ERITREA VS TIMOR-LESTE: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	TIMOR-LESTE		ERITREA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Tuberculosis	1	4,795	14	543	+ 4,252
Stroke	2	3,886	2	2,564	+ 1,322
Coronary Heart Disease	3	3,425	4	2,154	+ 1,271
Influenza and Pneumonia	4	2,739	1	3,277	- 537
Diarrhoeal diseases	5	1,198	3	2,292	- 1,094
Lung Disease	6	1,192	9	662	+ 530
Birth Trauma	7	1,002	11	616	+ 385
Kidney Disease	8	808	12	578	+ 230
Low Birth Weight	9	795	16	531	+ 264
Liver Disease	10	682	6	1,215	- 532
Diabetes Mellitus	11	657	7	944	- 288
Hypertension	12	655	8	926	- 270
Road Traffic Accidents	13	648	5	1,326	- 678
Congenital Anomalies	14	604	18	432	+ 172
Asthma	15	516	22	326	+ 190
Peptic Ulcer Disease	16	403	27	147	+ 256
Lung Cancers	17	368	46	62	+ 306
Alzheimers & Dementia	18	354	24	310	+ 45
Drownings	19	352	33	118	+ 234
Other Injuries	20	319	15	540	- 221
Falls	21	261	26	168	+ 93
Violence	22	253	20	384	- 131
Maternal Conditions	23	252	13	544	- 291
Pertussis	24	246	36	90	+ 157
Malnutrition	25	235	10	660	- 424
Colon-Rectum Cancers	26	228	35	113	+ 115
Suicide	27	201	21	382	- 181
Liver Cancer	28	189	45	69	+ 120
Oral Cancer	29	185	44	71	+ 114
Breast Cancer	30	162	23	311	- 150
Meningitis	31	159	19	404	- 246
Leukemia	32	143	29	144	- 1
Inflammatory/Heart	33	136	32	123	+ 13
Lymphomas	34	133	28	147	- 13
Stomach Cancer	35	129	48	48	+ 81
HIV/AIDS	36	125	25	308	- 182
Cervical Cancer	37	116	30	132	- 16
Endocrine Disorders	38	109	43	71	+ 38
Parkinson's Disease	39	108	37	85	+ 23
Rheumatic Heart Disease	40	104	41	77	+ 27
Ovary Cancer	41	76	40	79	- 3
Encephalitis	42	68	62	16	+ 52
Fires	43	62	31	132	- 70
Tetanus	44	57	52	37	+ 20
Pancreas Cancer	45	57	58	20	+ 37
Skin Disease	46	56	50	45	+ 11
Prostate Cancer	47	54	47	54	- 0
Syphilis	48	52	54	35	+ 18
Bladder Cancer	49	50	51	42	+ 8
Uterin Cancer	50	38	61	18	+ 21
Epilepsy	51	33	38	81	- 49
Alcohol	52	22	49	45	- 24
Oesophagus Cancer	53	21	39	81	- 60
Poisonings	54	21	34	114	- 94
Skin Cancers	55	20	56	30	- 9
Dengue	56	20	73	0	+ 20
Appendicitis	57	18	55	31	- 13
Drug Use	58	12	53	36	- 24
Hepatitis B	59	9	57	28	- 18
Other Neoplasms	60	8	66	6	+ 2
Rheumatoid Arthritis	61	5	64	12	- 7
Upper Respiratory	62	3	60	18	- 15
Multiple Sclerosis	63	3	67	4	- 1
Ascariasis	64	2	68	2	+ 1
Hepatitis C	65	2	65	6	- 4
Diphtheria	66	1	72	0	+ 1
War	67	1	71	0	+ 1
Measles	68	0	63	13	- 12
Chlamydia	69	0	70	1	- 1
Otitis Media	70	0	69	2	- 2
Malaria	71	0	17	437	- 437
Leishmaniasis	72	0	59	19	- 19
Schistosomiasis	73	0	42	73	- 73
Chagas disease	74	0	77	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	75	0	76	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	76	0	79	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	77	0	74	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	78	0	75	0	- 0
Leprosy	79	0	78	0	- 0
Anemia	80	0	81	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	81	0	82	0	- 0
Depression	82	0	80	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	83	0	83	0	- 0
Oral conditions	84	0	86	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	85	0	84	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	86	0	85	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to ERITREA

Timor-Leste

Eritrea

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.