TIMOR-LESTE VS AUSTRALIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	AUSTRALIA		TIMOR-LESTE		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	1,213	3	814	+ 399
Alzheimers & Dementia	2	878	18	84	+ 793
Stroke	3	582	2	923	- 341
Lung Cancers	4	494	17	87	+ 406
Lung Disease	5	478	6	283	+ 195
Colon-Rectum Cancers	6	350	26	54	+ 295
Diabetes Mellitus	7	252	11	156	+ 96
Influenza and Pneumonia	8	250	4	651	- 400
Prostate Cancer	9	212	47	13	+ 199
Breast Cancer	10	192	30	38	+ 153
Suicide	11	177	27	48	+ 130
Kidney Disease	12	177	8	192	- 15
Pancreas Cancer	13	175	45	14	+ 162
Falls	14	175	21	62	+ 113
Lymphomas	15	171	34	32	+ 139
Endocrine Disorders	16	131	38	26	+ 105
Skin Cancers	17	131	55	5	+ 126
Leukemia	18	120	32	34	+ 86
Parkinson's Disease	19	115	39	26	+ 89
Liver Cancer	20	115	28	45	+ 70
Drug Use	21	100	58	3	+ 97
Other Injuries	22	92	20	76	+ 17
Hypertension	23	92	12	156	- 64
Inflammatory/Heart	24	88	33	32	+ 56
Oesophagus Cancer	25	84	53	5	+ 79
Liver Disease	26	80	10	162	- 82
Stomach Cancer	27	73	35	31	+ 42
Other Neoplasms	28	70	60	2	+ 69
Road Traffic Accidents	29	70	13	154	- 84
Bladder Cancer	30	67	49	12	+ 55
Ovary Cancer	31	56	41	18	+ 38
Oral Cancer	32	55	29	44	+ 11
Congenital Anomalies	33	40	14	144	- 104
Skin Disease	34	33	46	13	+ 20
Uterin Cancer	35	30	50	9	+ 20
Asthma	36	26	15	123	- 97
Alcohol	37	21	52	5	+ 16
Rheumatic Heart Disease	38	21	40	25	- 3
Cervical Cancer	39	19	37	28	- 8
Diarrhoeal diseases	40	17	5	285	- 268
Epilepsy	41	16	51	8	+ 8
Peptic Ulcer Disease	42	16	16	96	- 80
Low Birth Weight	43	14	9	189	- 175
Violence	44	14	22	60	- 46
Rheumatoid Arthritis	45	13	61	1	+ 12
Multiple Sclerosis	46	11	63	1	+ 10
Drownings	47	10	19	84	- 74
Hepatitis C	48	10	65	1	+ 9
Anemia	49	9	80	0	+ 9
Birth Trauma	50	8	7	238	- 230
Malnutrition	51	7	25	56	- 49
Osteoarthritis	52	6	86	0	+ 6
Prostatic Hypertrophy	53	4	85	0	+ 4
Schizophrenia	54	4	83	0	+ 4
Fires	55	3	43	15	- 12
Tuberculosis	56	3	1	1,139	- 1,136
HIV/AIDS	57	3	36	30	- 27
Hepatitis B	58	2	59	2	+ 0
Oral conditions	59	2	84	0	+ 2
Meningitis	60	2	31	38	- 36
Poisonings	61	2	54	5	- 3
Appendicitis	62	1	57	4	- 3
Maternal Conditions	63	1	23	60	- 59
Upper Respiratory	64	1	62	1	+ 0
War	65	0	67	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	66	0	70	0	+ 0
Syphilis	67	0	48	12	- 12
Encephalitis	68	0	42	16	- 16
Pertussis	69	0	24	59	- 58
Tetanus	70	0	44	14	- 14
Diphtheria	71	0	66	0	- 0
Dengue	72	0	56	5	- 5
Trichuriasis	73	0	78	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	74	0	77	0	- 0
Ascariasis	75	0	64	1	- 1
Leprosy	76	0	79	0	- 0
Chlamydia	77	0	69	0	- 0
Measles	78	0	68	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	79	0	73	0	- 0
Chagas disease	80	0	74	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	81	0	72	0	- 0
Malaria	82	0	71	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	83	0	75	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	84	0	76	0	- 0
Depression	85	0	82	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	86	0	81	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to TIMOR-LESTE

Australia

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.