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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
LAOS VS SAMOA

Compare Laos and Samoa 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.

Samoa
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%
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Samoa Population Pyramid
267,390
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   Samoa SAMOA
  Laos LAOS   Samoa SAMOA
       
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
  
47.0
53.6
50.2
101
89
95
1970
44.7
47.6
46.1
140
139
139
  
52.0
58.6
55.2
105
91
96
1980
47.8
50.3
49.1
148
148
146
  
57.0
63.6
60.2
112
95
104
1990
53.4
55.8
54.6
147
148
148
  
62.1
68.7
65.3
110
100
109
2000
56.5
59.7
58.1
140
142
140
  
67.2
73.7
70.2
92
81
92
2010
62.0
65.1
63.6
136
137
136
  
69.6
76.1
72.6
93
84
92
2019
66.2
70.9
68.5
130
128
130
  
69.2
71.8
70.5
111
124
118
LIFE EXPECTANCY BY AGE
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Laos LAOS   Samoa SAMOA
      World Rank       World Rank
  M F M F M F M F
At Birth
66.2
70.9
130
128
69.2
71.8
111
124
Age
66.2
70.9
130
128
69.2
71.8
111
124
Age 5
69.6
73.9
126
125
70.1
72.6
121
135
Age 10
69.8
74.1
128
126
70.2
72.7
122
137
Age 15
70.1
74.3
126
126
70.3
72.8
124
139
Age 20
70.4
74.5
126
125
70.6
73.0
123
139
Age 25
70.9
74.8
124
125
71.1
73.3
122
140
Age 30
71.3
75.0
125
125
71.6
73.6
120
141
Age 35
71.7
75.4
126
124
72.2
73.9
121
144
Age 40
72.2
75.8
127
125
72.8
74.4
120
147
Age 45
72.9
76.3
128
127
73.6
75.1
116
148
Age 50
73.7
76.9
131
128
74.6
75.9
111
149
Age 55
74.9
77.8
135
130
75.8
77.0
108
149
Age 60
76.4
78.9
138
132
77.4
78.3
105
149
Age 65
78.2
80.3
137
135
79.2
79.9
101
147
Age 70
80.5
82.0
137
135
81.4
81.8
99
142
Age 75
83.1
84.2
135
135
83.8
84.1
92
141
Age 80
86.1
86.8
134
135
86.6
86.7
93
142
Age 85
89.4
90.0
136
140
89.8
89.8
99
152
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Laos LAOS   Samoa SAMOA
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Stroke
152.50
21
118.02
45
2. Coronary Heart Disease
139.74
56
189.77
33
3. Influenza and Pneumonia
59.07
61
39.32
68
4. Lung Disease
46.19
20
47.54
19
5. Kidney Disease
38.60
25
39.81
23
6. Diabetes Mellitus
36.38
71
82.64
13
7. Tuberculosis
34.86
29
1.05
126
8. Diarrhoeal diseases
27.89
53
8.39
70
9. Liver Cancer
25.37
4
4.91
99
10. Liver Disease
24.75
75
18.98
94
11. Hypertension
24.41
59
23.76
63
12. Lung Cancers
21.02
48
21.56
44
13. Road Traffic Accidents
19.78
77
15.42
93
14. Asthma
19.60
22
17.01
29
15. Breast Cancer
17.83
80
26.40
20
16. Peptic Ulcer Disease
16.83
4
6.92
34
17. Alzheimers & Dementia
16.42
119
19.13
68
18. Stomach Cancer
11.97
22
12.23
20
19. Colon-Rectum Cancers
10.17
74
8.66
93
20. Falls
9.16
28
6.17
83
21. Low Birth Weight
8.47
50
3.59
116
22. Birth Trauma
8.00
40
1.25
111
23. Cervical Cancer
7.80
96
7.89
94
24. Oral Cancer
7.55
14
3.32
75
25. Other Injuries
7.53
92
8.08
85
26. Drownings
7.51
9
7.42
11
27. Violence
6.67
74
3.39
108
28. Suicide
5.98
128
14.60
30
29. Congenital Anomalies
5.84
92
5.11
112
30. Leukemia
5.00
19
2.10
150
31. Inflammatory/Heart
4.66
93
5.15
83
32. Lymphomas
4.47
102
3.94
122
33. HIV/AIDS
4.45
78
0.00
177
34. Oesophagus Cancer
