LAOS VS CAMBODIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	CAMBODIA		LAOS		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Stroke	1	6,109	1	5,769	+ 340
Coronary Heart Disease	2	4,785	2	5,190	- 405
Influenza and Pneumonia	3	4,099	3	2,820	+ 1,279
Liver Disease	4	3,784	10	1,171	+ 2,612
Diabetes Mellitus	5	1,567	8	1,466	+ 101
Road Traffic Accidents	6	1,502	9	1,281	+ 221
Lung Disease	7	1,425	6	1,626	- 202
Tuberculosis	8	1,336	4	1,949	- 613
Liver Cancer	9	1,264	13	1,104	+ 161
Hypertension	10	1,097	15	890	+ 207
Diarrhoeal diseases	11	1,001	7	1,552	- 550
Falls	12	986	24	440	+ 546
Kidney Disease	13	985	5	1,646	- 661
Peptic Ulcer Disease	14	904	17	651	+ 252
Low Birth Weight	15	851	11	1,156	- 304
Lung Cancers	16	760	14	919	- 159
Alzheimers & Dementia	17	635	23	458	+ 177
Birth Trauma	18	630	12	1,116	- 486
HIV/AIDS	19	625	29	313	+ 312
Congenital Anomalies	20	601	18	647	- 46
Asthma	21	576	16	840	- 264
Drownings	22	519	19	568	- 49
Colon-Rectum Cancers	23	422	26	422	- 1
Breast Cancer	24	399	25	437	- 38
Suicide	25	373	27	390	- 17
Other Injuries	26	368	21	519	- 151
Cervical Cancer	27	340	37	187	+ 152
Oral Cancer	28	302	28	349	- 47
Leukemia	29	256	31	290	- 34
Maternal Conditions	30	226	32	218	+ 8
Lymphomas	31	220	34	211	+ 10
Inflammatory/Heart	32	203	36	206	- 3
Malnutrition	33	199	39	166	+ 33
Stomach Cancer	34	182	20	530	- 349
Endocrine Disorders	35	179	38	186	- 7
Rheumatic Heart Disease	36	175	35	207	- 32
Parkinson's Disease	37	172	41	139	+ 33
Violence	38	162	22	475	- 313
Oesophagus Cancer	39	138	33	214	- 76
Ovary Cancer	40	116	43	101	+ 15
Pertussis	41	108	30	304	- 196
Fires	42	105	42	108	- 4
Skin Disease	43	98	45	89	+ 9
Skin Cancers	44	78	49	59	+ 18
Bladder Cancer	45	77	51	49	+ 28
Encephalitis	46	64	46	69	- 5
Hepatitis B	47	64	60	17	+ 47
Pancreas Cancer	48	63	48	61	+ 2
Alcohol	49	62	47	61	+ 1
Prostate Cancer	50	60	53	37	+ 22
Epilepsy	51	56	50	58	- 2
Tetanus	52	51	44	96	- 45
Malaria	53	48	63	10	+ 38
Meningitis	54	46	40	154	- 108
Uterin Cancer	55	44	55	29	+ 15
Poisonings	56	36	52	41	- 5
Appendicitis	57	34	57	29	+ 6
Drug Use	58	30	54	33	- 3
Dengue	59	27	59	17	+ 10
Measles	60	27	56	29	- 2
Hepatitis C	61	22	67	4	+ 18
Other Neoplasms	62	15	61	12	+ 4
Schistosomiasis	63	12	62	11	+ 1
Rheumatoid Arthritis	64	10	64	7	+ 3
Multiple Sclerosis	65	8	65	6	+ 2
Syphilis	66	8	58	28	- 21
Upper Respiratory	67	6	66	5	+ 1
War	68	3	68	3	+ 1
Ascariasis	69	2	70	2	- 0
Chlamydia	70	0	71	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	71	0	69	2	- 2
Otitis Media	72	0	72	0	- 0
Leprosy	73	0	73	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	74	0	79	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	75	0	78	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	76	0	77	0	- 0
Chagas disease	77	0	76	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	74	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	79	0	75	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	80	0	80	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	81	0	81	0	- 0
Oral conditions	82	0	82	0	- 0
Depression	83	0	83	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	84	0	85	0	- 0
Anemia	85	0	86	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	86	0	84	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.worldlifeexpectancy.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.