TIMOR-LESTE VS NORTH KOREA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	NORTH KOREA		TIMOR-LESTE		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Stroke	1	2,845	2	923	+ 1,922
Coronary Heart Disease	2	1,796	3	814	+ 982
Lung Disease	3	1,500	6	283	+ 1,217
Tuberculosis	4	998	1	1,139	- 141
Lung Cancers	5	681	17	87	+ 594
Influenza and Pneumonia	6	357	4	651	- 294
Road Traffic Accidents	7	356	13	154	+ 202
Hypertension	8	308	12	156	+ 152
Liver Cancer	9	305	28	45	+ 260
Liver Disease	10	258	10	162	+ 96
Alzheimers & Dementia	11	249	18	84	+ 164
Kidney Disease	12	227	8	192	+ 35
Stomach Cancer	13	216	35	31	+ 185
Diabetes Mellitus	14	210	11	156	+ 54
Colon-Rectum Cancers	15	185	26	54	+ 131
Suicide	16	138	27	48	+ 90
Rheumatic Heart Disease	17	120	40	25	+ 95
Falls	18	103	21	62	+ 41
Peptic Ulcer Disease	19	98	16	96	+ 2
Other Injuries	20	88	20	76	+ 12
Pancreas Cancer	21	87	45	14	+ 74
Asthma	22	82	15	123	- 40
Breast Cancer	23	78	30	38	+ 40
Oesophagus Cancer	24	70	53	5	+ 65
Low Birth Weight	25	69	9	189	- 120
Parkinson's Disease	26	66	39	26	+ 41
Drownings	27	65	19	84	- 19
Violence	28	62	22	60	+ 2
Congenital Anomalies	29	57	14	144	- 87
Leukemia	30	55	32	34	+ 21
HIV/AIDS	31	43	36	30	+ 13
Birth Trauma	32	42	7	238	- 196
Cervical Cancer	33	40	37	28	+ 13
Inflammatory/Heart	34	39	33	32	+ 7
Lymphomas	35	32	34	32	+ 0
Ovary Cancer	36	30	41	18	+ 12
Oral Cancer	37	29	29	44	- 15
Bladder Cancer	38	29	49	12	+ 17
Endocrine Disorders	39	26	38	26	- 0
Diarrhoeal diseases	40	21	5	285	- 263
Poisonings	41	21	54	5	+ 16
Drug Use	42	20	58	3	+ 17
Malnutrition	43	18	25	56	- 38
Alcohol	44	17	52	5	+ 12
Epilepsy	45	15	51	8	+ 7
Fires	46	15	43	15	- 0
Maternal Conditions	47	14	23	60	- 45
Prostate Cancer	48	13	47	13	- 0
Meningitis	49	12	31	38	- 26
Rheumatoid Arthritis	50	11	61	1	+ 10
Skin Cancers	51	10	55	5	+ 5
Skin Disease	52	9	46	13	- 4
Uterin Cancer	53	8	50	9	- 1
Encephalitis	54	7	42	16	- 9
Hepatitis B	55	4	59	2	+ 2
Upper Respiratory	56	4	62	1	+ 3
Appendicitis	57	3	57	4	- 1
Syphilis	58	3	48	12	- 9
Other Neoplasms	59	3	60	2	+ 1
Multiple Sclerosis	60	2	63	1	+ 2
Pertussis	61	2	24	59	- 57
Tetanus	62	2	44	14	- 12
War	63	1	67	0	+ 1
Hepatitis C	64	1	65	1	+ 0
Measles	65	0	68	0	+ 0
Chlamydia	66	0	69	0	+ 0
Ascariasis	67	0	64	1	- 1
Diphtheria	68	0	66	0	- 0
Malaria	69	0	71	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	70	0	70	0	- 0
Leprosy	71	0	79	0	- 0
Chagas disease	72	0	74	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	73	0	75	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	74	0	73	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	75	0	72	0	- 0
Dengue	76	0	56	5	- 5
Trichuriasis	77	0	78	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	78	0	77	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	76	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	80	0	85	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	81	0	86	0	- 0
Oral conditions	82	0	84	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	83	0	83	0	- 0
Depression	84	0	82	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

North Korea

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.