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Laos
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 Laos and Japan 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.

Japan
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
Laos Population Pyramid
9,479,753
Created with Raphaël 2.2.0 95+ 90-94 85-89 80-84 75-79 70-74 65-69 60-64 55-59 50-54 45-49 40-44 35-39 30-34 25-29 20-24 15-19 10-14 5-9 0-42.5%2.5%5%5%7.5%7.5%
Japan Population Pyramid
105,804,023
Created with Raphaël 2.2.0 95+ 90-94 85-89 80-84 75-79 70-74 65-69 60-64 55-59 50-54 45-49 40-44 35-39 30-34 25-29 20-24 15-19 10-14 5-9 0-42.5%2.5%5%5%7.5%7.5%
LIFE EXPECTANCY HISTORY
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Laos LAOS   Japan JAPAN
  Laos LAOS   Japan JAPAN
       
World Rank
       
World Rank
  M F All M F All   M F All M F All
1960
42.2
45.5
43.8
128
125
126
 
65.3
70.1
67.7
31
35
35
1970
44.7
47.6
46.1
140
139
139
 
69.4
74.7
72.0
9
13
10
1980
47.8
50.3
49.1
148
148
146
 
73.6
78.8
76.1
1
5
1
1990
53.4
55.8
54.6
147
148
148
 
75.9
81.9
78.8
1
1
1
2000
56.5
59.7
58.1
140
142
140
 
77.6
84.5
81.1
2
1
1
2010
62.0
65.1
63.6
136
137
136
 
79.5
86.3
83.0
5
1
1
2019
66.2
70.9
68.5
130
128
130
 
81.5
86.9
84.3
2
1
1
LIFE EXPECTANCY BY AGE
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Laos LAOS   Japan JAPAN
      World Rank       World Rank
  M F M F M F M F
At Birth
66.2
70.9
130
128
81.5
86.9
2
1
Age
66.2
70.9
130
128
81.5
86.9
2
1
Age 5
69.6
73.9
126
125
81.7
87.2
2
1
Age 10
69.8
74.1
128
126
81.7
87.2
2
1
Age 15
70.1
74.3
126
126
81.8
87.2
2
1
Age 20
70.4
74.5
126
125
81.9
87.2
2
1
Age 25
70.9
74.8
124
125
82.0
87.3
2
1
Age 30
71.3
75.0
125
125
82.1
87.4
2
1
Age 35
71.7
75.4
126
124
82.2
87.4
3
1
Age 40
72.2
75.8
127
125
82.4
87.6
3
1
Age 45
72.9
76.3
128
127
82.6
87.7
3
1
Age 50
73.7
76.9
131
128
82.9
87.9
3
1
Age 55
74.9
77.8
135
130
83.4
88.2
3
1
Age 60
76.4
78.9
138
132
84.0
88.6
3
1
Age 65
78.2
80.3
137
135
84.8
89.0
4
1
Age 70
80.5
82.0
137
135
86.0
89.6
2
1
Age 75
83.1
84.2
135
135
87.3
90.3
6
1
Age 80
86.1
86.8
134
135
89.0
91.3
8
2
Age 85
89.4
90.0
136
140
91.4
92.8
9
3
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Laos LAOS   Japan JAPAN
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Stroke
152.50
21
23.21
161
2. Coronary Heart Disease
139.74
56
30.62
181
3. Influenza and Pneumonia
59.07
61
16.56
129
4. Lung Disease
46.19
20
12.69
156
5. Kidney Disease
38.60
25
7.61
154
6. Diabetes Mellitus
36.38
71
1.35
182
7. Tuberculosis
34.86
29
0.53
140
8. Diarrhoeal diseases
27.89
53
0.53
161
9. Liver Cancer
25.37
4
6.62
62
10. Liver Disease
24.75
75
4.78
164
11. Hypertension
24.41
59
1.07
183
12. Lung Cancers
21.02
48
18.06
66
13. Road Traffic Accidents
19.78
77
2.21
175
14. Asthma
19.60
22
0.36
174
15. Breast Cancer
17.83
80
10.31
155
16. Peptic Ulcer Disease
16.83
4
0.61
169
17. Alzheimers & Dementia
16.42
119
7.87
159
18. Stomach Cancer
11.97
22
11.47
28
19. Colon-Rectum Cancers
10.17
74
13.59
37
20. Falls
9.16
28
1.98
173
21. Low Birth Weight
8.47
50
0.32
183
22. Birth Trauma
8.00
40
0.17
180
23. Cervical Cancer
7.80
96
2.73
152
24. Oral Cancer
7.55
14
2.19
124
25. Other Injuries
7.53
92
4.92
133
26. Drownings
7.51
9
2.12
109
27. Violence
6.67
74
0.19
183
28. Suicide
5.98
128
12.24
49
29. Congenital Anomalies
5.84
92
2.49
167
30. Leukemia
5.00
19
2.76
133
31. Inflammatory/Heart
4.66
93
2.08
163
32. Lymphomas
4.47
102
4.22
111
33. HIV/AIDS
