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Brazil
COUNTRY #1
Afghanistan Albania Algeria Angola Antigua/Bar. Arab Emirates Argentina Armenia Australia Austria Azerbaijan Bahamas Bahrain Bangladesh Barbados Belarus Belgium Belize Benin Bhutan Bolivia Bosnia/Herzeg. Botswana Brazil Brunei Bulgaria Burkina Faso Burundi Cambodia Cameroon Canada Cape Verde Central Africa Chad Chile China Colombia Comoros Congo Costa Rica Cote d Ivoire Croatia Cuba Cyprus Czech Republic Denmark Djibouti Dominican Rep. DR Congo Ecuador Egypt El Salvador Equ. Guinea Eritrea Estonia Ethiopia Fiji Finland France Gabon Gambia Georgia Germany Ghana Greece Grenada Guatemala Guinea Guinea-Bissau Guyana Haiti Honduras Hungary Iceland India Indonesia Iran Iraq Ireland Israel Italy Jamaica Japan Jordan Kazakhstan Kenya Kiribati Kuwait Kyrgyzstan Laos Latvia Lebanon Lesotho Liberia Libya Lithuania Luxembourg Madagascar Malawi Malaysia Maldives Mali Malta Mauritania Mauritius Mexico Micronesia Moldova Mongolia Montenegro Morocco Mozambique Myanmar Namibia Nepal Netherlands New Guinea New Zealand Nicaragua Niger Nigeria No Macedonia North Korea Norway Oman Pakistan Panama Paraguay Peru Philippines Poland Portugal Qatar Romania Russia Rwanda Saint Lucia Saint Vincent Samoa Sao Tome Saudi Arabia Senegal Serbia Seychelles Sierra Leone Singapore Slovakia Slovenia Solomon Isl. Somalia South Africa South Korea South Sudan Spain Sri Lanka Sudan Suriname Swaziland Sweden Switzerland Syria Tajikistan Tanzania Thailand Timor-Leste Togo Tonga Trinidad/Tob. Tunisia Turkey Turkmenistan Uganda Ukraine United Kingdom United States Uruguay Uzbekistan Vanuatu Venezuela Viet Nam Yemen Zambia Zimbabwe

Compare Brazil and Laos health profiles including life expectancy history, causes of death and population dynamics side by side. Health Data used is WHO, World Bank and the United Nations for population.

Laos
COUNTRY #2
Afghanistan Albania Algeria Angola Antigua/Bar. Arab Emirates Argentina Armenia Australia Austria Azerbaijan Bahamas Bahrain Bangladesh Barbados Belarus Belgium Belize Benin Bhutan Bolivia Bosnia/Herzeg. Botswana Brazil Brunei Bulgaria Burkina Faso Burundi Cambodia Cameroon Canada Cape Verde Central Africa Chad Chile China Colombia Comoros Congo Costa Rica Cote d Ivoire Croatia Cuba Cyprus Czech Republic Denmark Djibouti Dominican Rep. DR Congo Ecuador Egypt El Salvador Equ. Guinea Eritrea Estonia Ethiopia Fiji Finland France Gabon Gambia Georgia Germany Ghana Greece Grenada Guatemala Guinea Guinea-Bissau Guyana Haiti Honduras Hungary Iceland India Indonesia Iran Iraq Ireland Israel Italy Jamaica Japan Jordan Kazakhstan Kenya Kiribati Kuwait Kyrgyzstan Laos Latvia Lebanon Lesotho Liberia Libya Lithuania Luxembourg Madagascar Malawi Malaysia Maldives Mali Malta Mauritania Mauritius Mexico Micronesia Moldova Mongolia Montenegro Morocco Mozambique Myanmar Namibia Nepal Netherlands New Guinea New Zealand Nicaragua Niger Nigeria No Macedonia North Korea Norway Oman Pakistan Panama Paraguay Peru Philippines Poland Portugal Qatar Romania Russia Rwanda Saint Lucia Saint Vincent Samoa Sao Tome Saudi Arabia Senegal Serbia Seychelles Sierra Leone Singapore Slovakia Slovenia Solomon Isl. Somalia South Africa South Korea South Sudan Spain Sri Lanka Sudan Suriname Swaziland Sweden Switzerland Syria Tajikistan Tanzania Thailand Timor-Leste Togo Tonga Trinidad/Tob. Tunisia Turkey Turkmenistan Uganda Ukraine United Kingdom United States Uruguay Uzbekistan Vanuatu Venezuela Viet Nam Yemen Zambia Zimbabwe
DYNAMIC PYRAMIDS
Data Source: United Nations
Brazil Population Pyramid
228,980,400
Laos Population Pyramid
9,479,753
LIFE EXPECTANCY HISTORY
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Brazil BRAZIL   Laos LAOS
  Brazil BRAZIL   Laos LAOS
       
