TIMOR-LESTE VS NAMIBIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	NAMIBIA		TIMOR-LESTE		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
HIV/AIDS	1	1,574	36	30	+ 1,544
Influenza and Pneumonia	2	787	4	651	+ 136
Tuberculosis	3	761	1	1,139	- 378
Stroke	4	716	2	923	- 207
Coronary Heart Disease	5	656	3	814	- 157
Road Traffic Accidents	6	467	13	154	+ 313
Diabetes Mellitus	7	389	11	156	+ 233
Diarrhoeal diseases	8	347	5	285	+ 62
Low Birth Weight	9	277	9	189	+ 88
Lung Disease	10	248	6	283	- 35
Violence	11	242	22	60	+ 182
Hypertension	12	230	12	156	+ 74
Birth Trauma	13	185	7	238	- 53
Liver Disease	14	180	10	162	+ 18
Kidney Disease	15	173	8	192	- 19
Congenital Anomalies	16	152	14	144	+ 9
Suicide	17	130	27	48	+ 83
Malnutrition	18	120	25	56	+ 64
Other Injuries	19	111	20	76	+ 35
Asthma	20	108	15	123	- 15
Alzheimers & Dementia	21	94	18	84	+ 10
Inflammatory/Heart	22	87	33	32	+ 55
Cervical Cancer	23	71	37	28	+ 44
Breast Cancer	24	65	30	38	+ 27
Maternal Conditions	25	59	23	60	- 1
Drownings	26	59	19	84	- 25
Meningitis	27	58	31	38	+ 21
Fires	28	58	43	15	+ 44
Skin Cancers	29	58	55	5	+ 53
Oral Cancer	30	54	29	44	+ 10
Prostate Cancer	31	51	47	13	+ 38
Peptic Ulcer Disease	32	41	16	96	- 55
Endocrine Disorders	33	39	38	26	+ 13
Falls	34	33	21	62	- 29
Lung Cancers	35	32	17	87	- 56
Colon-Rectum Cancers	36	29	26	54	- 25
Pertussis	37	29	24	59	- 29
Epilepsy	38	26	51	8	+ 19
Poisonings	39	25	54	5	+ 20
Lymphomas	40	25	34	32	- 7
Liver Cancer	41	24	28	45	- 21
Parkinson's Disease	42	23	39	26	- 2
Syphilis	43	19	48	12	+ 6
Rheumatic Heart Disease	44	18	40	25	- 7
Stomach Cancer	45	17	35	31	- 13
Drug Use	46	17	58	3	+ 14
Skin Disease	47	17	46	13	+ 3
Alcohol	48	15	52	5	+ 10
Leukemia	49	13	32	34	- 21
Ovary Cancer	50	12	41	18	- 6
Malaria	51	12	71	0	+ 12
Oesophagus Cancer	52	11	53	5	+ 6
Pancreas Cancer	53	9	45	14	- 4
Bladder Cancer	54	8	49	12	- 4
Schistosomiasis	55	7	73	0	+ 7
Uterin Cancer	56	6	50	9	- 3
Rheumatoid Arthritis	57	5	61	1	+ 4
Appendicitis	58	5	57	4	+ 0
Encephalitis	59	4	42	16	- 12
Other Neoplasms	60	4	60	2	+ 2
Upper Respiratory	61	3	62	1	+ 3
Tetanus	62	3	44	14	- 10
Hepatitis B	63	2	59	2	+ 0
Multiple Sclerosis	64	1	63	1	+ 1
Measles	65	1	68	0	+ 1
Hepatitis C	66	0	65	1	- 0
War	67	0	67	0	+ 0
Chlamydia	68	0	69	0	+ 0
Ascariasis	69	0	64	1	- 0
Otitis Media	70	0	70	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	71	0	66	0	- 0
Leprosy	72	0	79	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	73	0	76	0	- 0
Dengue	74	0	56	5	- 5
Trichuriasis	75	0	78	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	76	0	77	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	77	0	75	0	- 0
Chagas disease	78	0	74	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	79	0	72	0	- 0
Oral conditions	80	0	84	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	81	0	86	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	82	0	85	0	- 0
Anemia	83	0	80	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	84	0	81	0	- 0
Depression	85	0	82	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	86	0	83	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to TIMOR-LESTE

Namibia

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.