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Afghanistan
COUNTRY #1
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Compare Afghanistan and Timor-Leste health profiles including life expectancy history, causes of death and population dynamics side by side. Health Data used is WHO, World Bank and the United Nations for population.

Timor-Leste
COUNTRY #2
Afghanistan Albania Algeria Angola Antigua/Bar. Arab Emirates Argentina Armenia Australia Austria Azerbaijan Bahamas Bahrain Bangladesh Barbados Belarus Belgium Belize Benin Bhutan Bolivia Bosnia/Herzeg. Botswana Brazil Brunei Bulgaria Burkina Faso Burundi Cambodia Cameroon Canada Cape Verde Central Africa Chad Chile China Colombia Comoros Congo Costa Rica Cote d Ivoire Croatia Cuba Cyprus Czech Republic Denmark Djibouti Dominican Rep. DR Congo Ecuador Egypt El Salvador Equ. Guinea Eritrea Estonia Ethiopia Fiji Finland France Gabon Gambia Georgia Germany Ghana Greece Grenada Guatemala Guinea Guinea-Bissau Guyana Haiti Honduras Hungary Iceland India Indonesia Iran Iraq Ireland Israel Italy Jamaica Japan Jordan Kazakhstan Kenya Kiribati Kuwait Kyrgyzstan Laos Latvia Lebanon Lesotho Liberia Libya Lithuania Luxembourg Madagascar Malawi Malaysia Maldives Mali Malta Mauritania Mauritius Mexico Micronesia Moldova Mongolia Montenegro Morocco Mozambique Myanmar Namibia Nepal Netherlands New Guinea New Zealand Nicaragua Niger Nigeria No Macedonia North Korea Norway Oman Pakistan Panama Paraguay Peru Philippines Poland Portugal Qatar Romania Russia Rwanda Saint Lucia Saint Vincent Samoa Sao Tome Saudi Arabia Senegal Serbia Seychelles Sierra Leone Singapore Slovakia Slovenia Solomon Isl. Somalia South Africa South Korea South Sudan Spain Sri Lanka Sudan Suriname Swaziland Sweden Switzerland Syria Tajikistan Tanzania Thailand Timor-Leste Togo Tonga Trinidad/Tob. Tunisia Turkey Turkmenistan Uganda Ukraine United Kingdom United States Uruguay Uzbekistan Vanuatu Venezuela Viet Nam Yemen Zambia Zimbabwe
DYNAMIC PYRAMIDS
Data Source: United Nations
Afghanistan Population Pyramid
64,682,976
Timor-Leste Population Pyramid
2,019,297
LIFE EXPECTANCY HISTORY
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Afghanistan AFGHANISTAN   Timor-Leste TIMOR-LESTE
  Afghanistan AFGHANISTAN   Timor-Leste TIMOR-LESTE
       
