TIMOR-LESTE VS KUWAIT: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	KUWAIT		TIMOR-LESTE		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	1,116	3	814	+ 303
Road Traffic Accidents	2	312	13	154	+ 158
Stroke	3	288	2	923	- 635
Influenza and Pneumonia	4	163	4	651	- 487
Hypertension	5	123	12	156	- 33
Diabetes Mellitus	6	116	11	156	- 40
Breast Cancer	7	110	30	38	+ 72
Kidney Disease	8	98	8	192	- 94
Congenital Anomalies	9	97	14	144	- 47
Colon-Rectum Cancers	10	95	26	54	+ 41
Liver Disease	11	92	10	162	- 70
Lung Cancers	12	77	17	87	- 10
Low Birth Weight	13	76	9	189	- 113
Alzheimers & Dementia	14	67	18	84	- 17
Lymphomas	15	63	34	32	+ 31
Liver Cancer	16	62	28	45	+ 17
Leukemia	17	59	32	34	+ 25
Suicide	18	59	27	48	+ 11
Falls	19	49	21	62	- 13
Pancreas Cancer	20	42	45	14	+ 29
Lung Disease	21	40	6	283	- 243
Other Injuries	22	40	20	76	- 36
Violence	23	36	22	60	- 24
Oral Cancer	24	35	29	44	- 8
Stomach Cancer	25	34	35	31	+ 4
Prostate Cancer	26	28	47	13	+ 15
Bladder Cancer	27	25	49	12	+ 13
Endocrine Disorders	28	21	38	26	- 5
Ovary Cancer	29	20	41	18	+ 2
Drug Use	30	18	58	3	+ 15
Inflammatory/Heart	31	17	33	32	- 15
Oesophagus Cancer	32	17	53	5	+ 12
Cervical Cancer	33	15	37	28	- 12
Tuberculosis	34	15	1	1,139	- 1,124
Uterin Cancer	35	15	50	9	+ 6
Parkinson's Disease	36	14	39	26	- 12
Skin Cancers	37	14	55	5	+ 9
Fires	38	13	43	15	- 1
Epilepsy	39	10	51	8	+ 3
Asthma	40	10	15	123	- 112
Drownings	41	9	19	84	- 74
Poisonings	42	8	54	5	+ 3
Peptic Ulcer Disease	43	7	16	96	- 89
Alcohol	44	6	52	5	+ 0
Meningitis	45	4	31	38	- 33
Rheumatic Heart Disease	46	4	40	25	- 21
Birth Trauma	47	3	7	238	- 234
HIV/AIDS	48	3	36	30	- 27
Diarrhoeal diseases	49	3	5	285	- 282
Multiple Sclerosis	50	2	63	1	+ 2
Other Neoplasms	51	2	60	2	+ 0
Encephalitis	52	2	42	16	- 14
Skin Disease	53	2	46	13	- 11
Maternal Conditions	54	2	23	60	- 58
Appendicitis	55	1	57	4	- 4
Rheumatoid Arthritis	56	0	61	1	- 1
War	57	0	67	0	+ 0
Hepatitis B	58	0	59	2	- 2
Hepatitis C	59	0	65	1	- 0
Malnutrition	60	0	25	56	- 56
Measles	61	0	68	0	- 0
Upper Respiratory	62	0	62	1	- 1
Pertussis	63	0	24	59	- 59
Syphilis	64	0	48	12	- 12
Chlamydia	65	0	69	0	- 0
Tetanus	66	0	44	14	- 14
Dengue	67	0	56	5	- 5
Diphtheria	68	0	66	0	- 0
Otitis Media	69	0	70	0	- 0
Leprosy	70	0	79	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	71	0	77	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	72	0	78	0	- 0
Ascariasis	73	0	64	1	- 1
Iodine Deficiency	74	0	76	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	75	0	75	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	76	0	72	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	77	0	73	0	- 0
Malaria	78	0	71	0	- 0
Chagas disease	79	0	74	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
Schizophrenia	84	0	83	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	81	0	- 0
Anemia	86	0	80	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to TIMOR-LESTE

Kuwait

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.worldlifeexpectancy.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.