LAOS VS QATAR: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	QATAR		LAOS		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	3,371	2	5,190	- 1,819
Diabetes Mellitus	2	1,430	8	1,466	- 36
Stroke	3	795	1	5,769	- 4,975
Road Traffic Accidents	4	641	9	1,281	- 640
Liver Disease	5	631	10	1,171	- 540
Kidney Disease	6	558	5	1,646	- 1,088
Suicide	7	515	27	390	+ 126
Falls	8	401	24	440	- 39
Other Injuries	9	358	21	519	- 161
Influenza and Pneumonia	10	336	3	2,820	- 2,484
Colon-Rectum Cancers	11	259	26	422	- 164
Alzheimers & Dementia	12	233	23	458	- 225
Lung Cancers	13	227	14	919	- 692
Congenital Anomalies	14	218	18	647	- 429
Lung Disease	15	213	6	1,626	- 1,413
Leukemia	16	178	31	290	- 112
Breast Cancer	17	164	25	437	- 272
Lymphomas	18	151	34	211	- 60
Drownings	19	141	19	568	- 428
Low Birth Weight	20	140	11	1,156	- 1,016
Liver Cancer	21	138	13	1,104	- 965
Fires	22	132	42	108	+ 24
Stomach Cancer	23	131	20	530	- 399
Endocrine Disorders	24	122	38	186	- 64
Inflammatory/Heart	25	101	36	206	- 105
Parkinson's Disease	26	88	41	139	- 51
Bladder Cancer	27	84	51	49	+ 35
Hypertension	28	82	15	890	- 808
Oral Cancer	29	78	28	349	- 271
Pancreas Cancer	30	77	48	61	+ 17
Prostate Cancer	31	55	53	37	+ 18
Ovary Cancer	32	53	43	101	- 48
Skin Disease	33	50	45	89	- 39
Violence	34	44	22	475	- 431
Epilepsy	35	42	50	58	- 16
Cervical Cancer	36	40	37	187	- 147
Oesophagus Cancer	37	39	33	214	- 174
Birth Trauma	38	39	12	1,116	- 1,077
Drug Use	39	38	54	33	+ 5
Asthma	40	32	16	840	- 808
Diarrhoeal diseases	41	31	7	1,552	- 1,521
Poisonings	42	28	52	41	- 13
Skin Cancers	43	25	49	59	- 34
Tuberculosis	44	25	4	1,949	- 1,924
Rheumatic Heart Disease	45	24	35	207	- 183
Peptic Ulcer Disease	46	23	17	651	- 629
Meningitis	47	22	40	154	- 132
Alcohol	48	22	47	61	- 39
Uterin Cancer	49	20	55	29	- 9
Encephalitis	50	16	46	69	- 53
Other Neoplasms	51	8	61	12	- 3
Maternal Conditions	52	8	32	218	- 210
Syphilis	53	8	58	28	- 21
Pertussis	54	7	30	304	- 297
Multiple Sclerosis	55	6	65	6	- 0
Hepatitis B	56	6	60	17	- 11
Appendicitis	57	4	57	29	- 25
Malnutrition	58	3	39	166	- 164
Rheumatoid Arthritis	59	2	64	7	- 6
Tetanus	60	1	44	96	- 95
War	61	1	68	3	- 2
Dengue	62	0	59	17	- 17
Hepatitis C	63	0	67	4	- 4
Ascariasis	64	0	70	2	- 2
Upper Respiratory	65	0	66	5	- 5
Diphtheria	66	0	69	2	- 2
Measles	67	0	56	29	- 29
Chlamydia	68	0	71	0	- 0
Otitis Media	69	0	72	0	- 0
Leprosy	70	0	73	0	- 0
HIV/AIDS	71	0	29	313	- 313
Trichuriasis	72	0	79	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	73	0	78	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	74	0	77	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	75	0	74	0	- 0
Malaria	76	0	63	10	- 10
Leishmaniasis	77	0	75	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	78	0	62	11	- 11
Chagas disease	79	0	76	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	80	0	81	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	81	0	80	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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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.