BOTSWANA VS TIMOR-LESTE: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	TIMOR-LESTE		BOTSWANA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Tuberculosis	1	1,852	6	649	+ 1,204
Stroke	2	1,501	4	1,588	- 87
Coronary Heart Disease	3	1,323	3	1,632	- 309
Influenza and Pneumonia	4	1,058	2	1,674	- 615
Diarrhoeal diseases	5	463	8	527	- 64
Lung Disease	6	460	10	482	- 21
Birth Trauma	7	387	17	261	+ 125
Kidney Disease	8	312	9	506	- 194
Low Birth Weight	9	307	13	447	- 140
Liver Disease	10	264	12	459	- 195
Diabetes Mellitus	11	254	5	1,273	- 1,019
Hypertension	12	253	11	471	- 218
Road Traffic Accidents	13	250	7	608	- 358
Congenital Anomalies	14	233	16	287	- 54
Asthma	15	199	18	232	- 33
Peptic Ulcer Disease	16	156	29	90	+ 66
Lung Cancers	17	142	39	45	+ 97
Alzheimers & Dementia	18	137	23	164	- 27
Drownings	19	136	30	83	+ 53
Other Injuries	20	123	19	216	- 93
Falls	21	101	34	62	+ 39
Violence	22	98	14	389	- 291
Maternal Conditions	23	97	24	118	- 20
Pertussis	24	95	40	45	+ 51
Malnutrition	25	91	21	171	- 80
Colon-Rectum Cancers	26	88	47	28	+ 60
Suicide	27	78	15	370	- 292
Liver Cancer	28	73	35	57	+ 16
Oral Cancer	29	72	32	70	+ 1
Breast Cancer	30	63	33	68	- 6
Meningitis	31	61	25	108	- 47
Leukemia	32	55	51	13	+ 42
Inflammatory/Heart	33	53	20	177	- 124
Lymphomas	34	52	31	77	- 25
Stomach Cancer	35	50	53	10	+ 40
HIV/AIDS	36	48	1	4,950	- 4,901
Cervical Cancer	37	45	22	164	- 119
Endocrine Disorders	38	42	27	103	- 60
Parkinson's Disease	39	42	38	47	- 6
Rheumatic Heart Disease	40	40	43	37	+ 3
Ovary Cancer	41	29	49	19	+ 10
Encephalitis	42	26	59	7	+ 19
Fires	43	24	26	108	- 84
Tetanus	44	22	61	6	+ 16
Pancreas Cancer	45	22	50	16	+ 6
Skin Disease	46	21	46	30	- 8
Prostate Cancer	47	21	41	45	- 24
Syphilis	48	20	44	36	- 16
Bladder Cancer	49	19	60	6	+ 13
Uterin Cancer	50	15	56	9	+ 5
Epilepsy	51	13	36	56	- 44
Alcohol	52	8	45	31	- 22
Oesophagus Cancer	53	8	28	103	- 95
Poisonings	54	8	42	42	- 34
Skin Cancers	55	8	37	52	- 44
Dengue	56	8	76	0	+ 8
Appendicitis	57	7	57	8	- 1
Drug Use	58	5	48	26	- 21
Hepatitis B	59	4	62	6	- 2
Other Neoplasms	60	3	55	9	- 6
Rheumatoid Arthritis	61	2	52	11	- 9
Upper Respiratory	62	1	58	7	- 6
Multiple Sclerosis	63	1	63	3	- 2
Ascariasis	64	1	67	0	+ 0
Hepatitis C	65	1	66	1	+ 0
Diphtheria	66	1	70	0	+ 0
War	67	0	69	0	+ 0
Measles	68	0	68	0	- 0
Chlamydia	69	0	65	1	- 0
Otitis Media	70	0	71	0	- 0
Malaria	71	0	64	1	- 1
Leishmaniasis	72	0	79	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	73	0	54	10	- 10
Chagas disease	74	0	77	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	75	0	78	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	76	0	73	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	77	0	74	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	78	0	75	0	- 0
Leprosy	79	0	72	0	- 0
Anemia	80	0	84	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	81	0	83	0	- 0
Depression	82	0	85	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	83	0	86	0	- 0
Oral conditions	84	0	82	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	85	0	80	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	86	0	81	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to BOTSWANA

Timor-Leste

Botswana

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.