TIMOR-LESTE VS SOUTH KOREA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	SOUTH KOREA		TIMOR-LESTE		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	811	3	814	- 2
Influenza and Pneumonia	2	771	4	651	+ 120
Stroke	3	741	2	923	- 182
Lung Cancers	4	587	17	87	+ 500
Suicide	5	423	27	48	+ 376
Alzheimers & Dementia	6	351	18	84	+ 267
Liver Cancer	7	335	28	45	+ 290
Colon-Rectum Cancers	8	295	26	54	+ 240
Kidney Disease	9	292	8	192	+ 101
Stomach Cancer	10	250	35	31	+ 219
Lung Disease	11	247	6	283	- 36
Pancreas Cancer	12	202	45	14	+ 189
Diabetes Mellitus	13	197	11	156	+ 41
Liver Disease	14	184	10	162	+ 22
Road Traffic Accidents	15	127	13	154	- 27
Parkinson's Disease	16	114	39	26	+ 89
Hypertension	17	107	12	156	- 48
Other Injuries	18	105	20	76	+ 29
Lymphomas	19	101	34	32	+ 69
Falls	20	85	21	62	+ 23
Breast Cancer	21	83	30	38	+ 45
Prostate Cancer	22	67	47	13	+ 54
Leukemia	23	62	32	34	+ 28
Tuberculosis	24	56	1	1,139	- 1,083
Endocrine Disorders	25	55	38	26	+ 29
Other Neoplasms	26	52	60	2	+ 50
Bladder Cancer	27	51	49	12	+ 39
Oesophagus Cancer	28	50	53	5	+ 45
Oral Cancer	29	42	29	44	- 2
Ovary Cancer	30	38	41	18	+ 20
Inflammatory/Heart	31	38	33	32	+ 6
Asthma	32	33	15	123	- 89
Alcohol	33	31	52	5	+ 26
Cervical Cancer	34	31	37	28	+ 3
Diarrhoeal diseases	35	27	5	285	- 258
Skin Disease	36	20	46	13	+ 7
Skin Cancers	37	17	55	5	+ 12
Peptic Ulcer Disease	38	16	16	96	- 80
Hepatitis B	39	15	59	2	+ 13
Epilepsy	40	15	51	8	+ 7
Congenital Anomalies	41	15	14	144	- 129
Drownings	42	14	19	84	- 69
Uterin Cancer	43	12	50	9	+ 3
Violence	44	11	22	60	- 49
Low Birth Weight	45	11	9	189	- 178
Anemia	46	10	80	0	+ 10
Fires	47	8	43	15	- 7
Rheumatic Heart Disease	48	6	40	25	- 18
Hepatitis C	49	5	65	1	+ 4
Drug Use	50	4	58	3	+ 2
Rheumatoid Arthritis	51	4	61	1	+ 3
Poisonings	52	3	54	5	- 2
Malnutrition	53	3	25	56	- 53
Birth Trauma	54	3	7	238	- 235
HIV/AIDS	55	2	36	30	- 27
Schizophrenia	56	2	83	0	+ 2
Appendicitis	57	2	57	4	- 3
Meningitis	58	1	31	38	- 36
Prostatic Hypertrophy	59	1	85	0	+ 1
Osteoarthritis	60	1	86	0	+ 1
Maternal Conditions	61	1	23	60	- 59
Syphilis	62	1	48	12	- 12
Upper Respiratory	63	1	62	1	- 0
Oral conditions	64	1	84	0	+ 1
Encephalitis	65	1	42	16	- 16
Multiple Sclerosis	66	0	63	1	- 0
Pertussis	67	0	24	59	- 58
War	68	0	67	0	- 0
Tetanus	69	0	44	14	- 13
Otitis Media	70	0	70	0	+ 0
Malaria	71	0	71	0	+ 0
Schistosomiasis	72	0	73	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	73	0	66	0	- 0
Ascariasis	74	0	64	1	- 1
Trichuriasis	75	0	78	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	76	0	77	0	- 0
Dengue	77	0	56	5	- 5
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	75	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	79	0	72	0	- 0
Chagas disease	80	0	74	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	81	0	76	0	- 0
Leprosy	82	0	79	0	- 0
Measles	83	0	68	0	- 0
Chlamydia	84	0	69	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	81	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	82	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to TIMOR-LESTE

South Korea

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.