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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 UGANDA

Compare Laos and Uganda 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.

Uganda
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
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Uganda Population Pyramid
89,446,901
LIFE EXPECTANCY HISTORY
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Laos LAOS   Uganda UGANDA
  Laos LAOS   Uganda UGANDA
       
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
  
42.7
45.9
44.2
122
121
122
1970
44.7
47.6
46.1
140
139
139
  
48.4
51.4
49.9
123
119
122
1980
47.8
50.3
49.1
148
148
146
  
48.6
51.6
50.1
146
144
144
1990
53.4
55.8
54.6
147
148
148
  
48.1
51.8
49.9
162
162
162
2000
56.5
59.7
58.1
140
142
140
  
45.1
48.0
46.6
176
176
176
2010
62.0
65.1
63.6
136
137
136
  
57.2
59.5
58.4
157
158
156
2019
66.2
70.9
68.5
130
128
130
  
63.2
70.1
66.7
148
133
136
LIFE EXPECTANCY BY AGE
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Laos LAOS   Uganda UGANDA
      World Rank       World Rank
  M F M F M F M F
At Birth
66.2
70.9
130
128
63.2
70.1
148
133
Age
66.2
70.9
130
128
63.2
70.1
148
133
Age 5
69.6
73.9
126
125
66.5
73.0
155
133
Age 10
69.8
74.1
128
126
67.1
73.5
154
132
Age 15
70.1
74.3
126
126
67.4
73.8
154
131
Age 20
70.4
74.5
126
125
67.9
74.1
154
130
Age 25
70.9
74.8
124
125
68.3
74.4
154
129
Age 30
71.3
75.0
125
125
68.9
74.8
154
129
Age 35
71.7
75.4
126
124
69.5
75.4
154
126
Age 40
72.2
75.8
127
125
70.3
75.9
153
123
Age 45
72.9
76.3
128
127
71.3
76.6
154
123
Age 50
73.7
76.9
131
128
72.5
77.4
154
119
Age 55
74.9
77.8
135
130
74.0
78.3
153
116
Age 60
76.4
78.9
138
132
75.7
79.4
152
113
Age 65
78.2
80.3
137
135
77.7
80.8
154
109
Age 70
80.5
82.0
137
135
80.1
82.4
153
109
Age 75
83.1
84.2
135
135
82.8
84.6
151
105
Age 80
86.1
86.8
134
135
86.0
87.2
145
98
Age 85
89.4
90.0
136
140
89.5
90.4
131
86
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Laos LAOS   Uganda UGANDA
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Stroke
152.50
21
99.89
72
2. Coronary Heart Disease
139.74
56
82.33
131
3. Influenza and Pneumonia
59.07
61
81.99
41
4. Lung Disease
46.19
20
28.73
59
5. Kidney Disease
38.60
25
24.60
77
6. Diabetes Mellitus
36.38
71
40.31
60
7. Tuberculosis
34.86
29
24.27
45
8. Diarrhoeal diseases
27.89
53
46.00
40
9. Liver Cancer
25.37
4
7.69
50
10. Liver Disease
24.75
75
33.70
47
11. Hypertension
24.41
59
30.73
43
12. Lung Cancers
21.02
48
3.20
157
13. Road Traffic Accidents
19.78
77
53.60
6
14. Asthma
19.60
22
11.28
56
15. Breast Cancer
17.83
80
11.12
150
16. Peptic Ulcer Disease
16.83
4
4.66
63
17. Alzheimers & Dementia
16.42
119
19.36
60
18. Stomach Cancer
11.97
22
4.55
124
19. Colon-Rectum Cancers
10.17
74
7.45
112
20. Falls
9.16
28
7.78
59
21. Low Birth Weight
8.47
50
7.36
61
22. Birth Trauma
8.00
40
7.85
42
23. Cervical Cancer
7.80
96
45.76
8
24. Oral Cancer
7.55
14
4.38
50
25. Other Injuries
7.53
92
10.15
64
26. Drownings
7.51
9
2.33
95
27. Violence
6.67
74
17.69
24
28. Suicide
5.98
128
10.45
65
29. Congenital Anomalies
5.84
92
6.31
78
30. Leukemia
5.00
19
2.67
137
31. Inflammatory/Heart
4.66
93
4.44
95
32. Lymphomas
4.47
102
8.13
7
33. HIV/AIDS
4.45
78
69.15
18
34. Oesophagus Cancer
4.43
41
11.56
7
35. Parkinson's Disease
4.40
75
