TIMOR-LESTE VS RWANDA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	RWANDA		TIMOR-LESTE		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Influenza and Pneumonia	1	584	4	651	- 67
Stroke	2	560	2	923	- 363
Road Traffic Accidents	3	411	13	154	+ 257
Coronary Heart Disease	4	399	3	814	- 415
Malaria	5	365	71	0	+ 365
Diarrhoeal diseases	6	345	5	285	+ 61
HIV/AIDS	7	313	36	30	+ 283
Liver Disease	8	282	10	162	+ 120
Low Birth Weight	9	243	9	189	+ 54
Birth Trauma	10	209	7	238	- 29
Diabetes Mellitus	11	206	11	156	+ 50
Congenital Anomalies	12	197	14	144	+ 53
Lung Disease	13	172	6	283	- 111
Hypertension	14	150	12	156	- 5
Kidney Disease	15	133	8	192	- 58
Malnutrition	16	129	25	56	+ 73
Other Injuries	17	104	20	76	+ 29
Cervical Cancer	18	104	37	28	+ 76
Meningitis	19	94	31	38	+ 56
Stomach Cancer	20	86	35	31	+ 56
Maternal Conditions	21	80	23	60	+ 20
Asthma	22	79	15	123	- 43
Liver Cancer	23	78	28	45	+ 33
Suicide	24	78	27	48	+ 30
Alzheimers & Dementia	25	73	18	84	- 11
Tuberculosis	26	69	1	1,139	- 1,070
Breast Cancer	27	66	30	38	+ 28
Colon-Rectum Cancers	28	65	26	54	+ 11
Violence	29	61	22	60	+ 0
Lymphomas	30	50	34	32	+ 18
Falls	31	46	21	62	- 16
Prostate Cancer	32	44	47	13	+ 31
Peptic Ulcer Disease	33	40	16	96	- 56
Inflammatory/Heart	34	38	33	32	+ 6
Leukemia	35	35	32	34	+ 1
Drownings	36	31	19	84	- 52
Oral Cancer	37	30	29	44	- 14
Fires	38	30	43	15	+ 15
Lung Cancers	39	26	17	87	- 61
Poisonings	40	24	54	5	+ 19
Endocrine Disorders	41	24	38	26	- 2
Pertussis	42	24	24	59	- 34
Pancreas Cancer	43	24	45	14	+ 10
Oesophagus Cancer	44	24	53	5	+ 19
Epilepsy	45	21	51	8	+ 13
Syphilis	46	19	48	12	+ 7
Parkinson's Disease	47	16	39	26	- 9
Rheumatic Heart Disease	48	15	40	25	- 10
Alcohol	49	14	52	5	+ 9
Skin Cancers	50	12	55	5	+ 8
Schistosomiasis	51	12	73	0	+ 12
Skin Disease	52	11	46	13	- 2
Ovary Cancer	53	10	41	18	- 8
Appendicitis	54	8	57	4	+ 3
Hepatitis B	55	8	59	2	+ 5
Uterin Cancer	56	6	50	9	- 3
Upper Respiratory	57	6	62	1	+ 6
Tetanus	58	6	44	14	- 8
Measles	59	6	68	0	+ 6
Drug Use	60	5	58	3	+ 2
Encephalitis	61	4	42	16	- 12
Bladder Cancer	62	4	49	12	- 8
Rheumatoid Arthritis	63	3	61	1	+ 1
Other Neoplasms	64	2	60	2	- 0
Hepatitis C	65	1	65	1	+ 1
Multiple Sclerosis	66	1	63	1	+ 0
Ascariasis	67	1	64	1	- 0
Otitis Media	68	0	70	0	+ 0
War	69	0	67	0	+ 0
Chlamydia	70	0	69	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	71	0	66	0	- 0
Dengue	72	0	56	5	- 5
Trichuriasis	73	0	78	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	74	0	77	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	75	0	76	0	- 0
Leprosy	76	0	79	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	77	0	72	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	75	0	- 0
Chagas disease	79	0	74	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
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	81	0	- 0
Anemia	86	0	80	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to TIMOR-LESTE

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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.