TIMOR-LESTE VS YEMEN: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	YEMEN		TIMOR-LESTE		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	1,414	3	814	+ 600
Stroke	2	636	2	923	- 287
War	3	606	67	0	+ 605
Influenza and Pneumonia	4	562	4	651	- 89
Low Birth Weight	5	413	9	189	+ 224
Road Traffic Accidents	6	401	13	154	+ 247
Birth Trauma	7	278	7	238	+ 41
Hypertension	8	248	12	156	+ 93
Diarrhoeal diseases	9	205	5	285	- 80
Congenital Anomalies	10	201	14	144	+ 58
Lung Disease	11	150	6	283	- 133
Measles	12	142	68	0	+ 141
Liver Disease	13	136	10	162	- 27
Violence	14	133	22	60	+ 73
Kidney Disease	15	126	8	192	- 66
Other Injuries	16	104	20	76	+ 28
Asthma	17	99	15	123	- 24
Tuberculosis	18	89	1	1,139	- 1,050
Diabetes Mellitus	19	84	11	156	- 72
Malaria	20	81	71	0	+ 81
Suicide	21	80	27	48	+ 32
Alzheimers & Dementia	22	66	18	84	- 18
Pertussis	23	58	24	59	- 0
Falls	24	55	21	62	- 7
Drownings	25	54	19	84	- 30
Breast Cancer	26	53	30	38	+ 15
Malnutrition	27	50	25	56	- 6
Meningitis	28	48	31	38	+ 10
Fires	29	46	43	15	+ 32
Colon-Rectum Cancers	30	43	26	54	- 11
Stomach Cancer	31	42	35	31	+ 12
Maternal Conditions	32	42	23	60	- 18
Peptic Ulcer Disease	33	39	16	96	- 57
Leukemia	34	36	32	34	+ 2
Oesophagus Cancer	35	36	53	5	+ 31
Endocrine Disorders	36	35	38	26	+ 9
Rheumatic Heart Disease	37	33	40	25	+ 8
Drug Use	38	29	58	3	+ 26
Liver Cancer	39	29	28	45	- 16
Inflammatory/Heart	40	27	33	32	- 5
Lung Cancers	41	27	17	87	- 61
Oral Cancer	42	26	29	44	- 18
Epilepsy	43	25	51	8	+ 18
Poisonings	44	25	54	5	+ 20
Lymphomas	45	20	34	32	- 11
HIV/AIDS	46	19	36	30	- 11
Tetanus	47	19	44	14	+ 5
Encephalitis	48	17	42	16	+ 1
Parkinson's Disease	49	17	39	26	- 9
Hepatitis B	50	14	59	2	+ 12
Pancreas Cancer	51	13	45	14	- 0
Ovary Cancer	52	9	41	18	- 9
Syphilis	53	8	48	12	- 4
Appendicitis	54	8	57	4	+ 3
Bladder Cancer	55	8	49	12	- 4
Schistosomiasis	56	6	73	0	+ 6
Cervical Cancer	57	6	37	28	- 22
Skin Cancers	58	5	55	5	- 0
Alcohol	59	4	52	5	- 1
Dengue	60	3	56	5	- 1
Skin Disease	61	2	46	13	- 11
Multiple Sclerosis	62	2	63	1	+ 1
Prostate Cancer	63	2	47	13	- 11
Other Neoplasms	64	1	60	2	- 1
Ascariasis	65	1	64	1	+ 0
Rheumatoid Arthritis	66	1	61	1	- 1
Diphtheria	67	1	66	0	+ 0
Hepatitis C	68	0	65	1	- 0
Uterin Cancer	69	0	50	9	- 9
Upper Respiratory	70	0	62	1	- 1
Leishmaniasis	71	0	72	0	+ 0
Chlamydia	72	0	69	0	- 0
Otitis Media	73	0	70	0	- 0
Leprosy	74	0	79	0	- 0
Chagas disease	75	0	74	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	76	0	75	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	77	0	77	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	78	0	78	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	76	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	80	0	85	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	81	0	86	0	- 0
Oral conditions	82	0	84	0	- 0
Depression	83	0	82	0	- 0
Anemia	84	0	80	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	81	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	86	0	83	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to TIMOR-LESTE

Yemen

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.