URUGUAY VS LAOS: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	LAOS		URUGUAY		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Stroke	1	2,485	2	2,850	- 365
Coronary Heart Disease	2	2,235	1	4,265	- 2,029
Influenza and Pneumonia	3	1,214	6	1,370	- 156
Tuberculosis	4	839	41	81	+ 759
Kidney Disease	5	709	8	1,040	- 331
Lung Disease	6	700	4	1,706	- 1,006
Diarrhoeal diseases	7	668	35	134	+ 534
Diabetes Mellitus	8	631	11	747	- 116
Road Traffic Accidents	9	552	16	512	+ 40
Liver Disease	10	504	27	206	+ 299
Low Birth Weight	11	498	42	73	+ 424
Birth Trauma	12	481	53	22	+ 458
Liver Cancer	13	475	34	147	+ 328
Lung Cancers	14	396	5	1,463	- 1,067
Hypertension	15	383	15	648	- 265
Asthma	16	362	37	127	+ 235
Peptic Ulcer Disease	17	281	46	57	+ 224
Congenital Anomalies	18	279	30	170	+ 108
Drownings	19	245	45	65	+ 180
Stomach Cancer	20	228	18	480	- 252
Other Injuries	21	223	10	774	- 551
Violence	22	204	23	295	- 91
Alzheimers & Dementia	23	197	3	1,899	- 1,701
Falls	24	189	47	55	+ 134
Breast Cancer	25	188	9	848	- 660
Colon-Rectum Cancers	26	182	7	1,245	- 1,063
Suicide	27	168	12	735	- 568
Oral Cancer	28	150	31	167	- 17
HIV/AIDS	29	135	28	195	- 60
Pertussis	30	131	72	0	+ 131
Leukemia	31	125	25	280	- 156
Maternal Conditions	32	94	60	9	+ 85
Oesophagus Cancer	33	92	24	286	- 194
Lymphomas	34	91	20	457	- 367
Rheumatic Heart Disease	35	89	50	39	+ 50
Inflammatory/Heart	36	89	22	314	- 225
Cervical Cancer	37	81	29	172	- 91
Endocrine Disorders	38	80	17	487	- 407
Malnutrition	39	72	43	73	- 1
Meningitis	40	66	58	10	+ 56
Parkinson's Disease	41	60	21	320	- 261
Fires	42	47	48	54	- 8
Ovary Cancer	43	44	32	160	- 117
Tetanus	44	41	71	0	+ 41
Skin Disease	45	38	36	130	- 92
Encephalitis	46	30	64	4	+ 26
Alcohol	47	26	39	104	- 78
Pancreas Cancer	48	26	14	656	- 629
Skin Cancers	49	26	33	149	- 123
Epilepsy	50	25	40	86	- 61
Bladder Cancer	51	21	26	276	- 255
Poisonings	52	18	55	17	+ 1
Prostate Cancer	53	16	13	707	- 691
Drug Use	54	14	49	41	- 27
Uterin Cancer	55	13	38	115	- 103
Measles	56	13	74	0	+ 13
Appendicitis	57	12	59	9	+ 3
Syphilis	58	12	66	3	+ 9
Dengue	59	7	83	0	+ 7
Hepatitis B	60	7	63	4	+ 3
Other Neoplasms	61	5	19	464	- 459
Schistosomiasis	62	5	77	0	+ 5
Malaria	63	4	79	0	+ 4
Rheumatoid Arthritis	64	3	51	35	- 31
Multiple Sclerosis	65	3	56	13	- 10
Upper Respiratory	66	2	62	5	- 3
Hepatitis C	67	2	65	3	- 2
War	68	1	70	0	+ 1
Diphtheria	69	1	73	0	+ 1
Ascariasis	70	1	80	0	+ 1
Chlamydia	71	0	75	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	72	0	67	2	- 1
Leprosy	73	0	69	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	74	0	76	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	75	0	78	0	- 0
Chagas disease	76	0	61	5	- 5
Iodine Deficiency	77	0	84	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	78	0	82	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	79	0	81	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	80	0	52	32	- 32
Prostatic Hypertrophy	81	0	57	12	- 12
Oral conditions	82	0	68	1	- 1
Depression	83	0	86	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	84	0	54	18	- 18
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	85	0	- 0
Anemia	86	0	44	71	- 71
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to URUGUAY

Laos

Uruguay

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.