TIMOR-LESTE VS GUINEA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	GUINEA		TIMOR-LESTE		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Influenza and Pneumonia	1	1,378	4	651	+ 727
Malaria	2	881	71	0	+ 881
Diarrhoeal diseases	3	731	5	285	+ 447
Measles	4	649	68	0	+ 649
Stroke	5	622	2	923	- 301
Coronary Heart Disease	6	610	3	814	- 203
Birth Trauma	7	517	7	238	+ 279
Low Birth Weight	8	465	9	189	+ 276
Road Traffic Accidents	9	408	13	154	+ 254
HIV/AIDS	10	325	36	30	+ 296
Meningitis	11	284	31	38	+ 246
Liver Disease	12	275	10	162	+ 113
Tuberculosis	13	255	1	1,139	- 884
Congenital Anomalies	14	235	14	144	+ 91
Diabetes Mellitus	15	230	11	156	+ 74
Kidney Disease	16	209	8	192	+ 17
Maternal Conditions	17	193	23	60	+ 133
Other Injuries	18	162	20	76	+ 86
Cervical Cancer	19	161	37	28	+ 133
Lung Disease	20	148	6	283	- 135
Hypertension	21	145	12	156	- 10
Asthma	22	127	15	123	+ 4
Liver Cancer	23	126	28	45	+ 81
Pertussis	24	126	24	59	+ 67
Endocrine Disorders	25	123	38	26	+ 97
Violence	26	122	22	60	+ 61
Trypanosomiasis	27	116	75	0	+ 116
Malnutrition	28	111	25	56	+ 55
Suicide	29	96	27	48	+ 48
Alzheimers & Dementia	30	62	18	84	- 22
Drownings	31	57	19	84	- 27
Prostate Cancer	32	57	47	13	+ 44
Falls	33	52	21	62	- 10
Peptic Ulcer Disease	34	48	16	96	- 47
Inflammatory/Heart	35	47	33	32	+ 15
Fires	36	44	43	15	+ 29
Epilepsy	37	38	51	8	+ 30
Breast Cancer	38	37	30	38	- 1
Syphilis	39	35	48	12	+ 23
Poisonings	40	32	54	5	+ 27
Stomach Cancer	41	26	35	31	- 4
Rheumatic Heart Disease	42	26	40	25	+ 1
Schistosomiasis	43	25	73	0	+ 25
Parkinson's Disease	44	23	39	26	- 3
Tetanus	45	18	44	14	+ 5
Drug Use	46	18	58	3	+ 15
Hepatitis B	47	17	59	2	+ 15
Lymphomas	48	17	34	32	- 15
Skin Cancers	49	16	55	5	+ 12
Lung Cancers	50	14	17	87	- 74
Skin Disease	51	14	46	13	+ 1
Oral Cancer	52	13	29	44	- 31
Colon-Rectum Cancers	53	11	26	54	- 43
Ovary Cancer	54	10	41	18	- 8
Alcohol	55	9	52	5	+ 4
Encephalitis	56	9	42	16	- 7
Appendicitis	57	4	57	4	+ 0
Diphtheria	58	4	66	0	+ 4
Uterin Cancer	59	4	50	9	- 5
Bladder Cancer	60	3	49	12	- 9
Hepatitis C	61	2	65	1	+ 2
Ascariasis	62	2	64	1	+ 2
Oesophagus Cancer	63	2	53	5	- 3
War	64	2	67	0	+ 2
Pancreas Cancer	65	2	45	14	- 11
Multiple Sclerosis	66	2	63	1	+ 1
Leukemia	67	2	32	34	- 32
Other Neoplasms	68	2	60	2	- 0
Upper Respiratory	69	2	62	1	+ 1
Rheumatoid Arthritis	70	1	61	1	+ 0
Chlamydia	71	0	69	0	+ 0
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
Iodine Deficiency	76	0	76	0	- 0
Chagas disease	77	0	74	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	78	0	72	0	- 0
Leprosy	79	0	79	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
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

Guinea

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.