TIMOR-LESTE VS TAJIKISTAN: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	TAJIKISTAN		TIMOR-LESTE		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	2,082	3	814	+ 1,268
Stroke	2	894	2	923	- 29
Influenza and Pneumonia	3	452	4	651	- 198
Liver Disease	4	299	10	162	+ 137
Hypertension	5	249	12	156	+ 94
Diabetes Mellitus	6	234	11	156	+ 78
Low Birth Weight	7	227	9	189	+ 38
Road Traffic Accidents	8	212	13	154	+ 58
Birth Trauma	9	184	7	238	- 54
Lung Disease	10	171	6	283	- 112
Congenital Anomalies	11	157	14	144	+ 14
Stomach Cancer	12	109	35	31	+ 79
Diarrhoeal diseases	13	106	5	285	- 178
Tuberculosis	14	106	1	1,139	- 1,033
Drownings	15	84	19	84	+ 0
Oesophagus Cancer	16	79	53	5	+ 74
Alzheimers & Dementia	17	75	18	84	- 9
Epilepsy	18	62	51	8	+ 54
Kidney Disease	19	59	8	192	- 133
Suicide	20	58	27	48	+ 10
Falls	21	54	21	62	- 8
Meningitis	22	49	31	38	+ 12
Fires	23	46	43	15	+ 31
Lung Cancers	24	44	17	87	- 43
HIV/AIDS	25	42	36	30	+ 13
Pertussis	26	42	24	59	- 16
Other Injuries	27	42	20	76	- 34
Asthma	28	40	15	123	- 83
Parkinson's Disease	29	37	39	26	+ 11
Liver Cancer	30	34	28	45	- 11
Rheumatic Heart Disease	31	32	40	25	+ 8
Lymphomas	32	32	34	32	+ 1
Breast Cancer	33	31	30	38	- 7
Endocrine Disorders	34	30	38	26	+ 4
Colon-Rectum Cancers	35	29	26	54	- 25
Violence	36	25	22	60	- 36
Peptic Ulcer Disease	37	23	16	96	- 72
Alcohol	38	18	52	5	+ 13
Cervical Cancer	39	17	37	28	- 11
Uterin Cancer	40	16	50	9	+ 7
Oral Cancer	41	16	29	44	- 28
Leukemia	42	15	32	34	- 19
Pancreas Cancer	43	14	45	14	+ 1
Inflammatory/Heart	44	11	33	32	- 21
Maternal Conditions	45	9	23	60	- 51
Ovary Cancer	46	9	41	18	- 9
Upper Respiratory	47	8	62	1	+ 7
Bladder Cancer	48	7	49	12	- 5
Hepatitis B	49	6	59	2	+ 4
Poisonings	50	6	54	5	+ 1
Skin Cancers	51	5	55	5	+ 0
Prostate Cancer	52	5	47	13	- 8
Rheumatoid Arthritis	53	4	61	1	+ 3
Encephalitis	54	4	42	16	- 12
Drug Use	55	3	58	3	+ 0
Syphilis	56	3	48	12	- 9
Tetanus	57	3	44	14	- 11
Appendicitis	58	3	57	4	- 2
Skin Disease	59	1	46	13	- 12
Hepatitis C	60	1	65	1	+ 1
Other Neoplasms	61	1	60	2	- 1
Multiple Sclerosis	62	1	63	1	+ 0
Leishmaniasis	63	1	72	0	+ 1
Malnutrition	64	0	25	56	- 56
Chlamydia	65	0	69	0	+ 0
War	66	0	67	0	- 0
Diphtheria	67	0	66	0	- 0
Ascariasis	68	0	64	1	- 1
Dengue	69	0	56	5	- 5
Otitis Media	70	0	70	0	- 0
Measles	71	0	68	0	- 0
Leprosy	72	0	79	0	- 0
Chagas disease	73	0	74	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	74	0	75	0	- 0
Malaria	75	0	71	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	76	0	73	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	77	0	78	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	78	0	77	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	76	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	80	0	83	0	- 0
Depression	81	0	82	0	- 0
Anemia	82	0	80	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	83	0	81	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	84	0	86	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	85	0	85	0	- 0
Oral conditions	86	0	84	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to TIMOR-LESTE

Tajikistan

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.