LESOTHO VS LAOS: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	LAOS		LESOTHO		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Stroke	1	1,616	3	2,817	- 1,201
Coronary Heart Disease	2	1,454	5	2,101	- 647
Influenza and Pneumonia	3	790	2	3,214	- 2,424
Tuberculosis	4	546	8	1,208	- 663
Kidney Disease	5	461	10	1,015	- 554
Lung Disease	6	455	9	1,102	- 646
Diarrhoeal diseases	7	435	4	2,354	- 1,920
Diabetes Mellitus	8	411	6	2,000	- 1,589
Road Traffic Accidents	9	359	16	678	- 320
Liver Disease	10	328	14	792	- 464
Low Birth Weight	11	324	12	957	- 633
Birth Trauma	12	312	15	717	- 405
Liver Cancer	13	309	39	71	+ 238
Lung Cancers	14	257	43	51	+ 206
Hypertension	15	249	11	990	- 741
Asthma	16	235	17	678	- 442
Peptic Ulcer Disease	17	182	25	279	- 96
Congenital Anomalies	18	181	19	389	- 208
Drownings	19	159	28	200	- 41
Stomach Cancer	20	148	60	11	+ 138
Other Injuries	21	145	18	533	- 388
Violence	22	133	13	924	- 791
Alzheimers & Dementia	23	128	29	194	- 66
Falls	24	123	31	128	- 5
Breast Cancer	25	122	34	97	+ 25
Colon-Rectum Cancers	26	118	48	40	+ 79
Suicide	27	109	7	1,539	- 1,430
Oral Cancer	28	98	42	52	+ 46
HIV/AIDS	29	88	1	4,767	- 4,680
Pertussis	30	85	44	51	+ 34
Leukemia	31	81	49	39	+ 42
Maternal Conditions	32	61	24	292	- 231
Oesophagus Cancer	33	60	37	73	- 14
Lymphomas	34	59	36	78	- 19
Rheumatic Heart Disease	35	58	32	126	- 68
Inflammatory/Heart	36	58	23	305	- 247
Cervical Cancer	37	52	20	372	- 320
Endocrine Disorders	38	52	27	235	- 183
Malnutrition	39	47	21	357	- 311
Meningitis	40	43	22	318	- 275
Parkinson's Disease	41	39	41	55	- 16
Fires	42	30	26	269	- 238
Ovary Cancer	43	28	53	24	+ 4
Tetanus	44	27	47	45	- 18
Skin Disease	45	25	40	70	- 45
Encephalitis	46	19	57	14	+ 6
Alcohol	47	17	38	71	- 54
Pancreas Cancer	48	17	58	12	+ 5
Skin Cancers	49	17	46	46	- 30
Epilepsy	50	16	30	143	- 127
Bladder Cancer	51	14	61	10	+ 4
Poisonings	52	12	33	111	- 100
Prostate Cancer	53	10	35	81	- 70
Drug Use	54	9	50	32	- 22
Uterin Cancer	55	8	54	23	- 15
Measles	56	8	59	12	- 4
Appendicitis	57	8	52	25	- 17
Syphilis	58	8	45	50	- 43
Dengue	59	5	70	0	+ 5
Hepatitis B	60	5	51	27	- 22
Other Neoplasms	61	3	62	9	- 6
Schistosomiasis	62	3	76	0	+ 3
Malaria	63	3	79	0	+ 3
Rheumatoid Arthritis	64	2	56	18	- 16
Multiple Sclerosis	65	2	63	6	- 4
Upper Respiratory	66	1	55	18	- 17
Hepatitis C	67	1	64	2	- 1
War	68	1	68	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	69	1	69	0	+ 0
Ascariasis	70	1	67	1	- 0
Chlamydia	71	0	65	2	- 1
Otitis Media	72	0	66	1	- 1
Leprosy	73	0	74	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	74	0	77	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	75	0	75	0	- 0
Chagas disease	76	0	78	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	77	0	73	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	78	0	72	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	79	0	71	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	80	0	84	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	81	0	85	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 LESOTHO

Laos

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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.