TIMOR-LESTE VS GUATEMALA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	GUATEMALA		TIMOR-LESTE		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	811	3	814	- 3
Influenza and Pneumonia	2	763	4	651	+ 112
Diabetes Mellitus	3	572	11	156	+ 416
Kidney Disease	4	518	8	192	+ 326
Liver Disease	5	469	10	162	+ 307
Stroke	6	400	2	923	- 523
Violence	7	364	22	60	+ 304
Road Traffic Accidents	8	332	13	154	+ 178
Diarrhoeal diseases	9	216	5	285	- 69
Other Injuries	10	204	20	76	+ 128
Malnutrition	11	163	25	56	+ 108
Alzheimers & Dementia	12	162	18	84	+ 77
Lung Disease	13	157	6	283	- 126
Alcohol	14	148	52	5	+ 143
Liver Cancer	15	146	28	45	+ 101
Low Birth Weight	16	137	9	189	- 52
Stomach Cancer	17	130	35	31	+ 99
Congenital Anomalies	18	125	14	144	- 18
Birth Trauma	19	121	7	238	- 117
Falls	20	113	21	62	+ 51
HIV/AIDS	21	97	36	30	+ 67
Suicide	22	86	27	48	+ 38
Peptic Ulcer Disease	23	85	16	96	- 11
Prostate Cancer	24	70	47	13	+ 57
Cervical Cancer	25	67	37	28	+ 39
Hypertension	26	56	12	156	- 100
Leukemia	27	50	32	34	+ 16
Breast Cancer	28	41	30	38	+ 2
Endocrine Disorders	29	40	38	26	+ 14
Maternal Conditions	30	39	23	60	- 21
Colon-Rectum Cancers	31	38	26	54	- 16
Drownings	32	38	19	84	- 45
Epilepsy	33	38	51	8	+ 30
Parkinson's Disease	34	32	39	26	+ 7
Lung Cancers	35	32	17	87	- 55
Asthma	36	28	15	123	- 95
Tuberculosis	37	25	1	1,139	- 1,114
Pancreas Cancer	38	23	45	14	+ 10
Poisonings	39	23	54	5	+ 18
Drug Use	40	22	58	3	+ 19
Meningitis	41	22	31	38	- 15
Skin Disease	42	19	46	13	+ 6
Lymphomas	43	19	34	32	- 13
Inflammatory/Heart	44	19	33	32	- 14
Fires	45	17	43	15	+ 2
Skin Cancers	46	16	55	5	+ 11
Appendicitis	47	14	57	4	+ 9
Oesophagus Cancer	48	12	53	5	+ 7
Oral Cancer	49	12	29	44	- 32
Ovary Cancer	50	11	41	18	- 7
Encephalitis	51	9	42	16	- 8
Rheumatoid Arthritis	52	7	61	1	+ 6
Pertussis	53	6	24	59	- 53
Rheumatic Heart Disease	54	5	40	25	- 20
Bladder Cancer	55	5	49	12	- 7
Other Neoplasms	56	3	60	2	+ 2
Upper Respiratory	57	3	62	1	+ 2
Dengue	58	3	56	5	- 2
Uterin Cancer	59	2	50	9	- 7
Multiple Sclerosis	60	2	63	1	+ 1
Chagas disease	61	2	74	0	+ 2
Tetanus	62	1	44	14	- 13
Ascariasis	63	1	64	1	+ 0
Syphilis	64	0	48	12	- 12
Hepatitis B	65	0	59	2	- 2
Hepatitis C	66	0	65	1	- 0
Chlamydia	67	0	69	0	+ 0
War	68	0	67	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	69	0	72	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	70	0	70	0	- 0
Diphtheria	71	0	66	0	- 0
Measles	72	0	68	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	73	0	75	0	- 0
Malaria	74	0	71	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	75	0	73	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	76	0	76	0	- 0
Leprosy	77	0	79	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	78	0	77	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	79	0	78	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	80	0	83	0	- 0
Depression	81	0	82	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

Guatemala

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.