TRINIDAD/TOB. VS LAOS: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	LAOS		TRINIDAD/TOB.		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Stroke	1	1,022	3	822	+ 200
Coronary Heart Disease	2	919	1	1,476	- 556
Influenza and Pneumonia	3	500	10	205	+ 294
Tuberculosis	4	345	43	22	+ 324
Kidney Disease	5	292	5	439	- 148
Lung Disease	6	288	16	129	+ 159
Diarrhoeal diseases	7	275	45	18	+ 257
Diabetes Mellitus	8	260	2	1,275	- 1,016
Road Traffic Accidents	9	227	15	130	+ 97
Liver Disease	10	207	14	136	+ 72
Low Birth Weight	11	205	23	83	+ 122
Birth Trauma	12	198	40	25	+ 172
Liver Cancer	13	196	28	66	+ 130
Lung Cancers	14	163	8	217	- 54
Hypertension	15	158	11	201	- 44
Asthma	16	149	35	40	+ 109
Peptic Ulcer Disease	17	115	31	52	+ 63
Congenital Anomalies	18	115	22	93	+ 21
Drownings	19	101	39	31	+ 70
Stomach Cancer	20	94	26	69	+ 25
Other Injuries	21	92	30	61	+ 31
Violence	22	84	4	549	- 465
Alzheimers & Dementia	23	81	9	215	- 134
Falls	24	78	33	43	+ 35
Breast Cancer	25	77	7	258	- 181
Colon-Rectum Cancers	26	75	13	196	- 121
Suicide	27	69	17	121	- 52
Oral Cancer	28	62	38	31	+ 31
HIV/AIDS	29	55	12	196	- 141
Pertussis	30	54	67	0	+ 54
Leukemia	31	51	29	62	- 11
Maternal Conditions	32	39	50	10	+ 28
Oesophagus Cancer	33	38	41	24	+ 14
Lymphomas	34	37	20	111	- 74
Rheumatic Heart Disease	35	37	49	11	+ 25
Inflammatory/Heart	36	37	25	72	- 36
Cervical Cancer	37	33	21	97	- 64
Endocrine Disorders	38	33	18	119	- 86
Malnutrition	39	29	47	17	+ 13
Meningitis	40	27	52	9	+ 18
Parkinson's Disease	41	25	32	51	- 27
Fires	42	19	48	16	+ 3
Ovary Cancer	43	18	24	80	- 62
Tetanus	44	17	65	0	+ 17
Skin Disease	45	16	36	39	- 23
Encephalitis	46	12	54	6	+ 6
Alcohol	47	11	42	23	- 12
Pancreas Cancer	48	11	19	114	- 103
Skin Cancers	49	11	57	4	+ 6
Epilepsy	50	10	37	32	- 22
Bladder Cancer	51	9	34	41	- 32
Poisonings	52	7	59	1	+ 6
Prostate Cancer	53	7	6	330	- 323
Drug Use	54	6	44	19	- 13
Uterin Cancer	55	5	27	68	- 63
Measles	56	5	76	0	+ 5
Appendicitis	57	5	56	4	+ 1
Syphilis	58	5	61	0	+ 5
Dengue	59	3	55	5	- 2
Hepatitis B	60	3	60	0	+ 3
Other Neoplasms	61	2	51	10	- 8
Schistosomiasis	62	2	71	0	+ 2
Malaria	63	2	72	0	+ 2
Rheumatoid Arthritis	64	1	53	8	- 7
Multiple Sclerosis	65	1	58	2	- 1
Upper Respiratory	66	1	64	0	+ 1
Hepatitis C	67	1	62	0	+ 1
War	68	0	46	17	- 16
Diphtheria	69	0	68	0	+ 0
Ascariasis	70	0	66	0	+ 0
Chlamydia	71	0	63	0	- 0
Otitis Media	72	0	69	0	+ 0
Leprosy	73	0	70	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	74	0	75	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	75	0	73	0	- 0
Chagas disease	76	0	74	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	77	0	79	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	78	0	77	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	79	0	78	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	80	0	81	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	81	0	82	0	- 0
Oral conditions	82	0	80	0	- 0
Depression	83	0	83	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	84	0	86	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	84	0	- 0
Anemia	86	0	85	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to TRINIDAD/TOB.

Laos

Trinidad/Tob.

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.