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Estonia
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 Estonia 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
Estonia Population Pyramid
1,158,412
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%
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%
LIFE EXPECTANCY HISTORY
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Estonia ESTONIA   Laos LAOS
  Estonia ESTONIA   Laos LAOS
       
World Rank
       
World Rank
  M F All M F All   M F All M F All
1960
64.7
72.6
68.5
34
18
29
 
42.2
45.5
43.8
128
125
126
1970
65.7
74.4
70.0
41
18
28
 
44.7
47.6
46.1
140
139
139
1980
64.2
74.2
69.1
69
35
54
 
47.8
50.3
49.1
148
148
146
1990
64.6
74.6
69.5
90
53
71
 
53.4
55.8
54.6
147
148
148
2000
65.4
76.1
70.8
101
48
85
 
56.5
59.7
58.1
140
142
140
2010
70.6
80.2
75.6
76
34
45
 
62.0
65.1
63.6
136
137
136
2019
74.7
82.6
78.9
53
32
37
 
66.2
70.9
68.5
130
128
130
LIFE EXPECTANCY BY AGE
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Estonia ESTONIA   Laos LAOS
      World Rank       World Rank
  M F M F M F M F
At Birth
74.7
82.6
53
32
66.2
70.9
130
128
Age
74.7
82.6
53
32
66.2
70.9
130
128
Age 5
74.9
82.8
58
34
69.6
73.9
126
125
Age 10
74.9
82.8
58
34
69.8
74.1
128
126
Age 15
75.0
82.9
58
34
70.1
74.3
126
126
Age 20
75.1
82.9
60
34
70.4
74.5
126
125
Age 25
75.3
83.0
62
34
70.9
74.8
124
125
Age 30
75.5
83.1
65
34
71.3
75.0
125
125
Age 35
75.7
83.3
66
34
71.7
75.4
126
124
Age 40
76.0
83.4
70
34
72.2
75.8
127
125
Age 45
76.4
83.7
72
34
72.9
76.3
128
127
Age 50
77.0
84.0
71
33
73.7
76.9
131
128
Age 55
78.0
84.5
68
33
74.9
77.8
135
130
Age 60
79.3
85.0
65
35
76.4
78.9
138
132
Age 65
80.8
85.7
66
35
78.2
80.3
137
135
Age 70
82.9
86.5
59
36
80.5
82.0
137
135
Age 75
85.4
87.9
48
33
83.1
84.2
135
135
Age 80
87.9
89.4
45
33
86.1
86.8
134
135
Age 85
90.8
91.4
38
34
89.4
90.0
136
140
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Estonia ESTONIA   Laos LAOS
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Coronary Heart Disease
80.39
133
139.74
56
2. Hypertension
66.42
3
24.41
59
3. Stroke
31.23
150
152.50
21
4. Prostate Cancer
25.91
39
3.01
174
5. Lung Cancers
23.24
34
21.02
48
6. Liver Disease
17.29
99
24.75
75
7. Colon-Rectum Cancers
16.50
17
10.17
74
8. Breast Cancer
15.89
106
17.83
80
9. Suicide
11.96
52
5.98
128
10. Influenza and Pneumonia
10.46
159
59.07
61
11. Stomach Cancer
10.12
44
11.97
22
12. Inflammatory/Heart
8.86
38
4.66
93
13. Pancreas Cancer
8.77
11
1.38
157
14. Alcohol
7.73
10
1.13
107
15. Lymphomas
6.80
22
4.47
102
16. Lung Disease
6.59
181
46.19
20
17. Other Injuries
6.52
107
7.53
92
18. Alzheimers & Dementia
5.85
163
16.42
119
19. Drug Use
5.73
6
0.53
157
20. Ovary Cancer
5.04
66
4.05
108
21. Diabetes Mellitus
5.04
168
36.38
71
22. Cervical Cancer
4.94
128
7.80
96
23. Kidney Disease
4.73
171
38.60
25
24. Falls
4.63
109
9.16
28
25. Oral Cancer
4.43
47
7.55
14
26. Liver Cancer
3.91
135
25.37
4
27. Oesophagus Cancer
3.85
47
4.43
41
28. Leukemia
3.75
84
5.00
19
29. Road Traffic Accidents
3.70
164
19.78
77
30. Other Neoplasms
3.60
25
0.29
143
31. Bladder Cancer
3.45
44
1.36
137
32. Uterin Cancer
3.27
41
1.27
151
33. HIV/AIDS
2.77
94
4.45
78
34. Skin Cancers
2.51
52
1.43
123
35. Endocrine Disorders
