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LIFE EXPECTANCY HISTORY
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Laos
LAOS		        
  		     
       
World Rank
        
World Rank
  Male Female All M F All   Male Female All M F All
1960
42.2
45.5
43.8
128
125
126
  
68.2
74.2
71.1
9
4
9
1970
44.7
47.6
46.1
140
139
139
  
68.9
75.2
72.0
13
9
9
1980
47.8
50.3
49.1
148
148
146
  
70.7
76.8
73.7
16
14
17
1990
53.4
55.8
54.6
147
148
148
  
73.1
78.8
75.9
17
17
16
2000
59.7
62.1
60.9
131
134
133
  
75.4
80.2
77.7
19
23
22
2010
60.1
63.9
62.0
143
144
145
  
77.8
82.1
79.9
14
24
16
 
 
LIFE EXPECTANCY BY AGE
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
 
  Laos
LAOS		      
   
      World Rank       World Rank
  Male Female M F   Male Female M F
At Birth
60.1
63.9
143
144
  
77.8
82.1
14
24
Age 6
66.9
69.1
142
151
  
79.5
83.6
21
28
Age 11
67.3
69.5
143
151
  
79.5
83.6
21
28
Age 16
67.5
69.8
143
151
  
79.5
83.7
21
28
Age 21
68.0
70.3
142
151
  
79.7
83.8
21
28
Age 26
68.6
70.9
142
151
  
79.9
83.8
21
28
Age 31
69.3
71.5
141
154
  
80.1
83.9
21
28
Age 36
69.9
72.1
142
155
  
80.3
84.0
21
29
Age 41
70.7
72.9
142
160
  
80.6
84.2
20
27
Age 46
71.7
73.8
142
162
  
81.0
84.4
20
28
Age 51
72.8
74.9
144
162
  
81.4
84.8
20
27
Age 56
74.2
76.2
145
160
  
82.0
85.2
20
27
Age 61
76.0
77.7
145
158
  
82.8
85.8
20
26
Age 66
78.0
79.4
149
158
  
83.8
86.5
23
25
Age 71
80.4
81.5
152
158
  
85.2
87.5
26
31
Age 76
83.2
84.0
152
155
  
86.9
88.8
26
32
Age 81
86.4
87.0
149
150
  
89.0
90.5
31
32
Age 86
90.0
90.4
153
147
  
91.8
92.8
38
33
Age 91
93.9
94.2
169
143
  
95.0
95.7
44
35
Age 96
98.2
98.3
159
179
  
98.8
99.2
46
37
Age 101
102.7
102.8
180
149
  
103.0
103.2
58
48
 
 
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Laos
LAOS		  
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH Rate World Rank   Rate World Rank
1 Coronary Heart Disease
194.31
28
  
