LAOS VS MICRONESIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	MICRONESIA		LAOS		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	15,430	2	5,190	+ 10,240
Diabetes Mellitus	2	9,800	8	1,466	+ 8,334
Stroke	3	9,511	1	5,769	+ 3,742
Kidney Disease	4	4,491	5	1,646	+ 2,845
Influenza and Pneumonia	5	4,135	3	2,820	+ 1,315
Lung Disease	6	3,292	6	1,626	+ 1,666
Suicide	7	2,564	27	390	+ 2,175
Hypertension	8	2,165	15	890	+ 1,276
Liver Disease	9	1,893	10	1,171	+ 722
Lung Cancers	10	1,831	14	919	+ 912
Drownings	11	1,375	19	568	+ 807
Breast Cancer	12	1,356	25	437	+ 919
Asthma	13	1,270	16	840	+ 430
Low Birth Weight	14	1,195	11	1,156	+ 39
Rheumatic Heart Disease	15	1,096	35	207	+ 889
Diarrhoeal diseases	16	1,072	7	1,552	- 479
Other Injuries	17	1,063	21	519	+ 544
Congenital Anomalies	18	1,060	18	647	+ 413
Tuberculosis	19	999	4	1,949	- 949
Stomach Cancer	20	938	20	530	+ 407
Birth Trauma	21	864	12	1,116	- 252
Colon-Rectum Cancers	22	673	26	422	+ 251
Cervical Cancer	23	665	37	187	+ 478
Liver Cancer	24	652	13	1,104	- 452
Peptic Ulcer Disease	25	528	17	651	- 123
Alzheimers & Dementia	26	521	23	458	+ 63
Falls	27	491	24	440	+ 51
Inflammatory/Heart	28	481	36	206	+ 275
Prostate Cancer	29	440	53	37	+ 403
Endocrine Disorders	30	424	38	186	+ 238
Violence	31	421	22	475	- 54
Leukemia	32	401	31	290	+ 111
Parkinson's Disease	33	373	41	139	+ 234
Maternal Conditions	34	293	32	218	+ 75
Pancreas Cancer	35	289	48	61	+ 229
Lymphomas	36	287	34	211	+ 77
Pertussis	37	281	30	304	- 23
Oral Cancer	38	270	28	349	- 80
Meningitis	39	255	40	154	+ 101
Syphilis	40	241	58	28	+ 213
Uterin Cancer	41	229	55	29	+ 199
Skin Disease	42	219	45	89	+ 130
Epilepsy	43	218	50	58	+ 160
Malnutrition	44	212	39	166	+ 46
Ovary Cancer	45	184	43	101	+ 83
Alcohol	46	182	47	61	+ 120
Oesophagus Cancer	47	174	33	214	- 40
Fires	48	161	42	108	+ 52
Bladder Cancer	49	125	51	49	+ 76
Poisonings	50	81	52	41	+ 40
Skin Cancers	51	73	49	59	+ 13
Drug Use	52	49	54	33	+ 17
Encephalitis	53	48	46	69	- 21
Appendicitis	54	35	57	29	+ 7
Other Neoplasms	55	30	61	12	+ 18
Measles	56	28	56	29	- 1
Hepatitis B	57	24	60	17	+ 7
Road Traffic Accidents	58	15	9	1,281	- 1,266
Tetanus	59	13	44	96	- 82
Rheumatoid Arthritis	60	12	64	7	+ 4
Dengue	61	11	59	17	- 6
Multiple Sclerosis	62	11	65	6	+ 5
Hepatitis C	63	3	67	4	- 1
Diphtheria	64	3	69	2	+ 0
Ascariasis	65	3	70	2	+ 0
War	66	1	68	3	- 2
Chlamydia	67	1	71	0	+ 1
Upper Respiratory	68	1	66	5	- 4
Otitis Media	69	0	72	0	- 0
Leprosy	70	0	73	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	71	0	79	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	72	0	78	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	73	0	77	0	- 0
HIV/AIDS	74	0	29	313	- 313
Leishmaniasis	75	0	75	0	- 0
Chagas disease	76	0	76	0	- 0
Malaria	77	0	63	10	- 10
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	74	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	79	0	62	11	- 11
Prostatic Hypertrophy	80	0	81	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	81	0	80	0	- 0
Oral conditions	82	0	82	0	- 0
Depression	83	0	83	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	84	0	84	0	- 0
Anemia	85	0	86	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	86	0	85	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to LAOS

Micronesia

Laos

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.