TIMOR-LESTE VS PORTUGAL: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	PORTUGAL		TIMOR-LESTE		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	1,901	3	814	+ 1,088
Stroke	2	1,822	2	923	+ 899
Alzheimers & Dementia	3	1,062	18	84	+ 977
Influenza and Pneumonia	4	1,011	4	651	+ 361
Lung Cancers	5	650	17	87	+ 563
Colon-Rectum Cancers	6	648	26	54	+ 594
Lung Disease	7	633	6	283	+ 350
Diabetes Mellitus	8	532	11	156	+ 376
Kidney Disease	9	414	8	192	+ 222
Stomach Cancer	10	374	35	31	+ 343
Prostate Cancer	11	314	47	13	+ 301
Breast Cancer	12	295	30	38	+ 256
Other Injuries	13	286	20	76	+ 210
Hypertension	14	278	12	156	+ 122
Pancreas Cancer	15	246	45	14	+ 233
Lymphomas	16	237	34	32	+ 206
Endocrine Disorders	17	228	38	26	+ 202
Liver Cancer	18	188	28	45	+ 143
Suicide	19	173	27	48	+ 125
Bladder Cancer	20	173	49	12	+ 161
Parkinson's Disease	21	168	39	26	+ 143
Liver Disease	22	166	10	162	+ 4
Falls	23	152	21	62	+ 90
Leukemia	24	150	32	34	+ 116
Oral Cancer	25	135	29	44	+ 91
Inflammatory/Heart	26	134	33	32	+ 102
Road Traffic Accidents	27	124	13	154	- 30
Other Neoplasms	28	96	60	2	+ 94
Oesophagus Cancer	29	92	53	5	+ 87
Skin Cancers	30	77	55	5	+ 72
Epilepsy	31	61	51	8	+ 54
Uterin Cancer	32	60	50	9	+ 51
Ovary Cancer	33	59	41	18	+ 41
Cervical Cancer	34	49	37	28	+ 21
HIV/AIDS	35	47	36	30	+ 17
Diarrhoeal diseases	36	34	5	285	- 251
Peptic Ulcer Disease	37	34	16	96	- 62
Tuberculosis	38	31	1	1,139	- 1,108
Skin Disease	39	30	46	13	+ 17
Congenital Anomalies	40	29	14	144	- 115
Rheumatic Heart Disease	41	25	40	25	+ 0
Anemia	42	22	80	0	+ 22
Asthma	43	22	15	123	- 101
Drug Use	44	19	58	3	+ 16
Alcohol	45	16	52	5	+ 11
Fires	46	16	43	15	+ 1
Rheumatoid Arthritis	47	15	61	1	+ 13
Violence	48	14	22	60	- 46
Hepatitis C	49	13	65	1	+ 12
Prostatic Hypertrophy	50	12	85	0	+ 12
Drownings	51	12	19	84	- 72
Low Birth Weight	52	12	9	189	- 177
Malnutrition	53	12	25	56	- 44
Multiple Sclerosis	54	8	63	1	+ 8
Schizophrenia	55	7	83	0	+ 7
Meningitis	56	6	31	38	- 31
Poisonings	57	4	54	5	- 1
Osteoarthritis	58	4	86	0	+ 4
Hepatitis B	59	4	59	2	+ 2
Birth Trauma	60	4	7	238	- 234
Appendicitis	61	3	57	4	- 1
Upper Respiratory	62	2	62	1	+ 1
Maternal Conditions	63	1	23	60	- 59
Syphilis	64	0	48	12	- 12
Oral conditions	65	0	84	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	66	0	70	0	+ 0
Encephalitis	67	0	42	16	- 16
Leishmaniasis	68	0	72	0	+ 0
War	69	0	67	0	- 0
Leprosy	70	0	79	0	+ 0
Measles	71	0	68	0	- 0
Pertussis	72	0	24	59	- 59
Tetanus	73	0	44	14	- 14
Diphtheria	74	0	66	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	75	0	76	0	- 0
Chlamydia	76	0	69	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	77	0	73	0	- 0
Malaria	78	0	71	0	- 0
Chagas disease	79	0	74	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	80	0	75	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	81	0	78	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	82	0	77	0	- 0
Ascariasis	83	0	64	1	- 1
Dengue	84	0	56	5	- 5
Depression	85	0	82	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	86	0	81	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to TIMOR-LESTE

Portugal

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.