LAOS VS PAKISTAN: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	PAKISTAN		LAOS		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	7,587	2	5,190	+ 2,396
Stroke	2	4,457	1	5,769	- 1,312
Diarrhoeal diseases	3	3,290	7	1,552	+ 1,738
Low Birth Weight	4	2,943	11	1,156	+ 1,787
Lung Disease	5	2,741	6	1,626	+ 1,115
Influenza and Pneumonia	6	2,631	3	2,820	- 189
Diabetes Mellitus	7	2,012	8	1,466	+ 546
Birth Trauma	8	1,877	12	1,116	+ 761
Kidney Disease	9	1,790	5	1,646	+ 144
Liver Disease	10	1,728	10	1,171	+ 557
Tuberculosis	11	1,327	4	1,949	- 622
Road Traffic Accidents	12	888	9	1,281	- 393
Other Injuries	13	851	21	519	+ 333
Congenital Anomalies	14	829	18	647	+ 183
Rheumatic Heart Disease	15	820	35	207	+ 613
Hypertension	16	722	15	890	- 167
Asthma	17	654	16	840	- 186
Suicide	18	609	27	390	+ 220
Meningitis	19	568	40	154	+ 415
Breast Cancer	20	568	25	437	+ 131
Oral Cancer	21	541	28	349	+ 192
Alzheimers & Dementia	22	480	23	458	+ 22
Violence	23	407	22	475	- 67
Maternal Conditions	24	391	32	218	+ 172
Endocrine Disorders	25	361	38	186	+ 174
Lung Cancers	26	305	14	919	- 614
Malnutrition	27	279	39	166	+ 113
Falls	28	272	24	440	- 167
Oesophagus Cancer	29	248	33	214	+ 34
Tetanus	30	238	44	96	+ 142
Lymphomas	31	221	34	211	+ 11
HIV/AIDS	32	214	29	313	- 99
Encephalitis	33	210	46	69	+ 141
Pertussis	34	200	30	304	- 104
Parkinson's Disease	35	194	41	139	+ 55
Peptic Ulcer Disease	36	172	17	651	- 480
Drownings	37	169	19	568	- 399
Colon-Rectum Cancers	38	166	26	422	- 256
Leukemia	39	166	31	290	- 124
Epilepsy	40	154	50	58	+ 96
Liver Cancer	41	140	13	1,104	- 964
Fires	42	136	42	108	+ 27
Stomach Cancer	43	127	20	530	- 403
Cervical Cancer	44	126	37	187	- 61
Prostate Cancer	45	112	53	37	+ 75
Ovary Cancer	46	111	43	101	+ 10
Poisonings	47	106	52	41	+ 65
Bladder Cancer	48	86	51	49	+ 37
Measles	49	81	56	29	+ 52
Alcohol	50	79	47	61	+ 18
Appendicitis	51	78	57	29	+ 49
Inflammatory/Heart	52	73	36	206	- 133
Hepatitis B	53	71	60	17	+ 55
Skin Cancers	54	49	49	59	- 11
Dengue	55	45	59	17	+ 28
Rheumatoid Arthritis	56	44	64	7	+ 37
Syphilis	57	41	58	28	+ 12
Hepatitis C	58	39	67	4	+ 35
Uterin Cancer	59	38	55	29	+ 8
Pancreas Cancer	60	34	48	61	- 27
Drug Use	61	26	54	33	- 7
War	62	19	68	3	+ 16
Malaria	63	19	63	10	+ 9
Other Neoplasms	64	13	61	12	+ 1
Multiple Sclerosis	65	13	65	6	+ 7
Upper Respiratory	66	9	66	5	+ 4
Skin Disease	67	4	45	89	- 85
Ascariasis	68	2	70	2	+ 0
Diphtheria	69	2	69	2	- 0
Chlamydia	70	1	71	0	+ 1
Otitis Media	71	1	72	0	+ 1
Leishmaniasis	72	0	75	0	+ 0
Trypanosomiasis	73	0	74	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	74	0	62	11	- 11
Chagas disease	75	0	76	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	76	0	77	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	77	0	79	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	78	0	78	0	- 0
Leprosy	79	0	73	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	80	0	80	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	81	0	81	0	- 0
Oral conditions	82	0	82	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	83	0	84	0	- 0
Depression	84	0	83	0	- 0
Anemia	85	0	86	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	86	0	85	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to LAOS

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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.