TIMOR-LESTE VS SAINT LUCIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	SAINT LUCIA		TIMOR-LESTE		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Stroke	1	1,689	2	923	+ 766
Coronary Heart Disease	2	1,334	3	814	+ 520
Diabetes Mellitus	3	1,252	11	156	+ 1,096
Kidney Disease	4	715	8	192	+ 523
Influenza and Pneumonia	5	589	4	651	- 62
Prostate Cancer	6	505	47	13	+ 492
Road Traffic Accidents	7	489	13	154	+ 335
Lung Disease	8	474	6	283	+ 191
Hypertension	9	470	12	156	+ 315
Alzheimers & Dementia	10	427	18	84	+ 343
Violence	11	332	22	60	+ 272
Liver Disease	12	312	10	162	+ 150
Inflammatory/Heart	13	282	33	32	+ 250
Breast Cancer	14	228	30	38	+ 190
Stomach Cancer	15	196	35	31	+ 166
Colon-Rectum Cancers	16	189	26	54	+ 135
Endocrine Disorders	17	181	38	26	+ 155
Lung Cancers	18	168	17	87	+ 80
Low Birth Weight	19	154	9	189	- 35
Skin Disease	20	145	46	13	+ 132
Other Injuries	21	132	20	76	+ 56
Suicide	22	129	27	48	+ 81
Parkinson's Disease	23	124	39	26	+ 99
Lymphomas	24	117	34	32	+ 86
Cervical Cancer	25	106	37	28	+ 79
Falls	26	94	21	62	+ 32
Asthma	27	86	15	123	- 37
Drownings	28	84	19	84	- 0
Alcohol	29	83	52	5	+ 78
Congenital Anomalies	30	73	14	144	- 71
Pancreas Cancer	31	72	45	14	+ 59
Epilepsy	32	64	51	8	+ 56
Malnutrition	33	59	25	56	+ 3
Peptic Ulcer Disease	34	48	16	96	- 48
Diarrhoeal diseases	35	41	5	285	- 244
Leukemia	36	40	32	34	+ 6
Liver Cancer	37	36	28	45	- 9
Rheumatic Heart Disease	38	35	40	25	+ 11
Fires	39	30	43	15	+ 15
Oesophagus Cancer	40	28	53	5	+ 23
Ovary Cancer	41	28	41	18	+ 10
Birth Trauma	42	28	7	238	- 210
Oral Cancer	43	28	29	44	- 16
Tuberculosis	44	26	1	1,139	- 1,113
Uterin Cancer	45	18	50	9	+ 9
Drug Use	46	17	58	3	+ 14
Maternal Conditions	47	17	23	60	- 43
Other Neoplasms	48	16	60	2	+ 14
Meningitis	49	13	31	38	- 25
Rheumatoid Arthritis	50	12	61	1	+ 11
Appendicitis	51	10	57	4	+ 6
Encephalitis	52	10	42	16	- 6
Dengue	53	5	56	5	+ 1
Multiple Sclerosis	54	4	63	1	+ 3
Poisonings	55	2	54	5	- 3
Tetanus	56	2	44	14	- 12
Syphilis	57	2	48	12	- 11
War	58	1	67	0	+ 1
Upper Respiratory	59	1	62	1	+ 0
Hepatitis B	60	1	59	2	- 2
Schistosomiasis	61	0	73	0	+ 0
Chlamydia	62	0	69	0	+ 0
Pertussis	63	0	24	59	- 58
Ascariasis	64	0	64	1	- 0
Hepatitis C	65	0	65	1	- 1
Otitis Media	66	0	70	0	- 0
Diphtheria	67	0	66	0	- 0
Skin Cancers	68	0	55	5	- 5
Vitamin A Deficiency	69	0	81	0	- 0
Anemia	70	0	80	0	- 0
Depression	71	0	82	0	- 0
Bladder Cancer	72	0	49	12	- 12
Schizophrenia	73	0	83	0	- 0
Oral conditions	74	0	84	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	75	0	86	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	76	0	85	0	- 0
Measles	77	0	68	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	78	0	76	0	- 0
Chagas disease	79	0	74	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	80	0	75	0	- 0
Malaria	81	0	71	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	82	0	72	0	- 0
Leprosy	83	0	79	0	- 0
HIV/AIDS	84	0	36	30	- 30
Trichuriasis	85	0	78	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	86	0	77	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to TIMOR-LESTE

Saint Lucia

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.