TIMOR-LESTE VS GHANA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	GHANA		TIMOR-LESTE		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Influenza and Pneumonia	1	708	4	651	+ 58
Stroke	2	661	2	923	- 262
Coronary Heart Disease	3	614	3	814	- 199
HIV/AIDS	4	591	36	30	+ 561
Malaria	5	486	71	0	+ 486
Tuberculosis	6	445	1	1,139	- 694
Road Traffic Accidents	7	340	13	154	+ 186
Low Birth Weight	8	290	9	189	+ 101
Diarrhoeal diseases	9	285	5	285	+ 0
Birth Trauma	10	270	7	238	+ 32
Liver Disease	11	264	10	162	+ 102
Diabetes Mellitus	12	258	11	156	+ 102
Kidney Disease	13	181	8	192	- 11
Congenital Anomalies	14	171	14	144	+ 28
Lung Disease	15	136	6	283	- 147
Meningitis	16	130	31	38	+ 92
Liver Cancer	17	124	28	45	+ 79
Other Injuries	18	106	20	76	+ 30
Hypertension	19	97	12	156	- 58
Cervical Cancer	20	94	37	28	+ 67
Suicide	21	87	27	48	+ 39
Maternal Conditions	22	87	23	60	+ 27
Asthma	23	86	15	123	- 36
Endocrine Disorders	24	86	38	26	+ 60
Breast Cancer	25	84	30	38	+ 46
Malnutrition	26	81	25	56	+ 25
Violence	27	81	22	60	+ 21
Inflammatory/Heart	28	70	33	32	+ 38
Alzheimers & Dementia	29	56	18	84	- 28
Falls	30	51	21	62	- 11
Prostate Cancer	31	45	47	13	+ 32
Lymphomas	32	38	34	32	+ 6
Stomach Cancer	33	38	35	31	+ 7
Colon-Rectum Cancers	34	35	26	54	- 19
Pertussis	35	32	24	59	- 26
Drownings	36	32	19	84	- 51
Fires	37	32	43	15	+ 17
Ovary Cancer	38	30	41	18	+ 12
Drug Use	39	27	58	3	+ 24
Poisonings	40	23	54	5	+ 18
Syphilis	41	21	48	12	+ 9
Oral Cancer	42	21	29	44	- 23
Parkinson's Disease	43	17	39	26	- 9
Encephalitis	44	16	42	16	- 1
Leukemia	45	15	32	34	- 19
Pancreas Cancer	46	15	45	14	+ 1
Epilepsy	47	14	51	8	+ 7
Peptic Ulcer Disease	48	14	16	96	- 82
Oesophagus Cancer	49	12	53	5	+ 8
Skin Disease	50	12	46	13	- 2
Schistosomiasis	51	11	73	0	+ 11
Rheumatic Heart Disease	52	11	40	25	- 14
Bladder Cancer	53	11	49	12	- 1
Alcohol	54	11	52	5	+ 6
Lung Cancers	55	10	17	87	- 77
Tetanus	56	10	44	14	- 4
Uterin Cancer	57	10	50	9	+ 0
Skin Cancers	58	9	55	5	+ 5
Appendicitis	59	6	57	4	+ 2
Measles	60	6	68	0	+ 6
Multiple Sclerosis	61	5	63	1	+ 4
Hepatitis B	62	4	59	2	+ 2
Other Neoplasms	63	2	60	2	+ 0
War	64	1	67	0	+ 1
Hepatitis C	65	1	65	1	+ 1
Upper Respiratory	66	1	62	1	- 0
Rheumatoid Arthritis	67	1	61	1	- 1
Ascariasis	68	1	64	1	- 0
Diphtheria	69	0	66	0	- 0
Chlamydia	70	0	69	0	+ 0
Dengue	71	0	56	5	- 5
Otitis Media	72	0	70	0	- 0
Leprosy	73	0	79	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	74	0	78	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	75	0	77	0	- 0
Chagas disease	76	0	74	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	77	0	72	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	75	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	76	0	- 0
Depression	80	0	82	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	81	0	83	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	82	0	81	0	- 0
Anemia	83	0	80	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

Ghana

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.