LAOS VS SOUTH AFRICA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	SOUTH AFRICA		LAOS		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
HIV/AIDS	1	9,474	29	313	+ 9,161
Influenza and Pneumonia	2	5,177	3	2,820	+ 2,357
Coronary Heart Disease	3	4,308	2	5,190	- 882
Stroke	4	4,039	1	5,769	- 1,730
Diabetes Mellitus	5	3,972	8	1,466	+ 2,506
Tuberculosis	6	2,890	4	1,949	+ 942
Violence	7	2,763	22	475	+ 2,289
Diarrhoeal diseases	8	2,085	7	1,552	+ 533
Kidney Disease	9	2,014	5	1,646	+ 368
Suicide	10	1,813	27	390	+ 1,423
Road Traffic Accidents	11	1,713	9	1,281	+ 431
Hypertension	12	1,683	15	890	+ 793
Lung Disease	13	1,565	6	1,626	- 61
Liver Disease	14	1,186	10	1,171	+ 15
Lung Cancers	15	1,014	14	919	+ 95
Low Birth Weight	16	822	11	1,156	- 333
Other Injuries	17	791	21	519	+ 273
Asthma	18	785	16	840	- 55
Endocrine Disorders	19	775	38	186	+ 589
Cervical Cancer	20	731	37	187	+ 544
Inflammatory/Heart	21	712	36	206	+ 506
Alzheimers & Dementia	22	615	23	458	+ 157
Breast Cancer	23	597	25	437	+ 160
Prostate Cancer	24	576	53	37	+ 538
Congenital Anomalies	25	572	18	647	- 74
Meningitis	26	482	40	154	+ 328
Fires	27	476	42	108	+ 368
Colon-Rectum Cancers	28	472	26	422	+ 50
Oesophagus Cancer	29	459	33	214	+ 245
Birth Trauma	30	395	12	1,116	- 720
Lymphomas	31	371	34	211	+ 160
Drownings	32	316	19	568	- 252
Liver Cancer	33	314	13	1,104	- 790
Malnutrition	34	313	39	166	+ 147
Pancreas Cancer	35	264	48	61	+ 203
Peptic Ulcer Disease	36	249	17	651	- 402
Epilepsy	37	246	50	58	+ 188
Maternal Conditions	38	224	32	218	+ 6
Stomach Cancer	39	202	20	530	- 328
Leukemia	40	193	31	290	- 97
Oral Cancer	41	185	28	349	- 164
Falls	42	184	24	440	- 256
Pertussis	43	150	30	304	- 154
Syphilis	44	149	58	28	+ 120
Skin Disease	45	145	45	89	+ 56
Parkinson's Disease	46	142	41	139	+ 3
Rheumatic Heart Disease	47	134	35	207	- 73
Skin Cancers	48	131	49	59	+ 71
Alcohol	49	130	47	61	+ 69
Poisonings	50	128	52	41	+ 87
Ovary Cancer	51	125	43	101	+ 24
Bladder Cancer	52	109	51	49	+ 60
Drug Use	53	101	54	33	+ 69
Uterin Cancer	54	67	55	29	+ 38
Rheumatoid Arthritis	55	49	64	7	+ 42
Appendicitis	56	36	57	29	+ 7
Measles	57	36	56	29	+ 6
Other Neoplasms	58	35	61	12	+ 23
Encephalitis	59	31	46	69	- 38
Upper Respiratory	60	29	66	5	+ 25
Hepatitis B	61	18	60	17	+ 1
Multiple Sclerosis	62	15	65	6	+ 8
Malaria	63	11	63	10	+ 1
War	64	9	68	3	+ 6
Tetanus	65	5	44	96	- 91
Schistosomiasis	66	5	62	11	- 7
Otitis Media	67	3	72	0	+ 2
Chlamydia	68	2	71	0	+ 2
Diphtheria	69	2	69	2	- 0
Hepatitis C	70	1	67	4	- 3
Ascariasis	71	0	70	2	- 2
Hookworm Disease	72	0	78	0	- 0
Dengue	73	0	59	17	- 17
Trichuriasis	74	0	79	0	- 0
Leprosy	75	0	73	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	76	0	74	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	77	0	75	0	- 0
Chagas disease	78	0	76	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	77	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	80	0	84	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	81	0	85	0	- 0
Anemia	82	0	86	0	- 0
Depression	83	0	83	0	- 0
Oral conditions	84	0	82	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	85	0	80	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	86	0	81	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to LAOS

South Africa

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.