QATAR VS LAOS: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	LAOS		QATAR		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Stroke	1	1,851	3	255	+ 1,596
Coronary Heart Disease	2	1,665	1	1,082	+ 584
Influenza and Pneumonia	3	905	10	108	+ 797
Tuberculosis	4	625	44	8	+ 617
Kidney Disease	5	528	6	179	+ 349
Lung Disease	6	522	15	68	+ 453
Diarrhoeal diseases	7	498	41	10	+ 488
Diabetes Mellitus	8	470	2	459	+ 12
Road Traffic Accidents	9	411	4	206	+ 205
Liver Disease	10	376	5	202	+ 173
Low Birth Weight	11	371	20	45	+ 326
Birth Trauma	12	358	38	13	+ 345
Liver Cancer	13	354	21	44	+ 310
Lung Cancers	14	295	13	73	+ 222
Hypertension	15	285	28	26	+ 259
Asthma	16	270	40	10	+ 259
Peptic Ulcer Disease	17	209	46	7	+ 202
Congenital Anomalies	18	208	14	70	+ 138
Drownings	19	182	19	45	+ 137
Stomach Cancer	20	170	23	42	+ 128
Other Injuries	21	166	9	115	+ 52
Violence	22	152	34	14	+ 138
Alzheimers & Dementia	23	147	12	75	+ 72
Falls	24	141	8	129	+ 13
Breast Cancer	25	140	17	53	+ 87
Colon-Rectum Cancers	26	136	11	83	+ 53
Suicide	27	125	7	165	- 40
Oral Cancer	28	112	29	25	+ 87
HIV/AIDS	29	100	71	0	+ 100
Pertussis	30	98	54	2	+ 95
Leukemia	31	93	16	57	+ 36
Maternal Conditions	32	70	52	3	+ 67
Oesophagus Cancer	33	69	37	13	+ 56
Lymphomas	34	68	18	48	+ 19
Rheumatic Heart Disease	35	66	45	8	+ 59
Inflammatory/Heart	36	66	25	32	+ 34
Cervical Cancer	37	60	36	13	+ 47
Endocrine Disorders	38	60	24	39	+ 21
Malnutrition	39	53	58	1	+ 52
Meningitis	40	49	47	7	+ 42
Parkinson's Disease	41	45	26	28	+ 16
Fires	42	35	22	42	- 8
Ovary Cancer	43	32	32	17	+ 15
Tetanus	44	31	60	0	+ 30
Skin Disease	45	29	33	16	+ 13
Encephalitis	46	22	50	5	+ 17
Alcohol	47	20	48	7	+ 13
Pancreas Cancer	48	20	30	25	- 5
Skin Cancers	49	19	43	8	+ 11
Epilepsy	50	19	35	13	+ 5
Bladder Cancer	51	16	27	27	- 11
Poisonings	52	13	42	9	+ 4
Prostate Cancer	53	12	31	18	- 6
Drug Use	54	10	39	12	- 2
Uterin Cancer	55	9	49	6	+ 3
Measles	56	9	67	0	+ 9
Appendicitis	57	9	57	1	+ 8
Syphilis	58	9	53	2	+ 7
Dengue	59	6	62	0	+ 5
Hepatitis B	60	5	56	2	+ 4
Other Neoplasms	61	4	51	3	+ 1
Schistosomiasis	62	4	78	0	+ 4
Malaria	63	3	76	0	+ 3
Rheumatoid Arthritis	64	2	59	0	+ 2
Multiple Sclerosis	65	2	55	2	+ 0
Upper Respiratory	66	2	65	0	+ 1
Hepatitis C	67	1	63	0	+ 1
War	68	1	61	0	+ 1
Diphtheria	69	1	66	0	+ 1
Ascariasis	70	1	64	0	+ 1
Chlamydia	71	0	68	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	72	0	69	0	+ 0
Leprosy	73	0	70	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	74	0	75	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	75	0	77	0	- 0
Chagas disease	76	0	79	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	77	0	74	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	78	0	73	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	79	0	72	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	80	0	81	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	81	0	80	0	- 0
Oral conditions	82	0	82	0	- 0
Depression	83	0	84	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	84	0	83	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	86	0	- 0
Anemia	86	0	85	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to QATAR

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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.