LAOS VS NICARAGUA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	NICARAGUA		LAOS		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	6,961	2	5,190	+ 1,771
Kidney Disease	2	4,208	5	1,646	+ 2,563
Stroke	3	2,650	1	5,769	- 3,119
Diabetes Mellitus	4	2,463	8	1,466	+ 997
Lung Disease	5	1,870	6	1,626	+ 243
Liver Disease	6	1,433	10	1,171	+ 262
Influenza and Pneumonia	7	1,372	3	2,820	- 1,448
Road Traffic Accidents	8	1,321	9	1,281	+ 40
Hypertension	9	1,314	15	890	+ 424
Violence	10	737	22	475	+ 262
Congenital Anomalies	11	680	18	647	+ 33
Liver Cancer	12	606	13	1,104	- 498
Low Birth Weight	13	583	11	1,156	- 572
Stomach Cancer	14	569	20	530	+ 39
Prostate Cancer	15	460	53	37	+ 423
Cervical Cancer	16	446	37	187	+ 258
Other Injuries	17	426	21	519	- 93
Colon-Rectum Cancers	18	376	26	422	- 47
Suicide	19	339	27	390	- 51
Breast Cancer	20	337	25	437	- 100
Alcohol	21	332	47	61	+ 271
Falls	22	329	24	440	- 111
Lung Cancers	23	326	14	919	- 593
Leukemia	24	270	31	290	- 20
Birth Trauma	25	236	12	1,116	- 880
Other Neoplasms	26	229	61	12	+ 217
Pancreas Cancer	27	212	48	61	+ 151
Endocrine Disorders	28	195	38	186	+ 9
Lymphomas	29	195	34	211	- 16
Malnutrition	30	194	39	166	+ 28
Skin Disease	31	193	45	89	+ 104
Drownings	32	187	19	568	- 381
Alzheimers & Dementia	33	178	23	458	- 280
Inflammatory/Heart	34	166	36	206	- 40
HIV/AIDS	35	166	29	313	- 147
Diarrhoeal diseases	36	146	7	1,552	- 1,406
Tuberculosis	37	137	4	1,949	- 1,812
Asthma	38	125	16	840	- 715
Maternal Conditions	39	105	32	218	- 113
Peptic Ulcer Disease	40	102	17	651	- 550
Epilepsy	41	88	50	58	+ 30
Parkinson's Disease	42	79	41	139	- 59
Oral Cancer	43	77	28	349	- 273
Ovary Cancer	44	73	43	101	- 28
Skin Cancers	45	70	49	59	+ 11
Drug Use	46	60	54	33	+ 27
Oesophagus Cancer	47	50	33	214	- 164
Uterin Cancer	48	46	55	29	+ 17
Appendicitis	49	38	57	29	+ 9
Rheumatoid Arthritis	50	36	64	7	+ 29
Meningitis	51	34	40	154	- 119
Bladder Cancer	52	33	51	49	- 15
Anemia	53	33	86	0	+ 33
Rheumatic Heart Disease	54	24	35	207	- 183
Poisonings	55	21	52	41	- 20
Prostatic Hypertrophy	56	20	81	0	+ 20
Fires	57	19	42	108	- 89
Encephalitis	58	12	46	69	- 57
Osteoarthritis	59	12	80	0	+ 12
Syphilis	60	11	58	28	- 17
Multiple Sclerosis	61	8	65	6	+ 2
Hepatitis B	62	6	60	17	- 11
Oral conditions	63	5	82	0	+ 5
Dengue	64	5	59	17	- 12
Chagas disease	65	5	76	0	+ 5
Schizophrenia	66	4	84	0	+ 4
Pertussis	67	4	30	304	- 301
Hepatitis C	68	1	67	4	- 2
Ascariasis	69	1	70	2	- 1
War	70	1	68	3	- 2
Leprosy	71	1	73	0	+ 1
Upper Respiratory	72	1	66	5	- 4
Iodine Deficiency	73	1	77	0	+ 1
Chlamydia	74	0	71	0	- 0
Otitis Media	75	0	72	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	76	0	75	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	77	0	69	2	- 2
Measles	78	0	56	29	- 29
Tetanus	79	0	44	96	- 96
Hookworm Disease	80	0	78	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	81	0	79	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	82	0	74	0	- 0
Malaria	83	0	63	10	- 10
Schistosomiasis	84	0	62	11	- 11
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	85	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	83	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to LAOS

Nicaragua

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.