TIMOR-LESTE VS BOTSWANA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	BOTSWANA		TIMOR-LESTE		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
HIV/AIDS	1	3,044	36	30	+ 3,014
Influenza and Pneumonia	2	1,029	4	651	+ 378
Coronary Heart Disease	3	1,004	3	814	+ 190
Stroke	4	977	2	923	+ 54
Diabetes Mellitus	5	783	11	156	+ 627
Tuberculosis	6	399	1	1,139	- 740
Road Traffic Accidents	7	374	13	154	+ 220
Diarrhoeal diseases	8	324	5	285	+ 39
Kidney Disease	9	311	8	192	+ 120
Lung Disease	10	296	6	283	+ 13
Hypertension	11	289	12	156	+ 134
Liver Disease	12	282	10	162	+ 120
Low Birth Weight	13	275	9	189	+ 86
Violence	14	239	22	60	+ 179
Suicide	15	227	27	48	+ 180
Congenital Anomalies	16	177	14	144	+ 33
Birth Trauma	17	161	7	238	- 77
Asthma	18	143	15	123	+ 20
Other Injuries	19	133	20	76	+ 57
Inflammatory/Heart	20	109	33	32	+ 77
Malnutrition	21	105	25	56	+ 49
Cervical Cancer	22	101	37	28	+ 73
Alzheimers & Dementia	23	101	18	84	+ 16
Maternal Conditions	24	72	23	60	+ 13
Meningitis	25	67	31	38	+ 29
Fires	26	67	43	15	+ 52
Endocrine Disorders	27	63	38	26	+ 37
Oesophagus Cancer	28	63	53	5	+ 58
Peptic Ulcer Disease	29	55	16	96	- 40
Drownings	30	51	19	84	- 33
Lymphomas	31	47	34	32	+ 16
Oral Cancer	32	43	29	44	- 1
Breast Cancer	33	42	30	38	+ 4
Falls	34	38	21	62	- 24
Liver Cancer	35	35	28	45	- 10
Epilepsy	36	35	51	8	+ 27
Skin Cancers	37	32	55	5	+ 27
Parkinson's Disease	38	29	39	26	+ 3
Lung Cancers	39	28	17	87	- 59
Pertussis	40	27	24	59	- 31
Prostate Cancer	41	27	47	13	+ 15
Poisonings	42	26	54	5	+ 21
Rheumatic Heart Disease	43	23	40	25	- 2
Syphilis	44	22	48	12	+ 10
Alcohol	45	19	52	5	+ 14
Skin Disease	46	18	46	13	+ 5
Colon-Rectum Cancers	47	17	26	54	- 37
Drug Use	48	16	58	3	+ 13
Ovary Cancer	49	12	41	18	- 6
Pancreas Cancer	50	10	45	14	- 4
Leukemia	51	8	32	34	- 26
Rheumatoid Arthritis	52	7	61	1	+ 5
Stomach Cancer	53	6	35	31	- 24
Schistosomiasis	54	6	73	0	+ 6
Other Neoplasms	55	6	60	2	+ 4
Uterin Cancer	56	6	50	9	- 3
Appendicitis	57	5	57	4	+ 0
Upper Respiratory	58	5	62	1	+ 4
Encephalitis	59	4	42	16	- 12
Bladder Cancer	60	4	49	12	- 8
Tetanus	61	4	44	14	- 10
Hepatitis B	62	4	59	2	+ 1
Multiple Sclerosis	63	2	63	1	+ 1
Malaria	64	0	71	0	+ 0
Chlamydia	65	0	69	0	+ 0
Hepatitis C	66	0	65	1	- 0
Ascariasis	67	0	64	1	- 0
Measles	68	0	68	0	+ 0
War	69	0	67	0	- 0
Diphtheria	70	0	66	0	- 0
Otitis Media	71	0	70	0	+ 0
Leprosy	72	0	79	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	73	0	76	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	74	0	77	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	75	0	78	0	- 0
Dengue	76	0	56	5	- 5
Chagas disease	77	0	74	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	75	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	79	0	72	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	80	0	85	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	81	0	86	0	- 0
Oral conditions	82	0	84	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	83	0	81	0	- 0
Anemia	84	0	80	0	- 0
Depression	85	0	82	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	86	0	83	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to TIMOR-LESTE

Botswana

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.