SWAZILAND VS LAOS: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	LAOS		SWAZILAND		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Stroke	1	826	4	800	+ 25
Coronary Heart Disease	2	743	5	755	- 12
Influenza and Pneumonia	3	403	2	921	- 517
Tuberculosis	4	279	13	256	+ 23
Kidney Disease	5	236	8	381	- 146
Lung Disease	6	233	12	264	- 32
Diarrhoeal diseases	7	222	6	517	- 295
Diabetes Mellitus	8	210	3	892	- 682
Road Traffic Accidents	9	183	7	384	- 201
Liver Disease	10	168	11	274	- 106
Low Birth Weight	11	165	14	233	- 68
Birth Trauma	12	160	18	166	- 7
Liver Cancer	13	158	37	29	+ 129
Lung Cancers	14	132	46	17	+ 115
Hypertension	15	127	10	292	- 165
Asthma	16	120	20	150	- 29
Peptic Ulcer Disease	17	93	29	51	+ 42
Congenital Anomalies	18	93	19	160	- 68
Drownings	19	81	25	87	- 6
Stomach Cancer	20	76	53	7	+ 69
Other Injuries	21	74	17	190	- 116
Violence	22	68	16	212	- 144
Alzheimers & Dementia	23	66	27	77	- 11
Falls	24	63	32	41	+ 22
Breast Cancer	25	62	35	37	+ 26
Colon-Rectum Cancers	26	60	43	19	+ 42
Suicide	27	56	9	338	- 282
Oral Cancer	28	50	51	10	+ 40
HIV/AIDS	29	45	1	2,314	- 2,269
Pertussis	30	44	33	39	+ 5
Leukemia	31	41	47	16	+ 25
Maternal Conditions	32	31	21	116	- 85
Oesophagus Cancer	33	31	44	18	+ 12
Lymphomas	34	30	36	31	- 1
Rheumatic Heart Disease	35	30	39	26	+ 3
Inflammatory/Heart	36	29	24	94	- 64
Cervical Cancer	37	27	15	215	- 188
Endocrine Disorders	38	27	28	74	- 48
Malnutrition	39	24	22	106	- 82
Meningitis	40	22	23	97	- 75
Parkinson's Disease	41	20	41	24	- 4
Fires	42	15	26	84	- 68
Ovary Cancer	43	14	52	10	+ 5
Tetanus	44	14	62	4	+ 10
Skin Disease	45	13	40	25	- 13
Encephalitis	46	10	59	5	+ 5
Alcohol	47	9	48	16	- 7
Pancreas Cancer	48	9	56	6	+ 3
Skin Cancers	49	9	42	20	- 11
Epilepsy	50	8	30	46	- 37
Bladder Cancer	51	7	55	6	+ 1
Poisonings	52	6	34	37	- 32
Prostate Cancer	53	5	31	45	- 40
Drug Use	54	5	38	27	- 22
Uterin Cancer	55	4	50	11	- 7
Measles	56	4	64	1	+ 4
Appendicitis	57	4	54	7	- 3
Syphilis	58	4	45	17	- 13
Dengue	59	2	72	0	+ 2
Hepatitis B	60	2	57	6	- 3
Other Neoplasms	61	2	61	4	- 2
Schistosomiasis	62	2	49	13	- 11
Malaria	63	1	67	0	+ 1
Rheumatoid Arthritis	64	1	58	5	- 4
Multiple Sclerosis	65	1	63	1	- 1
Upper Respiratory	66	1	60	4	- 3
Hepatitis C	67	1	65	0	+ 0
War	68	0	71	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	69	0	70	0	+ 0
Ascariasis	70	0	66	0	+ 0
Chlamydia	71	0	69	0	- 0
Otitis Media	72	0	68	0	- 0
Leprosy	73	0	76	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	74	0	78	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	75	0	77	0	- 0
Chagas disease	76	0	79	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	77	0	75	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	78	0	73	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	79	0	74	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	86	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	84	0	83	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	85	0	- 0
Anemia	86	0	84	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to SWAZILAND

Laos

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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.