LAOS VS USA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	UNITED STATES		LAOS		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	11,743	2	5,190	+ 6,553
Alzheimers & Dementia	2	6,680	23	458	+ 6,222
Lung Disease	3	4,544	6	1,626	+ 2,918
Stroke	4	3,687	1	5,769	- 2,082
Lung Cancers	5	3,617	14	919	+ 2,698
Kidney Disease	6	1,997	5	1,646	+ 351
Drug Use	7	1,731	54	33	+ 1,699
Hypertension	8	1,534	15	890	+ 644
Colon-Rectum Cancers	9	1,438	26	422	+ 1,016
Diabetes Mellitus	10	1,428	8	1,466	- 38
Influenza and Pneumonia	11	1,403	3	2,820	- 1,417
Suicide	12	1,235	27	390	+ 845
Breast Cancer	13	1,132	25	437	+ 695
Endocrine Disorders	14	1,093	38	186	+ 907
Pancreas Cancer	15	1,030	48	61	+ 969
Liver Disease	16	1,009	10	1,171	- 162
Road Traffic Accidents	17	970	9	1,281	- 311
Falls	18	940	24	440	+ 500
Lymphomas	19	937	34	211	+ 726
Prostate Cancer	20	828	53	37	+ 791
Parkinson's Disease	21	802	41	139	+ 663
Inflammatory/Heart	22	757	36	206	+ 551
Liver Cancer	23	629	13	1,104	- 474
Leukemia	24	627	31	290	+ 337
Other Injuries	25	605	21	519	+ 86
Bladder Cancer	26	456	51	49	+ 408
Violence	27	441	22	475	- 33
Oesophagus Cancer	28	415	33	214	+ 201
Other Neoplasms	29	413	61	12	+ 401
Alcohol	30	341	47	61	+ 280
Ovary Cancer	31	339	43	101	+ 238
Skin Cancers	32	333	49	59	+ 273
Stomach Cancer	33	304	20	530	- 226
Congenital Anomalies	34	274	18	647	- 373
Oral Cancer	35	269	28	349	- 81
Uterin Cancer	36	234	55	29	+ 205
Diarrhoeal diseases	37	232	7	1,552	- 1,320
Cervical Cancer	38	162	37	187	- 25
Low Birth Weight	39	161	11	1,156	- 995
Malnutrition	40	157	39	166	- 9
Hepatitis C	41	132	67	4	+ 128
HIV/AIDS	42	132	29	313	- 181
Skin Disease	43	126	45	89	+ 37
Multiple Sclerosis	44	118	65	6	+ 111
Drownings	45	95	19	568	- 474
Asthma	46	89	16	840	- 752
Rheumatic Heart Disease	47	85	35	207	- 122
Peptic Ulcer Disease	48	81	17	651	- 571
Fires	49	74	42	108	- 34
Epilepsy	50	74	50	58	+ 16
Anemia	51	72	86	0	+ 72
Rheumatoid Arthritis	52	57	64	7	+ 50
Poisonings	53	39	52	41	- 2
Birth Trauma	54	29	12	1,116	- 1,087
War	55	28	68	3	+ 25
Maternal Conditions	56	18	32	218	- 200
Schizophrenia	57	17	84	0	+ 17
Prostatic Hypertrophy	58	16	81	0	+ 16
Hepatitis B	59	14	60	17	- 3
Meningitis	60	14	40	154	- 139
Osteoarthritis	61	13	80	0	+ 13
Tuberculosis	62	13	4	1,949	- 1,936
Appendicitis	63	10	57	29	- 19
Oral conditions	64	7	82	0	+ 7
Upper Respiratory	65	5	66	5	+ 1
Syphilis	66	1	58	28	- 27
Otitis Media	67	1	72	0	+ 1
Encephalitis	68	1	46	69	- 68
Pertussis	69	0	30	304	- 304
Chagas disease	70	0	76	0	+ 0
Tetanus	71	0	44	96	- 96
Schistosomiasis	72	0	62	11	- 11
Iodine Deficiency	73	0	77	0	+ 0
Leprosy	74	0	73	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	75	0	69	2	- 2
Dengue	76	0	59	17	- 17
Malaria	77	0	63	10	- 10
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	74	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	79	0	75	0	- 0
Measles	80	0	56	29	- 29
Hookworm Disease	81	0	78	0	- 0
Ascariasis	82	0	70	2	- 2
Trichuriasis	83	0	79	0	- 0
Chlamydia	84	0	71	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	85	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	83	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to LAOS

United States

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.