World Rank
       
World Rank
  M F All M F All   M F All M F All
1960
53.0
56.7
54.8
79
79
78
 
42.2
45.5
43.8
128
125
126
1970
56.8
61.1
58.9
86
86
85
 
44.7
47.6
46.1
140
139
139
1980
60.0
65.7
62.8
93
85
89
 
47.8
50.3
49.1
148
148
146
1990
62.9
70.4
66.6
106
90
98
 
53.4
55.8
54.6
147
148
148
2000
66.8
74.3
70.5
95
76
87
 
56.5
59.7
58.1
140
142
140
2010
70.2
77.5
73.8
84
60
71
 
62.0
65.1
63.6
136
137
136
2019
72.4
79.4
75.9
77
56
67
 
66.2
70.9
68.5
130
128
130
LIFE EXPECTANCY BY AGE
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Brazil BRAZIL   Laos LAOS
      World Rank       World Rank
  M F M F M F M F
At Birth
72.4
79.4
77
56
66.2
70.9
130
128
Age
72.4
79.4
77
56
66.2
70.9
130
128
Age 5
73.6
80.4
74
52
69.6
73.9
126
125
Age 10
73.6
80.4
74
52
69.8
74.1
128
126
Age 15
73.8
80.5
74
52
70.1
74.3
126
126
Age 20
74.3
80.6
71
52
70.4
74.5
126
125
Age 25
75.1
80.8
66
53
70.9
74.8
124
125
Age 30
75.7
81.0
61
53
71.3
75.0
125
125
Age 35
76.2
81.1
60
51
71.7
75.4
126
124
Age 40
76.7
81.4
59
51
72.2
75.8
127
125
Age 45
77.3
81.8
56
50
72.9
76.3
128
127
Age 50
78.1
82.2
57
49
73.7
76.9
131
128
Age 55
79.0
82.8
54
47
74.9
77.8
135
130
Age 60
80.1
83.5
54
47
76.4
78.9
138
132
Age 65
81.5
84.5
51
48
78.2
80.3
137
135
Age 70
83.2
85.6
51
47
80.5
82.0
137
135
Age 75
85.3
87.2
53
45
83.1
84.2
135
135
Age 80
87.6
89.0
55
46
86.1
86.8
134
135
Age 85
90.2
91.2
68
48
89.4
90.0
136
140
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Brazil BRAZIL   Laos LAOS
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Coronary Heart Disease
68.14
145
139.74
56
2. Stroke
50.40
128
152.50
21
3. Influenza and Pneumonia
38.59
70
59.07
61
4. Violence
31.58
11
6.67
74
5. Diabetes Mellitus
24.64
100
36.38
71
6. Lung Disease
24.17
82
46.19
20
7. Prostate Cancer
19.07
69
3.01
174
8. Breast Cancer
15.74
108
17.83
80
9. Kidney Disease
15.46
122
38.60
25
10. Road Traffic Accidents
15.08
97
19.78
77
11. Lung Cancers
13.20
87
21.02
48
12. Alzheimers & Dementia
11.93
151
16.42
119
13. Hypertension
11.69
121
24.41
59
14. Colon-Rectum Cancers
9.62
80
10.17
74
15. Liver Disease
9.02
133
24.75
75
16. Falls
7.64
62
9.16
28
17. Stomach Cancer
7.50
69
11.97
22
18. Cervical Cancer
7.46
99
7.80
96
19. Inflammatory/Heart
7.37
45
4.66
93
20. Endocrine Disorders
7.18
33
3.39
92
21. Suicide
6.41
123
5.98
128
22. Congenital Anomalies
6.33
77
5.84
92
23. Other Injuries
6.04
118
7.53
92
24. HIV/AIDS
5.44
73
4.45
78
25. Pancreas Cancer
4.99
64
1.38
157
26. Liver Cancer
4.81
105
25.37
4
27. Lymphomas
4.37
106
4.47
102
28. Oesophagus Cancer
4.36
42
4.43
41
29. Oral Cancer
4.15
56
7.55
14
30. Leukemia
3.72
86
5.00
19
31. Ovary Cancer
3.36
131
4.05
108
32. Low Birth Weight
3.14
121
8.47
50
33. Alcohol
3.02
35
1.13
107
34. Skin Disease
2.94
29
2.37
45
35. Malnutrition
2.76
73
3.82
60
36. Diarrhoeal diseases
2.48
99
27.89
53
37. Drownings
2.32
97
7.51
9
38. Tuberculosis
2.19
108
34.86
29
39. Bladder Cancer
2.18
87
1.36
137
40. Chagas disease
2.10
3
0.00
102
41. Uterin Cancer
2.08
104
1.27
151
42. Skin Cancers
2.06
81
1.43
123
43. Other Neoplasms
1.94
53
0.29
143
44. Parkinson's Disease
1.92
162
4.40
75
45. Peptic Ulcer Disease
1.76
126
16.83
4
46. Birth Trauma
1.71
99
8.00
40