World Rank
       
World Rank
  M F All M F All   M F All M F All
1960
31.6
31.0
31.3
171
172
172
 
33.4
34.6
34.0
167
169
168
1970
35.5
35.0
35.3
171
173
172
 
38.3
39.7
39.0
166
165
166
1980
39.5
39.1
39.3
172
175
173
 
35.5
37.4
36.4
176
176
176
1990
41.4
41.3
41.3
178
181
180
 
46.1
47.7
46.9
167
174
171
2000
53.7
56.1
54.8
150
150
150
 
57.3
60.1
58.7
136
139
137
2010
57.7
60.1
58.8
154
155
154
 
65.5
68.4
66.9
114
127
124
2019
63.3
63.2
63.2
147
174
160
 
67.9
71.4
69.6
121
126
123
LIFE EXPECTANCY BY AGE
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Afghanistan AFGHANISTAN   Timor-Leste TIMOR-LESTE
      World Rank       World Rank
  M F M F M F M F
At Birth
63.3
63.2
147
174
67.9
71.4
121
126
Age
63.3
63.2
147
174
67.9
71.4
121
126
Age 5
67.5
66.9
146
177
71.1
74.2
105
123
Age 10
67.7
67.0
147
178
71.5
74.5
102
122
Age 15
67.8
67.1
150
178
71.7
74.7
100
122
Age 20
68.1
67.4
150
179
72.0
74.9
100
122
Age 25
68.6
67.8
149
180
72.3
75.1
101
122
Age 30
69.2
68.3
149
180
72.7
75.3
101
122
Age 35
69.7
68.9
149
180
73.0
75.6
104
123
Age 40
70.4
69.6
151
180
73.4
75.9
105
124
Age 45
71.3
70.6
156
180
74.0
76.4
107
125
Age 50
72.3
71.8
157
180
74.7
77.0
110
126
Age 55
73.7
73.2
157
180
75.6
77.8
112
128
Age 60
75.4
75.1
157
181
76.9
78.9
116
134
Age 65
77.5
77.2
160
181
78.6
80.2
117
140
Age 70
79.9
79.6
158
181
80.8
81.9
123
141
Age 75
82.7
82.4
156
180
83.3
84.0
129
143
Age 80
85.8
85.6
154
174
86.2
86.7
126
149
Age 85
89.2
89.1
156
171
89.4
89.8
138
153
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Afghanistan AFGHANISTAN   Timor-Leste TIMOR-LESTE
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Coronary Heart Disease
301.71
6
126.58
69
2. Stroke
149.10
25
139.36
29
3. War
121.55
1
0.02
90
4. Hypertension
65.86
4
24.12
60
5. Influenza and Pneumonia
49.80
62
64.49
55
6. Kidney Disease
46.10
15
26.48
71
7. Tuberculosis
41.14
24
127.88
2
8. Diabetes Mellitus
40.94
58
22.46
104
9. Lung Disease
37.01
32
44.62
21
10. Liver Disease
27.20
67
21.16
86
11. Maternal Conditions
25.94
4
5.83
44
12. Asthma
24.23
13
16.55
32
13. Alzheimers & Dementia
22.34
26
16.52
117
14. Breast Cancer
20.24
48
9.95
159
15. Road Traffic Accidents
19.81
76
14.12
102
16. Other Injuries
13.02
36
5.87
120
17. Low Birth Weight
12.07
17
5.99
81
18. Peptic Ulcer Disease
10.64
9
14.34
6
19. Stomach Cancer
10.39
42
4.34
127
20. Birth Trauma
10.16
24
7.24
50
21. Violence
9.87
52
5.39
83
22. Diarrhoeal diseases
9.72
68
27.41
54
23. Oesophagus Cancer
8.78
13
0.65
173
24. Oral Cancer
8.18
9
5.51
34
25. Lung Cancers
6.90
122
11.99
95
26. Congenital Anomalies
6.42
70
5.37
101
27. Parkinson's Disease
5.98
24
4.29
81
28. Suicide
5.96
129
4.53
147
29. Rheumatic Heart Disease
5.86
17
2.65
49
30. Cervical Cancer
5.73
117
6.83
109
31. Meningitis
5.20
48
2.10
60
32. Falls
5.13
99
7.58
63
33. Hepatitis B
4.96
1
0.25
89
34. Encephalitis
4.57
1
1.08
16
35. Prostate Cancer
4.49
167
4.70
163
36. Lymphomas
4.32
108
3.95
121
37. Endocrine Disorders
4.30
80
2.60
128
38. Liver Cancer
4.22
119
6.09
73
39. Colon-Rectum Cancers
4.09
169
7.66
110
40. Ovary Cancer
4.07
106
4.50
87
41. Uterin Cancer
3.66
32
2.28
95
42. Pertussis
3.38
22
2.89
25
43. Inflammatory/Heart
3.32
130
4.22
103
44. Drownings
