LESOTHO VS TIMOR-LESTE: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	TIMOR-LESTE		LESOTHO		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Tuberculosis	1	1,684	8	1,208	+ 475
Stroke	2	1,364	3	2,817	- 1,452
Coronary Heart Disease	3	1,203	5	2,101	- 898
Influenza and Pneumonia	4	962	2	3,214	- 2,252
Diarrhoeal diseases	5	421	4	2,354	- 1,933
Lung Disease	6	418	9	1,102	- 683
Birth Trauma	7	352	15	717	- 366
Kidney Disease	8	284	10	1,015	- 731
Low Birth Weight	9	279	12	957	- 678
Liver Disease	10	240	14	792	- 552
Diabetes Mellitus	11	231	6	2,000	- 1,769
Hypertension	12	230	11	990	- 760
Road Traffic Accidents	13	228	16	678	- 451
Congenital Anomalies	14	212	19	389	- 177
Asthma	15	181	17	678	- 497
Peptic Ulcer Disease	16	142	25	279	- 137
Lung Cancers	17	129	43	51	+ 78
Alzheimers & Dementia	18	124	29	194	- 70
Drownings	19	124	28	200	- 76
Other Injuries	20	112	18	533	- 421
Falls	21	92	31	128	- 36
Violence	22	89	13	924	- 835
Maternal Conditions	23	89	24	292	- 204
Pertussis	24	87	44	51	+ 36
Malnutrition	25	83	21	357	- 275
Colon-Rectum Cancers	26	80	48	40	+ 40
Suicide	27	71	7	1,539	- 1,469
Liver Cancer	28	66	39	71	- 4
Oral Cancer	29	65	42	52	+ 13
Breast Cancer	30	57	34	97	- 40
Meningitis	31	56	22	318	- 262
Leukemia	32	50	49	39	+ 11
Inflammatory/Heart	33	48	23	305	- 257
Lymphomas	34	47	36	78	- 31
Stomach Cancer	35	45	60	11	+ 35
HIV/AIDS	36	44	1	4,767	- 4,723
Cervical Cancer	37	41	20	372	- 332
Endocrine Disorders	38	38	27	235	- 197
Parkinson's Disease	39	38	41	55	- 17
Rheumatic Heart Disease	40	36	32	126	- 89
Ovary Cancer	41	27	53	24	+ 2
Encephalitis	42	24	57	14	+ 10
Fires	43	22	26	269	- 247
Tetanus	44	20	47	45	- 25
Pancreas Cancer	45	20	58	12	+ 8
Skin Disease	46	19	40	70	- 50
Prostate Cancer	47	19	35	81	- 62
Syphilis	48	18	45	50	- 32
Bladder Cancer	49	18	61	10	+ 8
Uterin Cancer	50	13	54	23	- 10
Epilepsy	51	11	30	143	- 132
Alcohol	52	8	38	71	- 63
Oesophagus Cancer	53	7	37	73	- 66
Poisonings	54	7	33	111	- 104
Skin Cancers	55	7	46	46	- 39
Dengue	56	7	70	0	+ 7
Appendicitis	57	6	52	25	- 18
Drug Use	58	4	50	32	- 27
Hepatitis B	59	3	51	27	- 23
Other Neoplasms	60	3	62	9	- 6
Rheumatoid Arthritis	61	2	56	18	- 16
Upper Respiratory	62	1	55	18	- 17
Multiple Sclerosis	63	1	63	6	- 5
Ascariasis	64	1	67	1	+ 0
Hepatitis C	65	1	64	2	- 2
Diphtheria	66	0	69	0	+ 0
War	67	0	68	0	+ 0
Measles	68	0	59	12	- 12
Chlamydia	69	0	65	2	- 1
Otitis Media	70	0	66	1	- 1
Malaria	71	0	79	0	+ 0
Leishmaniasis	72	0	75	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	73	0	76	0	- 0
Chagas disease	74	0	78	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	75	0	77	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	76	0	73	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	77	0	72	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	78	0	71	0	- 0
Leprosy	79	0	74	0	- 0
Anemia	80	0	83	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	81	0	82	0	- 0
Depression	82	0	80	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	83	0	81	0	- 0
Oral conditions	84	0	86	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	85	0	85	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	86	0	84	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to LESOTHO

Timor-Leste

Lesotho

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.