2.51
131
3.39
92
36. Epilepsy
2.41
48
0.86
144
37. Fires
2.17
71
1.68
85
38. Peptic Ulcer Disease
2.15
104
16.83
4
39. Parkinson's Disease
2.13
158
4.40
75
40. Congenital Anomalies
1.98
176
5.84
92
41. Violence
1.84
134
6.67
74
42. Drownings
1.67
125
7.51
9
43. Skin Disease
0.83
118
2.37
45
44. Asthma
0.77
143
19.60
22
45. Low Birth Weight
0.76
173
8.47
50
46. Rheumatic Heart Disease
0.75
131
3.57
33
47. Multiple Sclerosis
0.74
19
0.12
138
48. Tuberculosis
0.62
137
34.86
29
49. Birth Trauma
0.54
150
8.00
40
50. Rheumatoid Arthritis
0.49
54
0.18
135
TOTAL DEATHS BY CAUSE
PERCENT TOP 50 CAUSES
  Estonia ESTONIA   Laos LAOS
  Deaths % Deaths %
1. Coronary Heart Disease
3,009
22.53
5,190
12.89
2. Hypertension
2,700
20.22
890
2.21
3. Stroke
1,116
8.36
5,769
14.33
4. Lung Cancers
657
4.92
919
2.28
5. Colon-Rectum Cancers
527
3.95
422
1.05
6. Influenza and Pneumonia
349
2.61
2,820
7.01
7. Liver Disease
328
2.46
1,171
2.91
8. Prostate Cancer
298
2.23
37
0.09
9. Stomach Cancer
290
2.17
530
1.32
10. Pancreas Cancer
268
2.01
61
0.15
11. Breast Cancer
260
1.95
437
1.09
12. Alzheimers & Dementia
229
1.71
458
1.14
13. Lung Disease
229
1.71
1,626
4.04
14. Inflammatory/Heart
217
1.62
206
0.51
15. Lymphomas
213
1.60
211
0.52
16. Suicide
197
1.48
390
0.97
17. Kidney Disease
176
1.32
1,646
4.09
18. Alcohol
148
1.11
61
0.15
19. Diabetes Mellitus
146
1.09
1,466
3.64
20. Other Injuries
141
1.06
519
1.29
21. Bladder Cancer
126
0.94
49
0.12
22. Leukemia
126
0.94
290
0.72
23. Other Neoplasms
123
0.92
12
0.03
24. Falls
119
0.89
440
1.09
25. Oral Cancer
110
0.82
349
0.87
26. Liver Cancer
107
0.80
1,104
2.74
27. Oesophagus Cancer
99
0.74
214
0.53
28. Ovary Cancer
87
0.65
101
0.25
29. Parkinson's Disease
82
0.61
139
0.35
30. Skin Cancers
79
0.59
59
0.15
31. Drug Use
75
0.56
33
0.08
32. Cervical Cancer
68
0.51
187
0.46
33. Endocrine Disorders
66
0.49
186
0.46
34. Uterin Cancer
60
0.45
29
0.07
35. Road Traffic Accidents
59
0.44
1,281
3.18
36. Peptic Ulcer Disease
55
0.41
651
1.62
37. Epilepsy
45
0.34
58
0.14
38. Fires
41
0.31
108
0.27
39. HIV/AIDS
40
0.30
313
0.78
40. Drownings
30
0.22
568
1.41
41. Skin Disease
29
0.22
89
0.22
42. Violence
28
0.21
475
1.18
43. Congenital Anomalies
25
0.19
647
1.61
44. Asthma
24
0.18
840
2.09
45. Rheumatic Heart Disease
22
0.16
207
0.51
46. Rheumatoid Arthritis
17
0.13
7
0.02
47. Tuberculosis
16
0.12
1,949
4.84
48. Multiple Sclerosis
16
0.12
6
0.01
49. Prostatic Hypertrophy
12
0.09
0
0.00
50. Osteoarthritis
10
0.07
0
0.00
CANCER RANK BY TYPE
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Estonia ESTONIA   Laos LAOS
  Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Prostate Cancer
25.91
39
3.01
174
2. Lung Cancers
23.24
34
21.02
48
3. Colon-Rectum Cancers
16.50
17
10.17
74
4. Breast Cancer
15.89
106
17.83
80
5. Stomach Cancer
10.12
44
11.97
22
6. Pancreas Cancer
8.77
11
1.38
157
7. Lymphomas
6.80
22
4.47
102
8. Ovary Cancer
5.04
66
4.05
108
9. Cervical Cancer
4.94
128
7.80
96
10. Oral Cancer
4.43
47
7.55
14
11. Liver Cancer
3.91
135
25.37
4
12. Oesophagus Cancer
3.85
47
4.43
41
13. Leukemia
3.75
84
5.00
19
14. Bladder Cancer
3.45
44
1.36
137
15. Uterin Cancer
3.27
41
1.27
151
16. Skin Cancers
2.51
52
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.