TIMOR-LESTE VS USA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	UNITED STATES		TIMOR-LESTE		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	2,225	3	814	+ 1,411
Alzheimers & Dementia	2	1,266	18	84	+ 1,181
Lung Disease	3	861	6	283	+ 578
Stroke	4	699	2	923	- 224
Lung Cancers	5	685	17	87	+ 598
Kidney Disease	6	378	8	192	+ 187
Drug Use	7	328	58	3	+ 325
Hypertension	8	291	12	156	+ 135
Colon-Rectum Cancers	9	272	26	54	+ 218
Diabetes Mellitus	10	271	11	156	+ 115
Influenza and Pneumonia	11	266	4	651	- 385
Suicide	12	234	27	48	+ 186
Breast Cancer	13	214	30	38	+ 176
Endocrine Disorders	14	207	38	26	+ 181
Pancreas Cancer	15	195	45	14	+ 182
Liver Disease	16	191	10	162	+ 29
Road Traffic Accidents	17	184	13	154	+ 30
Falls	18	178	21	62	+ 116
Lymphomas	19	178	34	32	+ 146
Prostate Cancer	20	157	47	13	+ 144
Parkinson's Disease	21	152	39	26	+ 126
Inflammatory/Heart	22	143	33	32	+ 111
Liver Cancer	23	119	28	45	+ 74
Leukemia	24	119	32	34	+ 85
Other Injuries	25	115	20	76	+ 39
Bladder Cancer	26	86	49	12	+ 75
Violence	27	84	22	60	+ 23
Oesophagus Cancer	28	79	53	5	+ 74
Other Neoplasms	29	78	60	2	+ 76
Alcohol	30	65	52	5	+ 59
Ovary Cancer	31	64	41	18	+ 46
Skin Cancers	32	63	55	5	+ 58
Stomach Cancer	33	58	35	31	+ 27
Congenital Anomalies	34	52	14	144	- 92
Oral Cancer	35	51	29	44	+ 7
Uterin Cancer	36	44	50	9	+ 35
Diarrhoeal diseases	37	44	5	285	- 241
Cervical Cancer	38	31	37	28	+ 3
Low Birth Weight	39	31	9	189	- 158
Malnutrition	40	30	25	56	- 26
Hepatitis C	41	25	65	1	+ 24
HIV/AIDS	42	25	36	30	- 5
Skin Disease	43	24	46	13	+ 11
Multiple Sclerosis	44	22	63	1	+ 22
Drownings	45	18	19	84	- 66
Asthma	46	17	15	123	- 106
Rheumatic Heart Disease	47	16	40	25	- 9
Peptic Ulcer Disease	48	15	16	96	- 81
Fires	49	14	43	15	- 1
Epilepsy	50	14	51	8	+ 6
Anemia	51	14	80	0	+ 14
Rheumatoid Arthritis	52	11	61	1	+ 10
Poisonings	53	7	54	5	+ 3
Birth Trauma	54	5	7	238	- 232
War	55	5	67	0	+ 5
Maternal Conditions	56	3	23	60	- 56
Schizophrenia	57	3	83	0	+ 3
Prostatic Hypertrophy	58	3	85	0	+ 3
Hepatitis B	59	3	59	2	+ 1
Meningitis	60	3	31	38	- 35
Osteoarthritis	61	3	86	0	+ 3
Tuberculosis	62	2	1	1,139	- 1,137
Appendicitis	63	2	57	4	- 2
Oral conditions	64	1	84	0	+ 1
Upper Respiratory	65	1	62	1	+ 0
Syphilis	66	0	48	12	- 12
Otitis Media	67	0	70	0	+ 0
Encephalitis	68	0	42	16	- 16
Pertussis	69	0	24	59	- 58
Chagas disease	70	0	74	0	+ 0
Tetanus	71	0	44	14	- 14
Schistosomiasis	72	0	73	0	+ 0
Iodine Deficiency	73	0	76	0	+ 0
Leprosy	74	0	79	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	75	0	66	0	- 0
Dengue	76	0	56	5	- 5
Malaria	77	0	71	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	75	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	79	0	72	0	- 0
Measles	80	0	68	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	81	0	77	0	- 0
Ascariasis	82	0	64	1	- 1
Trichuriasis	83	0	78	0	- 0
Chlamydia	84	0	69	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	81	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	82	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to TIMOR-LESTE

United States

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.