TIMOR-LESTE VS CUBA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	CUBA		TIMOR-LESTE		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	3,034	3	814	+ 2,220
Stroke	2	1,474	2	923	+ 551
Influenza and Pneumonia	3	1,177	4	651	+ 526
Lung Cancers	4	822	17	87	+ 735
Alzheimers & Dementia	5	803	18	84	+ 719
Lung Disease	6	755	6	283	+ 472
Hypertension	7	477	12	156	+ 321
Prostate Cancer	8	462	47	13	+ 450
Colon-Rectum Cancers	9	406	26	54	+ 352
Falls	10	386	21	62	+ 324
Liver Disease	11	257	10	162	+ 95
Other Injuries	12	257	20	76	+ 181
Diabetes Mellitus	13	246	11	156	+ 90
Kidney Disease	14	234	8	192	+ 42
Breast Cancer	15	230	30	38	+ 191
Suicide	16	225	27	48	+ 177
Inflammatory/Heart	17	159	33	32	+ 127
Lymphomas	18	150	34	32	+ 118
Road Traffic Accidents	19	138	13	154	- 15
Stomach Cancer	20	136	35	31	+ 105
Pancreas Cancer	21	124	45	14	+ 111
Oesophagus Cancer	22	121	53	5	+ 116
Oral Cancer	23	120	29	44	+ 76
Liver Cancer	24	112	28	45	+ 67
Other Neoplasms	25	106	60	2	+ 104
Bladder Cancer	26	101	49	12	+ 89
Parkinson's Disease	27	95	39	26	+ 69
Alcohol	28	93	52	5	+ 88
Cervical Cancer	29	91	37	28	+ 64
Leukemia	30	87	32	34	+ 53
Uterin Cancer	31	83	50	9	+ 74
Violence	32	80	22	60	+ 20
Skin Cancers	33	71	55	5	+ 66
HIV/AIDS	34	65	36	30	+ 35
Peptic Ulcer Disease	35	58	16	96	- 38
Endocrine Disorders	36	57	38	26	+ 31
Congenital Anomalies	37	51	14	144	- 93
Osteoarthritis	38	45	86	0	+ 45
Ovary Cancer	39	44	41	18	+ 26
Asthma	40	41	15	123	- 81
Skin Disease	41	35	46	13	+ 22
Drownings	42	32	19	84	- 52
Diarrhoeal diseases	43	28	5	285	- 256
Rheumatic Heart Disease	44	22	40	25	- 2
Hepatitis C	45	15	65	1	+ 15
Epilepsy	46	15	51	8	+ 7
Appendicitis	47	14	57	4	+ 10
Low Birth Weight	48	14	9	189	- 175
Rheumatoid Arthritis	49	12	61	1	+ 11
Meningitis	50	11	31	38	- 26
Drug Use	51	11	58	3	+ 8
Anemia	52	11	80	0	+ 11
Prostatic Hypertrophy	53	10	85	0	+ 10
Schizophrenia	54	9	83	0	+ 9
Malnutrition	55	9	25	56	- 47
Hepatitis B	56	8	59	2	+ 6
Multiple Sclerosis	57	8	63	1	+ 7
Fires	58	8	43	15	- 7
Birth Trauma	59	7	7	238	- 231
Tuberculosis	60	6	1	1,139	- 1,133
Maternal Conditions	61	6	23	60	- 54
Poisonings	62	2	54	5	- 3
Otitis Media	63	1	70	0	+ 1
Oral conditions	64	1	84	0	+ 1
Upper Respiratory	65	1	62	1	+ 0
Encephalitis	66	1	42	16	- 15
Leprosy	67	0	79	0	+ 0
War	68	0	67	0	- 0
Syphilis	69	0	48	12	- 12
Ascariasis	70	0	64	1	- 0
Tetanus	71	0	44	14	- 13
Iodine Deficiency	72	0	76	0	+ 0
Pertussis	73	0	24	59	- 59
Dengue	74	0	56	5	- 5
Diphtheria	75	0	66	0	- 0
Measles	76	0	68	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	77	0	77	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	78	0	78	0	- 0
Chagas disease	79	0	74	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	80	0	75	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	81	0	73	0	- 0
Malaria	82	0	71	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	83	0	72	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

Cuba

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.