TIMOR-LESTE VS BELGIUM: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	BELGIUM		TIMOR-LESTE		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	1,922	3	814	+ 1,109
Alzheimers & Dementia	2	1,185	18	84	+ 1,100
Stroke	3	932	2	923	+ 9
Lung Cancers	4	853	17	87	+ 765
Lung Disease	5	810	6	283	+ 527
Influenza and Pneumonia	6	714	4	651	+ 64
Colon-Rectum Cancers	7	419	26	54	+ 365
Kidney Disease	8	371	8	192	+ 180
Breast Cancer	9	325	30	38	+ 287
Suicide	10	266	27	48	+ 218
Other Injuries	11	252	20	76	+ 177
Other Neoplasms	12	230	60	2	+ 228
Prostate Cancer	13	230	47	13	+ 217
Pancreas Cancer	14	228	45	14	+ 214
Falls	15	221	21	62	+ 159
Lymphomas	16	195	34	32	+ 164
Liver Disease	17	180	10	162	+ 18
Endocrine Disorders	18	180	38	26	+ 154
Parkinson's Disease	19	173	39	26	+ 148
Diabetes Mellitus	20	160	11	156	+ 4
Leukemia	21	151	32	34	+ 117
Bladder Cancer	22	136	49	12	+ 124
Inflammatory/Heart	23	133	33	32	+ 101
Liver Cancer	24	123	28	45	+ 78
Oesophagus Cancer	25	113	53	5	+ 108
Stomach Cancer	26	109	35	31	+ 78
Hypertension	27	93	12	156	- 63
Oral Cancer	28	85	29	44	+ 41
Road Traffic Accidents	29	84	13	154	- 70
Ovary Cancer	30	82	41	18	+ 64
Skin Cancers	31	66	55	5	+ 61
Alcohol	32	63	52	5	+ 58
Diarrhoeal diseases	33	53	5	285	- 232
Uterin Cancer	34	48	50	9	+ 39
Skin Disease	35	48	46	13	+ 35
Epilepsy	36	44	51	8	+ 36
Rheumatic Heart Disease	37	37	40	25	+ 12
Malnutrition	38	37	25	56	- 19
Drug Use	39	36	58	3	+ 33
Congenital Anomalies	40	35	14	144	- 108
Cervical Cancer	41	31	37	28	+ 3
Peptic Ulcer Disease	42	27	16	96	- 69
Anemia	43	25	80	0	+ 25
Violence	44	19	22	60	- 41
Multiple Sclerosis	45	18	63	1	+ 18
Asthma	46	16	15	123	- 107
Drownings	47	10	19	84	- 74
Fires	48	9	43	15	- 5
Rheumatoid Arthritis	49	9	61	1	+ 8
Low Birth Weight	50	9	9	189	- 180
Osteoarthritis	51	7	86	0	+ 7
Hepatitis C	52	7	65	1	+ 6
Birth Trauma	53	6	7	238	- 232
Tuberculosis	54	6	1	1,139	- 1,133
Poisonings	55	5	54	5	+ 0
Schizophrenia	56	5	83	0	+ 5
HIV/AIDS	57	5	36	30	- 25
Meningitis	58	4	31	38	- 34
Upper Respiratory	59	3	62	1	+ 2
Prostatic Hypertrophy	60	3	85	0	+ 3
Oral conditions	61	2	84	0	+ 2
Appendicitis	62	2	57	4	- 2
Hepatitis B	63	2	59	2	- 0
Maternal Conditions	64	1	23	60	- 59
Otitis Media	65	0	70	0	+ 0
Encephalitis	66	0	42	16	- 16
War	67	0	67	0	- 0
Pertussis	68	0	24	59	- 58
Diphtheria	69	0	66	0	- 0
Syphilis	70	0	48	12	- 12
Chlamydia	71	0	69	0	- 0
Leprosy	72	0	79	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	73	0	72	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	74	0	75	0	- 0
Malaria	75	0	71	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	76	0	73	0	- 0
Chagas disease	77	0	74	0	- 0
Tetanus	78	0	44	14	- 14
Measles	79	0	68	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	80	0	77	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	81	0	78	0	- 0
Ascariasis	82	0	64	1	- 1
Dengue	83	0	56	5	- 5
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

Belgium

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.