47. Epilepsy
1.45
105
0.86
144
48. Asthma
1.09
127
19.60
22
49. Drug Use
1.08
110
0.53
157
50. Anemia
0.98
14
0.00
122
TOTAL DEATHS BY CAUSE
PERCENT TOP 50 CAUSES
  Brazil BRAZIL   Laos LAOS
  Deaths % Deaths %
1. Coronary Heart Disease
165,788
14.72
5,190
12.89
2. Stroke
123,207
10.94
5,769
14.33
3. Influenza and Pneumonia
94,705
8.41
2,820
7.01
4. Violence
68,779
6.11
475
1.18
5. Diabetes Mellitus
59,608
5.29
1,466
3.64
6. Lung Disease
59,373
5.27
1,626
4.04
7. Kidney Disease
37,690
3.35
1,646
4.09
8. Road Traffic Accidents
33,871
3.01
1,281
3.18
9. Lung Cancers
31,659
2.81
919
2.28
10. Alzheimers & Dementia
30,717
2.73
458
1.14
11. Hypertension
28,822
2.56
890
2.21
12. Colon-Rectum Cancers
23,161
2.06
422
1.05
13. Liver Disease
21,422
1.90
1,171
2.91
14. Breast Cancer
20,759
1.84
437
1.09
15. Prostate Cancer
19,001
1.69
37
0.09
16. Falls
18,847
1.67
440
1.09
17. Stomach Cancer
17,992
1.60
530
1.32
18. Inflammatory/Heart
17,508
1.55
206
0.51
19. Endocrine Disorders
16,927
1.50
186
0.46
20. Suicide
14,540
1.29
390
0.97
21. Other Injuries
13,807
1.23
519
1.29
22. HIV/AIDS
12,558
1.12
313
0.78
23. Congenital Anomalies
12,317
1.09
647
1.61
24. Pancreas Cancer
11,999
1.07
61
0.15
25. Liver Cancer
11,514
1.02
1,104
2.74
26. Oesophagus Cancer
10,466
0.93
214
0.53
27. Lymphomas
10,376
0.92
211
0.52
28. Oral Cancer
9,951
0.88
349
0.87
29. Cervical Cancer
9,511
0.84
187
0.46
30. Leukemia
8,531
0.76
290
0.72
31. Skin Disease
7,179
0.64
89
0.22
32. Alcohol
7,121
0.63
61
0.15
33. Low Birth Weight
6,881
0.61
1,156
2.87
34. Malnutrition
6,695
0.59
166
0.41
35. Diarrhoeal diseases
5,659
0.50
1,552
3.86
36. Bladder Cancer
5,306
0.47
49
0.12
37. Chagas disease
5,045
0.45
0
0.00
38. Skin Cancers
5,032
0.45
59
0.15
39. Drownings
4,937
0.44
568
1.41
40. Tuberculosis
4,895
0.43
1,949
4.84
41. Parkinson's Disease
4,770
0.42
139
0.35
42. Other Neoplasms
4,665
0.41
12
0.03
43. Ovary Cancer
4,355
0.39
101
0.25
44. Peptic Ulcer Disease
4,258
0.38
651
1.62
45. Birth Trauma
3,777
0.34
1,116
2.77
46. Epilepsy
3,263
0.29
58
0.14
47. Uterin Cancer
2,780
0.25
29
0.07
48. Asthma
2,595
0.23
840
2.09
49. Drug Use
2,467
0.22
33
0.08
50. Anemia
2,417
0.21
0
0.00
CANCER RANK BY TYPE
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Brazil BRAZIL   Laos LAOS
  Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Prostate Cancer
19.07
69
3.01
174
2. Breast Cancer
15.74
108
17.83
80
3. Lung Cancers
13.20
87
21.02
48
4. Colon-Rectum Cancers
9.62
80
10.17
74
5. Stomach Cancer
7.50
69
11.97
22
6. Cervical Cancer
7.46
99
7.80
96
7. Pancreas Cancer
4.99
64
1.38
157
8. Liver Cancer
4.81
105
25.37
4
9. Lymphomas
4.37
106
4.47
102
10. Oesophagus Cancer
4.36
42
4.43
41
11. Oral Cancer
4.15
56
7.55
14
12. Leukemia
3.72
86
5.00
19
13. Ovary Cancer
3.36
131
4.05
108
14. Bladder Cancer
2.18
87
1.36
137
15. Uterin Cancer
2.08
104
1.27
151
16. Skin Cancers
2.06
81
1.43
123
Data rounded. Decimals affect ranking.
Data Source: WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION 2020
Data Accuracy Not Guaranteed
WHO Excludes Cause of Death Data For the following countries: Andorra, Cook Islands, Dominica, Marshall Islands, Monaco, Nauru, Niue, Palau, Saint Kitts, San Marino, Tuvalu.