TIMOR-LESTE VS IRAN: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	IRAN		TIMOR-LESTE		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	1,591	3	814	+ 777
Stroke	2	626	2	923	- 297
Road Traffic Accidents	3	304	13	154	+ 150
Hypertension	4	280	12	156	+ 124
Diabetes Mellitus	5	237	11	156	+ 81
Kidney Disease	6	201	8	192	+ 10
Lung Disease	7	195	6	283	- 89
Influenza and Pneumonia	8	192	4	651	- 459
Alzheimers & Dementia	9	188	18	84	+ 104
Stomach Cancer	10	167	35	31	+ 137
Lung Cancers	11	116	17	87	+ 28
Liver Disease	12	113	10	162	- 49
Low Birth Weight	13	83	9	189	- 106
Congenital Anomalies	14	83	14	144	- 61
Colon-Rectum Cancers	15	78	26	54	+ 24
Suicide	16	74	27	48	+ 26
Other Injuries	17	69	20	76	- 7
Leukemia	18	68	32	34	+ 34
Breast Cancer	19	64	30	38	+ 25
Liver Cancer	20	63	28	45	+ 18
Prostate Cancer	21	61	47	13	+ 48
Asthma	22	57	15	123	- 65
Lymphomas	23	49	34	32	+ 17
Falls	24	48	21	62	- 14
Birth Trauma	25	47	7	238	- 191
Parkinson's Disease	26	43	39	26	+ 18
Violence	27	43	22	60	- 17
HIV/AIDS	28	43	36	30	+ 13
Pancreas Cancer	29	41	45	14	+ 28
Oesophagus Cancer	30	40	53	5	+ 36
Drug Use	31	38	58	3	+ 35
Endocrine Disorders	32	36	38	26	+ 10
Diarrhoeal diseases	33	31	5	285	- 253
Fires	34	31	43	15	+ 16
Inflammatory/Heart	35	27	33	32	- 5
Bladder Cancer	36	24	49	12	+ 12
Peptic Ulcer Disease	37	21	16	96	- 75
Rheumatic Heart Disease	38	17	40	25	- 8
Ovary Cancer	39	16	41	18	- 2
Drownings	40	16	19	84	- 68
Tuberculosis	41	15	1	1,139	- 1,124
War	42	14	67	0	+ 14
Poisonings	43	14	54	5	+ 9
Epilepsy	44	12	51	8	+ 5
Oral Cancer	45	11	29	44	- 33
Meningitis	46	11	31	38	- 27
Skin Cancers	47	9	55	5	+ 4
Cervical Cancer	48	9	37	28	- 19
Hepatitis B	49	7	59	2	+ 5
Multiple Sclerosis	50	7	63	1	+ 6
Uterin Cancer	51	6	50	9	- 3
Maternal Conditions	52	5	23	60	- 55
Alcohol	53	4	52	5	- 1
Encephalitis	54	4	42	16	- 12
Skin Disease	55	4	46	13	- 9
Malnutrition	56	3	25	56	- 53
Appendicitis	57	3	57	4	- 2
Other Neoplasms	58	2	60	2	+ 0
Rheumatoid Arthritis	59	1	61	1	+ 0
Pertussis	60	1	24	59	- 57
Syphilis	61	1	48	12	- 12
Tetanus	62	1	44	14	- 13
Upper Respiratory	63	0	62	1	- 0
Leishmaniasis	64	0	72	0	+ 0
Chlamydia	65	0	69	0	+ 0
Schistosomiasis	66	0	73	0	+ 0
Ascariasis	67	0	64	1	- 1
Measles	68	0	68	0	- 0
Hepatitis C	69	0	65	1	- 1
Diphtheria	70	0	66	0	- 0
Otitis Media	71	0	70	0	- 0
Leprosy	72	0	79	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	73	0	78	0	- 0
Dengue	74	0	56	5	- 5
Hookworm Disease	75	0	77	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	76	0	76	0	- 0
Malaria	77	0	71	0	- 0
Chagas disease	78	0	74	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	79	0	75	0	- 0
Depression	80	0	82	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	81	0	83	0	- 0
Anemia	82	0	80	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	83	0	81	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

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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.