ZAMBIA VS TIMOR-LESTE: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	TIMOR-LESTE		ZAMBIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Tuberculosis	1	15,722	6	5,941	+ 9,781
Stroke	2	12,740	3	7,948	+ 4,792
Coronary Heart Disease	3	11,229	10	4,432	+ 6,797
Influenza and Pneumonia	4	8,981	2	9,517	- 536
Diarrhoeal diseases	5	3,929	5	6,275	- 2,346
Lung Disease	6	3,907	21	1,273	+ 2,635
Birth Trauma	7	3,284	7	5,062	- 1,778
Kidney Disease	8	2,648	18	1,760	+ 888
Low Birth Weight	9	2,607	8	4,857	- 2,250
Liver Disease	10	2,238	9	4,501	- 2,263
Diabetes Mellitus	11	2,153	14	2,395	- 242
Hypertension	12	2,148	13	2,616	- 468
Road Traffic Accidents	13	2,125	11	3,654	- 1,529
Congenital Anomalies	14	1,982	12	3,146	- 1,164
Asthma	15	1,692	26	741	+ 952
Peptic Ulcer Disease	16	1,322	40	246	+ 1,076
Lung Cancers	17	1,206	41	226	+ 980
Alzheimers & Dementia	18	1,162	29	590	+ 572
Drownings	19	1,154	27	689	+ 466
Other Injuries	20	1,047	19	1,729	- 681
Falls	21	856	28	596	+ 259
Violence	22	831	23	1,153	- 323
Maternal Conditions	23	827	22	1,188	- 361
Pertussis	24	808	25	743	+ 65
Malnutrition	25	772	15	2,303	- 1,531
Colon-Rectum Cancers	26	746	43	203	+ 544
Suicide	27	659	20	1,303	- 643
Liver Cancer	28	619	46	177	+ 442
Oral Cancer	29	607	48	155	+ 452
Breast Cancer	30	531	35	366	+ 165
Meningitis	31	520	16	1,976	- 1,456
Leukemia	32	470	39	261	+ 209
Inflammatory/Heart	33	446	33	501	- 55
Lymphomas	34	437	31	548	- 110
Stomach Cancer	35	423	42	206	+ 217
HIV/AIDS	36	411	1	17,234	- 16,823
Cervical Cancer	37	381	17	1,799	- 1,417
Endocrine Disorders	38	358	37	354	+ 4
Parkinson's Disease	39	353	47	164	+ 189
Rheumatic Heart Disease	40	340	45	190	+ 151
Ovary Cancer	41	249	57	82	+ 167
Encephalitis	42	223	59	70	+ 153
Fires	43	204	32	546	- 342
Tetanus	44	187	44	190	- 2
Pancreas Cancer	45	187	62	42	+ 145
Skin Disease	46	182	52	126	+ 56
Prostate Cancer	47	176	30	561	- 385
Syphilis	48	172	24	885	- 713
Bladder Cancer	49	165	50	132	+ 33
Uterin Cancer	50	125	64	30	+ 95
Epilepsy	51	107	38	332	- 225
Alcohol	52	71	49	140	- 69
Oesophagus Cancer	53	68	36	359	- 291
Poisonings	54	67	34	456	- 389
Skin Cancers	55	67	54	108	- 41
Dengue	56	66	74	1	+ 65
Appendicitis	57	60	56	84	- 24
Drug Use	58	41	53	122	- 82
Hepatitis B	59	30	55	104	- 74
Other Neoplasms	60	26	65	20	+ 6
Rheumatoid Arthritis	61	17	63	30	- 13
Upper Respiratory	62	10	60	68	- 57
Multiple Sclerosis	63	10	67	13	- 4
Ascariasis	64	8	68	9	- 1
Hepatitis C	65	8	66	18	- 10
Diphtheria	66	5	73	3	+ 2
War	67	4	69	6	- 3
Measles	68	2	61	48	- 47
Chlamydia	69	1	71	3	- 3
Otitis Media	70	0	70	5	- 5
Malaria	71	0	4	7,882	- 7,882
Leishmaniasis	72	0	58	72	- 72
Schistosomiasis	73	0	51	128	- 128
Chagas disease	74	0	79	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	75	0	72	3	- 3
Iodine Deficiency	76	0	78	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	77	0	76	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 ZAMBIA

Timor-Leste

Zambia

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.