PANAMA VS TIMOR-LESTE: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

Click Country Link To Compare

	TIMOR-LESTE		PANAMA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Tuberculosis	1	3,379	23	223	+ 3,156
Stroke	2	2,738	2	2,006	+ 732
Coronary Heart Disease	3	2,413	1	2,624	- 211
Influenza and Pneumonia	4	1,930	7	697	+ 1,233
Diarrhoeal diseases	5	844	28	163	+ 681
Lung Disease	6	840	5	815	+ 25
Birth Trauma	7	706	36	94	+ 612
Kidney Disease	8	569	3	1,106	- 537
Low Birth Weight	9	560	22	238	+ 322
Liver Disease	10	481	15	325	+ 155
Diabetes Mellitus	11	463	4	1,070	- 607
Hypertension	12	462	10	510	- 48
Road Traffic Accidents	13	457	9	591	- 135
Congenital Anomalies	14	426	13	378	+ 48
Asthma	15	364	43	56	+ 308
Peptic Ulcer Disease	16	284	50	30	+ 254
Lung Cancers	17	259	16	303	- 44
Alzheimers & Dementia	18	250	17	296	- 47
Drownings	19	248	34	103	+ 145
Other Injuries	20	225	35	100	+ 125
Falls	21	184	37	92	+ 92
Violence	22	179	6	730	- 551
Maternal Conditions	23	178	48	32	+ 145
Pertussis	24	174	74	0	+ 173
Malnutrition	25	166	31	122	+ 44
Colon-Rectum Cancers	26	160	14	352	- 192
Suicide	27	142	32	121	+ 20
Liver Cancer	28	133	27	182	- 49
Oral Cancer	29	130	38	78	+ 52
Breast Cancer	30	114	19	279	- 165
Meningitis	31	112	52	27	+ 85
Leukemia	32	101	25	189	- 88
Inflammatory/Heart	33	96	20	270	- 174
Lymphomas	34	94	24	205	- 111
Stomach Cancer	35	91	11	397	- 306
HIV/AIDS	36	88	8	653	- 565
Cervical Cancer	37	82	26	185	- 103
Endocrine Disorders	38	77	18	279	- 202
Parkinson's Disease	39	76	33	115	- 39
Rheumatic Heart Disease	40	73	53	25	+ 48
Ovary Cancer	41	54	41	64	- 10
Encephalitis	42	48	63	3	+ 45
Fires	43	44	57	11	+ 33
Tetanus	44	40	69	0	+ 40
Pancreas Cancer	45	40	29	135	- 95
Skin Disease	46	39	30	127	- 88
Prostate Cancer	47	38	12	390	- 352
Syphilis	48	37	65	1	+ 35
Bladder Cancer	49	35	46	33	+ 3
Uterin Cancer	50	27	40	66	- 39
Epilepsy	51	23	39	66	- 43
Alcohol	52	15	49	30	- 15
Oesophagus Cancer	53	15	45	52	- 37
Poisonings	54	14	61	4	+ 11
Skin Cancers	55	14	44	56	- 41
Dengue	56	14	64	2	+ 12
Appendicitis	57	13	56	11	+ 2
Drug Use	58	9	47	33	- 24
Hepatitis B	59	6	59	7	- 1
Other Neoplasms	60	5	21	256	- 251
Rheumatoid Arthritis	61	4	55	14	- 10
Upper Respiratory	62	2	54	14	- 11
Multiple Sclerosis	63	2	62	3	- 1
Ascariasis	64	2	75	0	+ 2
Hepatitis C	65	2	66	1	+ 1
Diphtheria	66	1	78	0	+ 1
War	67	1	67	0	+ 0
Measles	68	0	79	0	+ 0
Chlamydia	69	0	84	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	70	0	68	0	- 0
Malaria	71	0	81	0	+ 0
Leishmaniasis	72	0	70	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	73	0	80	0	- 0
Chagas disease	74	0	73	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	75	0	82	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	76	0	71	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	77	0	77	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	78	0	76	0	- 0
Leprosy	79	0	83	0	- 0
Anemia	80	0	42	63	- 63
Vitamin A Deficiency	81	0	85	0	- 0
Depression	82	0	86	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	83	0	58	10	- 10
Oral conditions	84	0	72	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	85	0	51	28	- 28
Osteoarthritis	86	0	60	4	- 4
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to PANAMA

Timor-Leste

Panama

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.