TIMOR-LESTE VS LESOTHO: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	LESOTHO		TIMOR-LESTE		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
HIV/AIDS	1	3,225	36	30	+ 3,195
Influenza and Pneumonia	2	2,174	4	651	+ 1,524
Stroke	3	1,906	2	923	+ 983
Diarrhoeal diseases	4	1,593	5	285	+ 1,308
Coronary Heart Disease	5	1,421	3	814	+ 608
Diabetes Mellitus	6	1,353	11	156	+ 1,197
Suicide	7	1,041	27	48	+ 994
Tuberculosis	8	817	1	1,139	- 322
Lung Disease	9	745	6	283	+ 462
Kidney Disease	10	686	8	192	+ 494
Hypertension	11	670	12	156	+ 514
Low Birth Weight	12	647	9	189	+ 458
Violence	13	625	22	60	+ 565
Liver Disease	14	536	10	162	+ 374
Birth Trauma	15	485	7	238	+ 247
Road Traffic Accidents	16	459	13	154	+ 305
Asthma	17	459	15	123	+ 336
Other Injuries	18	360	20	76	+ 285
Congenital Anomalies	19	263	14	144	+ 120
Cervical Cancer	20	252	37	28	+ 224
Malnutrition	21	242	25	56	+ 186
Meningitis	22	215	31	38	+ 177
Inflammatory/Heart	23	206	33	32	+ 174
Maternal Conditions	24	198	23	60	+ 138
Peptic Ulcer Disease	25	189	16	96	+ 93
Fires	26	182	43	15	+ 167
Endocrine Disorders	27	159	38	26	+ 133
Drownings	28	135	19	84	+ 52
Alzheimers & Dementia	29	131	18	84	+ 47
Epilepsy	30	97	51	8	+ 89
Falls	31	86	21	62	+ 24
Rheumatic Heart Disease	32	85	40	25	+ 60
Poisonings	33	75	54	5	+ 70
Breast Cancer	34	66	30	38	+ 27
Prostate Cancer	35	55	47	13	+ 42
Lymphomas	36	53	34	32	+ 21
Oesophagus Cancer	37	50	53	5	+ 45
Alcohol	38	48	52	5	+ 43
Liver Cancer	39	48	28	45	+ 3
Skin Disease	40	47	46	13	+ 34
Parkinson's Disease	41	37	39	26	+ 11
Oral Cancer	42	35	29	44	- 9
Lung Cancers	43	35	17	87	- 53
Pertussis	44	35	24	59	- 24
Syphilis	45	34	48	12	+ 22
Skin Cancers	46	31	55	5	+ 26
Tetanus	47	31	44	14	+ 17
Colon-Rectum Cancers	48	27	26	54	- 27
Leukemia	49	26	32	34	- 8
Drug Use	50	21	58	3	+ 18
Hepatitis B	51	18	59	2	+ 16
Appendicitis	52	17	57	4	+ 12
Ovary Cancer	53	17	41	18	- 2
Uterin Cancer	54	16	50	9	+ 7
Upper Respiratory	55	12	62	1	+ 12
Rheumatoid Arthritis	56	12	61	1	+ 11
Encephalitis	57	9	42	16	- 7
Pancreas Cancer	58	8	45	14	- 5
Measles	59	8	68	0	+ 8
Stomach Cancer	60	7	35	31	- 23
Bladder Cancer	61	6	49	12	- 5
Other Neoplasms	62	6	60	2	+ 4
Multiple Sclerosis	63	4	63	1	+ 3
Hepatitis C	64	2	65	1	+ 1
Chlamydia	65	1	69	0	+ 1
Otitis Media	66	1	70	0	+ 1
Ascariasis	67	0	64	1	- 0
War	68	0	67	0	- 0
Diphtheria	69	0	66	0	- 0
Dengue	70	0	56	5	- 5
Trichuriasis	71	0	78	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	72	0	77	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	73	0	76	0	- 0
Leprosy	74	0	79	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	75	0	72	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	76	0	73	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	77	0	75	0	- 0
Chagas disease	78	0	74	0	- 0
Malaria	79	0	71	0	- 0
Depression	80	0	82	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	81	0	83	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	82	0	81	0	- 0
Anemia	83	0	80	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.