SOMALIA VS TIMOR-LESTE: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	TIMOR-LESTE		SOMALIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Tuberculosis	1	9,840	4	10,261	- 421
Stroke	2	7,973	6	8,595	- 622
Coronary Heart Disease	3	7,028	7	7,233	- 205
Influenza and Pneumonia	4	5,621	1	21,712	- 16,091
Diarrhoeal diseases	5	2,459	2	15,363	- 12,904
Lung Disease	6	2,445	19	2,442	+ 3
Birth Trauma	7	2,055	5	9,573	- 7,518
Kidney Disease	8	1,657	21	2,051	- 394
Low Birth Weight	9	1,631	8	6,250	- 4,619
Liver Disease	10	1,400	13	3,917	- 2,516
Diabetes Mellitus	11	1,347	16	2,888	- 1,540
Hypertension	12	1,344	18	2,643	- 1,299
Road Traffic Accidents	13	1,330	11	4,231	- 2,901
Congenital Anomalies	14	1,240	15	3,410	- 2,170
Asthma	15	1,059	23	1,878	- 819
Peptic Ulcer Disease	16	827	36	559	+ 268
Lung Cancers	17	755	54	233	+ 522
Alzheimers & Dementia	18	727	32	647	+ 80
Drownings	19	723	25	1,272	- 549
Other Injuries	20	656	14	3,602	- 2,946
Falls	21	536	37	548	- 12
Violence	22	520	29	828	- 308
Maternal Conditions	23	517	12	4,127	- 3,609
Pertussis	24	506	20	2,054	- 1,548
Malnutrition	25	483	10	4,825	- 4,342
Colon-Rectum Cancers	26	467	38	546	- 79
Suicide	27	413	27	1,219	- 806
Liver Cancer	28	387	53	256	+ 132
Oral Cancer	29	380	46	328	+ 52
Breast Cancer	30	332	26	1,232	- 899
Meningitis	31	326	9	5,381	- 5,056
Leukemia	32	294	35	562	- 268
Inflammatory/Heart	33	279	39	521	- 242
Lymphomas	34	274	34	605	- 331
Stomach Cancer	35	265	49	310	- 45
HIV/AIDS	36	257	33	610	- 352
Cervical Cancer	37	239	28	883	- 644
Endocrine Disorders	38	224	44	406	- 182
Parkinson's Disease	39	221	56	184	+ 37
Rheumatic Heart Disease	40	213	41	446	- 233
Ovary Cancer	41	156	50	295	- 139
Encephalitis	42	139	63	91	+ 49
Fires	43	128	30	810	- 683
Tetanus	44	117	17	2,648	- 2,531
Pancreas Cancer	45	117	62	108	+ 9
Skin Disease	46	114	58	151	- 37
Prostate Cancer	47	110	52	285	- 175
Syphilis	48	107	45	378	- 270
Bladder Cancer	49	103	61	149	- 46
Uterin Cancer	50	78	64	78	+ 1
Epilepsy	51	67	43	419	- 352
Alcohol	52	44	59	151	- 107
Oesophagus Cancer	53	42	40	516	- 474
Poisonings	54	42	31	758	- 716
Skin Cancers	55	42	57	164	- 122
Dengue	56	41	73	1	+ 41
Appendicitis	57	37	55	188	- 150
Drug Use	58	26	65	54	- 29
Hepatitis B	59	19	48	315	- 296
Other Neoplasms	60	16	70	12	+ 4
Rheumatoid Arthritis	61	10	66	35	- 25
Upper Respiratory	62	6	47	326	- 319
Multiple Sclerosis	63	6	71	8	- 2
Ascariasis	64	5	69	30	- 25
Hepatitis C	65	5	67	34	- 30
Diphtheria	66	3	60	150	- 147
War	67	2	24	1,318	- 1,316
Measles	68	1	3	11,576	- 11,575
Chlamydia	69	0	72	5	- 4
Otitis Media	70	0	68	32	- 31
Malaria	71	0	22	1,942	- 1,942
Leishmaniasis	72	0	51	290	- 290
Schistosomiasis	73	0	42	435	- 435
Chagas disease	74	0	79	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	75	0	78	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	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	84	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	86	0	85	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to SOMALIA

Timor-Leste

Somalia

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.