TIMOR-LESTE VS ERITREA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	ERITREA		TIMOR-LESTE		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Influenza and Pneumonia	1	778	4	651	+ 128
Stroke	2	609	2	923	- 314
Diarrhoeal diseases	3	544	5	285	+ 260
Coronary Heart Disease	4	512	3	814	- 302
Road Traffic Accidents	5	315	13	154	+ 161
Liver Disease	6	289	10	162	+ 126
Diabetes Mellitus	7	224	11	156	+ 68
Hypertension	8	220	12	156	+ 64
Lung Disease	9	157	6	283	- 126
Malnutrition	10	157	25	56	+ 101
Birth Trauma	11	146	7	238	- 91
Kidney Disease	12	137	8	192	- 55
Maternal Conditions	13	129	23	60	+ 69
Tuberculosis	14	129	1	1,139	- 1,010
Other Injuries	15	128	20	76	+ 52
Low Birth Weight	16	126	9	189	- 63
Malaria	17	104	71	0	+ 104
Congenital Anomalies	18	103	14	144	- 41
Meningitis	19	96	31	38	+ 58
Violence	20	91	22	60	+ 31
Suicide	21	91	27	48	+ 43
Asthma	22	77	15	123	- 45
Breast Cancer	23	74	30	38	+ 36
Alzheimers & Dementia	24	74	18	84	- 11
HIV/AIDS	25	73	36	30	+ 43
Falls	26	40	21	62	- 22
Peptic Ulcer Disease	27	35	16	96	- 61
Lymphomas	28	35	34	32	+ 3
Leukemia	29	34	32	34	+ 0
Cervical Cancer	30	31	37	28	+ 4
Fires	31	31	43	15	+ 17
Inflammatory/Heart	32	29	33	32	- 3
Drownings	33	28	19	84	- 56
Poisonings	34	27	54	5	+ 22
Colon-Rectum Cancers	35	27	26	54	- 27
Pertussis	36	21	24	59	- 37
Parkinson's Disease	37	20	39	26	- 5
Epilepsy	38	19	51	8	+ 12
Oesophagus Cancer	39	19	53	5	+ 14
Ovary Cancer	40	19	41	18	+ 1
Rheumatic Heart Disease	41	18	40	25	- 6
Schistosomiasis	42	17	73	0	+ 17
Endocrine Disorders	43	17	38	26	- 9
Oral Cancer	44	17	29	44	- 27
Liver Cancer	45	16	28	45	- 28
Lung Cancers	46	15	17	87	- 73
Prostate Cancer	47	13	47	13	+ 0
Stomach Cancer	48	11	35	31	- 19
Alcohol	49	11	52	5	+ 6
Skin Disease	50	11	46	13	- 3
Bladder Cancer	51	10	49	12	- 2
Tetanus	52	9	44	14	- 5
Drug Use	53	9	58	3	+ 6
Syphilis	54	8	48	12	- 4
Appendicitis	55	7	57	4	+ 3
Skin Cancers	56	7	55	5	+ 2
Hepatitis B	57	7	59	2	+ 4
Pancreas Cancer	58	5	45	14	- 9
Leishmaniasis	59	5	72	0	+ 5
Upper Respiratory	60	4	62	1	+ 3
Uterin Cancer	61	4	50	9	- 5
Encephalitis	62	4	42	16	- 12
Measles	63	3	68	0	+ 3
Rheumatoid Arthritis	64	3	61	1	+ 2
Hepatitis C	65	2	65	1	+ 1
Other Neoplasms	66	1	60	2	- 0
Multiple Sclerosis	67	1	63	1	+ 0
Ascariasis	68	0	64	1	- 0
Otitis Media	69	0	70	0	+ 0
Chlamydia	70	0	69	0	+ 0
War	71	0	67	0	- 0
Diphtheria	72	0	66	0	- 0
Dengue	73	0	56	5	- 5
Hookworm Disease	74	0	77	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	75	0	78	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	76	0	75	0	- 0
Chagas disease	77	0	74	0	- 0
Leprosy	78	0	79	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	76	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
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

Eritrea

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.