2.78
78
5.79
20
45. Epilepsy
2.70
37
0.64
168
46. Tetanus
2.49
6
1.17
20
47. Bladder Cancer
1.95
98
1.63
118
48. Leukemia
1.95
154
3.50
95
49. HIV/AIDS
1.72
110
2.66
97
50. Fires
1.60
89
1.29
98
TOTAL DEATHS BY CAUSE
PERCENT TOP 50 CAUSES
  Afghanistan AFGHANISTAN   Timor-Leste TIMOR-LESTE
  Deaths % Deaths %
1. Coronary Heart Disease
40,195
17.35
814
11.55
2. War
25,620
11.06
0
0.00
3. Stroke
19,060
8.23
923
13.09
4. Influenza and Pneumonia
14,649
6.32
651
9.24
5. Low Birth Weight
12,631
5.45
189
2.68
6. Birth Trauma
10,723
4.63
238
3.38
7. Tuberculosis
9,839
4.25
1,139
16.16
8. Hypertension
7,995
3.45
156
2.21
9. Maternal Conditions
7,807
3.37
60
0.85
10. Kidney Disease
6,590
2.85
192
2.72
11. Road Traffic Accidents
6,033
2.60
154
2.18
12. Diabetes Mellitus
5,750
2.48
156
2.21
13. Diarrhoeal diseases
5,555
2.40
285
4.04
14. Congenital Anomalies
5,001
2.16
144
2.04
15. Lung Disease
4,650
2.01
283
4.01
16. Liver Disease
4,600
1.99
162
2.30
17. Asthma
3,403
1.47
123
1.74
18. Other Injuries
3,241
1.40
76
1.08
19. Violence
3,217
1.39
60
0.85
20. Meningitis
2,626
1.13
38
0.54
21. Pertussis
2,107
0.91
59
0.84
22. Breast Cancer
1,822
0.79
38
0.54
23. Alzheimers & Dementia
1,765
0.76
84
1.19
24. Suicide
1,573
0.68
48
0.68
25. Peptic Ulcer Disease
1,505
0.65
96
1.36
26. Stomach Cancer
1,501
0.65
31
0.44
27. Oral Cancer
1,467
0.63
44
0.62
28. Endocrine Disorders
1,364
0.59
26
0.37
29. Oesophagus Cancer
1,314
0.57
5
0.07
30. Tetanus
1,254
0.54
14
0.20
31. Encephalitis
1,190
0.51
16
0.23
32. Lung Cancers
1,076
0.46
87
1.23
33. Rheumatic Heart Disease
1,041
0.45
25
0.35
34. Drownings
996
0.43
84
1.19
35. Epilepsy
993
0.43
8
0.11
36. Lymphomas
946
0.41
32
0.45
37. Falls
905
0.39
62
0.88
38. Hepatitis B
863
0.37
2
0.03
39. Colon-Rectum Cancers
741
0.32
54
0.77
40. Liver Cancer
657
0.28
45
0.64
41. Parkinson's Disease
628
0.27
26
0.37
42. Leukemia
610
0.26
34
0.48
43. Malnutrition
589
0.25
56
0.79
44. Cervical Cancer
541
0.23
28
0.40
45. Inflammatory/Heart
527
0.23
32
0.45
46. HIV/AIDS
464
0.20
30
0.43
47. Poisonings
384
0.17
5
0.07
48. Ovary Cancer
369
0.16
18
0.26
49. Measles
350
0.15
0
0.00
50. Fires
348
0.15
15
0.21
CANCER RANK BY TYPE
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Afghanistan AFGHANISTAN   Timor-Leste TIMOR-LESTE
  Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Breast Cancer
20.24
48
9.95
159
2. Stomach Cancer
10.39
42
4.34
127
3. Oesophagus Cancer
8.78
13
0.65
173
4. Oral Cancer
8.18
9
5.51
34
5. Lung Cancers
6.90
122
11.99
95
6. Cervical Cancer
5.73
117
6.83
109
7. Prostate Cancer
4.49
167
4.70
163
8. Lymphomas
4.32
108
3.95
121
9. Liver Cancer
4.22
119
6.09
73
10. Colon-Rectum Cancers
4.09
169
7.66
110
11. Ovary Cancer
4.07
106
4.50
87
12. Uterin Cancer
3.66
32
2.28
95
13. Leukemia
1.95
154
3.50
95
14. Bladder Cancer
1.95
98
1.63
118
15. Pancreas Cancer
1.54
153
1.83
146
16. Skin Cancers
1.03
138
0.63
156
Data rounded. Decimals affect ranking.
Data Source: WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION 2020
Data Accuracy Not Guaranteed
WHO Excludes Cause of Death Data For the following countries: Andorra, Cook Islands, Dominica, Marshall Islands, Monaco, Nauru, Niue, Palau, Saint Kitts, San Marino, Tuvalu.