LAOS VS TURKMENISTAN: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	TURKMENISTAN		LAOS		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	13,765	2	5,190	+ 8,575
Stroke	2	6,606	1	5,769	+ 837
HIV/AIDS	3	4,164	29	313	+ 3,851
Liver Disease	4	2,794	10	1,171	+ 1,622
Low Birth Weight	5	1,608	11	1,156	+ 452
Influenza and Pneumonia	6	1,574	3	2,820	- 1,246
Birth Trauma	7	1,262	12	1,116	+ 147
Road Traffic Accidents	8	1,108	9	1,281	- 173
Congenital Anomalies	9	1,064	18	647	+ 417
Diabetes Mellitus	10	960	8	1,466	- 506
Inflammatory/Heart	11	918	36	206	+ 712
Kidney Disease	12	877	5	1,646	- 769
Tuberculosis	13	824	4	1,949	- 1,125
Hypertension	14	661	15	890	- 228
Stomach Cancer	15	613	20	530	+ 83
Alzheimers & Dementia	16	610	23	458	+ 152
Lung Cancers	17	578	14	919	- 341
Breast Cancer	18	578	25	437	+ 141
Oesophagus Cancer	19	543	33	214	+ 329
Diarrhoeal diseases	20	485	7	1,552	- 1,067
Suicide	21	466	27	390	+ 76
Other Injuries	22	465	21	519	- 53
Lung Disease	23	440	6	1,626	- 1,186
Liver Cancer	24	386	13	1,104	- 717
Cervical Cancer	25	346	37	187	+ 159
Oral Cancer	26	251	28	349	- 98
Colon-Rectum Cancers	27	245	26	422	- 177
Violence	28	234	22	475	- 240
Drownings	29	212	19	568	- 356
Alcohol	30	198	47	61	+ 136
Endocrine Disorders	31	195	38	186	+ 8
Leukemia	32	187	31	290	- 103
Lymphomas	33	181	34	211	- 29
Pancreas Cancer	34	173	48	61	+ 112
Fires	35	169	42	108	+ 60
Falls	36	143	24	440	- 297
Peptic Ulcer Disease	37	142	17	651	- 509
Epilepsy	38	137	50	58	+ 79
Parkinson's Disease	39	133	41	139	- 6
Ovary Cancer	40	129	43	101	+ 28
Rheumatic Heart Disease	41	127	35	207	- 80
Encephalitis	42	101	46	69	+ 32
Bladder Cancer	43	95	51	49	+ 47
Meningitis	44	87	40	154	- 67
Prostate Cancer	45	82	53	37	+ 45
Uterin Cancer	46	81	55	29	+ 51
Skin Cancers	47	75	49	59	+ 15
Drug Use	48	63	54	33	+ 31
Asthma	49	61	16	840	- 779
Poisonings	50	51	52	41	+ 10
Hepatitis B	51	49	60	17	+ 32
Upper Respiratory	52	35	66	5	+ 30
Tetanus	53	21	44	96	- 75
Skin Disease	54	14	45	89	- 75
Multiple Sclerosis	55	14	65	6	+ 7
Malnutrition	56	11	39	166	- 155
Other Neoplasms	57	10	61	12	- 2
Appendicitis	58	9	57	29	- 19
Maternal Conditions	59	6	32	218	- 212
Rheumatoid Arthritis	60	6	64	7	- 1
Pertussis	61	5	30	304	- 299
Leishmaniasis	62	4	75	0	+ 4
Hepatitis C	63	3	67	4	- 1
War	64	3	68	3	- 0
Chlamydia	65	1	71	0	+ 0
Ascariasis	66	0	70	2	- 2
Syphilis	67	0	58	28	- 28
Dengue	68	0	59	17	- 17
Otitis Media	69	0	72	0	- 0
Diphtheria	70	0	69	2	- 2
Measles	71	0	56	29	- 29
Leprosy	72	0	73	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	73	0	77	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	74	0	79	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	75	0	78	0	- 0
Malaria	76	0	63	10	- 10
Chagas disease	77	0	76	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	74	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	79	0	62	11	- 11
Depression	80	0	83	0	- 0
Anemia	81	0	86	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	82	0	85	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	83	0	84	0	- 0
Oral conditions	84	0	82	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	85	0	81	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	86	0	80	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to LAOS

Turkmenistan

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.