PANAMA VS LAOS: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	LAOS		PANAMA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Stroke	1	3,243	2	2,006	+ 1,237
Coronary Heart Disease	2	2,917	1	2,624	+ 293
Influenza and Pneumonia	3	1,585	7	697	+ 888
Tuberculosis	4	1,095	23	223	+ 872
Kidney Disease	5	925	3	1,106	- 181
Lung Disease	6	914	5	815	+ 99
Diarrhoeal diseases	7	872	28	163	+ 709
Diabetes Mellitus	8	824	4	1,070	- 246
Road Traffic Accidents	9	720	9	591	+ 129
Liver Disease	10	658	15	325	+ 333
Low Birth Weight	11	650	22	238	+ 412
Birth Trauma	12	627	36	94	+ 533
Liver Cancer	13	620	27	182	+ 439
Lung Cancers	14	517	16	303	+ 214
Hypertension	15	500	10	510	- 10
Asthma	16	472	43	56	+ 416
Peptic Ulcer Disease	17	366	50	30	+ 336
Congenital Anomalies	18	364	13	378	- 14
Drownings	19	319	34	103	+ 216
Stomach Cancer	20	298	11	397	- 99
Other Injuries	21	291	35	100	+ 192
Violence	22	267	6	730	- 463
Alzheimers & Dementia	23	257	17	296	- 39
Falls	24	247	37	92	+ 155
Breast Cancer	25	245	19	279	- 33
Colon-Rectum Cancers	26	237	14	352	- 115
Suicide	27	219	32	121	+ 98
Oral Cancer	28	196	38	78	+ 118
HIV/AIDS	29	176	8	653	- 477
Pertussis	30	171	74	0	+ 171
Leukemia	31	163	25	189	- 26
Maternal Conditions	32	123	48	32	+ 90
Oesophagus Cancer	33	120	45	52	+ 69
Lymphomas	34	118	24	205	- 86
Rheumatic Heart Disease	35	116	53	25	+ 91
Inflammatory/Heart	36	116	20	270	- 154
Cervical Cancer	37	105	26	185	- 79
Endocrine Disorders	38	105	18	279	- 174
Malnutrition	39	93	31	122	- 29
Meningitis	40	86	52	27	+ 59
Parkinson's Disease	41	78	33	115	- 37
Fires	42	61	57	11	+ 50
Ovary Cancer	43	57	41	64	- 7
Tetanus	44	54	69	0	+ 53
Skin Disease	45	50	30	127	- 77
Encephalitis	46	39	63	3	+ 36
Alcohol	47	34	49	30	+ 4
Pancreas Cancer	48	34	29	135	- 101
Skin Cancers	49	33	44	56	- 22
Epilepsy	50	33	39	66	- 34
Bladder Cancer	51	27	46	33	- 5
Poisonings	52	23	61	4	+ 19
Prostate Cancer	53	21	12	390	- 369
Drug Use	54	18	47	33	- 14
Uterin Cancer	55	16	40	66	- 49
Measles	56	16	79	0	+ 16
Appendicitis	57	16	56	11	+ 5
Syphilis	58	16	65	1	+ 15
Dengue	59	10	64	2	+ 8
Hepatitis B	60	10	59	7	+ 2
Other Neoplasms	61	7	21	256	- 250
Schistosomiasis	62	6	80	0	+ 6
Malaria	63	6	81	0	+ 6
Rheumatoid Arthritis	64	4	55	14	- 10
Multiple Sclerosis	65	4	62	3	+ 1
Upper Respiratory	66	3	54	14	- 11
Hepatitis C	67	2	66	1	+ 2
War	68	2	67	0	+ 1
Diphtheria	69	1	78	0	+ 1
Ascariasis	70	1	75	0	+ 1
Chlamydia	71	0	84	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	72	0	68	0	- 0
Leprosy	73	0	83	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	74	0	82	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	75	0	70	0	- 0
Chagas disease	76	0	73	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	77	0	71	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	78	0	77	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	79	0	76	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	80	0	60	4	- 4
Prostatic Hypertrophy	81	0	51	28	- 28
Oral conditions	82	0	72	0	- 0
Depression	83	0	86	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	84	0	58	10	- 10
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	85	0	- 0
Anemia	86	0	42	63	- 63
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to PANAMA

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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.