TIMOR-LESTE VS ICELAND: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	ICELAND		TIMOR-LESTE		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	1,670	3	814	+ 856
Alzheimers & Dementia	2	1,223	18	84	+ 1,139
Stroke	3	582	2	923	- 341
Lung Cancers	4	555	17	87	+ 468
Lung Disease	5	533	6	283	+ 250
Influenza and Pneumonia	6	341	4	651	- 310
Colon-Rectum Cancers	7	304	26	54	+ 250
Prostate Cancer	8	252	47	13	+ 239
Breast Cancer	9	221	30	38	+ 182
Parkinson's Disease	10	219	39	26	+ 194
Other Injuries	11	207	20	76	+ 131
Pancreas Cancer	12	179	45	14	+ 166
Suicide	13	167	27	48	+ 119
Lymphomas	14	152	34	32	+ 120
Kidney Disease	15	138	8	192	- 54
Diabetes Mellitus	16	123	11	156	- 33
Hypertension	17	100	12	156	- 55
Falls	18	98	21	62	+ 36
Oesophagus Cancer	19	93	53	5	+ 88
Liver Cancer	20	93	28	45	+ 48
Bladder Cancer	21	84	49	12	+ 72
Leukemia	22	78	32	34	+ 44
Stomach Cancer	23	73	35	31	+ 42
Drug Use	24	70	58	3	+ 67
Ovary Cancer	25	68	41	18	+ 50
Inflammatory/Heart	26	65	33	32	+ 32
Endocrine Disorders	27	65	38	26	+ 39
Alcohol	28	59	52	5	+ 53
Skin Cancers	29	54	55	5	+ 49
Other Neoplasms	30	40	60	2	+ 38
Liver Disease	31	39	10	162	- 123
Cervical Cancer	32	38	37	28	+ 10
Oral Cancer	33	35	29	44	- 9
Congenital Anomalies	34	31	14	144	- 113
Road Traffic Accidents	35	29	13	154	- 125
Uterin Cancer	36	29	50	9	+ 20
Epilepsy	37	22	51	8	+ 15
Rheumatoid Arthritis	38	18	61	1	+ 16
Violence	39	17	22	60	- 44
Anemia	40	15	80	0	+ 15
Peptic Ulcer Disease	41	13	16	96	- 82
Poisonings	42	13	54	5	+ 8
Low Birth Weight	43	12	9	189	- 176
Multiple Sclerosis	44	11	63	1	+ 11
Skin Disease	45	11	46	13	- 2
Birth Trauma	46	10	7	238	- 228
Osteoarthritis	47	9	86	0	+ 9
Asthma	48	7	15	123	- 116
Schizophrenia	49	6	83	0	+ 6
Meningitis	50	5	31	38	- 32
Upper Respiratory	51	5	62	1	+ 4
Hepatitis C	52	5	65	1	+ 4
Prostatic Hypertrophy	53	4	85	0	+ 4
Rheumatic Heart Disease	54	4	40	25	- 20
Diarrhoeal diseases	55	4	5	285	- 281
Drownings	56	4	19	84	- 80
Malnutrition	57	2	25	56	- 54
Fires	58	2	43	15	- 13
HIV/AIDS	59	2	36	30	- 28
Maternal Conditions	60	1	23	60	- 58
War	61	0	67	0	- 0
Pertussis	62	0	24	59	- 58
Hepatitis B	63	0	59	2	- 2
Otitis Media	64	0	70	0	- 0
Leprosy	65	0	79	0	- 0
Diphtheria	66	0	66	0	- 0
Measles	67	0	68	0	- 0
Tetanus	68	0	44	14	- 14
Ascariasis	69	0	64	1	- 1
Trichuriasis	70	0	78	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	71	0	77	0	- 0
Dengue	72	0	56	5	- 5
Malaria	73	0	71	0	- 0
Chagas disease	74	0	74	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	75	0	73	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	76	0	75	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	77	0	72	0	- 0
Encephalitis	78	0	42	16	- 16
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	76	0	- 0
Syphilis	80	0	48	12	- 12
Chlamydia	81	0	69	0	- 0
Tuberculosis	82	0	1	1,139	- 1,139
Vitamin A Deficiency	83	0	81	0	- 0
Depression	84	0	82	0	- 0
Oral conditions	85	0	84	0	- 0
Appendicitis	86	0	57	4	- 4
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to TIMOR-LESTE

Iceland

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.