TIMOR-LESTE VS LIBERIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	LIBERIA		TIMOR-LESTE		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Tuberculosis	1	767	1	1,139	- 372
Influenza and Pneumonia	2	746	4	651	+ 96
Measles	3	708	68	0	+ 708
Malaria	4	673	71	0	+ 673
Road Traffic Accidents	5	532	13	154	+ 378
HIV/AIDS	6	532	36	30	+ 502
Coronary Heart Disease	7	522	3	814	- 291
Low Birth Weight	8	458	9	189	+ 269
Birth Trauma	9	444	7	238	+ 206
Diarrhoeal diseases	10	441	5	285	+ 156
Stroke	11	437	2	923	- 486
Maternal Conditions	12	241	23	60	+ 181
Liver Disease	13	238	10	162	+ 76
Congenital Anomalies	14	231	14	144	+ 87
Diabetes Mellitus	15	180	11	156	+ 24
Kidney Disease	16	169	8	192	- 23
Meningitis	17	153	31	38	+ 115
Violence	18	132	22	60	+ 72
Cervical Cancer	19	131	37	28	+ 104
Liver Cancer	20	122	28	45	+ 77
Syphilis	21	109	48	12	+ 97
Other Injuries	22	105	20	76	+ 29
Hypertension	23	103	12	156	- 53
Malnutrition	24	98	25	56	+ 42
Prostate Cancer	25	82	47	13	+ 70
Lung Disease	26	81	6	283	- 202
Breast Cancer	27	68	30	38	+ 30
Endocrine Disorders	28	68	38	26	+ 42
Alzheimers & Dementia	29	65	18	84	- 19
Suicide	30	61	27	48	+ 13
Asthma	31	55	15	123	- 67
Pertussis	32	55	24	59	- 4
Falls	33	43	21	62	- 19
Fires	34	42	43	15	+ 28
Drownings	35	35	19	84	- 48
Peptic Ulcer Disease	36	35	16	96	- 61
Stomach Cancer	37	34	35	31	+ 3
Inflammatory/Heart	38	32	33	32	- 0
Lymphomas	39	26	34	32	- 6
Colon-Rectum Cancers	40	25	26	54	- 29
Poisonings	41	23	54	5	+ 18
Epilepsy	42	22	51	8	+ 15
Parkinson's Disease	43	20	39	26	- 6
Lung Cancers	44	18	17	87	- 69
Schistosomiasis	45	14	73	0	+ 14
Skin Cancers	46	14	55	5	+ 9
Ovary Cancer	47	14	41	18	- 4
Oral Cancer	48	14	29	44	- 30
Rheumatic Heart Disease	49	14	40	25	- 11
Drug Use	50	12	58	3	+ 9
Skin Disease	51	11	46	13	- 2
Hepatitis B	52	11	59	2	+ 9
Pancreas Cancer	53	10	45	14	- 3
Tetanus	54	9	44	14	- 5
Uterin Cancer	55	8	50	9	- 1
Encephalitis	56	8	42	16	- 9
Alcohol	57	7	52	5	+ 2
Leukemia	58	6	32	34	- 28
Bladder Cancer	59	5	49	12	- 7
Oesophagus Cancer	60	4	53	5	- 1
Appendicitis	61	3	57	4	- 1
Other Neoplasms	62	2	60	2	- 0
Multiple Sclerosis	63	1	63	1	+ 0
Rheumatoid Arthritis	64	1	61	1	- 0
Hepatitis C	65	1	65	1	+ 0
Ascariasis	66	1	64	1	+ 0
Upper Respiratory	67	1	62	1	- 0
Diphtheria	68	0	66	0	- 0
Chlamydia	69	0	69	0	+ 0
War	70	0	67	0	- 0
Otitis Media	71	0	70	0	- 0
Dengue	72	0	56	5	- 5
Trichuriasis	73	0	78	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	74	0	77	0	- 0
Leprosy	75	0	79	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	76	0	75	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	77	0	72	0	- 0
Chagas disease	78	0	74	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	76	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	80	0	83	0	- 0
Depression	81	0	82	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	82	0	81	0	- 0
Anemia	83	0	80	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	84	0	85	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	85	0	86	0	- 0
Oral conditions	86	0	84	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to TIMOR-LESTE

Liberia

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.