TIMOR-LESTE VS COLOMBIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	COLOMBIA		TIMOR-LESTE		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	1,309	3	814	+ 495
Violence	2	586	22	60	+ 525
Stroke	3	504	2	923	- 419
Lung Disease	4	484	6	283	+ 201
Influenza and Pneumonia	5	327	4	651	- 323
Road Traffic Accidents	6	236	13	154	+ 82
Kidney Disease	7	208	8	192	+ 16
Hypertension	8	194	12	156	+ 39
Stomach Cancer	9	186	35	31	+ 155
Lung Cancers	10	160	17	87	+ 72
Diabetes Mellitus	11	153	11	156	- 3
Colon-Rectum Cancers	12	133	26	54	+ 79
Breast Cancer	13	112	30	38	+ 73
Prostate Cancer	14	109	47	13	+ 96
Other Neoplasms	15	97	60	2	+ 96
Congenital Anomalies	16	90	14	144	- 54
HIV/AIDS	17	82	36	30	+ 52
Lymphomas	18	79	34	32	+ 47
Liver Disease	19	74	10	162	- 88
Cervical Cancer	20	69	37	28	+ 41
Leukemia	21	67	32	34	+ 33
Alzheimers & Dementia	22	66	18	84	- 19
Low Birth Weight	23	64	9	189	- 125
Liver Cancer	24	63	28	45	+ 18
Pancreas Cancer	25	61	45	14	+ 48
Suicide	26	60	27	48	+ 12
Malnutrition	27	57	25	56	+ 1
Other Injuries	28	48	20	76	- 28
Falls	29	46	21	62	- 16
Endocrine Disorders	30	42	38	26	+ 16
Inflammatory/Heart	31	40	33	32	+ 8
Tuberculosis	32	39	1	1,139	- 1,100
Ovary Cancer	33	34	41	18	+ 16
Skin Disease	34	33	46	13	+ 20
Skin Cancers	35	31	55	5	+ 26
Oesophagus Cancer	36	25	53	5	+ 20
Oral Cancer	37	25	29	44	- 19
Diarrhoeal diseases	38	23	5	285	- 262
Peptic Ulcer Disease	39	21	16	96	- 75
Drownings	40	21	19	84	- 63
Birth Trauma	41	20	7	238	- 218
Bladder Cancer	42	19	49	12	+ 7
Epilepsy	43	18	51	8	+ 10
Drug Use	44	15	58	3	+ 12
Uterin Cancer	45	13	50	9	+ 4
Maternal Conditions	46	12	23	60	- 48
Parkinson's Disease	47	12	39	26	- 14
Prostatic Hypertrophy	48	10	85	0	+ 10
War	49	8	67	0	+ 8
Meningitis	50	7	31	38	- 30
Rheumatoid Arthritis	51	7	61	1	+ 6
Appendicitis	52	6	57	4	+ 2
Chagas disease	53	6	74	0	+ 6
Asthma	54	6	15	123	- 117
Dengue	55	4	56	5	- 1
Fires	56	4	43	15	- 11
Anemia	57	3	80	0	+ 3
Osteoarthritis	58	2	86	0	+ 2
Hepatitis C	59	2	65	1	+ 1
Multiple Sclerosis	60	2	63	1	+ 1
Poisonings	61	2	54	5	- 3
Hepatitis B	62	2	59	2	- 1
Rheumatic Heart Disease	63	1	40	25	- 24
Encephalitis	64	1	42	16	- 15
Syphilis	65	1	48	12	- 12
Upper Respiratory	66	1	62	1	+ 0
Malaria	67	1	71	0	+ 1
Alcohol	68	1	52	5	- 4
Pertussis	69	1	24	59	- 58
Schizophrenia	70	1	83	0	+ 1
Tetanus	71	0	44	14	- 13
Leprosy	72	0	79	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	73	0	70	0	+ 0
Leishmaniasis	74	0	72	0	+ 0
Oral conditions	75	0	84	0	+ 0
Ascariasis	76	0	64	1	- 0
Schistosomiasis	77	0	73	0	+ 0
Measles	78	0	68	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	79	0	77	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	80	0	66	0	- 0
Chlamydia	81	0	69	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	82	0	76	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	83	0	78	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	84	0	75	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

Colombia

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.