4.45
78
0.03
164
34. Oesophagus Cancer
4.43
41
3.28
61
35. Parkinson's Disease
4.40
75
2.33
156
36. Ovary Cancer
4.05
108
3.30
136
37. Malnutrition
3.82
60
0.41
118
38. Rheumatic Heart Disease
3.57
33
0.40
162
39. Pertussis
3.41
21
0.00
149
40. Endocrine Disorders
3.39
92
2.36
135
41. Prostate Cancer
3.01
174
6.05
157
42. Maternal Conditions
2.91
61
0.04
175
43. Skin Disease
2.37
45
0.47
142
44. Meningitis
1.88
64
0.09
180
45. Fires
1.68
85
0.33
161
46. Skin Cancers
1.43
123
0.42
167
47. Pancreas Cancer
1.38
157
8.87
10
48. Bladder Cancer
1.36
137
1.86
104
49. Tetanus
1.31
17
0.00
143
50. Uterin Cancer
1.27
151
2.02
106
TOTAL DEATHS BY CAUSE
PERCENT TOP 50 CAUSES
  Laos LAOS   Japan JAPAN
  Deaths % Deaths %
1. Stroke
5,769
14.33
121,823
11.03
2. Coronary Heart Disease
5,190
12.89
163,905
14.84
3. Influenza and Pneumonia
2,820
7.01
107,899
9.77
4. Tuberculosis
1,949
4.84
3,459
0.31
5. Kidney Disease
1,646
4.09
44,779
4.05
6. Lung Disease
1,626
4.04
78,169
7.08
7. Diarrhoeal diseases
1,552
3.86
2,731
0.25
8. Diabetes Mellitus
1,466
3.64
5,433
0.49
9. Road Traffic Accidents
1,281
3.18
4,566
0.41
10. Liver Disease
1,171
2.91
14,195
1.29
11. Low Birth Weight
1,156
2.87
202
0.02
12. Birth Trauma
1,116
2.77
104
0.01
13. Liver Cancer
1,104
2.74
29,384
2.66
14. Lung Cancers
919
2.28
79,688
7.21
15. Hypertension
890
2.21
6,673
0.60
16. Asthma
840
2.09
1,922
0.17
17. Peptic Ulcer Disease
651
1.62
2,922
0.26
18. Congenital Anomalies
647
1.61
2,473
0.22
19. Drownings
568
1.41
8,409
0.76
20. Stomach Cancer
530
1.32
50,433
4.57
21. Other Injuries
519
1.29
22,068
2.00
22. Violence
475
1.18
266
0.02
23. Alzheimers & Dementia
458
1.14
56,937
5.15
24. Falls
440
1.09
9,736
0.88
25. Breast Cancer
437
1.09
15,805
1.43
26. Colon-Rectum Cancers
422
1.05
57,340
5.19
27. Suicide
390
0.97
19,466
1.76
28. Oral Cancer
349
0.87
8,333
0.75
29. HIV/AIDS
313
0.78
48
0.00
30. Pertussis
304
0.76
1
0.00
31. Leukemia
290
0.72
9,607
0.87
32. Maternal Conditions
218
0.54
39
0.00
33. Oesophagus Cancer
214
0.53
12,316
1.11
34. Lymphomas
211
0.52
19,273
1.74
35. Rheumatic Heart Disease
207
0.51
2,555
0.23
36. Inflammatory/Heart
206
0.51
8,232
0.75
37. Cervical Cancer
187
0.46
3,799
0.34
38. Endocrine Disorders
186
0.46
11,486
1.04
39. Malnutrition
166
0.41
1,910
0.17
40. Meningitis
154
0.38
308
0.03
41. Parkinson's Disease
139
0.35
14,007
1.27
42. Fires
108
0.27
1,007
0.09
43. Ovary Cancer
101
0.25
5,061
0.46
44. Tetanus
96
0.24
9
0.00
45. Skin Disease
89
0.22
2,806
0.25
46. Encephalitis
69
0.17
5
0.00
47. Alcohol
61
0.15
576
0.05
48. Pancreas Cancer
61
0.15
37,027
3.35
49. Skin Cancers
59
0.15
1,843
0.17
50. Epilepsy
58
0.14
1,558
0.14
CANCER RANK BY TYPE
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Laos LAOS   Japan JAPAN
  Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Liver Cancer
25.37
4
6.62
62
2. Lung Cancers
21.02
48
18.06
66
3. Breast Cancer
17.83
80
10.31
155
4. Stomach Cancer
11.97
22
11.47
28
5. Colon-Rectum Cancers
10.17
74
13.59
37
6. Cervical Cancer
7.80
96
2.73
152
7. Oral Cancer
7.55
14
2.19
124
8. Leukemia
5.00
19
2.76
133
9. Lymphomas
4.47
102
4.22
111
10. Oesophagus Cancer
4.43
41
3.28
61
11. Ovary Cancer
4.05
108
3.30
136
12. Prostate Cancer
3.01
174
6.05
157
13. Skin Cancers
1.43
123
0.42
167
14. Pancreas Cancer
1.38
157
8.87
10
15. Bladder Cancer
1.36
137
1.86
104
16. Uterin Cancer
1.27
151
2.02
106
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.