NO MACEDONIA VS LAOS: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	LAOS		NO MACEDONIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Stroke	1	1,549	1	5,521	- 3,971
Coronary Heart Disease	2	1,394	2	4,420	- 3,026
Influenza and Pneumonia	3	757	19	157	+ 601
Tuberculosis	4	523	35	32	+ 491
Kidney Disease	5	442	9	516	- 74
Lung Disease	6	437	6	807	- 370
Diarrhoeal diseases	7	417	56	1	+ 416
Diabetes Mellitus	8	394	4	1,104	- 710
Road Traffic Accidents	9	344	24	107	+ 237
Liver Disease	10	314	15	218	+ 97
Low Birth Weight	11	310	28	73	+ 237
Birth Trauma	12	300	48	7	+ 292
Liver Cancer	13	296	13	260	+ 36
Lung Cancers	14	247	5	1,055	- 808
Hypertension	15	239	7	627	- 389
Asthma	16	226	33	53	+ 173
Peptic Ulcer Disease	17	175	32	56	+ 119
Congenital Anomalies	18	174	37	29	+ 145
Drownings	19	153	41	18	+ 135
Stomach Cancer	20	142	10	455	- 313
Other Injuries	21	139	17	183	- 44
Violence	22	127	36	31	+ 97
Alzheimers & Dementia	23	123	30	71	+ 52
Falls	24	118	27	78	+ 40
Breast Cancer	25	117	11	386	- 269
Colon-Rectum Cancers	26	113	8	560	- 447
Suicide	27	105	16	196	- 91
Oral Cancer	28	94	29	72	+ 22
HIV/AIDS	29	84	61	0	+ 84
Pertussis	30	82	50	4	+ 78
Leukemia	31	78	22	114	- 37
Maternal Conditions	32	59	54	2	+ 57
Oesophagus Cancer	33	57	34	45	+ 12
Lymphomas	34	57	25	96	- 39
Rheumatic Heart Disease	35	56	43	13	+ 43
Inflammatory/Heart	36	55	3	4,249	- 4,194
Cervical Cancer	37	50	31	68	- 18
Endocrine Disorders	38	50	44	12	+ 38
Malnutrition	39	45	58	1	+ 44
Meningitis	40	41	51	4	+ 38
Parkinson's Disease	41	37	20	141	- 103
Fires	42	29	46	11	+ 18
Ovary Cancer	43	27	26	93	- 66
Tetanus	44	26	75	0	+ 26
Skin Disease	45	24	57	1	+ 23
Encephalitis	46	18	59	1	+ 18
Alcohol	47	16	42	14	+ 3
Pancreas Cancer	48	16	12	267	- 250
Skin Cancers	49	16	21	126	- 110
Epilepsy	50	16	38	23	- 8
Bladder Cancer	51	13	18	163	- 149
Poisonings	52	11	45	11	- 0
Prostate Cancer	53	10	14	259	- 249
Drug Use	54	9	47	9	- 0
Uterin Cancer	55	8	23	108	- 100
Measles	56	8	74	0	+ 8
Appendicitis	57	8	55	1	+ 6
Syphilis	58	8	62	0	+ 7
Dengue	59	5	70	0	+ 5
Hepatitis B	60	5	49	7	- 3
Other Neoplasms	61	3	40	19	- 16
Schistosomiasis	62	3	79	0	+ 3
Malaria	63	3	78	0	+ 3
Rheumatoid Arthritis	64	2	60	0	+ 2
Multiple Sclerosis	65	2	39	21	- 19
Upper Respiratory	66	1	65	0	+ 1
Hepatitis C	67	1	67	0	+ 1
War	68	1	63	0	+ 1
Diphtheria	69	1	66	0	+ 1
Ascariasis	70	1	71	0	+ 1
Chlamydia	71	0	68	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	72	0	80	0	+ 0
Leprosy	73	0	81	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	74	0	77	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	75	0	64	0	- 0
Chagas disease	76	0	76	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	77	0	69	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	78	0	72	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	79	0	73	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	80	0	82	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	81	0	53	3	- 3
Oral conditions	82	0	83	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	52	3	- 3
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to NO MACEDONIA

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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.