TIMOR-LESTE VS PERU: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	PERU		TIMOR-LESTE		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Influenza and Pneumonia	1	708	4	651	+ 58
Coronary Heart Disease	2	636	3	814	- 177
Stroke	3	357	2	923	- 566
Kidney Disease	4	334	8	192	+ 143
Liver Disease	5	295	10	162	+ 133
Alzheimers & Dementia	6	269	18	84	+ 184
Stomach Cancer	7	234	35	31	+ 204
Diabetes Mellitus	8	205	11	156	+ 49
Road Traffic Accidents	9	204	13	154	+ 50
Lung Cancers	10	146	17	87	+ 59
Prostate Cancer	11	146	47	13	+ 134
Violence	12	139	22	60	+ 79
Other Injuries	13	133	20	76	+ 57
Colon-Rectum Cancers	14	122	26	54	+ 68
Lung Disease	15	116	6	283	- 167
Liver Cancer	16	114	28	45	+ 70
Tuberculosis	17	110	1	1,139	- 1,029
Lymphomas	18	104	34	32	+ 72
Congenital Anomalies	19	92	14	144	- 51
Breast Cancer	20	91	30	38	+ 53
Cervical Cancer	21	89	37	28	+ 61
Leukemia	22	86	32	34	+ 51
Pancreas Cancer	23	74	45	14	+ 61
Low Birth Weight	24	68	9	189	- 121
Falls	25	59	21	62	- 3
Parkinson's Disease	26	59	39	26	+ 33
Diarrhoeal diseases	27	51	5	285	- 233
Hypertension	28	49	12	156	- 107
Malnutrition	29	46	25	56	- 9
Suicide	30	42	27	48	- 6
HIV/AIDS	31	39	36	30	+ 9
Skin Cancers	32	36	55	5	+ 31
Ovary Cancer	33	33	41	18	+ 15
Drug Use	34	29	58	3	+ 26
Peptic Ulcer Disease	35	28	16	96	- 68
Drownings	36	27	19	84	- 57
Birth Trauma	37	25	7	238	- 213
Oral Cancer	38	24	29	44	- 20
Inflammatory/Heart	39	23	33	32	- 9
Endocrine Disorders	40	22	38	26	- 4
Bladder Cancer	41	21	49	12	+ 9
Oesophagus Cancer	42	18	53	5	+ 13
Maternal Conditions	43	16	23	60	- 44
Alcohol	44	15	52	5	+ 10
Uterin Cancer	45	14	50	9	+ 5
Encephalitis	46	13	42	16	- 3
Epilepsy	47	12	51	8	+ 4
Pertussis	48	12	24	59	- 46
Fires	49	11	43	15	- 4
Asthma	50	10	15	123	- 113
Rheumatic Heart Disease	51	9	40	25	- 16
Syphilis	52	8	48	12	- 4
Appendicitis	53	8	57	4	+ 4
Skin Disease	54	7	46	13	- 6
Poisonings	55	6	54	5	+ 1
Meningitis	56	5	31	38	- 32
Rheumatoid Arthritis	57	5	61	1	+ 4
Other Neoplasms	58	3	60	2	+ 1
Chagas disease	59	2	74	0	+ 2
Tetanus	60	2	44	14	- 11
Malaria	61	2	71	0	+ 2
Multiple Sclerosis	62	2	63	1	+ 1
Upper Respiratory	63	1	62	1	- 0
Hepatitis B	64	0	59	2	- 2
Hepatitis C	65	0	65	1	- 0
Dengue	66	0	56	5	- 5
War	67	0	67	0	- 0
Chlamydia	68	0	69	0	+ 0
Ascariasis	69	0	64	1	- 0
Diphtheria	70	0	66	0	- 0
Otitis Media	71	0	70	0	- 0
Leprosy	72	0	79	0	- 0
Measles	73	0	68	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	74	0	78	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	75	0	77	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	76	0	72	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	77	0	73	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	75	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	76	0	- 0
Depression	80	0	82	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	81	0	81	0	- 0
Anemia	82	0	80	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	83	0	83	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	84	0	85	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	85	0	86	0	- 0
Oral conditions	86	0	84	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to TIMOR-LESTE

Peru

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.