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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 ICELAND

Compare Laos and Iceland 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.

Iceland
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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Iceland Population Pyramid
376,683
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   Iceland ICELAND
  Laos LAOS   Iceland ICELAND
       
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
  
N/D
N/D
N/D
N/D
N/D
N/D
1970
44.7
47.6
46.1
140
139
139
  
N/D
N/D
N/D
N/D
N/D
N/D
1980
47.8
50.3
49.1
148
148
146
  
72.1
75.7
73.9
10
22
14
1990
53.4
55.8
54.6
147
148
148
  
74.9
78.4
76.6
2
20
11
2000
56.5
59.7
58.1
140
142
140
  
77.7
81.7
79.7
1
9
3
2010
62.0
65.1
63.6
136
137
136
  
80.2
83.5
81.8
1
10
6
2019
66.2
70.9
68.5
130
128
130
  
80.8
83.9
82.3
9
20
14
LIFE EXPECTANCY BY AGE
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Laos LAOS   Iceland ICELAND
      World Rank       World Rank
  M F M F M F M F
At Birth
66.2
70.9
130
128
80.8
83.9
9
20
Age
66.2
70.9
130
128
80.8
83.9
9
20
Age 5
69.6
73.9
126
125
81.0
84.0
10
23
Age 10
69.8
74.1
128
126
81.0
84.1
10
22
Age 15
70.1
74.3
126
126
81.1
84.1
10
23
Age 20
70.4
74.5
126
125
81.2
84.1
9
23
Age 25
70.9
74.8
124
125
81.4
84.2
10
23
Age 30
71.3
75.0
125
125
81.6
84.3
9
23
Age 35
71.7
75.4
126
124
81.9
84.4
4
23
Age 40
72.2
75.8
127
125
82.1
84.5
4
22
Age 45
72.9
76.3
128
127
82.4
84.6
4
25
Age 50
73.7
76.9
131
128
82.7
84.8
5
26
Age 55
74.9
77.8
135
130
83.1
85.1
7
26
Age 60
76.4
78.9
138
132
83.7
85.5
7
27
Age 65
78.2
80.3
137
135
84.4
86.1
11
28
Age 70
80.5
82.0
137
135
85.4
86.7
12
34
Age 75
83.1
84.2
135
135
86.7
87.7
15
36
Age 80
86.1
86.8
134
135
88.4
89.2
24
39
Age 85
89.4
90.0
136
140
90.7
91.3
39
42
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Laos LAOS   Iceland ICELAND
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Stroke
152.50
21
18.39
176
2. Coronary Heart Disease
139.74
56
54.46
157
3. Influenza and Pneumonia
59.07
61
9.67
161
4. Lung Disease
46.19
20
17.98
117
5. Kidney Disease
38.60
25
4.00
177
6. Diabetes Mellitus
36.38
71
4.22
176
7. Tuberculosis
34.86
29
0.00
183
8. Diarrhoeal diseases
27.89
53
0.16
176
9. Liver Cancer
25.37
4
3.82
140
10. Liver Disease
24.75
75
1.72
183
11. Hypertension
24.41
59
2.87
168
12. Lung Cancers
21.02
48
21.77
41
13. Road Traffic Accidents
19.78
77
1.78
178
14. Asthma
19.60
22
0.26
178
15. Breast Cancer
17.83
80
18.02
78
16. Peptic Ulcer Disease
16.83
4
0.47
178
17. Alzheimers & Dementia
16.42
119
35.59
5
18. Stomach Cancer
11.97
22
3.12
154
19. Colon-Rectum Cancers
10.17
74
12.15
49
20. Falls
9.16
28
3.23
143
21. Low Birth Weight
8.47
50
1.13
164
22. Birth Trauma
8.00
40
1.05
121
23. Cervical Cancer
7.80
96
3.29
142
24. Oral Cancer
7.55
14
1.55
158
25. Other Injuries
7.53
92
7.88
87
26. Drownings
7.51
9
0.36
179
27. Violence
6.67
74
1.08
149
28. Suicide
5.98
128
11.15
59
29. Congenital Anomalies
5.84
92
1.96
177
30. Leukemia
5.00
19
2.88
125
31. Inflammatory/Heart
4.66
93
3.42
124
32. Lymphomas
4.47
102
5.87
49
33. HIV/AIDS
4.45
78
0.09
158
34. Oesophagus Cancer
4.43
41
3.70
50
35. Parkinson's Disease
