TIMOR-LESTE VS NICARAGUA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	NICARAGUA		TIMOR-LESTE		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	1,319	3	814	+ 505
Kidney Disease	2	797	8	192	+ 605
Stroke	3	502	2	923	- 421
Diabetes Mellitus	4	467	11	156	+ 311
Lung Disease	5	354	6	283	+ 71
Liver Disease	6	272	10	162	+ 109
Influenza and Pneumonia	7	260	4	651	- 391
Road Traffic Accidents	8	250	13	154	+ 96
Hypertension	9	249	12	156	+ 93
Violence	10	140	22	60	+ 79
Congenital Anomalies	11	129	14	144	- 15
Liver Cancer	12	115	28	45	+ 70
Low Birth Weight	13	111	9	189	- 78
Stomach Cancer	14	108	35	31	+ 77
Prostate Cancer	15	87	47	13	+ 74
Cervical Cancer	16	84	37	28	+ 57
Other Injuries	17	81	20	76	+ 5
Colon-Rectum Cancers	18	71	26	54	+ 17
Suicide	19	64	27	48	+ 16
Breast Cancer	20	64	30	38	+ 25
Alcohol	21	63	52	5	+ 58
Falls	22	62	21	62	+ 0
Lung Cancers	23	62	17	87	- 26
Leukemia	24	51	32	34	+ 17
Birth Trauma	25	45	7	238	- 193
Other Neoplasms	26	43	60	2	+ 42
Pancreas Cancer	27	40	45	14	+ 27
Endocrine Disorders	28	37	38	26	+ 11
Lymphomas	29	37	34	32	+ 5
Malnutrition	30	37	25	56	- 19
Skin Disease	31	37	46	13	+ 23
Drownings	32	35	19	84	- 48
Alzheimers & Dementia	33	34	18	84	- 51
Inflammatory/Heart	34	31	33	32	- 1
HIV/AIDS	35	31	36	30	+ 2
Diarrhoeal diseases	36	28	5	285	- 257
Tuberculosis	37	26	1	1,139	- 1,113
Asthma	38	24	15	123	- 99
Maternal Conditions	39	20	23	60	- 40
Peptic Ulcer Disease	40	19	16	96	- 76
Epilepsy	41	17	51	8	+ 9
Parkinson's Disease	42	15	39	26	- 11
Oral Cancer	43	15	29	44	- 29
Ovary Cancer	44	14	41	18	- 4
Skin Cancers	45	13	55	5	+ 8
Drug Use	46	11	58	3	+ 8
Oesophagus Cancer	47	9	53	5	+ 5
Uterin Cancer	48	9	50	9	- 0
Appendicitis	49	7	57	4	+ 3
Rheumatoid Arthritis	50	7	61	1	+ 6
Meningitis	51	7	31	38	- 31
Bladder Cancer	52	6	49	12	- 6
Anemia	53	6	80	0	+ 6
Rheumatic Heart Disease	54	5	40	25	- 20
Poisonings	55	4	54	5	- 1
Prostatic Hypertrophy	56	4	85	0	+ 4
Fires	57	4	43	15	- 11
Encephalitis	58	2	42	16	- 14
Osteoarthritis	59	2	86	0	+ 2
Syphilis	60	2	48	12	- 10
Multiple Sclerosis	61	2	63	1	+ 1
Hepatitis B	62	1	59	2	- 1
Oral conditions	63	1	84	0	+ 1
Dengue	64	1	56	5	- 4
Chagas disease	65	1	74	0	+ 1
Schizophrenia	66	1	83	0	+ 1
Pertussis	67	1	24	59	- 58
Hepatitis C	68	0	65	1	- 0
Ascariasis	69	0	64	1	- 0
War	70	0	67	0	- 0
Leprosy	71	0	79	0	+ 0
Upper Respiratory	72	0	62	1	- 1
Iodine Deficiency	73	0	76	0	+ 0
Chlamydia	74	0	69	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	75	0	70	0	+ 0
Leishmaniasis	76	0	72	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	77	0	66	0	- 0
Measles	78	0	68	0	- 0
Tetanus	79	0	44	14	- 14
Hookworm Disease	80	0	77	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	81	0	78	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	82	0	75	0	- 0
Malaria	83	0	71	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	84	0	73	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

Nicaragua

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.