SINGAPORE VS LAOS: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	LAOS		SINGAPORE		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Stroke	1	4,373	3	1,559	+ 2,814
Coronary Heart Disease	2	3,934	1	5,292	- 1,358
Influenza and Pneumonia	3	2,137	2	5,189	- 3,052
Tuberculosis	4	1,477	40	26	+ 1,451
Kidney Disease	5	1,247	6	1,028	+ 219
Lung Disease	6	1,233	14	383	+ 850
Diarrhoeal diseases	7	1,176	39	28	+ 1,148
Diabetes Mellitus	8	1,111	28	108	+ 1,004
Road Traffic Accidents	9	971	26	121	+ 850
Liver Disease	10	888	20	209	+ 679
Low Birth Weight	11	876	41	25	+ 851
Birth Trauma	12	846	55	3	+ 843
Liver Cancer	13	837	7	746	+ 91
Lung Cancers	14	697	4	1,540	- 844
Hypertension	15	674	8	732	- 58
Asthma	16	637	35	37	+ 600
Peptic Ulcer Disease	17	494	33	69	+ 424
Congenital Anomalies	18	490	31	80	+ 411
Drownings	19	431	38	29	+ 402
Stomach Cancer	20	402	12	405	- 3
Other Injuries	21	393	32	79	+ 314
Violence	22	360	46	15	+ 345
Alzheimers & Dementia	23	347	36	32	+ 315
Falls	24	333	18	218	+ 116
Breast Cancer	25	331	10	605	- 274
Colon-Rectum Cancers	26	320	5	1,203	- 882
Suicide	27	295	9	650	- 355
Oral Cancer	28	265	15	317	- 52
HIV/AIDS	29	237	45	18	+ 219
Pertussis	30	230	62	0	+ 230
Leukemia	31	220	17	249	- 30
Maternal Conditions	32	165	53	3	+ 162
Oesophagus Cancer	33	162	24	137	+ 25
Lymphomas	34	160	13	397	- 237
Rheumatic Heart Disease	35	157	43	22	+ 135
Inflammatory/Heart	36	156	19	215	- 59
Cervical Cancer	37	142	30	85	+ 57
Endocrine Disorders	38	141	37	30	+ 111
Malnutrition	39	126	63	0	+ 126
Meningitis	40	116	48	8	+ 108
Parkinson's Disease	41	105	29	90	+ 15
Fires	42	82	49	7	+ 75
Ovary Cancer	43	77	21	204	- 127
Tetanus	44	73	73	0	+ 73
Skin Disease	45	67	25	136	- 69
Encephalitis	46	52	61	0	+ 52
Alcohol	47	46	47	10	+ 36
Pancreas Cancer	48	46	11	537	- 491
Skin Cancers	49	45	34	56	- 11
Epilepsy	50	44	42	25	+ 19
Bladder Cancer	51	37	27	120	- 83
Poisonings	52	31	60	1	+ 30
Prostate Cancer	53	28	16	303	- 275
Drug Use	54	25	44	19	+ 6
Uterin Cancer	55	22	23	147	- 125
Measles	56	22	72	0	+ 22
Appendicitis	57	22	50	6	+ 16
Syphilis	58	22	65	0	+ 22
Dengue	59	13	66	0	+ 13
Hepatitis B	60	13	52	4	+ 9
Other Neoplasms	61	9	22	195	- 186
Schistosomiasis	62	9	78	0	+ 9
Malaria	63	8	75	0	+ 8
Rheumatoid Arthritis	64	5	58	2	+ 3
Multiple Sclerosis	65	5	57	3	+ 2
Upper Respiratory	66	4	54	3	+ 0
Hepatitis C	67	3	56	3	+ 0
War	68	2	59	2	- 0
Diphtheria	69	2	64	0	+ 2
Ascariasis	70	2	67	0	+ 2
Chlamydia	71	0	70	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	72	0	79	0	+ 0
Leprosy	73	0	80	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	74	0	77	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	75	0	76	0	- 0
Chagas disease	76	0	74	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	77	0	71	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	78	0	68	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	79	0	69	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	80	0	82	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	81	0	51	6	- 6
Oral conditions	82	0	81	0	- 0
Depression	83	0	83	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	84	0	84	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	86	0	- 0
Anemia	86	0	85	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to SINGAPORE

Laos

Singapore

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.