LATVIA VS TIMOR-LESTE: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	TIMOR-LESTE		LATVIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Tuberculosis	1	1,362	40	71	+ 1,290
Stroke	2	1,103	2	5,893	- 4,789
Coronary Heart Disease	3	972	1	8,099	- 7,127
Influenza and Pneumonia	4	778	9	501	+ 277
Diarrhoeal diseases	5	340	54	14	+ 327
Lung Disease	6	338	18	346	- 8
Birth Trauma	7	284	55	12	+ 273
Kidney Disease	8	229	17	356	- 127
Low Birth Weight	9	226	56	11	+ 214
Liver Disease	10	194	15	365	- 171
Diabetes Mellitus	11	186	8	529	- 343
Hypertension	12	186	3	1,194	- 1,008
Road Traffic Accidents	13	184	27	154	+ 30
Congenital Anomalies	14	172	43	46	+ 125
Asthma	15	147	46	42	+ 105
Peptic Ulcer Disease	16	114	31	142	- 27
Lung Cancers	17	104	4	956	- 852
Alzheimers & Dementia	18	101	7	664	- 563
Drownings	19	100	34	127	- 27
Other Injuries	20	91	16	362	- 272
Falls	21	74	23	201	- 127
Violence	22	72	37	94	- 23
Maternal Conditions	23	72	60	5	+ 67
Pertussis	24	70	70	0	+ 70
Malnutrition	25	67	64	2	+ 65
Colon-Rectum Cancers	26	65	6	722	- 657
Suicide	27	57	14	384	- 327
Liver Cancer	28	54	26	157	- 103
Oral Cancer	29	53	22	214	- 161
Breast Cancer	30	46	10	472	- 426
Meningitis	31	45	52	15	+ 30
Leukemia	32	41	25	186	- 145
Inflammatory/Heart	33	39	5	921	- 882
Lymphomas	34	38	19	245	- 208
Stomach Cancer	35	37	11	470	- 433
HIV/AIDS	36	36	39	74	- 38
Cervical Cancer	37	33	33	128	- 95
Endocrine Disorders	38	31	41	59	- 28
Parkinson's Disease	39	31	35	125	- 95
Rheumatic Heart Disease	40	29	47	41	- 11
Ovary Cancer	41	22	24	196	- 175
Encephalitis	42	19	69	0	+ 19
Fires	43	18	36	103	- 86
Tetanus	44	16	71	0	+ 16
Pancreas Cancer	45	16	13	436	- 420
Skin Disease	46	16	38	76	- 61
Prostate Cancer	47	15	12	464	- 449
Syphilis	48	15	65	1	+ 14
Bladder Cancer	49	14	20	228	- 214
Uterin Cancer	50	11	29	148	- 137
Epilepsy	51	9	45	44	- 35
Alcohol	52	6	21	227	- 221
Oesophagus Cancer	53	6	32	131	- 125
Poisonings	54	6	49	23	- 17
Skin Cancers	55	6	30	144	- 139
Dengue	56	6	83	0	+ 6
Appendicitis	57	5	59	5	+ 0
Drug Use	58	4	48	41	- 37
Hepatitis B	59	3	63	3	- 1
Other Neoplasms	60	2	28	153	- 150
Rheumatoid Arthritis	61	1	51	20	- 18
Upper Respiratory	62	1	62	4	- 3
Multiple Sclerosis	63	1	50	20	- 19
Ascariasis	64	1	84	0	+ 1
Hepatitis C	65	1	42	53	- 52
Diphtheria	66	0	67	1	- 0
War	67	0	68	0	+ 0
Measles	68	0	72	0	+ 0
Chlamydia	69	0	75	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	70	0	66	1	- 1
Malaria	71	0	79	0	+ 0
Leishmaniasis	72	0	77	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	73	0	78	0	- 0
Chagas disease	74	0	80	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	75	0	76	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	76	0	73	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	77	0	82	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	78	0	81	0	- 0
Leprosy	79	0	74	0	- 0
Anemia	80	0	53	14	- 14
Vitamin A Deficiency	81	0	85	0	- 0
Depression	82	0	86	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	83	0	57	7	- 7
Oral conditions	84	0	61	4	- 4
Prostatic Hypertrophy	85	0	44	45	- 45
Osteoarthritis	86	0	58	7	- 7
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to LATVIA

Timor-Leste

Latvia

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.