NEW GUINEA VS TIMOR-LESTE: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	TIMOR-LESTE		NEW GUINEA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Tuberculosis	1	7,594	5	3,969	+ 3,625
Stroke	2	6,154	2	5,095	+ 1,059
Coronary Heart Disease	3	5,424	1	6,835	- 1,411
Influenza and Pneumonia	4	4,338	6	2,595	+ 1,743
Diarrhoeal diseases	5	1,898	8	2,295	- 397
Lung Disease	6	1,887	3	4,538	- 2,651
Birth Trauma	7	1,586	11	1,504	+ 82
Kidney Disease	8	1,279	18	687	+ 592
Low Birth Weight	9	1,259	10	1,661	- 402
Liver Disease	10	1,081	22	624	+ 456
Diabetes Mellitus	11	1,040	4	4,533	- 3,493
Hypertension	12	1,038	13	1,096	- 58
Road Traffic Accidents	13	1,026	12	1,105	- 79
Congenital Anomalies	14	957	16	951	+ 7
Asthma	15	817	9	1,842	- 1,025
Peptic Ulcer Disease	16	638	35	302	+ 337
Lung Cancers	17	582	23	622	- 39
Alzheimers & Dementia	18	561	33	343	+ 218
Drownings	19	558	40	240	+ 318
Other Injuries	20	506	20	647	- 141
Falls	21	413	26	502	- 88
Violence	22	401	15	969	- 567
Maternal Conditions	23	399	30	421	- 21
Pertussis	24	390	39	248	+ 142
Malnutrition	25	373	48	134	+ 239
Colon-Rectum Cancers	26	361	29	445	- 84
Suicide	27	319	37	259	+ 60
Liver Cancer	28	299	21	644	- 345
Oral Cancer	29	293	25	580	- 287
Breast Cancer	30	256	17	764	- 507
Meningitis	31	251	34	324	- 73
Leukemia	32	227	38	253	- 26
Inflammatory/Heart	33	215	43	229	- 13
Lymphomas	34	211	32	353	- 141
Stomach Cancer	35	204	28	447	- 243
HIV/AIDS	36	199	24	611	- 413
Cervical Cancer	37	184	19	665	- 480
Endocrine Disorders	38	173	47	153	+ 20
Parkinson's Disease	39	170	45	185	- 14
Rheumatic Heart Disease	40	164	14	1,072	- 907
Ovary Cancer	41	120	46	179	- 59
Encephalitis	42	108	57	31	+ 77
Fires	43	98	27	488	- 389
Tetanus	44	91	56	48	+ 43
Pancreas Cancer	45	90	52	107	- 16
Skin Disease	46	88	49	126	- 38
Prostate Cancer	47	85	36	285	- 200
Syphilis	48	83	42	234	- 151
Bladder Cancer	49	80	54	82	- 3
Uterin Cancer	50	61	55	81	- 21
Epilepsy	51	52	51	111	- 59
Alcohol	52	34	53	93	- 59
Oesophagus Cancer	53	33	44	199	- 166
Poisonings	54	33	50	121	- 89
Skin Cancers	55	32	31	417	- 384
Dengue	56	32	64	6	+ 25
Appendicitis	57	29	59	20	+ 9
Drug Use	58	20	61	13	+ 7
Hepatitis B	59	15	58	27	- 12
Other Neoplasms	60	12	60	15	- 3
Rheumatoid Arthritis	61	8	65	5	+ 3
Upper Respiratory	62	5	68	2	+ 3
Multiple Sclerosis	63	5	66	5	- 0
Ascariasis	64	4	63	7	- 3
Hepatitis C	65	4	62	8	- 4
Diphtheria	66	2	67	3	- 1
War	67	2	69	1	+ 1
Measles	68	1	41	238	- 237
Chlamydia	69	0	70	1	- 0
Otitis Media	70	0	71	0	+ 0
Malaria	71	0	7	2,446	- 2,446
Leishmaniasis	72	0	74	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	73	0	73	0	- 0
Chagas disease	74	0	75	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	75	0	76	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	76	0	77	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	77	0	79	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	78	0	78	0	- 0
Leprosy	79	0	72	0	- 0
Anemia	80	0	82	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	81	0	83	0	- 0
Depression	82	0	81	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	83	0	80	0	- 0
Oral conditions	84	0	86	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	85	0	84	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	86	0	85	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to NEW GUINEA

Timor-Leste

New Guinea

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.