LAOS VS VENEZUELA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	VENEZUELA		LAOS		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	6,848	2	5,190	+ 1,658
Violence	2	4,615	22	475	+ 4,140
Stroke	3	3,088	1	5,769	- 2,681
Diabetes Mellitus	4	2,845	8	1,466	+ 1,378
Road Traffic Accidents	5	2,832	9	1,281	+ 1,551
HIV/AIDS	6	1,906	29	313	+ 1,593
Influenza and Pneumonia	7	1,829	3	2,820	- 990
Kidney Disease	8	1,510	5	1,646	- 136
Hypertension	9	1,322	15	890	+ 432
Lung Disease	10	1,311	6	1,626	- 316
Lung Cancers	11	993	14	919	+ 73
Low Birth Weight	12	786	11	1,156	- 370
Prostate Cancer	13	725	53	37	+ 688
Congenital Anomalies	14	724	18	647	+ 77
Breast Cancer	15	652	25	437	+ 216
Liver Disease	16	596	10	1,171	- 576
Stomach Cancer	17	554	20	530	+ 23
Other Neoplasms	18	552	61	12	+ 540
Colon-Rectum Cancers	19	519	26	422	+ 96
Cervical Cancer	20	506	37	187	+ 318
Other Injuries	21	431	21	519	- 88
Diarrhoeal diseases	22	346	7	1,552	- 1,206
Lymphomas	23	318	34	211	+ 107
Birth Trauma	24	277	12	1,116	- 839
Pancreas Cancer	25	275	48	61	+ 215
Liver Cancer	26	262	13	1,104	- 842
Leukemia	27	256	31	290	- 33
Falls	28	220	24	440	- 220
Chagas disease	29	210	76	0	+ 210
Endocrine Disorders	30	193	38	186	+ 7
Tuberculosis	31	190	4	1,949	- 1,758
Malnutrition	32	160	39	166	- 6
Inflammatory/Heart	33	152	36	206	- 54
Suicide	34	149	27	390	- 241
Alzheimers & Dementia	35	146	23	458	- 312
Ovary Cancer	36	143	43	101	+ 42
Skin Cancers	37	141	49	59	+ 81
Oral Cancer	38	138	28	349	- 211
Maternal Conditions	39	107	32	218	- 111
Peptic Ulcer Disease	40	106	17	651	- 545
Epilepsy	41	104	50	58	+ 47
Malaria	42	102	63	10	+ 92
Drownings	43	99	19	568	- 469
Oesophagus Cancer	44	94	33	214	- 120
Bladder Cancer	45	93	51	49	+ 44
Asthma	46	79	16	840	- 761
Uterin Cancer	47	79	55	29	+ 50
Parkinson's Disease	48	64	41	139	- 75
Meningitis	49	64	40	154	- 90
Drug Use	50	57	54	33	+ 25
War	51	47	68	3	+ 44
Rheumatoid Arthritis	52	46	64	7	+ 39
Prostatic Hypertrophy	53	38	81	0	+ 38
Fires	54	37	42	108	- 72
Anemia	55	32	86	0	+ 32
Appendicitis	56	25	57	29	- 4
Rheumatic Heart Disease	57	20	35	207	- 187
Poisonings	58	17	52	41	- 24
Dengue	59	17	59	17	- 1
Multiple Sclerosis	60	13	65	6	+ 7
Encephalitis	61	9	46	69	- 59
Alcohol	62	9	47	61	- 53
Hepatitis B	63	8	60	17	- 9
Pertussis	64	7	30	304	- 298
Hepatitis C	65	5	67	4	+ 2
Skin Disease	66	4	45	89	- 84
Syphilis	67	4	58	28	- 25
Tetanus	68	2	44	96	- 94
Schizophrenia	69	1	84	0	+ 1
Ascariasis	70	1	70	2	- 1
Leprosy	71	1	73	0	+ 1
Osteoarthritis	72	1	80	0	+ 1
Leishmaniasis	73	1	75	0	+ 1
Upper Respiratory	74	0	66	5	- 4
Otitis Media	75	0	72	0	+ 0
Schistosomiasis	76	0	62	11	- 11
Iodine Deficiency	77	0	77	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	78	0	69	2	- 2
Measles	79	0	56	29	- 29
Hookworm Disease	80	0	78	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	81	0	79	0	- 0
Chlamydia	82	0	71	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	83	0	74	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	84	0	85	0	- 0
Depression	85	0	83	0	- 0
Oral conditions	86	0	82	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.