JAMAICA VS TIMOR-LESTE: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	TIMOR-LESTE		JAMAICA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Tuberculosis	1	2,134	54	8	+ 2,127
Stroke	2	1,730	1	2,415	- 685
Coronary Heart Disease	3	1,524	3	1,726	- 201
Influenza and Pneumonia	4	1,219	15	393	+ 826
Diarrhoeal diseases	5	533	42	35	+ 499
Lung Disease	6	530	11	452	+ 79
Birth Trauma	7	446	37	65	+ 381
Kidney Disease	8	359	6	793	- 433
Low Birth Weight	9	354	18	241	+ 113
Liver Disease	10	304	21	155	+ 149
Diabetes Mellitus	11	292	2	2,077	- 1,785
Hypertension	12	292	8	651	- 359
Road Traffic Accidents	13	288	12	444	- 156
Congenital Anomalies	14	269	23	139	+ 130
Asthma	15	230	36	65	+ 165
Peptic Ulcer Disease	16	179	32	82	+ 97
Lung Cancers	17	164	10	472	- 309
Alzheimers & Dementia	18	158	9	587	- 430
Drownings	19	157	51	10	+ 146
Other Injuries	20	142	31	91	+ 51
Falls	21	116	33	82	+ 34
Violence	22	113	4	1,484	- 1,372
Maternal Conditions	23	112	43	35	+ 78
Pertussis	24	110	67	0	+ 110
Malnutrition	25	105	40	48	+ 57
Colon-Rectum Cancers	26	101	13	436	- 335
Suicide	27	90	35	70	+ 19
Liver Cancer	28	84	29	101	- 17
Oral Cancer	29	82	39	59	+ 24
Breast Cancer	30	72	14	413	- 341
Meningitis	31	71	47	16	+ 55
Leukemia	32	64	26	129	- 65
Inflammatory/Heart	33	61	24	133	- 73
Lymphomas	34	59	17	251	- 192
Stomach Cancer	35	57	19	231	- 173
HIV/AIDS	36	56	7	757	- 701
Cervical Cancer	37	52	16	358	- 306
Endocrine Disorders	38	49	20	176	- 128
Parkinson's Disease	39	48	25	132	- 85
Rheumatic Heart Disease	40	46	44	27	+ 20
Ovary Cancer	41	34	30	97	- 63
Encephalitis	42	30	49	13	+ 17
Fires	43	28	46	16	+ 12
Tetanus	44	25	63	0	+ 25
Pancreas Cancer	45	25	27	119	- 93
Skin Disease	46	25	22	145	- 121
Prostate Cancer	47	24	5	883	- 859
Syphilis	48	23	60	1	+ 23
Bladder Cancer	49	22	38	60	- 37
Uterin Cancer	50	17	28	106	- 89
Epilepsy	51	15	41	46	- 31
Alcohol	52	10	55	7	+ 2
Oesophagus Cancer	53	9	34	74	- 65
Poisonings	54	9	57	2	+ 7
Skin Cancers	55	9	52	10	- 1
Dengue	56	9	58	1	+ 8
Appendicitis	57	8	53	9	- 1
Drug Use	58	6	48	13	- 8
Hepatitis B	59	4	59	1	+ 3
Other Neoplasms	60	3	45	19	- 15
Rheumatoid Arthritis	61	2	50	11	- 9
Upper Respiratory	62	1	65	0	+ 1
Multiple Sclerosis	63	1	56	3	- 2
Ascariasis	64	1	66	0	+ 1
Hepatitis C	65	1	64	0	+ 1
Diphtheria	66	1	68	0	+ 1
War	67	0	61	1	- 0
Measles	68	0	77	0	+ 0
Chlamydia	69	0	62	0	- 0
Otitis Media	70	0	69	0	+ 0
Malaria	71	0	72	0	+ 0
Leishmaniasis	72	0	71	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	73	0	74	0	- 0
Chagas disease	74	0	73	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	75	0	75	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	76	0	76	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	77	0	79	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	78	0	78	0	- 0
Leprosy	79	0	70	0	- 0
Anemia	80	0	83	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	81	0	84	0	- 0
Depression	82	0	86	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	83	0	85	0	- 0
Oral conditions	84	0	80	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	85	0	81	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	86	0	82	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to JAMAICA

Timor-Leste

Jamaica

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.