MAURITANIA VS TIMOR-LESTE: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	TIMOR-LESTE		MAURITANIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Tuberculosis	1	3,272	9	717	+ 2,555
Stroke	2	2,651	6	1,307	+ 1,344
Coronary Heart Disease	3	2,337	4	1,636	+ 701
Influenza and Pneumonia	4	1,869	1	2,756	- 887
Diarrhoeal diseases	5	818	3	1,656	- 839
Lung Disease	6	813	23	275	+ 538
Birth Trauma	7	683	7	1,204	- 521
Kidney Disease	8	551	15	555	- 4
Low Birth Weight	9	542	2	2,014	- 1,472
Liver Disease	10	466	13	586	- 120
Diabetes Mellitus	11	448	12	594	- 146
Hypertension	12	447	22	286	+ 161
Road Traffic Accidents	13	442	8	1,158	- 716
Congenital Anomalies	14	412	10	665	- 253
Asthma	15	352	29	170	+ 182
Peptic Ulcer Disease	16	275	38	83	+ 192
Lung Cancers	17	251	44	60	+ 191
Alzheimers & Dementia	18	242	24	251	- 10
Drownings	19	240	35	116	+ 124
Other Injuries	20	218	19	343	- 125
Falls	21	178	31	140	+ 38
Violence	22	173	16	491	- 319
Maternal Conditions	23	172	11	639	- 467
Pertussis	24	168	14	574	- 406
Malnutrition	25	161	17	462	- 302
Colon-Rectum Cancers	26	155	37	110	+ 46
Suicide	27	137	30	141	- 4
Liver Cancer	28	129	21	312	- 183
Oral Cancer	29	126	48	45	+ 81
Breast Cancer	30	110	28	189	- 79
Meningitis	31	108	18	357	- 249
Leukemia	32	98	55	22	+ 75
Inflammatory/Heart	33	93	36	110	- 17
Lymphomas	34	91	43	65	+ 26
Stomach Cancer	35	88	32	132	- 44
HIV/AIDS	36	86	25	231	- 145
Cervical Cancer	37	79	20	333	- 254
Endocrine Disorders	38	75	27	197	- 123
Parkinson's Disease	39	73	41	69	+ 4
Rheumatic Heart Disease	40	71	52	34	+ 37
Ovary Cancer	41	52	49	43	+ 8
Encephalitis	42	46	53	33	+ 13
Fires	43	42	33	123	- 81
Tetanus	44	39	45	58	- 19
Pancreas Cancer	45	39	51	39	+ 0
Skin Disease	46	38	47	47	- 10
Prostate Cancer	47	37	34	118	- 81
Syphilis	48	36	26	204	- 168
Bladder Cancer	49	34	50	42	- 8
Uterin Cancer	50	26	57	17	+ 9
Epilepsy	51	22	39	75	- 52
Alcohol	52	15	58	16	- 1
Oesophagus Cancer	53	14	54	30	- 16
Poisonings	54	14	42	67	- 53
Skin Cancers	55	14	46	50	- 36
Dengue	56	14	73	0	+ 14
Appendicitis	57	12	60	9	+ 4
Drug Use	58	8	40	71	- 63
Hepatitis B	59	6	56	22	- 16
Other Neoplasms	60	5	62	7	- 2
Rheumatoid Arthritis	61	3	64	4	- 1
Upper Respiratory	62	2	68	3	- 0
Multiple Sclerosis	63	2	63	5	- 3
Ascariasis	64	2	66	3	- 1
Hepatitis C	65	2	67	3	- 1
Diphtheria	66	1	65	3	- 2
War	67	1	70	2	- 1
Measles	68	0	61	9	- 8
Chlamydia	69	0	71	0	- 0
Otitis Media	70	0	72	0	+ 0
Malaria	71	0	5	1,423	- 1,422
Leishmaniasis	72	0	69	2	- 2
Schistosomiasis	73	0	59	14	- 14
Chagas disease	74	0	78	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	75	0	79	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	76	0	76	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	77	0	74	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	78	0	75	0	- 0
Leprosy	79	0	77	0	- 0
Anemia	80	0	84	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	81	0	85	0	- 0
Depression	82	0	83	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	83	0	86	0	- 0
Oral conditions	84	0	82	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	85	0	80	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	86	0	81	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to MAURITANIA

Timor-Leste

Mauritania

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.