GUYANA VS TIMOR-LESTE: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	TIMOR-LESTE		GUYANA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Tuberculosis	1	600	16	137	+ 463
Stroke	2	486	2	1,022	- 536
Coronary Heart Disease	3	429	1	1,335	- 906
Influenza and Pneumonia	4	343	6	302	+ 41
Diarrhoeal diseases	5	150	27	48	+ 103
Lung Disease	6	149	13	174	- 25
Birth Trauma	7	125	24	64	+ 61
Kidney Disease	8	101	8	233	- 132
Low Birth Weight	9	100	22	89	+ 10
Liver Disease	10	85	9	197	- 111
Diabetes Mellitus	11	82	3	579	- 496
Hypertension	12	82	4	320	- 238
Road Traffic Accidents	13	81	11	175	- 94
Congenital Anomalies	14	76	23	69	+ 7
Asthma	15	65	36	25	+ 39
Peptic Ulcer Disease	16	50	26	54	- 4
Lung Cancers	17	46	29	38	+ 8
Alzheimers & Dementia	18	44	38	23	+ 22
Drownings	19	44	15	145	- 101
Other Injuries	20	40	14	167	- 127
Falls	21	33	48	11	+ 22
Violence	22	32	10	194	- 162
Maternal Conditions	23	32	35	28	+ 3
Pertussis	24	31	73	0	+ 31
Malnutrition	25	29	30	37	- 8
Colon-Rectum Cancers	26	28	25	59	- 30
Suicide	27	25	5	315	- 290
Liver Cancer	28	24	34	29	- 5
Oral Cancer	29	23	40	20	+ 3
Breast Cancer	30	20	19	96	- 76
Meningitis	31	20	44	17	+ 2
Leukemia	32	18	39	21	- 3
Inflammatory/Heart	33	17	20	92	- 75
Lymphomas	34	17	32	32	- 15
Stomach Cancer	35	16	31	34	- 18
HIV/AIDS	36	16	7	256	- 240
Cervical Cancer	37	15	21	91	- 77
Endocrine Disorders	38	14	12	174	- 161
Parkinson's Disease	39	13	49	9	+ 4
Rheumatic Heart Disease	40	13	47	13	+ 0
Ovary Cancer	41	10	43	18	- 8
Encephalitis	42	8	53	7	+ 1
Fires	43	8	41	19	- 12
Tetanus	44	7	72	0	+ 7
Pancreas Cancer	45	7	42	19	- 12
Skin Disease	46	7	56	3	+ 4
Prostate Cancer	47	7	17	123	- 117
Syphilis	48	7	71	0	+ 6
Bladder Cancer	49	6	50	8	- 2
Uterin Cancer	50	5	46	13	- 8
Epilepsy	51	4	37	24	- 19
Alcohol	52	3	57	3	- 0
Oesophagus Cancer	53	3	51	8	- 5
Poisonings	54	3	65	1	+ 2
Skin Cancers	55	3	55	5	- 2
Dengue	56	3	60	2	+ 1
Appendicitis	57	2	54	6	- 4
Drug Use	58	2	45	16	- 14
Hepatitis B	59	1	59	2	- 1
Other Neoplasms	60	1	28	40	- 39
Rheumatoid Arthritis	61	1	63	1	- 0
Upper Respiratory	62	0	66	1	- 0
Multiple Sclerosis	63	0	61	1	- 1
Ascariasis	64	0	74	0	+ 0
Hepatitis C	65	0	69	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	66	0	75	0	+ 0
War	67	0	64	1	- 0
Measles	68	0	77	0	+ 0
Chlamydia	69	0	80	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	70	0	76	0	+ 0
Malaria	71	0	33	30	- 30
Leishmaniasis	72	0	83	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	73	0	84	0	- 0
Chagas disease	74	0	81	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	75	0	82	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	76	0	85	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	77	0	79	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	78	0	78	0	- 0
Leprosy	79	0	68	0	- 0
Anemia	80	0	18	99	- 99
Vitamin A Deficiency	81	0	70	0	- 0
Depression	82	0	86	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	83	0	62	1	- 1
Oral conditions	84	0	67	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	85	0	52	8	- 8
Osteoarthritis	86	0	58	3	- 3
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to GUYANA

Timor-Leste

Guyana

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.