TIMOR-LESTE VS TURKEY: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	TURKEY		TIMOR-LESTE		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	1,539	3	814	+ 725
Stroke	2	788	2	923	- 135
Lung Cancers	3	628	17	87	+ 541
Lung Disease	4	449	6	283	+ 166
Diabetes Mellitus	5	321	11	156	+ 165
Alzheimers & Dementia	6	310	18	84	+ 226
Kidney Disease	7	305	8	192	+ 113
Hypertension	8	264	12	156	+ 109
Influenza and Pneumonia	9	230	4	651	- 421
Colon-Rectum Cancers	10	190	26	54	+ 136
Stomach Cancer	11	185	35	31	+ 154
Pancreas Cancer	12	123	45	14	+ 110
Liver Disease	13	114	10	162	- 49
Breast Cancer	14	101	30	38	+ 63
Prostate Cancer	15	100	47	13	+ 88
Road Traffic Accidents	16	100	13	154	- 54
Congenital Anomalies	17	89	14	144	- 55
Leukemia	18	87	32	34	+ 53
Lymphomas	19	87	34	32	+ 55
Liver Cancer	20	81	28	45	+ 37
Bladder Cancer	21	80	49	12	+ 68
Falls	22	78	21	62	+ 16
Violence	23	72	22	60	+ 12
Low Birth Weight	24	62	9	189	- 127
Parkinson's Disease	25	62	39	26	+ 36
Endocrine Disorders	26	47	38	26	+ 21
Asthma	27	44	15	123	- 79
Ovary Cancer	28	41	41	18	+ 23
Suicide	29	36	27	48	- 12
Other Injuries	30	30	20	76	- 46
Inflammatory/Heart	31	29	33	32	- 3
Skin Cancers	32	28	55	5	+ 23
Oesophagus Cancer	33	24	53	5	+ 19
Cervical Cancer	34	23	37	28	- 4
Oral Cancer	35	23	29	44	- 21
Epilepsy	36	21	51	8	+ 13
Uterin Cancer	37	20	50	9	+ 10
Drug Use	38	17	58	3	+ 14
Peptic Ulcer Disease	39	14	16	96	- 82
Diarrhoeal diseases	40	13	5	285	- 271
Birth Trauma	41	13	7	238	- 225
Other Neoplasms	42	12	60	2	+ 10
Malnutrition	43	11	25	56	- 45
Drownings	44	10	19	84	- 74
Rheumatic Heart Disease	45	8	40	25	- 17
Poisonings	46	7	54	5	+ 2
Fires	47	6	43	15	- 9
Skin Disease	48	6	46	13	- 7
War	49	6	67	0	+ 5
Tuberculosis	50	5	1	1,139	- 1,134
Meningitis	51	5	31	38	- 33
Rheumatoid Arthritis	52	4	61	1	+ 3
HIV/AIDS	53	4	36	30	- 26
Encephalitis	54	3	42	16	- 13
Alcohol	55	3	52	5	- 2
Multiple Sclerosis	56	3	63	1	+ 2
Maternal Conditions	57	2	23	60	- 58
Pertussis	58	2	24	59	- 57
Appendicitis	59	2	57	4	- 3
Hepatitis B	60	1	59	2	- 1
Syphilis	61	1	48	12	- 12
Schistosomiasis	62	1	73	0	+ 1
Hepatitis C	63	0	65	1	- 0
Tetanus	64	0	44	14	- 13
Measles	65	0	68	0	+ 0
Upper Respiratory	66	0	62	1	- 1
Otitis Media	67	0	70	0	+ 0
Leishmaniasis	68	0	72	0	+ 0
Chlamydia	69	0	69	0	- 0
Ascariasis	70	0	64	1	- 1
Diphtheria	71	0	66	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	72	0	77	0	- 0
Dengue	73	0	56	5	- 5
Trichuriasis	74	0	78	0	- 0
Malaria	75	0	71	0	- 0
Chagas disease	76	0	74	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	77	0	75	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	78	0	76	0	- 0
Leprosy	79	0	79	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	80	0	83	0	- 0
Anemia	81	0	80	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	82	0	81	0	- 0
Depression	83	0	82	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	84	0	86	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	85	0	85	0	- 0
Oral conditions	86	0	84	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to TIMOR-LESTE

Turkey

Timor-Leste

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.