TIMOR-LESTE VS MAURITANIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	MAURITANIA		TIMOR-LESTE		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Influenza and Pneumonia	1	959	4	651	+ 309
Low Birth Weight	2	701	9	189	+ 512
Diarrhoeal diseases	3	577	5	285	+ 292
Coronary Heart Disease	4	570	3	814	- 244
Malaria	5	495	71	0	+ 495
Stroke	6	455	2	923	- 468
Birth Trauma	7	419	7	238	+ 181
Road Traffic Accidents	8	403	13	154	+ 249
Tuberculosis	9	249	1	1,139	- 890
Congenital Anomalies	10	232	14	144	+ 88
Maternal Conditions	11	222	23	60	+ 162
Diabetes Mellitus	12	207	11	156	+ 51
Liver Disease	13	204	10	162	+ 42
Pertussis	14	200	24	59	+ 141
Kidney Disease	15	193	8	192	+ 1
Violence	16	171	22	60	+ 111
Malnutrition	17	161	25	56	+ 105
Meningitis	18	124	31	38	+ 87
Other Injuries	19	120	20	76	+ 44
Cervical Cancer	20	116	37	28	+ 88
Liver Cancer	21	108	28	45	+ 64
Hypertension	22	100	12	156	- 56
Lung Disease	23	96	6	283	- 187
Alzheimers & Dementia	24	88	18	84	+ 3
HIV/AIDS	25	80	36	30	+ 50
Syphilis	26	71	48	12	+ 59
Endocrine Disorders	27	69	38	26	+ 43
Breast Cancer	28	66	30	38	+ 27
Asthma	29	59	15	123	- 64
Suicide	30	49	27	48	+ 1
Falls	31	49	21	62	- 13
Stomach Cancer	32	46	35	31	+ 15
Fires	33	43	43	15	+ 28
Prostate Cancer	34	41	47	13	+ 28
Drownings	35	40	19	84	- 43
Inflammatory/Heart	36	38	33	32	+ 6
Colon-Rectum Cancers	37	38	26	54	- 16
Peptic Ulcer Disease	38	29	16	96	- 67
Epilepsy	39	26	51	8	+ 18
Drug Use	40	25	58	3	+ 22
Parkinson's Disease	41	24	39	26	- 2
Poisonings	42	23	54	5	+ 19
Lymphomas	43	23	34	32	- 9
Lung Cancers	44	21	17	87	- 66
Tetanus	45	20	44	14	+ 6
Skin Cancers	46	17	55	5	+ 13
Skin Disease	47	17	46	13	+ 3
Oral Cancer	48	16	29	44	- 28
Ovary Cancer	49	15	41	18	- 3
Bladder Cancer	50	15	49	12	+ 3
Pancreas Cancer	51	13	45	14	- 0
Rheumatic Heart Disease	52	12	40	25	- 13
Encephalitis	53	12	42	16	- 5
Oesophagus Cancer	54	10	53	5	+ 6
Leukemia	55	8	32	34	- 26
Hepatitis B	56	8	59	2	+ 6
Uterin Cancer	57	6	50	9	- 3
Alcohol	58	6	52	5	+ 0
Schistosomiasis	59	5	73	0	+ 5
Appendicitis	60	3	57	4	- 1
Measles	61	3	68	0	+ 3
Other Neoplasms	62	2	60	2	+ 1
Multiple Sclerosis	63	2	63	1	+ 1
Rheumatoid Arthritis	64	2	61	1	+ 0
Diphtheria	65	1	66	0	+ 1
Ascariasis	66	1	64	1	+ 0
Hepatitis C	67	1	65	1	+ 0
Upper Respiratory	68	1	62	1	+ 0
Leishmaniasis	69	1	72	0	+ 1
War	70	1	67	0	+ 0
Chlamydia	71	0	69	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	72	0	70	0	- 0
Dengue	73	0	56	5	- 5
Hookworm Disease	74	0	77	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	75	0	78	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	76	0	76	0	- 0
Leprosy	77	0	79	0	- 0
Chagas disease	78	0	74	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	79	0	75	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	80	0	85	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	81	0	86	0	- 0
Oral conditions	82	0	84	0	- 0
Depression	83	0	82	0	- 0
Anemia	84	0	80	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	81	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	86	0	83	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to TIMOR-LESTE

Mauritania

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.