TIMOR-LESTE VS COSTA RICA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	COSTA RICA		TIMOR-LESTE		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	755	3	814	- 58
Stroke	2	465	2	923	- 458
Kidney Disease	3	424	8	192	+ 232
Lung Disease	4	299	6	283	+ 16
Diabetes Mellitus	5	273	11	156	+ 117
Hypertension	6	247	12	156	+ 91
Influenza and Pneumonia	7	239	4	651	- 412
Alzheimers & Dementia	8	234	18	84	+ 150
Road Traffic Accidents	9	213	13	154	+ 60
Stomach Cancer	10	189	35	31	+ 158
Violence	11	182	22	60	+ 122
Colon-Rectum Cancers	12	178	26	54	+ 124
Other Injuries	13	163	20	76	+ 87
Prostate Cancer	14	128	47	13	+ 115
Suicide	15	116	27	48	+ 69
Breast Cancer	16	110	30	38	+ 71
Liver Cancer	17	109	28	45	+ 64
Liver Disease	18	106	10	162	- 56
Lymphomas	19	102	34	32	+ 70
Lung Cancers	20	98	17	87	+ 11
Congenital Anomalies	21	90	14	144	- 53
Pancreas Cancer	22	84	45	14	+ 70
Other Neoplasms	23	76	60	2	+ 74
Leukemia	24	75	32	34	+ 41
HIV/AIDS	25	55	36	30	+ 25
Inflammatory/Heart	26	55	33	32	+ 22
Endocrine Disorders	27	52	38	26	+ 27
Low Birth Weight	28	51	9	189	- 138
Cervical Cancer	29	45	37	28	+ 18
Parkinson's Disease	30	40	39	26	+ 14
Skin Cancers	31	39	55	5	+ 34
Skin Disease	32	36	46	13	+ 23
Alcohol	33	36	52	5	+ 31
Epilepsy	34	33	51	8	+ 25
Falls	35	33	21	62	- 29
Bladder Cancer	36	29	49	12	+ 17
Drownings	37	28	19	84	- 56
Oral Cancer	38	27	29	44	- 16
Diarrhoeal diseases	39	25	5	285	- 260
Ovary Cancer	40	23	41	18	+ 5
Uterin Cancer	41	23	50	9	+ 14
Peptic Ulcer Disease	42	21	16	96	- 75
Drug Use	43	18	58	3	+ 15
Oesophagus Cancer	44	17	53	5	+ 13
Asthma	45	17	15	123	- 105
Rheumatoid Arthritis	46	16	61	1	+ 15
Birth Trauma	47	14	7	238	- 224
Malnutrition	48	11	25	56	- 45
Rheumatic Heart Disease	49	9	40	25	- 15
Tuberculosis	50	9	1	1,139	- 1,130
Anemia	51	7	80	0	+ 7
Appendicitis	52	6	57	4	+ 2
Schizophrenia	53	6	83	0	+ 6
Meningitis	54	5	31	38	- 33
Maternal Conditions	55	5	23	60	- 55
Prostatic Hypertrophy	56	4	85	0	+ 4
Multiple Sclerosis	57	3	63	1	+ 2
Fires	58	3	43	15	- 12
Hepatitis B	59	2	59	2	- 0
Poisonings	60	2	54	5	- 3
Osteoarthritis	61	1	86	0	+ 1
Upper Respiratory	62	1	62	1	+ 0
Encephalitis	63	1	42	16	- 15
Hepatitis C	64	0	65	1	- 0
Syphilis	65	0	48	12	- 12
Oral conditions	66	0	84	0	+ 0
Leprosy	67	0	79	0	+ 0
War	68	0	67	0	- 0
Pertussis	69	0	24	59	- 58
Dengue	70	0	56	5	- 5
Ascariasis	71	0	64	1	- 1
Leishmaniasis	72	0	72	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	73	0	66	0	- 0
Tetanus	74	0	44	14	- 14
Measles	75	0	68	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	76	0	73	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	77	0	75	0	- 0
Malaria	78	0	71	0	- 0
Chagas disease	79	0	74	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	80	0	77	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	81	0	78	0	- 0
Otitis Media	82	0	70	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	83	0	76	0	- 0
Chlamydia	84	0	69	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

Costa Rica

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.