TIMOR-LESTE VS BRAZIL: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	BRAZIL		TIMOR-LESTE		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	1,135	3	814	+ 322
Stroke	2	844	2	923	- 79
Influenza and Pneumonia	3	649	4	651	- 2
Violence	4	471	22	60	+ 411
Diabetes Mellitus	5	408	11	156	+ 252
Lung Disease	6	407	6	283	+ 124
Kidney Disease	7	258	8	192	+ 66
Road Traffic Accidents	8	232	13	154	+ 78
Lung Cancers	9	217	17	87	+ 129
Alzheimers & Dementia	10	210	18	84	+ 126
Hypertension	11	197	12	156	+ 42
Colon-Rectum Cancers	12	159	26	54	+ 105
Liver Disease	13	147	10	162	- 15
Breast Cancer	14	142	30	38	+ 104
Prostate Cancer	15	130	47	13	+ 117
Falls	16	129	21	62	+ 67
Stomach Cancer	17	123	35	31	+ 93
Inflammatory/Heart	18	120	33	32	+ 88
Endocrine Disorders	19	116	38	26	+ 90
Suicide	20	100	27	48	+ 52
Other Injuries	21	95	20	76	+ 19
HIV/AIDS	22	86	36	30	+ 56
Congenital Anomalies	23	84	14	144	- 59
Pancreas Cancer	24	82	45	14	+ 69
Liver Cancer	25	79	28	45	+ 34
Oesophagus Cancer	26	72	53	5	+ 67
Lymphomas	27	71	34	32	+ 39
Oral Cancer	28	68	29	44	+ 24
Cervical Cancer	29	65	37	28	+ 38
Leukemia	30	58	32	34	+ 24
Skin Disease	31	49	46	13	+ 36
Alcohol	32	49	52	5	+ 44
Low Birth Weight	33	47	9	189	- 142
Malnutrition	34	46	25	56	- 10
Diarrhoeal diseases	35	39	5	285	- 246
Bladder Cancer	36	36	49	12	+ 24
Chagas disease	37	35	74	0	+ 35
Skin Cancers	38	34	55	5	+ 30
Drownings	39	34	19	84	- 50
Tuberculosis	40	34	1	1,139	- 1,106
Parkinson's Disease	41	33	39	26	+ 7
Other Neoplasms	42	32	60	2	+ 30
Ovary Cancer	43	30	41	18	+ 12
Peptic Ulcer Disease	44	29	16	96	- 67
Birth Trauma	45	26	7	238	- 212
Epilepsy	46	22	51	8	+ 15
Uterin Cancer	47	19	50	9	+ 10
Asthma	48	18	15	123	- 105
Drug Use	49	17	58	3	+ 14
Anemia	50	17	80	0	+ 17
Rheumatic Heart Disease	51	15	40	25	- 10
Hepatitis C	52	13	65	1	+ 13
Maternal Conditions	53	10	23	60	- 50
Meningitis	54	9	31	38	- 28
Prostatic Hypertrophy	55	8	85	0	+ 8
War	56	7	67	0	+ 7
Appendicitis	57	7	57	4	+ 3
Fires	58	7	43	15	- 8
Hepatitis B	59	5	59	2	+ 3
Schizophrenia	60	5	83	0	+ 5
Rheumatoid Arthritis	61	4	61	1	+ 3
Schistosomiasis	62	4	73	0	+ 4
Leishmaniasis	63	3	72	0	+ 3
Multiple Sclerosis	64	2	63	1	+ 2
Osteoarthritis	65	2	86	0	+ 2
Poisonings	66	2	54	5	- 3
Upper Respiratory	67	2	62	1	+ 1
Syphilis	68	2	48	12	- 11
Leprosy	69	1	79	0	+ 1
Otitis Media	70	1	70	0	+ 1
Tetanus	71	1	44	14	- 13
Encephalitis	72	0	42	16	- 16
Oral conditions	73	0	84	0	+ 0
Malaria	74	0	71	0	+ 0
Pertussis	75	0	24	59	- 58
Dengue	76	0	56	5	- 5
Iodine Deficiency	77	0	76	0	+ 0
Ascariasis	78	0	64	1	- 1
Diphtheria	79	0	66	0	- 0
Chlamydia	80	0	69	0	- 0
Measles	81	0	68	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	82	0	81	0	+ 0
Trypanosomiasis	83	0	75	0	+ 0
Trichuriasis	84	0	78	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	85	0	77	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	82	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to TIMOR-LESTE

Brazil

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.