TIMOR-LESTE VS CONGO: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	CONGO		TIMOR-LESTE		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
HIV/AIDS	1	1,114	36	30	+ 1,085
Tuberculosis	2	687	1	1,139	- 452
Influenza and Pneumonia	3	637	4	651	- 14
Coronary Heart Disease	4	616	3	814	- 197
Stroke	5	560	2	923	- 363
Malaria	6	489	71	0	+ 489
Road Traffic Accidents	7	395	13	154	+ 241
Diarrhoeal diseases	8	322	5	285	+ 38
Low Birth Weight	9	317	9	189	+ 128
Diabetes Mellitus	10	259	11	156	+ 103
Birth Trauma	11	246	7	238	+ 9
Hypertension	12	230	12	156	+ 75
Liver Disease	13	230	10	162	+ 68
Congenital Anomalies	14	180	14	144	+ 37
Kidney Disease	15	151	8	192	- 40
Maternal Conditions	16	143	23	60	+ 83
Lung Disease	17	134	6	283	- 149
Violence	18	133	22	60	+ 73
Suicide	19	86	27	48	+ 38
Other Injuries	20	82	20	76	+ 6
Pertussis	21	81	24	59	+ 23
Meningitis	22	74	31	38	+ 36
Asthma	23	72	15	123	- 51
Malnutrition	24	67	25	56	+ 11
Alzheimers & Dementia	25	57	18	84	- 27
Inflammatory/Heart	26	54	33	32	+ 22
Endocrine Disorders	27	51	38	26	+ 25
Prostate Cancer	28	49	47	13	+ 36
Cervical Cancer	29	48	37	28	+ 21
Liver Cancer	30	42	28	45	- 3
Measles	31	39	68	0	+ 39
Breast Cancer	32	39	30	38	+ 1
Falls	33	37	21	62	- 25
Syphilis	34	26	48	12	+ 14
Peptic Ulcer Disease	35	26	16	96	- 70
Drownings	36	26	19	84	- 58
Fires	37	22	43	15	+ 8
Colon-Rectum Cancers	38	22	26	54	- 32
Stomach Cancer	39	22	35	31	- 9
Epilepsy	40	19	51	8	+ 11
Poisonings	41	17	54	5	+ 13
Parkinson's Disease	42	17	39	26	- 9
Rheumatic Heart Disease	43	16	40	25	- 8
Drug Use	44	16	58	3	+ 13
Lymphomas	45	15	34	32	- 17
Leukemia	46	14	32	34	- 20
Lung Cancers	47	13	17	87	- 74
Ovary Cancer	48	12	41	18	- 6
Alcohol	49	11	52	5	+ 6
Skin Disease	50	11	46	13	- 2
Schistosomiasis	51	11	73	0	+ 11
Pancreas Cancer	52	10	45	14	- 3
Skin Cancers	53	9	55	5	+ 4
Oral Cancer	54	8	29	44	- 36
Tetanus	55	6	44	14	- 8
Encephalitis	56	5	42	16	- 11
Oesophagus Cancer	57	5	53	5	- 0
Appendicitis	58	5	57	4	+ 0
Rheumatoid Arthritis	59	4	61	1	+ 2
Uterin Cancer	60	4	50	9	- 5
Bladder Cancer	61	4	49	12	- 8
Hepatitis B	62	4	59	2	+ 1
Other Neoplasms	63	2	60	2	+ 0
Upper Respiratory	64	2	62	1	+ 1
Trypanosomiasis	65	2	75	0	+ 2
Multiple Sclerosis	66	1	63	1	+ 0
Hepatitis C	67	1	65	1	+ 0
Diphtheria	68	0	66	0	+ 0
Ascariasis	69	0	64	1	- 0
Chlamydia	70	0	69	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	71	0	70	0	+ 0
War	72	0	67	0	- 0
Dengue	73	0	56	5	- 5
Hookworm Disease	74	0	77	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	75	0	78	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	76	0	76	0	- 0
Leprosy	77	0	79	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	78	0	72	0	- 0
Chagas disease	79	0	74	0	- 0
Depression	80	0	82	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	81	0	83	0	- 0
Anemia	82	0	80	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	83	0	81	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	84	0	85	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	85	0	86	0	- 0
Oral conditions	86	0	84	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to TIMOR-LESTE

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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.