TIMOR-LESTE VS LATVIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	LATVIA		TIMOR-LESTE		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	6,776	3	814	+ 5,962
Stroke	2	4,930	2	923	+ 4,007
Hypertension	3	999	12	156	+ 843
Lung Cancers	4	800	17	87	+ 713
Inflammatory/Heart	5	770	33	32	+ 738
Colon-Rectum Cancers	6	604	26	54	+ 550
Alzheimers & Dementia	7	555	18	84	+ 471
Diabetes Mellitus	8	443	11	156	+ 287
Influenza and Pneumonia	9	419	4	651	- 231
Breast Cancer	10	395	30	38	+ 357
Stomach Cancer	11	393	35	31	+ 362
Prostate Cancer	12	388	47	13	+ 375
Pancreas Cancer	13	365	45	14	+ 351
Suicide	14	321	27	48	+ 273
Liver Disease	15	305	10	162	+ 143
Other Injuries	16	303	20	76	+ 227
Kidney Disease	17	298	8	192	+ 106
Lung Disease	18	290	6	283	+ 7
Lymphomas	19	205	34	32	+ 174
Bladder Cancer	20	191	49	12	+ 179
Alcohol	21	190	52	5	+ 185
Oral Cancer	22	179	29	44	+ 135
Falls	23	168	21	62	+ 106
Ovary Cancer	24	164	41	18	+ 146
Leukemia	25	156	32	34	+ 122
Liver Cancer	26	131	28	45	+ 86
Road Traffic Accidents	27	128	13	154	- 25
Other Neoplasms	28	128	60	2	+ 126
Uterin Cancer	29	124	50	9	+ 114
Skin Cancers	30	121	55	5	+ 116
Peptic Ulcer Disease	31	119	16	96	+ 23
Oesophagus Cancer	32	110	53	5	+ 105
Cervical Cancer	33	107	37	28	+ 79
Drownings	34	106	19	84	+ 22
Parkinson's Disease	35	105	39	26	+ 79
Fires	36	86	43	15	+ 72
Violence	37	79	22	60	+ 19
Skin Disease	38	64	46	13	+ 51
HIV/AIDS	39	62	36	30	+ 32
Tuberculosis	40	60	1	1,139	- 1,079
Endocrine Disorders	41	49	38	26	+ 23
Hepatitis C	42	44	65	1	+ 44
Congenital Anomalies	43	39	14	144	- 105
Prostatic Hypertrophy	44	38	85	0	+ 38
Epilepsy	45	37	51	8	+ 29
Asthma	46	35	15	123	- 88
Rheumatic Heart Disease	47	34	40	25	+ 9
Drug Use	48	34	58	3	+ 31
Poisonings	49	19	54	5	+ 15
Multiple Sclerosis	50	17	63	1	+ 16
Rheumatoid Arthritis	51	17	61	1	+ 15
Meningitis	52	12	31	38	- 25
Anemia	53	12	80	0	+ 12
Diarrhoeal diseases	54	11	5	285	- 273
Birth Trauma	55	10	7	238	- 228
Low Birth Weight	56	9	9	189	- 179
Schizophrenia	57	6	83	0	+ 6
Osteoarthritis	58	6	86	0	+ 6
Appendicitis	59	4	57	4	- 0
Maternal Conditions	60	4	23	60	- 56
Oral conditions	61	3	84	0	+ 3
Upper Respiratory	62	3	62	1	+ 2
Hepatitis B	63	3	59	2	+ 0
Malnutrition	64	2	25	56	- 54
Syphilis	65	1	48	12	- 11
Otitis Media	66	1	70	0	+ 1
Diphtheria	67	1	66	0	+ 0
War	68	0	67	0	- 0
Encephalitis	69	0	42	16	- 16
Pertussis	70	0	24	59	- 58
Tetanus	71	0	44	14	- 14
Measles	72	0	68	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	73	0	76	0	- 0
Leprosy	74	0	79	0	- 0
Chlamydia	75	0	69	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	76	0	75	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	77	0	72	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	78	0	73	0	- 0
Malaria	79	0	71	0	- 0
Chagas disease	80	0	74	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	81	0	78	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	82	0	77	0	- 0
Dengue	83	0	56	5	- 5
Ascariasis	84	0	64	1	- 1
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	81	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	82	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to TIMOR-LESTE

Latvia

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.