TIMOR-LESTE VS VANUATU: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	VANUATU		TIMOR-LESTE		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	2,152	3	814	+ 1,339
Stroke	2	1,366	2	923	+ 443
Diabetes Mellitus	3	601	11	156	+ 445
Influenza and Pneumonia	4	589	4	651	- 62
Lung Disease	5	514	6	283	+ 231
Diarrhoeal diseases	6	379	5	285	+ 94
Kidney Disease	7	334	8	192	+ 142
Suicide	8	256	27	48	+ 208
Liver Disease	9	244	10	162	+ 82
Congenital Anomalies	10	226	14	144	+ 83
Hypertension	11	223	12	156	+ 67
Road Traffic Accidents	12	211	13	154	+ 57
Asthma	13	211	15	123	+ 89
Low Birth Weight	14	205	9	189	+ 16
Rheumatic Heart Disease	15	166	40	25	+ 141
Drownings	16	165	19	84	+ 81
Other Injuries	17	142	20	76	+ 66
Liver Cancer	18	130	28	45	+ 85
Birth Trauma	19	93	7	238	- 145
Peptic Ulcer Disease	20	87	16	96	- 8
Alzheimers & Dementia	21	83	18	84	- 1
Tuberculosis	22	77	1	1,139	- 1,062
Lung Cancers	23	71	17	87	- 16
Maternal Conditions	24	67	23	60	+ 7
Falls	25	62	21	62	+ 0
Breast Cancer	26	61	30	38	+ 23
Cervical Cancer	27	61	37	28	+ 33
Parkinson's Disease	28	55	39	26	+ 29
Inflammatory/Heart	29	53	33	32	+ 20
Pertussis	30	48	24	59	- 10
Malnutrition	31	47	25	56	- 8
Leukemia	32	42	32	34	+ 8
Endocrine Disorders	33	42	38	26	+ 16
Prostate Cancer	34	41	47	13	+ 28
Colon-Rectum Cancers	35	40	26	54	- 14
Meningitis	36	38	31	38	+ 1
Syphilis	37	36	48	12	+ 24
Violence	38	32	22	60	- 28
Skin Disease	39	32	46	13	+ 19
Stomach Cancer	40	29	35	31	- 2
Epilepsy	41	25	51	8	+ 17
Fires	42	20	43	15	+ 5
Alcohol	43	19	52	5	+ 14
Ovary Cancer	44	19	41	18	+ 1
Lymphomas	45	15	34	32	- 17
Tetanus	46	14	44	14	- 0
Poisonings	47	10	54	5	+ 6
Uterin Cancer	48	9	50	9	+ 0
Bladder Cancer	49	9	49	12	- 3
Appendicitis	50	6	57	4	+ 2
Hepatitis B	51	6	59	2	+ 4
Encephalitis	52	5	42	16	- 11
Pancreas Cancer	53	4	45	14	- 9
Oral Cancer	54	4	29	44	- 40
Other Neoplasms	55	3	60	2	+ 2
Drug Use	56	2	58	3	- 1
Multiple Sclerosis	57	1	63	1	+ 1
Rheumatoid Arthritis	58	1	61	1	+ 0
Dengue	59	1	56	5	- 4
Diphtheria	60	1	66	0	+ 1
Hepatitis C	61	1	65	1	+ 0
Measles	62	0	68	0	+ 0
Ascariasis	63	0	64	1	- 0
War	64	0	67	0	- 0
Upper Respiratory	65	0	62	1	- 1
Chlamydia	66	0	69	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	67	0	70	0	- 0
Leprosy	68	0	79	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	69	0	77	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	70	0	78	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	71	0	76	0	- 0
HIV/AIDS	72	0	36	30	- 30
Trypanosomiasis	73	0	75	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	74	0	72	0	- 0
Malaria	75	0	71	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	76	0	73	0	- 0
Chagas disease	77	0	74	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	78	0	85	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	79	0	86	0	- 0
Oral conditions	80	0	84	0	- 0
Depression	81	0	82	0	- 0
Oesophagus Cancer	82	0	53	5	- 5
Anemia	83	0	80	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	84	0	81	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	85	0	83	0	- 0
Skin Cancers	86	0	55	5	- 5
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to TIMOR-LESTE

Vanuatu

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.