TIMOR-LESTE VS SAMOA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	SAMOA		TIMOR-LESTE		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	1,736	3	814	+ 922
Stroke	2	1,068	2	923	+ 145
Diabetes Mellitus	3	777	11	156	+ 621
Lung Disease	4	411	6	283	+ 128
Influenza and Pneumonia	5	383	4	651	- 268
Kidney Disease	6	379	8	192	+ 187
Hypertension	7	215	12	156	+ 60
Liver Disease	8	197	10	162	+ 35
Lung Cancers	9	191	17	87	+ 104
Road Traffic Accidents	10	185	13	154	+ 31
Suicide	11	178	27	48	+ 131
Asthma	12	150	15	123	+ 27
Breast Cancer	13	138	30	38	+ 100
Alzheimers & Dementia	14	137	18	84	+ 52
Congenital Anomalies	15	127	14	144	- 17
Low Birth Weight	16	118	9	189	- 71
Stomach Cancer	17	115	35	31	+ 85
Measles	18	112	68	0	+ 112
Drownings	19	95	19	84	+ 12
Other Injuries	20	93	20	76	+ 17
Diarrhoeal diseases	21	86	5	285	- 199
Colon-Rectum Cancers	22	85	26	54	+ 31
Rheumatic Heart Disease	23	82	40	25	+ 57
Prostate Cancer	24	77	47	13	+ 64
Ovary Cancer	25	72	41	18	+ 54
Peptic Ulcer Disease	26	63	16	96	- 33
Falls	27	57	21	62	- 5
Parkinson's Disease	28	53	39	26	+ 27
Inflammatory/Heart	29	52	33	32	+ 20
Liver Cancer	30	49	28	45	+ 4
Endocrine Disorders	31	43	38	26	+ 18
Cervical Cancer	32	42	37	28	+ 15
Lymphomas	33	40	34	32	+ 9
Violence	34	40	22	60	- 20
Birth Trauma	35	39	7	238	- 199
Uterin Cancer	36	38	50	9	+ 29
Maternal Conditions	37	38	23	60	- 22
Bladder Cancer	38	34	49	12	+ 23
Oral Cancer	39	32	29	44	- 12
Pancreas Cancer	40	27	45	14	+ 13
Skin Disease	41	25	46	13	+ 12
Leukemia	42	23	32	34	- 11
Malnutrition	43	20	25	56	- 36
Meningitis	44	17	31	38	- 20
Epilepsy	45	17	51	8	+ 9
Alcohol	46	15	52	5	+ 10
Skin Cancers	47	14	55	5	+ 9
Fires	48	13	43	15	- 2
Syphilis	49	13	48	12	+ 0
Tuberculosis	50	13	1	1,139	- 1,127
Oesophagus Cancer	51	7	53	5	+ 2
Poisonings	52	6	54	5	+ 1
Other Neoplasms	53	5	60	2	+ 3
Encephalitis	54	4	42	16	- 12
Drug Use	55	4	58	3	+ 1
Appendicitis	56	3	57	4	- 1
Hepatitis B	57	2	59	2	+ 0
Pertussis	58	2	24	59	- 57
Rheumatoid Arthritis	59	1	61	1	+ 0
Multiple Sclerosis	60	1	63	1	+ 1
Dengue	61	1	56	5	- 4
Tetanus	62	0	44	14	- 13
Diphtheria	63	0	66	0	- 0
Hepatitis C	64	0	65	1	- 0
War	65	0	67	0	- 0
Ascariasis	66	0	64	1	- 0
Chlamydia	67	0	69	0	+ 0
Upper Respiratory	68	0	62	1	- 1
Otitis Media	69	0	70	0	- 0
Leprosy	70	0	79	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	71	0	78	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	72	0	77	0	- 0
HIV/AIDS	73	0	36	30	- 30
Schistosomiasis	74	0	73	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	75	0	72	0	- 0
Malaria	76	0	71	0	- 0
Chagas disease	77	0	74	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	75	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
Anemia	83	0	80	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	84	0	81	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	85	0	83	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	82	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to TIMOR-LESTE

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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.