TIMOR-LESTE VS NEW ZEALAND: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	NEW ZEALAND		TIMOR-LESTE		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	1,488	3	814	+ 674
Alzheimers & Dementia	2	885	18	84	+ 801
Stroke	3	694	2	923	- 229
Lung Cancers	4	547	17	87	+ 460
Lung Disease	5	530	6	283	+ 247
Colon-Rectum Cancers	6	436	26	54	+ 382
Influenza and Pneumonia	7	269	4	651	- 382
Diabetes Mellitus	8	224	11	156	+ 68
Prostate Cancer	9	216	47	13	+ 203
Breast Cancer	10	215	30	38	+ 177
Falls	11	183	21	62	+ 121
Skin Cancers	12	179	55	5	+ 174
Lymphomas	13	178	34	32	+ 146
Pancreas Cancer	14	158	45	14	+ 145
Suicide	15	154	27	48	+ 106
Road Traffic Accidents	16	134	13	154	- 20
Kidney Disease	17	126	8	192	- 66
Leukemia	18	114	32	34	+ 80
Parkinson's Disease	19	103	39	26	+ 77
Hypertension	20	95	12	156	- 60
Endocrine Disorders	21	95	38	26	+ 69
Stomach Cancer	22	94	35	31	+ 64
Inflammatory/Heart	23	91	33	32	+ 59
Liver Cancer	24	84	28	45	+ 39
Oesophagus Cancer	25	81	53	5	+ 77
Bladder Cancer	26	78	49	12	+ 66
Other Neoplasms	27	72	60	2	+ 70
Other Injuries	28	64	20	76	- 12
Ovary Cancer	29	60	41	18	+ 42
Congenital Anomalies	30	51	14	144	- 92
Oral Cancer	31	48	29	44	+ 4
Liver Disease	32	46	10	162	- 116
Uterin Cancer	33	42	50	9	+ 33
Skin Disease	34	34	46	13	+ 21
Rheumatic Heart Disease	35	33	40	25	+ 8
Asthma	36	26	15	123	- 96
Diarrhoeal diseases	37	24	5	285	- 261
Low Birth Weight	38	23	9	189	- 166
Peptic Ulcer Disease	39	21	16	96	- 75
Drug Use	40	20	58	3	+ 17
Cervical Cancer	41	18	37	28	- 10
Violence	42	17	22	60	- 43
Epilepsy	43	16	51	8	+ 8
Drownings	44	16	19	84	- 68
Alcohol	45	15	52	5	+ 10
Rheumatoid Arthritis	46	14	61	1	+ 13
Multiple Sclerosis	47	13	63	1	+ 12
Hepatitis C	48	9	65	1	+ 8
Osteoarthritis	49	7	86	0	+ 7
Prostatic Hypertrophy	50	6	85	0	+ 6
Anemia	51	5	80	0	+ 5
Tuberculosis	52	5	1	1,139	- 1,134
Fires	53	5	43	15	- 10
Birth Trauma	54	4	7	238	- 234
Malnutrition	55	4	25	56	- 52
Hepatitis B	56	4	59	2	+ 2
HIV/AIDS	57	3	36	30	- 27
Poisonings	58	3	54	5	- 2
Meningitis	59	3	31	38	- 35
Schizophrenia	60	2	83	0	+ 2
Oral conditions	61	2	84	0	+ 2
Appendicitis	62	2	57	4	- 3
Maternal Conditions	63	1	23	60	- 58
Upper Respiratory	64	1	62	1	+ 0
Pertussis	65	0	24	59	- 58
Encephalitis	66	0	42	16	- 16
Otitis Media	67	0	70	0	+ 0
War	68	0	67	0	- 0
Tetanus	69	0	44	14	- 13
Syphilis	70	0	48	12	- 12
Chlamydia	71	0	69	0	- 0
Leprosy	72	0	79	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	73	0	77	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	74	0	78	0	- 0
Dengue	75	0	56	5	- 5
Ascariasis	76	0	64	1	- 1
Schistosomiasis	77	0	73	0	- 0
Malaria	78	0	71	0	- 0
Chagas disease	79	0	74	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	80	0	72	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	81	0	75	0	- 0
Measles	82	0	68	0	- 0
Diphtheria	83	0	66	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	84	0	76	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	81	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	82	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to TIMOR-LESTE

New Zealand

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.