TIMOR-LESTE VS BELIZE: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	BELIZE		TIMOR-LESTE		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	696	3	814	- 118
Violence	2	528	22	60	+ 468
Diabetes Mellitus	3	510	11	156	+ 354
Stroke	4	460	2	923	- 463
HIV/AIDS	5	432	36	30	+ 402
Kidney Disease	6	371	8	192	+ 179
Influenza and Pneumonia	7	350	4	651	- 301
Road Traffic Accidents	8	319	13	154	+ 165
Liver Disease	9	209	10	162	+ 47
Prostate Cancer	10	172	47	13	+ 159
Lung Disease	11	166	6	283	- 117
Hypertension	12	166	12	156	+ 10
Alzheimers & Dementia	13	162	18	84	+ 78
Other Injuries	14	129	20	76	+ 53
Lung Cancers	15	110	17	87	+ 23
Suicide	16	100	27	48	+ 52
Cervical Cancer	17	100	37	28	+ 72
Drownings	18	86	19	84	+ 3
Liver Cancer	19	86	28	45	+ 41
Stomach Cancer	20	84	35	31	+ 53
Congenital Anomalies	21	84	14	144	- 60
Endocrine Disorders	22	82	38	26	+ 56
Breast Cancer	23	78	30	38	+ 40
Colon-Rectum Cancers	24	73	26	54	+ 18
Low Birth Weight	25	72	9	189	- 117
Inflammatory/Heart	26	65	33	32	+ 33
Falls	27	47	21	62	- 15
Parkinson's Disease	28	40	39	26	+ 14
Malnutrition	29	36	25	56	- 20
Alcohol	30	35	52	5	+ 30
Pancreas Cancer	31	34	45	14	+ 20
Birth Trauma	32	33	7	238	- 204
Tuberculosis	33	32	1	1,139	- 1,107
Diarrhoeal diseases	34	31	5	285	- 253
Asthma	35	28	15	123	- 95
Epilepsy	36	28	51	8	+ 20
Skin Disease	37	20	46	13	+ 7
Peptic Ulcer Disease	38	19	16	96	- 77
Leukemia	39	14	32	34	- 20
Fires	40	13	43	15	- 2
Rheumatic Heart Disease	41	12	40	25	- 12
Maternal Conditions	42	8	23	60	- 52
Oesophagus Cancer	43	8	53	5	+ 3
Appendicitis	44	5	57	4	+ 1
Poisonings	45	5	54	5	+ 0
Meningitis	46	5	31	38	- 33
Drug Use	47	5	58	3	+ 2
Encephalitis	48	5	42	16	- 11
Rheumatoid Arthritis	49	4	61	1	+ 3
Lymphomas	50	4	34	32	- 28
Uterin Cancer	51	4	50	9	- 5
Ovary Cancer	52	3	41	18	- 15
Other Neoplasms	53	3	60	2	+ 2
Multiple Sclerosis	54	2	63	1	+ 1
Dengue	55	1	56	5	- 4
Hepatitis B	56	1	59	2	- 1
Chagas disease	57	1	74	0	+ 1
Upper Respiratory	58	0	62	1	- 0
Tetanus	59	0	44	14	- 13
War	60	0	67	0	+ 0
Hepatitis C	61	0	65	1	- 0
Syphilis	62	0	48	12	- 12
Pertussis	63	0	24	59	- 58
Ascariasis	64	0	64	1	- 0
Chlamydia	65	0	69	0	+ 0
Skin Cancers	66	0	55	5	- 5
Oral Cancer	67	0	29	44	- 44
Diphtheria	68	0	66	0	- 0
Otitis Media	69	0	70	0	- 0
Leprosy	70	0	79	0	- 0
Measles	71	0	68	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	72	0	77	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	73	0	78	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	74	0	76	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	75	0	75	0	- 0
Malaria	76	0	71	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	77	0	72	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	78	0	73	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	79	0	81	0	- 0
Anemia	80	0	80	0	- 0
Bladder Cancer	81	0	49	12	- 12
Schizophrenia	82	0	83	0	- 0
Depression	83	0	82	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

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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.