4	83	0	+ 4
Hepatitis B	60	4	63	3	+ 1
Other Neoplasms	61	3	28	153	- 150
Schistosomiasis	62	3	78	0	+ 3
Malaria	63	2	79	0	+ 2
Rheumatoid Arthritis	64	2	51	20	- 18
Multiple Sclerosis	65	1	50	20	- 19
Upper Respiratory	66	1	62	4	- 2
Hepatitis C	67	1	42	53	- 52
War	68	1	68	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	69	1	67	1	- 0
Ascariasis	70	1	84	0	+ 1
Chlamydia	71	0	75	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	72	0	66	1	- 1
Leprosy	73	0	74	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	74	0	76	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	75	0	77	0	- 0
Chagas disease	76	0	80	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	77	0	73	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	78	0	82	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	79	0	81	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	80	0	58	7	- 7
Prostatic Hypertrophy	81	0	44	45	- 45
Oral conditions	82	0	61	4	- 4
Depression	83	0	86	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	84	0	57	7	- 7
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	85	0	- 0
Anemia	86	0	53	14	- 14
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to LATVIA

Laos

Latvia

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.