TIMOR-LESTE VS LIBYA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	LIBYA		TIMOR-LESTE		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	1,353	3	814	+ 540
Stroke	2	533	2	923	- 390
Road Traffic Accidents	3	296	13	154	+ 142
Kidney Disease	4	243	8	192	+ 51
War	5	216	67	0	+ 216
Hypertension	6	187	12	156	+ 32
Tuberculosis	7	166	1	1,139	- 973
Diabetes Mellitus	8	164	11	156	+ 8
Influenza and Pneumonia	9	152	4	651	- 498
Alzheimers & Dementia	10	152	18	84	+ 68
Liver Disease	11	129	10	162	- 33
Lung Disease	12	124	6	283	- 159
Lung Cancers	13	121	17	87	+ 34
Congenital Anomalies	14	101	14	144	- 43
Other Injuries	15	89	20	76	+ 13
Colon-Rectum Cancers	16	87	26	54	+ 33
Drug Use	17	76	58	3	+ 73
Low Birth Weight	18	73	9	189	- 115
Suicide	19	62	27	48	+ 14
Asthma	20	61	15	123	- 62
HIV/AIDS	21	46	36	30	+ 16
Leukemia	22	44	32	34	+ 10
Pancreas Cancer	23	43	45	14	+ 29
Falls	24	42	21	62	- 20
Breast Cancer	25	39	30	38	+ 0
Lymphomas	26	39	34	32	+ 7
Parkinson's Disease	27	33	39	26	+ 7
Liver Cancer	28	31	28	45	- 14
Endocrine Disorders	29	31	38	26	+ 5
Violence	30	30	22	60	- 30
Bladder Cancer	31	28	49	12	+ 16
Cervical Cancer	32	28	37	28	- 0
Stomach Cancer	33	27	35	31	- 3
Birth Trauma	34	27	7	238	- 211
Maternal Conditions	35	25	23	60	- 35
Fires	36	24	43	15	+ 9
Inflammatory/Heart	37	22	33	32	- 10
Peptic Ulcer Disease	38	20	16	96	- 76
Prostate Cancer	39	20	47	13	+ 7
Diarrhoeal diseases	40	19	5	285	- 266
Oral Cancer	41	17	29	44	- 27
Ovary Cancer	42	15	41	18	- 3
Drownings	43	15	19	84	- 68
Epilepsy	44	14	51	8	+ 6
Poisonings	45	11	54	5	+ 7
Rheumatic Heart Disease	46	10	40	25	- 15
Meningitis	47	8	31	38	- 29
Hepatitis B	48	7	59	2	+ 5
Oesophagus Cancer	49	7	53	5	+ 2
Alcohol	50	4	52	5	- 1
Skin Cancers	51	4	55	5	- 1
Multiple Sclerosis	52	4	63	1	+ 3
Encephalitis	53	4	42	16	- 12
Skin Disease	54	4	46	13	- 10
Pertussis	55	3	24	59	- 55
Appendicitis	56	3	57	4	- 1
Malnutrition	57	2	25	56	- 54
Other Neoplasms	58	2	60	2	+ 0
Schistosomiasis	59	2	73	0	+ 2
Uterin Cancer	60	2	50	9	- 7
Syphilis	61	1	48	12	- 11
Rheumatoid Arthritis	62	1	61	1	- 0
Leishmaniasis	63	0	72	0	+ 0
Tetanus	64	0	44	14	- 13
Hepatitis C	65	0	65	1	- 0
Ascariasis	66	0	64	1	- 1
Upper Respiratory	67	0	62	1	- 1
Diphtheria	68	0	66	0	- 0
Chlamydia	69	0	69	0	- 0
Otitis Media	70	0	70	0	- 0
Leprosy	71	0	79	0	- 0
Measles	72	0	68	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	73	0	78	0	- 0
Dengue	74	0	56	5	- 5
Hookworm Disease	75	0	77	0	- 0
Malaria	76	0	71	0	- 0
Chagas disease	77	0	74	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	75	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	76	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	80	0	85	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	81	0	86	0	- 0
Oral conditions	82	0	84	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	83	0	81	0	- 0
Anemia	84	0	80	0	- 0
Depression	85	0	82	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	86	0	83	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to TIMOR-LESTE

Libya

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.