TIMOR-LESTE VS KENYA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	KENYA		TIMOR-LESTE		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Influenza and Pneumonia	1	584	4	651	- 67
HIV/AIDS	2	540	36	30	+ 511
Tuberculosis	3	509	1	1,139	- 631
Stroke	4	411	2	923	- 512
Diarrhoeal diseases	5	399	5	285	+ 114
Road Traffic Accidents	6	385	13	154	+ 231
Liver Disease	7	347	10	162	+ 185
Malaria	8	327	71	0	+ 327
Coronary Heart Disease	9	310	3	814	- 504
Birth Trauma	10	258	7	238	+ 20
Low Birth Weight	11	247	9	189	+ 59
Congenital Anomalies	12	158	14	144	+ 15
Maternal Conditions	13	146	23	60	+ 86
Diabetes Mellitus	14	146	11	156	- 10
Meningitis	15	139	31	38	+ 101
Kidney Disease	16	115	8	192	- 76
Hypertension	17	114	12	156	- 41
Oesophagus Cancer	18	113	53	5	+ 108
Other Injuries	19	112	20	76	+ 36
Lung Disease	20	111	6	283	- 172
Malnutrition	21	109	25	56	+ 53
Cervical Cancer	22	88	37	28	+ 60
Suicide	23	83	27	48	+ 35
Violence	24	76	22	60	+ 16
Breast Cancer	25	69	30	38	+ 30
Asthma	26	60	15	123	- 63
Tetanus	27	55	44	14	+ 41
Stomach Cancer	28	52	35	31	+ 21
Lymphomas	29	50	34	32	+ 18
Oral Cancer	30	48	29	44	+ 4
Alzheimers & Dementia	31	47	18	84	- 37
Colon-Rectum Cancers	32	38	26	54	- 16
Falls	33	38	21	62	- 24
Liver Cancer	34	35	28	45	- 10
Leukemia	35	34	32	34	+ 0
Fires	36	34	43	15	+ 19
Prostate Cancer	37	33	47	13	+ 21
Poisonings	38	33	54	5	+ 28
Drownings	39	31	19	84	- 53
Inflammatory/Heart	40	29	33	32	- 3
Peptic Ulcer Disease	41	28	16	96	- 68
Pertussis	42	26	24	59	- 32
Epilepsy	43	22	51	8	+ 14
Endocrine Disorders	44	21	38	26	- 4
Ovary Cancer	45	21	41	18	+ 3
Pancreas Cancer	46	19	45	14	+ 5
Lung Cancers	47	17	17	87	- 70
Skin Cancers	48	17	55	5	+ 12
Hepatitis B	49	14	59	2	+ 11
Parkinson's Disease	50	12	39	26	- 13
Skin Disease	51	12	46	13	- 1
Syphilis	52	12	48	12	- 1
Rheumatic Heart Disease	53	11	40	25	- 14
Schistosomiasis	54	10	73	0	+ 10
Alcohol	55	9	52	5	+ 4
Uterin Cancer	56	8	50	9	- 1
Bladder Cancer	57	8	49	12	- 4
Appendicitis	58	6	57	4	+ 2
Leishmaniasis	59	5	72	0	+ 5
Encephalitis	60	5	42	16	- 11
Hepatitis C	61	4	65	1	+ 3
Drug Use	62	3	58	3	- 0
Measles	63	3	68	0	+ 3
Upper Respiratory	64	2	62	1	+ 2
War	65	2	67	0	+ 2
Rheumatoid Arthritis	66	2	61	1	+ 1
Other Neoplasms	67	2	60	2	- 0
Multiple Sclerosis	68	1	63	1	+ 0
Diphtheria	69	0	66	0	- 0
Chlamydia	70	0	69	0	+ 0
Ascariasis	71	0	64	1	- 0
Otitis Media	72	0	70	0	+ 0
Dengue	73	0	56	5	- 5
Hookworm Disease	74	0	77	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	75	0	78	0	- 0
Leprosy	76	0	79	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	77	0	76	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	75	0	- 0
Chagas disease	79	0	74	0	- 0
Depression	80	0	82	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	81	0	81	0	- 0
Anemia	82	0	80	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	83	0	83	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

Kenya

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.