LAOS VS PORTUGAL: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	PORTUGAL		LAOS		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	10,035	2	5,190	+ 4,844
Stroke	2	9,615	1	5,769	+ 3,846
Alzheimers & Dementia	3	5,603	23	458	+ 5,145
Influenza and Pneumonia	4	5,339	3	2,820	+ 2,519
Lung Cancers	5	3,433	14	919	+ 2,514
Colon-Rectum Cancers	6	3,420	26	422	+ 2,998
Lung Disease	7	3,340	6	1,626	+ 1,713
Diabetes Mellitus	8	2,806	8	1,466	+ 1,340
Kidney Disease	9	2,184	5	1,646	+ 539
Stomach Cancer	10	1,973	20	530	+ 1,443
Prostate Cancer	11	1,655	53	37	+ 1,618
Breast Cancer	12	1,556	25	437	+ 1,119
Other Injuries	13	1,509	21	519	+ 991
Hypertension	14	1,465	15	890	+ 575
Pancreas Cancer	15	1,301	48	61	+ 1,240
Lymphomas	16	1,253	34	211	+ 1,042
Endocrine Disorders	17	1,205	38	186	+ 1,019
Liver Cancer	18	990	13	1,104	- 114
Suicide	19	913	27	390	+ 524
Bladder Cancer	20	912	51	49	+ 863
Parkinson's Disease	21	888	41	139	+ 749
Liver Disease	22	877	10	1,171	- 294
Falls	23	805	24	440	+ 365
Leukemia	24	791	31	290	+ 501
Oral Cancer	25	711	28	349	+ 361
Inflammatory/Heart	26	708	36	206	+ 502
Road Traffic Accidents	27	653	9	1,281	- 628
Other Neoplasms	28	508	61	12	+ 496
Oesophagus Cancer	29	485	33	214	+ 271
Skin Cancers	30	408	49	59	+ 348
Epilepsy	31	323	50	58	+ 266
Uterin Cancer	32	316	55	29	+ 287
Ovary Cancer	33	310	43	101	+ 209
Cervical Cancer	34	256	37	187	+ 69
HIV/AIDS	35	249	29	313	- 64
Diarrhoeal diseases	36	180	7	1,552	- 1,372
Peptic Ulcer Disease	37	178	17	651	- 473
Tuberculosis	38	166	4	1,949	- 1,783
Skin Disease	39	158	45	89	+ 69
Congenital Anomalies	40	153	18	647	- 494
Rheumatic Heart Disease	41	132	35	207	- 75
Anemia	42	117	86	0	+ 117
Asthma	43	114	16	840	- 726
Drug Use	44	100	54	33	+ 67
Alcohol	45	87	47	61	+ 25
Fires	46	84	42	108	- 24
Rheumatoid Arthritis	47	77	64	7	+ 70
Violence	48	75	22	475	- 400
Hepatitis C	49	68	67	4	+ 64
Prostatic Hypertrophy	50	64	81	0	+ 64
Drownings	51	62	19	568	- 506
Low Birth Weight	52	61	11	1,156	- 1,094
Malnutrition	53	61	39	166	- 105
Multiple Sclerosis	54	44	65	6	+ 37
Schizophrenia	55	38	84	0	+ 38
Meningitis	56	33	40	154	- 120
Poisonings	57	23	52	41	- 18
Osteoarthritis	58	22	80	0	+ 22
Hepatitis B	59	20	60	17	+ 3
Birth Trauma	60	19	12	1,116	- 1,097
Appendicitis	61	16	57	29	- 12
Upper Respiratory	62	11	66	5	+ 7
Maternal Conditions	63	6	32	218	- 213
Syphilis	64	2	58	28	- 26
Oral conditions	65	2	82	0	+ 2
Otitis Media	66	2	72	0	+ 2
Encephalitis	67	1	46	69	- 68
Leishmaniasis	68	1	75	0	+ 1
War	69	1	68	3	- 2
Leprosy	70	0	73	0	+ 0
Measles	71	0	56	29	- 29
Pertussis	72	0	30	304	- 304
Tetanus	73	0	44	96	- 96
Diphtheria	74	0	69	2	- 2
Iodine Deficiency	75	0	77	0	- 0
Chlamydia	76	0	71	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	77	0	62	11	- 11
Malaria	78	0	63	10	- 10
Chagas disease	79	0	76	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	80	0	74	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	81	0	79	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	82	0	78	0	- 0
Ascariasis	83	0	70	2	- 2
Dengue	84	0	59	17	- 17
Depression	85	0	83	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	86	0	85	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to LAOS

Portugal

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.