TIMOR-LESTE VS MICRONESIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	MICRONESIA		TIMOR-LESTE		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	2,923	3	814	+ 2,110
Diabetes Mellitus	2	1,857	11	156	+ 1,701
Stroke	3	1,802	2	923	+ 879
Kidney Disease	4	851	8	192	+ 659
Influenza and Pneumonia	5	783	4	651	+ 133
Lung Disease	6	624	6	283	+ 341
Suicide	7	486	27	48	+ 438
Hypertension	8	410	12	156	+ 255
Liver Disease	9	359	10	162	+ 197
Lung Cancers	10	347	17	87	+ 260
Drownings	11	261	19	84	+ 177
Breast Cancer	12	257	30	38	+ 218
Asthma	13	241	15	123	+ 118
Low Birth Weight	14	226	9	189	+ 38
Rheumatic Heart Disease	15	208	40	25	+ 183
Diarrhoeal diseases	16	203	5	285	- 82
Other Injuries	17	201	20	76	+ 125
Congenital Anomalies	18	201	14	144	+ 57
Tuberculosis	19	189	1	1,139	- 950
Stomach Cancer	20	178	35	31	+ 147
Birth Trauma	21	164	7	238	- 74
Colon-Rectum Cancers	22	128	26	54	+ 73
Cervical Cancer	23	126	37	28	+ 98
Liver Cancer	24	123	28	45	+ 79
Peptic Ulcer Disease	25	100	16	96	+ 4
Alzheimers & Dementia	26	99	18	84	+ 14
Falls	27	93	21	62	+ 31
Inflammatory/Heart	28	91	33	32	+ 59
Prostate Cancer	29	83	47	13	+ 71
Endocrine Disorders	30	80	38	26	+ 54
Violence	31	80	22	60	+ 20
Leukemia	32	76	32	34	+ 42
Parkinson's Disease	33	71	39	26	+ 45
Maternal Conditions	34	55	23	60	- 4
Pancreas Cancer	35	55	45	14	+ 41
Lymphomas	36	54	34	32	+ 23
Pertussis	37	53	24	59	- 5
Oral Cancer	38	51	29	44	+ 7
Meningitis	39	48	31	38	+ 11
Syphilis	40	46	48	12	+ 33
Uterin Cancer	41	43	50	9	+ 34
Skin Disease	42	41	46	13	+ 28
Epilepsy	43	41	51	8	+ 34
Malnutrition	44	40	25	56	- 16
Ovary Cancer	45	35	41	18	+ 17
Alcohol	46	34	52	5	+ 29
Oesophagus Cancer	47	33	53	5	+ 28
Fires	48	30	43	15	+ 16
Bladder Cancer	49	24	49	12	+ 12
Poisonings	50	15	54	5	+ 11
Skin Cancers	51	14	55	5	+ 9
Drug Use	52	9	58	3	+ 6
Encephalitis	53	9	42	16	- 7
Appendicitis	54	7	57	4	+ 2
Other Neoplasms	55	6	60	2	+ 4
Measles	56	5	68	0	+ 5
Hepatitis B	57	5	59	2	+ 2
Road Traffic Accidents	58	3	13	154	- 151
Tetanus	59	3	44	14	- 11
Rheumatoid Arthritis	60	2	61	1	+ 1
Dengue	61	2	56	5	- 3
Multiple Sclerosis	62	2	63	1	+ 1
Hepatitis C	63	1	65	1	- 0
Diphtheria	64	1	66	0	+ 0
Ascariasis	65	0	64	1	- 0
War	66	0	67	0	- 0
Chlamydia	67	0	69	0	+ 0
Upper Respiratory	68	0	62	1	- 1
Otitis Media	69	0	70	0	- 0
Leprosy	70	0	79	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	71	0	78	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	72	0	77	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	73	0	76	0	- 0
HIV/AIDS	74	0	36	30	- 30
Leishmaniasis	75	0	72	0	- 0
Chagas disease	76	0	74	0	- 0
Malaria	77	0	71	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	75	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	79	0	73	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
Schizophrenia	84	0	83	0	- 0
Anemia	85	0	80	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	86	0	81	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to TIMOR-LESTE

Micronesia

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.