4.43
41
0.72
172
35. Parkinson's Disease
4.40
75
6.72
14
36. Ovary Cancer
4.05
108
14.84
1
37. Malnutrition
3.82
60
2.76
74
38. Rheumatic Heart Disease
3.57
33
7.61
14
39. Pertussis
3.41
21
0.10
105
40. Endocrine Disorders
3.39
92
4.28
81
41. Prostate Cancer
3.01
174
24.32
48
42. Maternal Conditions
2.91
61
3.11
57
43. Skin Disease
2.37
45
2.65
34
44. Meningitis
1.88
64
1.21
73
45. Fires
1.68
85
1.12
107
46. Skin Cancers
1.43
123
1.24
130
47. Pancreas Cancer
1.38
157
2.68
124
48. Bladder Cancer
1.36
137
3.56
38
49. Tetanus
1.31
17
0.03
104
50. Uterin Cancer
1.27
151
7.58
4
TOTAL DEATHS BY CAUSE
PERCENT TOP 50 CAUSES
  Laos LAOS   Samoa SAMOA
  Deaths % Deaths %
1. Stroke
5,769
14.33
148
13.24
2. Coronary Heart Disease
5,190
12.89
241
21.56
3. Influenza and Pneumonia
2,820
7.01
53
4.74
4. Tuberculosis
1,949
4.84
2
0.18
5. Kidney Disease
1,646
4.09
52
4.65
6. Lung Disease
1,626
4.04
57
5.10
7. Diarrhoeal diseases
1,552
3.86
12
1.07
8. Diabetes Mellitus
1,466
3.64
108
9.66
9. Road Traffic Accidents
1,281
3.18
26
2.33
10. Liver Disease
1,171
2.91
27
2.42
11. Low Birth Weight
1,156
2.87
16
1.43
12. Birth Trauma
1,116
2.77
5
0.45
13. Liver Cancer
1,104
2.74
7
0.63
14. Lung Cancers
919
2.28
26
2.33
15. Hypertension
890
2.21
30
2.68
16. Asthma
840
2.09
21
1.88
17. Peptic Ulcer Disease
651
1.62
9
0.81
18. Congenital Anomalies
647
1.61
18
1.61
19. Drownings
568
1.41
13
1.16
20. Stomach Cancer
530
1.32
16
1.43
21. Other Injuries
519
1.29
13
1.16
22. Violence
475
1.18
6
0.54
23. Alzheimers & Dementia
458
1.14
19
1.70
24. Falls
440
1.09
8
0.72
25. Breast Cancer
437
1.09
19
1.70
26. Colon-Rectum Cancers
422
1.05
12
1.07
27. Suicide
390
0.97
25
2.24
28. Oral Cancer
349
0.87
4
0.36
29. HIV/AIDS
313
0.78
0
0.00
30. Pertussis
304
0.76
0
0.00
31. Leukemia
290
0.72
3
0.27
32. Maternal Conditions
218
0.54
5
0.45
33. Oesophagus Cancer
214
0.53
1
0.09
34. Lymphomas
211
0.52
6
0.54
35. Rheumatic Heart Disease
207
0.51
11
0.98
36. Inflammatory/Heart
206
0.51
7
0.63
37. Cervical Cancer
187
0.46
6
0.54
38. Endocrine Disorders
186
0.46
6
0.54
39. Malnutrition
166
0.41
3
0.27
40. Meningitis
154
0.38
2
0.18
41. Parkinson's Disease
139
0.35
7
0.63
42. Fires
108
0.27
2
0.18
43. Ovary Cancer
101
0.25
10
0.89
44. Tetanus
96
0.24
0
0.00
45. Skin Disease
89
0.22
3
0.27
46. Encephalitis
69
0.17
1
0.09
47. Pancreas Cancer
61
0.15
4
0.36
48. Alcohol
61
0.15
2
0.18
49. Skin Cancers
59
0.15
2
0.18
50. Epilepsy
58
0.14
2
0.18
CANCER RANK BY TYPE
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Laos LAOS   Samoa SAMOA
  Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Liver Cancer
25.37
4
4.91
99
2. Lung Cancers
21.02
48
21.56
44
3. Breast Cancer
17.83
80
26.40
20
4. Stomach Cancer
11.97
22
12.23
20
5. Colon-Rectum Cancers
10.17
74
8.66
93
6. Cervical Cancer
7.80
96
7.89
94
7. Oral Cancer
7.55
14
3.32
75
8. Leukemia
5.00
19
2.10
150
9. Lymphomas
4.47
102
3.94
122
10. Oesophagus Cancer
4.43
41
0.72
172
11. Ovary Cancer
4.05
108
14.84
1
12. Prostate Cancer
3.01
174
24.32
48
13. Skin Cancers
1.43
123
1.24
130
14. Pancreas Cancer
1.38
157
2.68
124
15. Bladder Cancer
1.36
137
3.56
38
16. Uterin Cancer
1.27
151
7.58
4
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.