TIMOR-LESTE VS DOMINICAN REP.: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	DOMINICAN REP.		TIMOR-LESTE		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	2,088	3	814	+ 1,274
Stroke	2	1,098	2	923	+ 175
Road Traffic Accidents	3	966	13	154	+ 813
Diabetes Mellitus	4	385	11	156	+ 229
Liver Disease	5	373	10	162	+ 211
Influenza and Pneumonia	6	314	4	651	- 337
Kidney Disease	7	295	8	192	+ 104
HIV/AIDS	8	269	36	30	+ 239
Violence	9	267	22	60	+ 207
Hypertension	10	264	12	156	+ 108
Alzheimers & Dementia	11	252	18	84	+ 168
Prostate Cancer	12	231	47	13	+ 218
Low Birth Weight	13	213	9	189	+ 25
Breast Cancer	14	203	30	38	+ 165
Lung Disease	15	190	6	283	- 94
Lung Cancers	16	173	17	87	+ 86
Congenital Anomalies	17	145	14	144	+ 1
Birth Trauma	18	127	7	238	- 110
Other Injuries	19	124	20	76	+ 48
Colon-Rectum Cancers	20	119	26	54	+ 64
Liver Cancer	21	93	28	45	+ 48
Endocrine Disorders	22	84	38	26	+ 58
Cervical Cancer	23	78	37	28	+ 50
Stomach Cancer	24	76	35	31	+ 46
Suicide	25	74	27	48	+ 26
Diarrhoeal diseases	26	70	5	285	- 214
Pancreas Cancer	27	63	45	14	+ 50
Parkinson's Disease	28	62	39	26	+ 37
Asthma	29	61	15	123	- 61
Falls	30	61	21	62	- 1
Oral Cancer	31	60	29	44	+ 16
Leukemia	32	57	32	34	+ 23
Lymphomas	33	52	34	32	+ 20
Malnutrition	34	52	25	56	- 4
Inflammatory/Heart	35	43	33	32	+ 11
Peptic Ulcer Disease	36	41	16	96	- 55
Drownings	37	35	19	84	- 49
Tuberculosis	38	34	1	1,139	- 1,105
Maternal Conditions	39	28	23	60	- 32
Oesophagus Cancer	40	28	53	5	+ 23
Skin Cancers	41	24	55	5	+ 19
Epilepsy	42	22	51	8	+ 14
Drug Use	43	22	58	3	+ 19
Fires	44	19	43	15	+ 5
Meningitis	45	19	31	38	- 19
Rheumatic Heart Disease	46	17	40	25	- 8
Pertussis	47	17	24	59	- 42
Alcohol	48	17	52	5	+ 12
Bladder Cancer	49	13	49	12	+ 1
Ovary Cancer	50	12	41	18	- 6
Syphilis	51	10	48	12	- 3
Appendicitis	52	9	57	4	+ 5
Skin Disease	53	7	46	13	- 6
Rheumatoid Arthritis	54	7	61	1	+ 6
Poisonings	55	7	54	5	+ 2
Encephalitis	56	6	42	16	- 10
Uterin Cancer	57	6	50	9	- 3
Other Neoplasms	58	5	60	2	+ 3
Schistosomiasis	59	3	73	0	+ 3
Hepatitis C	60	2	65	1	+ 2
Tetanus	61	2	44	14	- 11
Multiple Sclerosis	62	2	63	1	+ 1
Hepatitis B	63	2	59	2	- 1
Dengue	64	1	56	5	- 4
Malaria	65	1	71	0	+ 1
Chlamydia	66	0	69	0	+ 0
War	67	0	67	0	- 0
Upper Respiratory	68	0	62	1	- 1
Diphtheria	69	0	66	0	- 0
Ascariasis	70	0	64	1	- 0
Otitis Media	71	0	70	0	- 0
Leprosy	72	0	79	0	- 0
Chagas disease	73	0	74	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	74	0	72	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	75	0	75	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	76	0	77	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	77	0	78	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	78	0	76	0	- 0
Measles	79	0	68	0	- 0
Depression	80	0	82	0	- 0
Anemia	81	0	80	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	82	0	81	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	83	0	83	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	84	0	86	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	85	0	85	0	- 0
Oral conditions	86	0	84	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to TIMOR-LESTE

Dominican Rep.

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.