4.10
93
36. Ovary Cancer
4.05
108
5.62
44
37. Malnutrition
3.82
60
11.07
28
38. Rheumatic Heart Disease
3.57
33
1.93
72
39. Pertussis
3.41
21
2.25
38
40. Endocrine Disorders
3.39
92
2.94
115
41. Prostate Cancer
3.01
174
25.14
45
42. Maternal Conditions
2.91
61
9.90
33
43. Skin Disease
2.37
45
1.53
95
44. Meningitis
1.88
64
9.73
36
45. Fires
1.68
85
2.83
54
46. Skin Cancers
1.43
123
2.54
51
47. Pancreas Cancer
1.38
157
2.88
116
48. Bladder Cancer
1.36
137
1.70
113
49. Tetanus
1.31
17
0.51
45
50. Uterin Cancer
1.27
151
2.93
60
TOTAL DEATHS BY CAUSE
PERCENT TOP 50 CAUSES
  Laos LAOS   Uganda UGANDA
  Deaths % Deaths %
1. Stroke
5,769
14.33
11,181
5.39
2. Coronary Heart Disease
5,190
12.89
8,784
4.23
3. Influenza and Pneumonia
2,820
7.01
18,865
9.09
4. Tuberculosis
1,949
4.84
7,255
3.50
5. Kidney Disease
1,646
4.09
3,168
1.53
6. Lung Disease
1,626
4.04
3,051
1.47
7. Diarrhoeal diseases
1,552
3.86
12,103
5.83
8. Diabetes Mellitus
1,466
3.64
4,794
2.31
9. Road Traffic Accidents
1,281
3.18
13,012
6.27
10. Liver Disease
1,171
2.91
5,122
2.47
11. Low Birth Weight
1,156
2.87
9,673
4.66
12. Birth Trauma
1,116
2.77
10,405
5.01
13. Liver Cancer
1,104
2.74
1,522
0.73
14. Lung Cancers
919
2.28
441
0.21
15. Hypertension
890
2.21
3,120
1.50
16. Asthma
840
2.09
1,745
0.84
17. Peptic Ulcer Disease
651
1.62
687
0.33
18. Congenital Anomalies
647
1.61
6,641
3.20
19. Drownings
568
1.41
1,238
0.60
20. Stomach Cancer
530
1.32
515
0.25
21. Other Injuries
519
1.29
3,130
1.51
22. Violence
475
1.18
6,175
2.98
23. Alzheimers & Dementia
458
1.14
1,286
0.62
24. Falls
440
1.09
1,127
0.54
25. Breast Cancer
437
1.09
1,128
0.54
26. Colon-Rectum Cancers
422
1.05
919
0.44
27. Suicide
390
0.97
2,033
0.98
28. Oral Cancer
349
0.87
731
0.35
29. HIV/AIDS
313
0.78
21,188
10.21
30. Pertussis
304
0.76
1,909
0.92
31. Leukemia
290
0.72
599
0.29
32. Maternal Conditions
218
0.54
3,641
1.75
33. Oesophagus Cancer
214
0.53
1,674
0.81
34. Lymphomas
211
0.52
1,762
0.85
35. Rheumatic Heart Disease
207
0.51
348
0.17
36. Inflammatory/Heart
206
0.51
859
0.41
37. Cervical Cancer
187
0.46
4,378
2.11
38. Endocrine Disorders
186
0.46
761
0.37
39. Malnutrition
166
0.41
3,317
1.60
40. Meningitis
154
0.38
3,718
1.79
41. Parkinson's Disease
139
0.35
351
0.17
42. Fires
108
0.27
872
0.42
43. Ovary Cancer
101
0.25
519
0.25
44. Tetanus
96
0.24
271
0.13
45. Skin Disease
89
0.22
242
0.12
46. Encephalitis
69
0.17
122
0.06
47. Pancreas Cancer
61
0.15
358
0.17
48. Alcohol
61
0.15
256
0.12
49. Skin Cancers
59
0.15
349
0.17
50. Epilepsy
58
0.14
599
0.29
CANCER RANK BY TYPE
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Laos LAOS   Uganda UGANDA
  Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Liver Cancer
25.37
4
7.69
50
2. Lung Cancers
21.02
48
3.20
157
3. Breast Cancer
17.83
80
11.12
150
4. Stomach Cancer
11.97
22
4.55
124
5. Colon-Rectum Cancers
10.17
74
7.45
112
6. Cervical Cancer
7.80
96
45.76
8
7. Oral Cancer
7.55
14
4.38
50
8. Leukemia
5.00
19
2.67
137
9. Lymphomas
4.47
102
8.13
7
10. Oesophagus Cancer
4.43
41
11.56
7
11. Ovary Cancer
4.05
108
5.62
44
12. Prostate Cancer
3.01
174
25.14
45
13. Skin Cancers
1.43
123
2.54
51
14. Pancreas Cancer
1.38
157
2.88
116
15. Bladder Cancer
1.36
137
1.70
113
16. Uterin Cancer
1.27
151
2.93
60
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.