LITHUANIA VS LAOS: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	LAOS		LITHUANIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Stroke	1	1,906	2	5,643	- 3,737
Coronary Heart Disease	2	1,715	1	15,329	- 13,614
Influenza and Pneumonia	3	932	7	654	+ 278
Tuberculosis	4	644	38	119	+ 525
Kidney Disease	5	544	19	372	+ 172
Lung Disease	6	537	16	513	+ 24
Diarrhoeal diseases	7	513	42	59	+ 453
Diabetes Mellitus	8	485	14	525	- 41
Road Traffic Accidents	9	423	27	225	+ 199
Liver Disease	10	387	9	644	- 256
Low Birth Weight	11	382	55	9	+ 373
Birth Trauma	12	369	53	10	+ 358
Liver Cancer	13	365	25	239	+ 126
Lung Cancers	14	304	3	1,329	- 1,025
Hypertension	15	294	4	1,289	- 995
Asthma	16	278	46	45	+ 232
Peptic Ulcer Disease	17	215	22	313	- 97
Congenital Anomalies	18	214	41	62	+ 152
Drownings	19	188	35	150	+ 38
Stomach Cancer	20	175	10	639	- 464
Other Injuries	21	171	18	416	- 244
Violence	22	157	36	132	+ 25
Alzheimers & Dementia	23	151	8	649	- 498
Falls	24	145	15	518	- 373
Breast Cancer	25	144	11	629	- 485
Colon-Rectum Cancers	26	140	5	1,074	- 934
Suicide	27	129	6	721	- 593
Oral Cancer	28	115	20	338	- 223
HIV/AIDS	29	103	51	22	+ 81
Pertussis	30	100	69	0	+ 100
Leukemia	31	96	24	284	- 188
Maternal Conditions	32	72	63	2	+ 70
Oesophagus Cancer	33	71	30	219	- 148
Lymphomas	34	70	21	321	- 252
Rheumatic Heart Disease	35	68	48	29	+ 39
Inflammatory/Heart	36	68	17	484	- 416
Cervical Cancer	37	62	28	224	- 162
Endocrine Disorders	38	61	39	72	- 11
Malnutrition	39	55	58	7	+ 48
Meningitis	40	51	52	19	+ 31
Parkinson's Disease	41	46	29	222	- 176
Fires	42	36	43	51	- 15
Ovary Cancer	43	33	26	233	- 200
Tetanus	44	32	62	2	+ 29
Skin Disease	45	29	44	48	- 19
Encephalitis	46	23	65	2	+ 21
Alcohol	47	20	33	192	- 171
Pancreas Cancer	48	20	13	578	- 558
Skin Cancers	49	20	32	197	- 177
Epilepsy	50	19	40	62	- 43
Bladder Cancer	51	16	23	292	- 276
Poisonings	52	14	45	46	- 33
Prostate Cancer	53	12	12	598	- 586
Drug Use	54	11	37	122	- 111
Uterin Cancer	55	10	34	159	- 150
Measles	56	10	83	0	+ 10
Appendicitis	57	9	54	10	- 0
Syphilis	58	9	70	0	+ 9
Dengue	59	6	76	0	+ 6
Hepatitis B	60	6	61	5	+ 1
Other Neoplasms	61	4	31	212	- 208
Schistosomiasis	62	4	78	0	+ 4
Malaria	63	3	81	0	+ 3
Rheumatoid Arthritis	64	2	47	41	- 39
Multiple Sclerosis	65	2	49	29	- 27
Upper Respiratory	66	2	68	0	+ 2
Hepatitis C	67	1	50	23	- 22
War	68	1	67	0	+ 1
Diphtheria	69	1	82	0	+ 1
Ascariasis	70	1	74	0	+ 1
Chlamydia	71	0	71	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	72	0	66	1	- 1
Leprosy	73	0	72	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	74	0	80	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	75	0	77	0	- 0
Chagas disease	76	0	79	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	77	0	84	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	78	0	75	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	79	0	73	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	80	0	59	6	- 6
Prostatic Hypertrophy	81	0	57	8	- 8
Oral conditions	82	0	64	2	- 2
Depression	83	0	86	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	84	0	56	8	- 8
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	85	0	- 0
Anemia	86	0	60	5	- 5
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to LITHUANIA

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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.