URUGUAY VS TIMOR-LESTE: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	TIMOR-LESTE		URUGUAY		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Tuberculosis	1	2,589	41	81	+ 2,509
Stroke	2	2,098	2	2,850	- 752
Coronary Heart Disease	3	1,849	1	4,265	- 2,415
Influenza and Pneumonia	4	1,479	6	1,370	+ 109
Diarrhoeal diseases	5	647	35	134	+ 513
Lung Disease	6	643	4	1,706	- 1,063
Birth Trauma	7	541	53	22	+ 519
Kidney Disease	8	436	8	1,040	- 604
Low Birth Weight	9	429	42	73	+ 356
Liver Disease	10	368	27	206	+ 163
Diabetes Mellitus	11	355	11	747	- 393
Hypertension	12	354	15	648	- 295
Road Traffic Accidents	13	350	16	512	- 162
Congenital Anomalies	14	326	30	170	+ 156
Asthma	15	279	37	127	+ 152
Peptic Ulcer Disease	16	218	46	57	+ 161
Lung Cancers	17	199	5	1,463	- 1,264
Alzheimers & Dementia	18	191	3	1,899	- 1,707
Drownings	19	190	45	65	+ 125
Other Injuries	20	173	10	774	- 601
Falls	21	141	47	55	+ 86
Violence	22	137	23	295	- 158
Maternal Conditions	23	136	60	9	+ 127
Pertussis	24	133	72	0	+ 133
Malnutrition	25	127	43	73	+ 54
Colon-Rectum Cancers	26	123	7	1,245	- 1,122
Suicide	27	109	12	735	- 627
Liver Cancer	28	102	34	147	- 45
Oral Cancer	29	100	31	167	- 67
Breast Cancer	30	87	9	848	- 761
Meningitis	31	86	58	10	+ 75
Leukemia	32	77	25	280	- 203
Inflammatory/Heart	33	73	22	314	- 241
Lymphomas	34	72	20	457	- 385
Stomach Cancer	35	70	18	480	- 411
HIV/AIDS	36	68	28	195	- 127
Cervical Cancer	37	63	29	172	- 109
Endocrine Disorders	38	59	17	487	- 428
Parkinson's Disease	39	58	21	320	- 262
Rheumatic Heart Disease	40	56	50	39	+ 17
Ovary Cancer	41	41	32	160	- 119
Encephalitis	42	37	64	4	+ 33
Fires	43	34	48	54	- 21
Tetanus	44	31	71	0	+ 31
Pancreas Cancer	45	31	14	656	- 625
Skin Disease	46	30	36	130	- 100
Prostate Cancer	47	29	13	707	- 678
Syphilis	48	28	66	3	+ 25
Bladder Cancer	49	27	26	276	- 249
Uterin Cancer	50	21	38	115	- 95
Epilepsy	51	18	40	86	- 68
Alcohol	52	12	39	104	- 93
Oesophagus Cancer	53	11	24	286	- 275
Poisonings	54	11	55	17	- 5
Skin Cancers	55	11	33	149	- 138
Dengue	56	11	83	0	+ 11
Appendicitis	57	10	59	9	+ 1
Drug Use	58	7	49	41	- 34
Hepatitis B	59	5	63	4	+ 1
Other Neoplasms	60	4	19	464	- 459
Rheumatoid Arthritis	61	3	51	35	- 32
Upper Respiratory	62	2	62	5	- 3
Multiple Sclerosis	63	2	56	13	- 12
Ascariasis	64	1	80	0	+ 1
Hepatitis C	65	1	65	3	- 2
Diphtheria	66	1	73	0	+ 1
War	67	1	70	0	+ 0
Measles	68	0	74	0	+ 0
Chlamydia	69	0	75	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	70	0	67	2	- 2
Malaria	71	0	79	0	+ 0
Leishmaniasis	72	0	78	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	73	0	77	0	- 0
Chagas disease	74	0	61	5	- 5
Trypanosomiasis	75	0	76	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	76	0	84	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	77	0	82	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	78	0	81	0	- 0
Leprosy	79	0	69	0	- 0
Anemia	80	0	44	71	- 71
Vitamin A Deficiency	81	0	85	0	- 0
Depression	82	0	86	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	83	0	54	18	- 18
Oral conditions	84	0	68	1	- 1
Prostatic Hypertrophy	85	0	57	12	- 12
Osteoarthritis	86	0	52	32	- 32
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to URUGUAY

Timor-Leste

Uruguay

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.