4.40
75
7.15
12
36. Ovary Cancer
4.05
108
5.09
62
37. Malnutrition
3.82
60
0.06
166
38. Rheumatic Heart Disease
3.57
33
0.19
180
39. Pertussis
3.41
21
0.01
136
40. Endocrine Disorders
3.39
92
2.31
139
41. Prostate Cancer
3.01
174
18.78
71
42. Maternal Conditions
2.91
61
0.11
142
43. Skin Disease
2.37
45
0.39
150
44. Meningitis
1.88
64
0.30
140
45. Fires
1.68
85
0.09
181
46. Skin Cancers
1.43
123
2.01
85
47. Pancreas Cancer
1.38
157
7.25
37
48. Bladder Cancer
1.36
137
3.04
53
49. Tetanus
1.31
17
0.00
167
50. Uterin Cancer
1.27
151
2.12
102
TOTAL DEATHS BY CAUSE
PERCENT TOP 50 CAUSES
  Laos LAOS   Iceland ICELAND
  Deaths % Deaths %
1. Stroke
5,769
14.33
141
7.03
2. Coronary Heart Disease
5,190
12.89
403
20.10
3. Influenza and Pneumonia
2,820
7.01
82
4.09
4. Tuberculosis
1,949
4.84
0
0.00
5. Kidney Disease
1,646
4.09
33
1.65
6. Lung Disease
1,626
4.04
129
6.43
7. Diarrhoeal diseases
1,552
3.86
1
0.05
8. Diabetes Mellitus
1,466
3.64
30
1.50
9. Road Traffic Accidents
1,281
3.18
7
0.35
10. Liver Disease
1,171
2.91
9
0.45
11. Low Birth Weight
1,156
2.87
3
0.15
12. Birth Trauma
1,116
2.77
2
0.10
13. Liver Cancer
1,104
2.74
22
1.10
14. Lung Cancers
919
2.28
134
6.68
15. Hypertension
890
2.21
24
1.20
16. Asthma
840
2.09
2
0.10
17. Peptic Ulcer Disease
651
1.62
3
0.15
18. Congenital Anomalies
647
1.61
7
0.35
19. Drownings
568
1.41
1
0.05
20. Stomach Cancer
530
1.32
18
0.90
21. Other Injuries
519
1.29
50
2.49
22. Violence
475
1.18
4
0.20
23. Alzheimers & Dementia
458
1.14
295
14.71
24. Falls
440
1.09
24
1.20
25. Breast Cancer
437
1.09
53
2.64
26. Colon-Rectum Cancers
422
1.05
73
3.64
27. Suicide
390
0.97
40
2.00
28. Oral Cancer
349
0.87
9
0.45
29. HIV/AIDS
313
0.78
0
0.00
30. Pertussis
304
0.76
0
0.00
31. Leukemia
290
0.72
19
0.95
32. Maternal Conditions
218
0.54
0
0.00
33. Oesophagus Cancer
214
0.53
23
1.15
34. Lymphomas
211
0.52
37
1.85
35. Rheumatic Heart Disease
207
0.51
1
0.05
36. Inflammatory/Heart
206
0.51
16
0.80
37. Cervical Cancer
187
0.46
9
0.45
38. Endocrine Disorders
186
0.46
16
0.80
39. Malnutrition
166
0.41
1
0.05
40. Meningitis
154
0.38
1
0.05
41. Parkinson's Disease
139
0.35
53
2.64
42. Fires
108
0.27
1
0.05
43. Ovary Cancer
101
0.25
16
0.80
44. Tetanus
96
0.24
0
0.00
45. Skin Disease
89
0.22
3
0.15
46. Encephalitis
69
0.17
0
0.00
47. Pancreas Cancer
61
0.15
43
2.14
48. Alcohol
61
0.15
14
0.70
49. Skin Cancers
59
0.15
13
0.65
50. Epilepsy
58
0.14
5
0.25
CANCER RANK BY TYPE
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Laos LAOS   Iceland ICELAND
  Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Liver Cancer
25.37
4
3.82
140
2. Lung Cancers
21.02
48
21.77
41
3. Breast Cancer
17.83
80
18.02
78
4. Stomach Cancer
11.97
22
3.12
154
5. Colon-Rectum Cancers
10.17
74
12.15
49
6. Cervical Cancer
7.80
96
3.29
142
7. Oral Cancer
7.55
14
1.55
158
8. Leukemia
5.00
19
2.88
125
9. Lymphomas
4.47
102
5.87
49
10. Oesophagus Cancer
4.43
41
3.70
50
11. Ovary Cancer
4.05
108
5.09
62
12. Prostate Cancer
3.01
174
18.78
71
13. Skin Cancers
1.43
123
2.01
85
14. Pancreas Cancer
1.38
157
7.25
37
15. Bladder Cancer
1.36
137
3.04
53
16. Uterin Cancer
1.27
151
2.12
102
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.