TIMOR-LESTE VS GAMBIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	GAMBIA		TIMOR-LESTE		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Influenza and Pneumonia	1	800	4	651	+ 150
HIV/AIDS	2	672	36	30	+ 642
Coronary Heart Disease	3	601	3	814	- 212
Stroke	4	479	2	923	- 444
Birth Trauma	5	450	7	238	+ 213
Road Traffic Accidents	6	415	13	154	+ 261
Malaria	7	403	71	0	+ 402
Low Birth Weight	8	395	9	189	+ 206
Diarrhoeal diseases	9	374	5	285	+ 89
Tuberculosis	10	266	1	1,139	- 873
Congenital Anomalies	11	229	14	144	+ 85
Liver Cancer	12	225	28	45	+ 180
Maternal Conditions	13	206	23	60	+ 146
Liver Disease	14	193	10	162	+ 31
Diabetes Mellitus	15	173	11	156	+ 17
Kidney Disease	16	159	8	192	- 33
Endocrine Disorders	17	137	38	26	+ 111
Meningitis	18	137	31	38	+ 99
Lung Disease	19	123	6	283	- 160
Violence	20	116	22	60	+ 56
Other Injuries	21	116	20	76	+ 40
Hypertension	22	103	12	156	- 53
Cervical Cancer	23	86	37	28	+ 59
Asthma	24	80	15	123	- 43
Suicide	25	67	27	48	+ 19
Malnutrition	26	65	25	56	+ 10
Pertussis	27	59	24	59	+ 0
Alzheimers & Dementia	28	53	18	84	- 31
Falls	29	50	21	62	- 12
Drownings	30	41	19	84	- 43
Fires	31	40	43	15	+ 25
Inflammatory/Heart	32	35	33	32	+ 3
Peptic Ulcer Disease	33	34	16	96	- 62
Syphilis	34	33	48	12	+ 20
Epilepsy	35	26	51	8	+ 18
Poisonings	36	25	54	5	+ 20
Parkinson's Disease	37	20	39	26	- 5
Lung Cancers	38	20	17	87	- 67
Drug Use	39	17	58	3	+ 14
Breast Cancer	40	16	30	38	- 23
Rheumatic Heart Disease	41	14	40	25	- 11
Schistosomiasis	42	14	73	0	+ 14
Prostate Cancer	43	12	47	13	- 0
Skin Disease	44	11	46	13	- 2
Tetanus	45	11	44	14	- 3
Hepatitis B	46	8	59	2	+ 6
Stomach Cancer	47	8	35	31	- 23
Encephalitis	48	8	42	16	- 8
Measles	49	8	68	0	+ 8
Alcohol	50	7	52	5	+ 2
Lymphomas	51	7	34	32	- 25
Colon-Rectum Cancers	52	6	26	54	- 48
Pancreas Cancer	53	3	45	14	- 10
Oesophagus Cancer	54	3	53	5	- 2
Appendicitis	55	3	57	4	- 2
Bladder Cancer	56	3	49	12	- 9
Other Neoplasms	57	2	60	2	- 0
Multiple Sclerosis	58	2	63	1	+ 1
Leukemia	59	1	32	34	- 33
Leishmaniasis	60	1	72	0	+ 1
Ovary Cancer	61	1	41	18	- 17
Rheumatoid Arthritis	62	1	61	1	- 0
Ascariasis	63	1	64	1	+ 0
Upper Respiratory	64	1	62	1	+ 0
Hepatitis C	65	1	65	1	+ 0
Uterin Cancer	66	1	50	9	- 8
Diphtheria	67	0	66	0	- 0
Skin Cancers	68	0	55	5	- 5
War	69	0	67	0	- 0
Chlamydia	70	0	69	0	+ 0
Oral Cancer	71	0	29	44	- 44
Otitis Media	72	0	70	0	- 0
Dengue	73	0	56	5	- 5
Trichuriasis	74	0	78	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	75	0	77	0	- 0
Leprosy	76	0	79	0	- 0
Chagas disease	77	0	74	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	75	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	76	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	80	0	85	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	81	0	86	0	- 0
Oral conditions	82	0	84	0	- 0
Anemia	83	0	80	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	84	0	81	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	85	0	83	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	82	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to TIMOR-LESTE

Gambia

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.