MAURITIUS VS LAOS: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	LAOS		MAURITIUS		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Stroke	1	951	3	985	- 34
Coronary Heart Disease	2	855	2	1,805	- 950
Influenza and Pneumonia	3	465	7	346	+ 119
Tuberculosis	4	321	45	17	+ 304
Kidney Disease	5	271	4	724	- 453
Lung Disease	6	268	5	646	- 378
Diarrhoeal diseases	7	256	42	23	+ 233
Diabetes Mellitus	8	242	1	1,873	- 1,632
Road Traffic Accidents	9	211	11	155	+ 56
Liver Disease	10	193	12	145	+ 48
Low Birth Weight	11	190	35	37	+ 154
Birth Trauma	12	184	36	37	+ 147
Liver Cancer	13	182	27	56	+ 126
Lung Cancers	14	151	9	182	- 31
Hypertension	15	147	6	592	- 445
Asthma	16	138	17	107	+ 32
Peptic Ulcer Disease	17	107	43	22	+ 85
Congenital Anomalies	18	107	25	57	+ 50
Drownings	19	94	33	43	+ 51
Stomach Cancer	20	87	18	104	- 17
Other Injuries	21	85	21	66	+ 20
Violence	22	78	41	30	+ 49
Alzheimers & Dementia	23	75	34	42	+ 34
Falls	24	72	26	57	+ 16
Breast Cancer	25	72	8	232	- 160
Colon-Rectum Cancers	26	70	10	182	- 113
Suicide	27	64	14	120	- 56
Oral Cancer	28	58	23	63	- 6
HIV/AIDS	29	52	13	141	- 89
Pertussis	30	50	66	0	+ 50
Leukemia	31	48	31	48	- 1
Maternal Conditions	32	36	48	11	+ 25
Oesophagus Cancer	33	35	37	35	- 0
Lymphomas	34	35	24	57	- 22
Rheumatic Heart Disease	35	34	56	3	+ 31
Inflammatory/Heart	36	34	16	108	- 74
Cervical Cancer	37	31	30	49	- 18
Endocrine Disorders	38	31	19	101	- 70
Malnutrition	39	27	54	4	+ 24
Meningitis	40	25	57	2	+ 23
Parkinson's Disease	41	23	47	12	+ 11
Fires	42	18	50	10	+ 7
Ovary Cancer	43	17	32	46	- 29
Tetanus	44	16	76	0	+ 16
Skin Disease	45	15	22	64	- 50
Encephalitis	46	11	61	1	+ 11
Alcohol	47	10	29	53	- 43
Pancreas Cancer	48	10	28	55	- 45
Skin Cancers	49	10	53	5	+ 5
Epilepsy	50	10	38	35	- 25
Bladder Cancer	51	8	44	21	- 13
Poisonings	52	7	49	11	- 4
Prostate Cancer	53	6	15	115	- 109
Drug Use	54	5	46	16	- 11
Uterin Cancer	55	5	40	32	- 27
Measles	56	5	77	0	+ 5
Appendicitis	57	5	59	1	+ 4
Syphilis	58	5	67	0	+ 5
Dengue	59	3	68	0	+ 3
Hepatitis B	60	3	65	0	+ 3
Other Neoplasms	61	2	20	77	- 75
Schistosomiasis	62	2	69	0	+ 2
Malaria	63	2	70	0	+ 2
Rheumatoid Arthritis	64	1	60	1	+ 0
Multiple Sclerosis	65	1	84	0	+ 1
Upper Respiratory	66	1	63	0	+ 1
Hepatitis C	67	1	51	9	- 8
War	68	0	62	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	69	0	75	0	+ 0
Ascariasis	70	0	64	0	+ 0
Chlamydia	71	0	74	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	72	0	80	0	+ 0
Leprosy	73	0	81	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	74	0	73	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	75	0	72	0	- 0
Chagas disease	76	0	71	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	77	0	82	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	78	0	79	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	79	0	78	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	80	0	83	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	81	0	58	2	- 2
Oral conditions	82	0	55	3	- 3
Depression	83	0	86	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	84	0	52	5	- 5
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	85	0	- 0
Anemia	86	0	39	33	- 33
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to MAURITIUS

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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.