TIMOR-LESTE VS AFGHANISTAN: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	AFGHANISTAN		TIMOR-LESTE		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	1,510	3	814	+ 696
War	2	962	67	0	+ 962
Stroke	3	716	2	923	- 207
Influenza and Pneumonia	4	550	4	651	- 100
Low Birth Weight	5	474	9	189	+ 286
Birth Trauma	6	403	7	238	+ 165
Tuberculosis	7	370	1	1,139	- 770
Hypertension	8	300	12	156	+ 145
Maternal Conditions	9	293	23	60	+ 233
Kidney Disease	10	248	8	192	+ 56
Road Traffic Accidents	11	227	13	154	+ 73
Diabetes Mellitus	12	216	11	156	+ 60
Diarrhoeal diseases	13	209	5	285	- 76
Congenital Anomalies	14	188	14	144	+ 44
Lung Disease	15	175	6	283	- 108
Liver Disease	16	173	10	162	+ 11
Asthma	17	128	15	123	+ 5
Other Injuries	18	122	20	76	+ 46
Violence	19	121	22	60	+ 61
Meningitis	20	99	31	38	+ 61
Pertussis	21	79	24	59	+ 21
Breast Cancer	22	68	30	38	+ 30
Alzheimers & Dementia	23	66	18	84	- 18
Suicide	24	59	27	48	+ 11
Peptic Ulcer Disease	25	57	16	96	- 39
Stomach Cancer	26	56	35	31	+ 26
Oral Cancer	27	55	29	44	+ 11
Endocrine Disorders	28	51	38	26	+ 25
Oesophagus Cancer	29	49	53	5	+ 44
Tetanus	30	47	44	14	+ 34
Encephalitis	31	45	42	16	+ 29
Lung Cancers	32	40	17	87	- 47
Rheumatic Heart Disease	33	39	40	25	+ 14
Drownings	34	37	19	84	- 46
Epilepsy	35	37	51	8	+ 30
Lymphomas	36	36	34	32	+ 4
Falls	37	34	21	62	- 28
Hepatitis B	38	32	59	2	+ 30
Colon-Rectum Cancers	39	28	26	54	- 26
Liver Cancer	40	25	28	45	- 20
Parkinson's Disease	41	24	39	26	- 2
Leukemia	42	23	32	34	- 11
Malnutrition	43	22	25	56	- 34
Cervical Cancer	44	20	37	28	- 7
Inflammatory/Heart	45	20	33	32	- 13
HIV/AIDS	46	17	36	30	- 12
Poisonings	47	14	54	5	+ 10
Ovary Cancer	48	14	41	18	- 4
Measles	49	13	68	0	+ 13
Fires	50	13	43	15	- 2
Drug Use	51	12	58	3	+ 9
Appendicitis	52	11	57	4	+ 7
Uterin Cancer	53	11	50	9	+ 2
Bladder Cancer	54	10	49	12	- 2
Prostate Cancer	55	10	47	13	- 3
Pancreas Cancer	56	9	45	14	- 5
Malaria	57	7	71	0	+ 7
Alcohol	58	6	52	5	+ 1
Skin Cancers	59	5	55	5	+ 1
Syphilis	60	4	48	12	- 9
Skin Disease	61	4	46	13	- 10
Multiple Sclerosis	62	3	63	1	+ 2
Other Neoplasms	63	1	60	2	- 1
Hepatitis C	64	1	65	1	+ 0
Rheumatoid Arthritis	65	1	61	1	- 0
Ascariasis	66	1	64	1	+ 0
Diphtheria	67	1	66	0	+ 0
Upper Respiratory	68	0	62	1	- 0
Chlamydia	69	0	69	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	70	0	72	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	71	0	70	0	- 0
Dengue	72	0	56	5	- 5
Hookworm Disease	73	0	77	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	74	0	78	0	- 0
Leprosy	75	0	79	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	76	0	76	0	- 0
Chagas disease	77	0	74	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	75	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	79	0	73	0	- 0
Depression	80	0	82	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	81	0	83	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	82	0	81	0	- 0
Anemia	83	0	80	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	84	0	86	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	85	0	85	0	- 0
Oral conditions	86	0	84	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to TIMOR-LESTE

Afghanistan

Timor-Leste

THE INTELLECTUAL EXERCISE

The point of this intellectual exercise is to measure what would happen if two countries shared the same leading causes of death. To make these comparisons possible we equalized the population and used total deaths for each country's top 10 causes to simulate an "Exchange." Use the chart on the left to sort by the country name and use the summary plus and minus column to measure the differences in total deaths.

Life Expectancy statistics are calculated the same way everywhere in the world, but what we die from can be very different depending upon where we live. Despite these differences, with rare exception, the top 10 causes of death for any given country will represent between 70-80% of their total deaths. This is an intellectual exercise only, not a comparison of which country is healthier or to challenge existing life expectancy rankings. If you prefer to see total deaths for over 80 causes and choose your own countries to compare go here: https://www.globallifeexpectancy.com/world-rankings-total-deaths

ABOUT OUR DATA

All meaningful comparisons between countries should be made using the same data source and year. The most reliable source for International comparisons is the World Health Organization because it is standardized for cross cultural comparisons. It is also reviewed annually, which often makes it more current than individual country data that can take years to compile. The WHO data includes individual country "projections," that are calculated based upon an annual consultation with each country before it is published. There are differences however, such as WHO data separates different forms of heart disease and cancer and combines Alzheimer's with Dementia. In this top 10 comparison WHO data for both countries was used.