LAOS VS SWAZILAND: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	SWAZILAND		LAOS		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
HIV/AIDS	1	16,169	29	313	+ 15,856
Influenza and Pneumonia	2	6,434	3	2,820	+ 3,614
Diabetes Mellitus	3	6,234	8	1,466	+ 4,767
Stroke	4	5,594	1	5,769	- 175
Coronary Heart Disease	5	5,276	2	5,190	+ 86
Diarrhoeal diseases	6	3,614	7	1,552	+ 2,063
Road Traffic Accidents	7	2,686	9	1,281	+ 1,405
Kidney Disease	8	2,664	5	1,646	+ 1,018
Suicide	9	2,359	27	390	+ 1,969
Hypertension	10	2,041	15	890	+ 1,152
Liver Disease	11	1,912	10	1,171	+ 741
Lung Disease	12	1,848	6	1,626	+ 222
Tuberculosis	13	1,788	4	1,949	- 161
Low Birth Weight	14	1,628	11	1,156	+ 473
Cervical Cancer	15	1,502	37	187	+ 1,315
Violence	16	1,484	22	475	+ 1,009
Other Injuries	17	1,329	21	519	+ 810
Birth Trauma	18	1,163	12	1,116	+ 48
Congenital Anomalies	19	1,121	18	647	+ 474
Asthma	20	1,045	16	840	+ 205
Maternal Conditions	21	809	32	218	+ 591
Malnutrition	22	739	39	166	+ 573
Meningitis	23	681	40	154	+ 527
Inflammatory/Heart	24	655	36	206	+ 449
Drownings	25	608	19	568	+ 39
Fires	26	585	42	108	+ 476
Alzheimers & Dementia	27	535	23	458	+ 77
Endocrine Disorders	28	518	38	186	+ 332
Peptic Ulcer Disease	29	355	17	651	- 296
Epilepsy	30	319	50	58	+ 261
Prostate Cancer	31	314	53	37	+ 277
Falls	32	288	24	440	- 152
Pertussis	33	271	30	304	- 33
Poisonings	34	262	52	41	+ 221
Breast Cancer	35	258	25	437	- 179
Lymphomas	36	217	34	211	+ 7
Liver Cancer	37	205	13	1,104	- 899
Drug Use	38	187	54	33	+ 155
Rheumatic Heart Disease	39	183	35	207	- 24
Skin Disease	40	177	45	89	+ 88
Parkinson's Disease	41	167	41	139	+ 28
Skin Cancers	42	139	49	59	+ 79
Colon-Rectum Cancers	43	130	26	422	- 292
Oesophagus Cancer	44	129	33	214	- 85
Syphilis	45	122	58	28	+ 93
Lung Cancers	46	116	14	919	- 803
Leukemia	47	114	31	290	- 176
Alcohol	48	112	47	61	+ 51
Schistosomiasis	49	89	62	11	+ 78
Uterin Cancer	50	80	55	29	+ 51
Oral Cancer	51	71	28	349	- 278
Ovary Cancer	52	69	43	101	- 32
Stomach Cancer	53	48	20	530	- 482
Appendicitis	54	46	57	29	+ 18
Bladder Cancer	55	42	51	49	- 7
Pancreas Cancer	56	42	48	61	- 19
Hepatitis B	57	41	60	17	+ 24
Rheumatoid Arthritis	58	34	64	7	+ 27
Encephalitis	59	34	46	69	- 35
Upper Respiratory	60	29	66	5	+ 24
Other Neoplasms	61	28	61	12	+ 16
Tetanus	62	26	44	96	- 70
Multiple Sclerosis	63	10	65	6	+ 4
Measles	64	4	56	29	- 25
Hepatitis C	65	3	67	4	- 1
Ascariasis	66	2	70	2	- 0
Malaria	67	2	63	10	- 8
Otitis Media	68	2	72	0	+ 2
Chlamydia	69	1	71	0	+ 1
Diphtheria	70	1	69	2	- 1
War	71	1	68	3	- 2
Dengue	72	0	59	17	- 17
Hookworm Disease	73	0	78	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	74	0	79	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	75	0	77	0	- 0
Leprosy	76	0	73	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	77	0	75	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	74	0	- 0
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
Anemia	84	0	86	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	85	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	83	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.