TIMOR-LESTE VS EL SALVADOR: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	EL SALVADOR		TIMOR-LESTE		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	1,322	3	814	+ 508
Violence	2	1,247	22	60	+ 1,187
Kidney Disease	3	1,074	8	192	+ 882
Influenza and Pneumonia	4	550	4	651	- 101
Stroke	5	363	2	923	- 560
Lung Disease	6	339	6	283	+ 56
Diabetes Mellitus	7	315	11	156	+ 159
Road Traffic Accidents	8	306	13	154	+ 152
HIV/AIDS	9	191	36	30	+ 162
Liver Disease	10	181	10	162	+ 19
Stomach Cancer	11	160	35	31	+ 129
Alcohol	12	147	52	5	+ 142
Cervical Cancer	13	103	37	28	+ 75
Congenital Anomalies	14	102	14	144	- 41
Suicide	15	89	27	48	+ 41
Liver Cancer	16	81	28	45	+ 36
Prostate Cancer	17	75	47	13	+ 62
Alzheimers & Dementia	18	73	18	84	- 11
Low Birth Weight	19	72	9	189	- 117
Colon-Rectum Cancers	20	72	26	54	+ 17
Leukemia	21	71	32	34	+ 37
Breast Cancer	22	66	30	38	+ 28
Lung Cancers	23	66	17	87	- 21
Falls	24	55	21	62	- 7
Endocrine Disorders	25	51	38	26	+ 25
Malnutrition	26	49	25	56	- 7
Diarrhoeal diseases	27	45	5	285	- 239
Lymphomas	28	42	34	32	+ 11
Pancreas Cancer	29	37	45	14	+ 23
Peptic Ulcer Disease	30	36	16	96	- 60
Hypertension	31	33	12	156	- 122
Other Neoplasms	32	33	60	2	+ 31
Drownings	33	31	19	84	- 53
Anemia	34	30	80	0	+ 30
Asthma	35	28	15	123	- 95
Skin Disease	36	27	46	13	+ 14
Birth Trauma	37	27	7	238	- 210
Other Injuries	38	22	20	76	- 54
Oral Cancer	39	21	29	44	- 23
Ovary Cancer	40	21	41	18	+ 3
Oesophagus Cancer	41	18	53	5	+ 13
Inflammatory/Heart	42	18	33	32	- 15
Drug Use	43	17	58	3	+ 14
Parkinson's Disease	44	16	39	26	- 10
Prostatic Hypertrophy	45	15	85	0	+ 15
Tuberculosis	46	14	1	1,139	- 1,125
Skin Cancers	47	14	55	5	+ 9
Epilepsy	48	11	51	8	+ 4
Bladder Cancer	49	9	49	12	- 2
Uterin Cancer	50	9	50	9	- 0
Meningitis	51	8	31	38	- 30
Pertussis	52	7	24	59	- 51
Maternal Conditions	53	6	23	60	- 54
Fires	54	5	43	15	- 10
Chagas disease	55	4	74	0	+ 4
Appendicitis	56	4	57	4	- 0
Poisonings	57	3	54	5	- 1
Syphilis	58	3	48	12	- 9
Rheumatoid Arthritis	59	3	61	1	+ 2
Tetanus	60	3	44	14	- 11
Dengue	61	2	56	5	- 3
Upper Respiratory	62	2	62	1	+ 1
Encephalitis	63	2	42	16	- 14
Multiple Sclerosis	64	2	63	1	+ 1
Rheumatic Heart Disease	65	1	40	25	- 23
Hepatitis B	66	1	59	2	- 1
Schizophrenia	67	1	83	0	+ 1
Oral conditions	68	1	84	0	+ 1
Osteoarthritis	69	0	86	0	+ 0
War	70	0	67	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	71	0	76	0	+ 0
Ascariasis	72	0	64	1	- 1
Leishmaniasis	73	0	72	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	74	0	66	0	- 0
Hepatitis C	75	0	65	1	- 1
Measles	76	0	68	0	- 0
Otitis Media	77	0	70	0	- 0
Leprosy	78	0	79	0	- 0
Chlamydia	79	0	69	0	- 0
Malaria	80	0	71	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	81	0	75	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	82	0	73	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	83	0	77	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	84	0	78	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	81	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	82	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to TIMOR-LESTE

El Salvador

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.