TIMOR-LESTE VS ZIMBABWE: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	ZIMBABWE		TIMOR-LESTE		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
HIV/AIDS	1	1,756	36	30	+ 1,726
Influenza and Pneumonia	2	947	4	651	+ 296
Coronary Heart Disease	3	746	3	814	- 67
Road Traffic Accidents	4	530	13	154	+ 377
Stroke	5	450	2	923	- 473
Diarrhoeal diseases	6	404	5	285	+ 119
Low Birth Weight	7	355	9	189	+ 166
Birth Trauma	8	299	7	238	+ 61
Diabetes Mellitus	9	294	11	156	+ 138
Malnutrition	10	211	25	56	+ 155
Congenital Anomalies	11	195	14	144	+ 51
Kidney Disease	12	194	8	192	+ 3
Suicide	13	182	27	48	+ 134
Cervical Cancer	14	178	37	28	+ 150
Malaria	15	176	71	0	+ 176
Tuberculosis	16	176	1	1,139	- 963
Liver Disease	17	171	10	162	+ 8
Violence	18	168	22	60	+ 108
Maternal Conditions	19	154	23	60	+ 94
Other Injuries	20	145	20	76	+ 70
Asthma	21	134	15	123	+ 12
Meningitis	22	116	31	38	+ 79
Lung Disease	23	102	6	283	- 181
Hypertension	24	101	12	156	- 55
Inflammatory/Heart	25	92	33	32	+ 60
Lymphomas	26	84	34	32	+ 53
Drownings	27	84	19	84	+ 0
Breast Cancer	28	74	30	38	+ 35
Oesophagus Cancer	29	70	53	5	+ 66
Fires	30	70	43	15	+ 55
Alzheimers & Dementia	31	67	18	84	- 17
Prostate Cancer	32	55	47	13	+ 42
Stomach Cancer	33	49	35	31	+ 18
Endocrine Disorders	34	49	38	26	+ 23
Peptic Ulcer Disease	35	48	16	96	- 48
Rheumatic Heart Disease	36	48	40	25	+ 23
Poisonings	37	45	54	5	+ 40
Liver Cancer	38	45	28	45	- 0
Epilepsy	39	45	51	8	+ 37
Colon-Rectum Cancers	40	44	26	54	- 10
Falls	41	41	21	62	- 21
Pertussis	42	37	24	59	- 22
Lung Cancers	43	25	17	87	- 62
Skin Cancers	44	23	55	5	+ 18
Leukemia	45	21	32	34	- 13
Parkinson's Disease	46	20	39	26	- 6
Pancreas Cancer	47	19	45	14	+ 6
Drug Use	48	19	58	3	+ 16
Oral Cancer	49	18	29	44	- 26
Uterin Cancer	50	16	50	9	+ 7
Ovary Cancer	51	15	41	18	- 3
Skin Disease	52	15	46	13	+ 2
Schistosomiasis	53	15	73	0	+ 15
Bladder Cancer	54	11	49	12	- 1
Syphilis	55	11	48	12	- 1
Encephalitis	56	10	42	16	- 6
Tetanus	57	9	44	14	- 5
Appendicitis	58	6	57	4	+ 1
Upper Respiratory	59	6	62	1	+ 5
Hepatitis B	60	5	59	2	+ 3
Alcohol	61	4	52	5	- 1
Other Neoplasms	62	3	60	2	+ 1
Measles	63	3	68	0	+ 3
Rheumatoid Arthritis	64	2	61	1	+ 1
War	65	2	67	0	+ 2
Hepatitis C	66	1	65	1	+ 1
Multiple Sclerosis	67	1	63	1	+ 1
Otitis Media	68	0	70	0	+ 0
Chlamydia	69	0	69	0	+ 0
Ascariasis	70	0	64	1	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	71	0	75	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	72	0	66	0	- 0
Dengue	73	0	56	5	- 5
Trichuriasis	74	0	78	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	75	0	77	0	- 0
Chagas disease	76	0	74	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	77	0	72	0	- 0
Leprosy	78	0	79	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

Zimbabwe

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.