TIMOR-LESTE VS MALAWI: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	MALAWI		TIMOR-LESTE		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
HIV/AIDS	1	889	36	30	+ 859
Influenza and Pneumonia	2	536	4	651	- 115
Malaria	3	437	71	0	+ 437
Road Traffic Accidents	4	431	13	154	+ 277
Stroke	5	411	2	923	- 512
Diarrhoeal diseases	6	400	5	285	+ 116
Coronary Heart Disease	7	341	3	814	- 472
Low Birth Weight	8	300	9	189	+ 112
Birth Trauma	9	247	7	238	+ 9
Liver Disease	10	226	10	162	+ 64
Tuberculosis	11	207	1	1,139	- 932
Cervical Cancer	12	199	37	28	+ 172
Congenital Anomalies	13	174	14	144	+ 30
Diabetes Mellitus	14	157	11	156	+ 1
Maternal Conditions	15	128	23	60	+ 68
Oesophagus Cancer	16	128	53	5	+ 123
Hypertension	17	124	12	156	- 31
Meningitis	18	124	31	38	+ 86
Kidney Disease	19	109	8	192	- 83
Malnutrition	20	104	25	56	+ 48
Lung Disease	21	93	6	283	- 190
Other Injuries	22	88	20	76	+ 12
Suicide	23	70	27	48	+ 22
Lymphomas	24	58	34	32	+ 26
Alzheimers & Dementia	25	54	18	84	- 30
Asthma	26	49	15	123	- 74
Breast Cancer	27	42	30	38	+ 3
Falls	28	39	21	62	- 23
Syphilis	29	33	48	12	+ 21
Drownings	30	32	19	84	- 52
Pertussis	31	30	24	59	- 28
Violence	32	28	22	60	- 32
Bladder Cancer	33	27	49	12	+ 15
Fires	34	26	43	15	+ 12
Inflammatory/Heart	35	26	33	32	- 7
Skin Cancers	36	23	55	5	+ 18
Poisonings	37	22	54	5	+ 18
Liver Cancer	38	22	28	45	- 23
Peptic Ulcer Disease	39	19	16	96	- 76
Prostate Cancer	40	19	47	13	+ 6
Epilepsy	41	18	51	8	+ 10
Endocrine Disorders	42	18	38	26	- 8
Oral Cancer	43	17	29	44	- 27
Colon-Rectum Cancers	44	16	26	54	- 38
Stomach Cancer	45	14	35	31	- 16
Parkinson's Disease	46	14	39	26	- 12
Tetanus	47	12	44	14	- 1
Ovary Cancer	48	11	41	18	- 7
Rheumatic Heart Disease	49	11	40	25	- 14
Schistosomiasis	50	10	73	0	+ 10
Lung Cancers	51	9	17	87	- 78
Alcohol	52	8	52	5	+ 3
Skin Disease	53	7	46	13	- 6
Appendicitis	54	6	57	4	+ 2
Hepatitis B	55	6	59	2	+ 4
Leukemia	56	6	32	34	- 28
Upper Respiratory	57	4	62	1	+ 3
Encephalitis	58	3	42	16	- 13
Drug Use	59	3	58	3	+ 0
Pancreas Cancer	60	3	45	14	- 11
Rheumatoid Arthritis	61	2	61	1	+ 1
Uterin Cancer	62	2	50	9	- 8
Other Neoplasms	63	1	60	2	- 1
Hepatitis C	64	1	65	1	+ 0
Dengue	65	1	56	5	- 4
Multiple Sclerosis	66	1	63	1	- 0
Measles	67	0	68	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	68	0	70	0	+ 0
Ascariasis	69	0	64	1	- 0
Chlamydia	70	0	69	0	+ 0
War	71	0	67	0	- 0
Diphtheria	72	0	66	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	73	0	75	0	+ 0
Leishmaniasis	74	0	72	0	- 0
Chagas disease	75	0	74	0	- 0
Leprosy	76	0	79	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	77	0	76	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	78	0	78	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	79	0	77	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	80	0	83	0	- 0
Anemia	81	0	80	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	82	0	81	0	- 0
Depression	83	0	82	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

Malawi

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.