68.80
155
2 Stroke
136.32
45
  
36.89
160
3 Influenza & Pneumonia
104.25
46
  
23.69
125
4 Lung Disease
97.55
3
  
21.47
98
5 Tuberculosis
51.47
36
  
0.41
170
6 Liver Cancer
35.14
4
  
3.07
164
7 Diarrhoeal diseases
28.06
58
  
1.95
119
8 Road Traffic Accidents
21.98
58
  
4.77
180
9 Suicide
21.34
11
  
6.90
101
10 Diabetes Mellitus
21.04
120
  
5.04
185
11 Lung Cancers
20.99
57
  
30.98
18
12 Other Injuries
19.06
49
  
5.54
170
13 Hypertension
18.42
132
  
3.67
183
14 Maternal Conditions
16.68
35
  
0.15
151
15 Liver Disease
16.53
45
  
9.48
96
16 Anaemia
15.94
2
  
0.15
171
17 Birth Trauma
13.96
48
  
0.64
166
18 Kidney Disease
12.91
111
  
3.23
185
19 Falls
12.28
7
  
3.51
109
20 Rheumatic Heart Disease
12.21
3
  
0.90
140
21 Fires
11.43
2
  
0.45
158
22 Low Birth Weight
11.34
87
  
3.39
144
23 Alzheimers/Dementia
10.98
27
  
17.08
14
24 Malnutrition
9.31
37
  
0.07
172
25 Meningitis
9.25
40
  
0.41
149
26 Inflammatory/Heart
8.23
78
  
2.97
152
27 Peptic Ulcer Disease
8.11
28
  
2.54
123
28 Breast Cancer
7.71
178
  
23.62
20
29 Cervical Cancer
7.69
70
  
1.38
161
30 Drownings
7.64
23
  
0.35
187
31 Drug Use
7.57
5
  
2.14
27
32 Poisonings
7.04
29
  
2.81
89
33 Oral Cancer
6.35
20
  
2.39
113
34 Colon-Rectum Cancers
6.31
106
  
15.49
33
35 Violence
5.88
97
  
1.14
160
36 Congenital Anomalies
5.62
113
  
3.68
164
37 Leishmaniasis
5.49
1
  
0.00
75
38 Lymphomas
5.32
95
  
7.35
36
39 Asthma
5.15
81
  
1.09
153
40 Hepatitis B
4.63
11
  
0.07
177
41 Measles
3.86
14
  
0.00
97
42 Leukemia
3.82
101
  
4.39
63
43 Stomach Cancer
3.79
159
  
4.81
130
44 Tetanus
3.72
6
  
0.00
192
45 Upper Respiratory
3.52
16
  
0.07
144
46 Syphilis
3.30
15
  
0.00
147
47 Malaria
2.68
50
  
0.01
104
48 Ovary Cancer
2.10
100
  
3.96
20
49 Endocrine Disorders
1.88
165
  
3.13
147
50 Bladder Cancer
1.88
107
  
4.27
28
 
 
TOTAL DEATHS BY CAUSE
PERCENT TOP 50 CAUSES
 
  Laos
LAOS		  
  Deaths %   Deaths %
1 Coronary Heart Disease
5,679
13.61
  
92,299
19.77
2 Influenza & Pneumonia
5,129
12.29
  
37,348
8.00
3 Stroke
3,762
9.01
  
55,919
11.98
4 Lung Disease
2,705
6.48
  
29,069
6.23
5 Tuberculosis
2,007
4.81
  
443
0.09
6 Diarrhoeal diseases
1,261
3.02
  
3,081
0.66
7 Birth Trauma
1,231
2.95
  
262
0.06
8 Liver Cancer
1,155
2.77
  
3,470
0.74
9 Road Traffic Accidents
1,059
2.54
  
3,073
0.66
10 Suicide
1,054
2.53
  
4,660
1.00
11 Low Birth Weight
1,000
2.40
  
1,386
0.30
12 Maternal Conditions
977
2.34
  
81
0.02
13 Other Injuries
926
2.22
  
6,029
1.29
14 Malnutrition
751
1.80
  
85
0.02
15 Anaemia
695
1.67
  
260
0.06
16 Lung Cancers
652
1.56
  
35,845
7.68
17 Meningitis
649
1.56
  
278
0.06
18 Diabetes Mellitus
636
1.52
  
6,682
1.43
19 Liver Disease
618
1.48
  
7,767
1.66
20 Fires
599
1.44
  
380
0.08
21 Hypertension
528
1.27
  
5,191
1.11
22 Congenital Anomalies
481
1.15
  
