TIMOR-LESTE VS JAMAICA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	JAMAICA		TIMOR-LESTE		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Stroke	1	1,289	2	923	+ 366
Diabetes Mellitus	2	1,108	11	156	+ 952
Coronary Heart Disease	3	921	3	814	+ 108
Violence	4	792	22	60	+ 732
Prostate Cancer	5	471	47	13	+ 459
Kidney Disease	6	423	8	192	+ 231
HIV/AIDS	7	404	36	30	+ 374
Hypertension	8	347	12	156	+ 192
Alzheimers & Dementia	9	313	18	84	+ 229
Lung Cancers	10	252	17	87	+ 165
Lung Disease	11	241	6	283	- 42
Road Traffic Accidents	12	237	13	154	+ 83
Colon-Rectum Cancers	13	233	26	54	+ 179
Breast Cancer	14	221	30	38	+ 182
Influenza and Pneumonia	15	210	4	651	- 441
Cervical Cancer	16	191	37	28	+ 163
Lymphomas	17	134	34	32	+ 102
Low Birth Weight	18	128	9	189	- 60
Stomach Cancer	19	123	35	31	+ 92
Endocrine Disorders	20	94	38	26	+ 68
Liver Disease	21	83	10	162	- 80
Skin Disease	22	78	46	13	+ 64
Congenital Anomalies	23	74	14	144	- 70
Inflammatory/Heart	24	71	33	32	+ 39
Parkinson's Disease	25	71	39	26	+ 45
Leukemia	26	69	32	34	+ 35
Pancreas Cancer	27	63	45	14	+ 50
Uterin Cancer	28	57	50	9	+ 48
Liver Cancer	29	54	28	45	+ 9
Ovary Cancer	30	52	41	18	+ 34
Other Injuries	31	48	20	76	- 27
Peptic Ulcer Disease	32	44	16	96	- 52
Falls	33	44	21	62	- 18
Oesophagus Cancer	34	39	53	5	+ 34
Suicide	35	37	27	48	- 10
Asthma	36	35	15	123	- 88
Birth Trauma	37	35	7	238	- 203
Bladder Cancer	38	32	49	12	+ 20
Oral Cancer	39	31	29	44	- 13
Malnutrition	40	25	25	56	- 30
Epilepsy	41	24	51	8	+ 17
Diarrhoeal diseases	42	18	5	285	- 266
Maternal Conditions	43	18	23	60	- 41
Rheumatic Heart Disease	44	14	40	25	- 10
Other Neoplasms	45	10	60	2	+ 8
Fires	46	8	43	15	- 6
Meningitis	47	8	31	38	- 29
Drug Use	48	7	58	3	+ 4
Encephalitis	49	7	42	16	- 9
Rheumatoid Arthritis	50	6	61	1	+ 5
Drownings	51	5	19	84	- 78
Skin Cancers	52	5	55	5	+ 1
Appendicitis	53	5	57	4	+ 0
Tuberculosis	54	4	1	1,139	- 1,135
Alcohol	55	4	52	5	- 1
Multiple Sclerosis	56	2	63	1	+ 1
Poisonings	57	1	54	5	- 4
Dengue	58	1	56	5	- 4
Hepatitis B	59	0	59	2	- 2
Syphilis	60	0	48	12	- 12
War	61	0	67	0	+ 0
Chlamydia	62	0	69	0	+ 0
Tetanus	63	0	44	14	- 13
Hepatitis C	64	0	65	1	- 0
Upper Respiratory	65	0	62	1	- 1
Ascariasis	66	0	64	1	- 1
Pertussis	67	0	24	59	- 59
Diphtheria	68	0	66	0	- 0
Otitis Media	69	0	70	0	- 0
Leprosy	70	0	79	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	71	0	72	0	- 0
Malaria	72	0	71	0	- 0
Chagas disease	73	0	74	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	74	0	73	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	75	0	75	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	76	0	76	0	- 0
Measles	77	0	68	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	78	0	78	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	79	0	77	0	- 0
Oral conditions	80	0	84	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	81	0	85	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	82	0	86	0	- 0
Anemia	83	0	80	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	84	0	81	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	85	0	83	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	82	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to TIMOR-LESTE

Jamaica

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.