1,950
0.42
23 Drownings
455
1.09
  
233
0.05
24 Kidney Disease
443
1.06
  
4,804
1.03
25 Falls
441
1.06
  
4,450
0.95
26 Rheumatic Heart Disease
440
1.05
  
1,204
0.26
27 Leishmaniasis
346
0.83
  
1
0.00
28 Measles
342
0.82
  
2
0.00
29 Drug Use
340
0.81
  
1,247
0.27
30 Tetanus
297
0.71
  
0
0.00
31 Poisonings
287
0.69
  
1,805
0.39
32 Peptic Ulcer Disease
284
0.68
  
3,294
0.71
33 Violence
279
0.67
  
703
0.15
34 Alzheimers/Dementia
271
0.65
  
29,116
6.24
35 Cervical Cancer
270
0.65
  
1,322
0.28
36 Inflammatory/Heart
250
0.60
  
3,014
0.65
37 Asthma
223
0.53
  
1,260
0.27
38 Upper Respiratory
216
0.52
  
56
0.01
39 Syphilis
213
0.51
  
3
0.00
40 Hepatitis B
211
0.51
  
57
0.01
41 Leukemia
202
0.48
  
5,077
1.09
42 Colon-Rectum Cancers
198
0.47
  
18,951
4.06
43 Lymphomas
197
0.47
  
8,744
1.87
44 Oral Cancer
189
0.45
  
2,428
0.52
45 Malaria
183
0.44
  
5
0.00
46 Breast Cancer
144
0.35
  
14,343
3.07
47 Stomach Cancer
122
0.29
  
6,006
1.29
48 Dengue
108
0.26
  
0
0.00
49 Epilepsy
106
0.25
  
1,201
0.26
50 HIV/AIDS
93
0.22
  
266
0.06
 
 
CANCER RANK BY TYPE
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Laos
LAOS		  
  Rate World Rank   Rate World Rank
1 Liver Cancer
35.14
4
  
3.07
164
2 Lung Cancers
20.99
57
  
30.98
18
3 Breast Cancer
7.71
178
  
23.62
20
4 Cervical Cancer
7.69
70
  
1.38
161
5 Oral Cancer
6.35
20
  
2.39
113
6 Colon-Rectum Cancers
6.31
106
  
15.49
33
7 Lymphomas
5.32
95
  
7.35
36
8 Leukemia
3.82
101
  
4.39
63
9 Stomach Cancer
3.79
159
  
4.81
130
10 Ovary Cancer
2.10
100
  
3.96
20
11 Bladder Cancer
1.88
107
  
4.27
28
12 Skin Cancers
1.67
67
  
2.74
32
13 Other Neoplasms
1.63
143
  
2.95
92
14 Prostate Cancer
1.41
176
  
8.21
58
15 Oesophagus Cancer
1.36
148
  
7.62
30
16 Pancreas Cancer
1.26
154
  
6.81
39
17 Uterin Cancer
0.56
138
  
1.53
64
 
 
DEMOGRAPHIC SUMMARY
 
  Laos
LAOS		  
  Value World Rank   Value World Rank
Population Total
6,834,942
99
 
61,113,205
22
Sex Ratio M / F
0.98
125
 
0.98
125
Population 0-14
40.8 %
41
 
16.7 %
158
Population 15-64
56.1 %
153
 
67.1 %
64
Population 65 +
3.1 %
156
 
16.2 %
23
Birth Rate / 1000
33.94
38
 
10.65
155
Death Rate / 1000
10.78
49
 
10.02
61
Fertulity Rate
4.41
38
 
1.66
153
Infant Mortality
77.82
23
 
4.85
167
Sex Ratio At Birth M / F
1.05
130
 
1.05
130
Sex Ratio Under 15 M / F
1.01
182
 
1.05
77
Sex Ratio 15-64 M / F
0.98
142
 
1.03
46
Sex Ratio 65 + M / F
0.76
105
 
0.76
105
Net Migrattion
N/A
N/A
 
2.16
29
Population Growth
2.32
32
 
0.28
152
Literacy Total
68.7
146
 
99.0
41
Literacy Male
77.0
137
 
99.0
50
Literacy Female
60.9
138
 
99.0
41
Unemployment
2.4
148
 
5.5
113
LIFE EXPECTANCY / BIRTH
62.0
145
  
79.9
16
HEALTHY LIFE EXPECTANCY
54.0
143
  
72.0
27
GDP PER CAPITA USD
$2,100
152
  
$36,600
23
 

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