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Timor-Leste
COUNTRY #1
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Compare Timor-Leste and Jamaica 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.

Jamaica
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
Timor-Leste Population Pyramid
2,019,297
Created with Raphaël 2.2.0 95+ 90-94 85-89 80-84 75-79 70-74 65-69 60-64 55-59 50-54 45-49 40-44 35-39 30-34 25-29 20-24 15-19 10-14 5-9 0-42.5%2.5%5%5%7.5%7.5%
Jamaica Population Pyramid
2,960,321
Created with Raphaël 2.2.0 95+ 90-94 85-89 80-84 75-79 70-74 65-69 60-64 55-59 50-54 45-49 40-44 35-39 30-34 25-29 20-24 15-19 10-14 5-9 0-42.5%2.5%5%5%7.5%7.5%
LIFE EXPECTANCY HISTORY
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Timor-Leste TIMOR-LESTE   Jamaica JAMAICA
  Timor-Leste TIMOR-LESTE   Jamaica JAMAICA
       
World Rank
       
World Rank
  M F All M F All   M F All M F All
1960
33.4
34.6
34.0
167
169
168
 
62.5
66.3
64.4
40
44
41
1970
38.3
39.7
39.0
166
165
166
 
66.6
70.2
68.4
28
47
41
1980
35.5
37.4
36.4
176
176
176
 
69.1
72.4
70.7
31
53
35
1990
46.1
47.7
46.9
167
174
171
 
69.9
73.4
71.6
39
65
47
2000
57.3
60.1
58.7
136
139
137
 
69.8
75.5
72.6
58
59
59
2010
65.5
68.4
66.9
114
127
124
 
72.5
77.7
75.0
53
58
53
2019
67.9
71.4
69.6
121
126
123
 
74.4
77.7
76.0
57
82
66
LIFE EXPECTANCY BY AGE
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Timor-Leste TIMOR-LESTE   Jamaica JAMAICA
      World Rank       World Rank
  M F M F M F M F
At Birth
67.9
71.4
121
126
74.4
77.7
57
82
Age
67.9
71.4
121
126
74.4
77.7
57
82
Age 5
71.1
74.2
105
123
75.5
78.6
50
78
Age 10
71.5
74.5
102
122
75.6
78.7
51
77
Age 15
71.7
74.7
100
122
75.7
78.8
51
77
Age 20
72.0
74.9
100
122
75.9
78.9
51
78
Age 25
72.3
75.1
101
122
76.1
79.1
53
77
Age 30
72.7
75.3
101
122
76.4
79.3
54
76
Age 35
73.0
75.6
104
123
76.7
79.6
53
74
Age 40
73.4
75.9
105
124
77.1
80.0
51
73
Age 45
74.0
76.4
107
125
77.6
80.4
49
71
Age 50
74.7
77.0
110
126
78.2
81.0
52
69
Age 55
75.6
77.8
112
128
79.0
81.8
53
64
Age 60
76.9
78.9
116
134
80.1
82.6
55
61
Age 65
78.6
80.2
117
140
81.4
83.8
52
58
Age 70
80.8
81.9
123
141
83.1
85.2
54
54
Age 75
83.3
84.0
129
143
85.4
86.9
50
50
Age 80
86.2
86.7
126
149
88.1
89.1
40
42
Age 85
89.4
89.8
138
153
91.1
91.5
20
25
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Timor-Leste TIMOR-LESTE   Jamaica JAMAICA
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Stroke
139.36
29
70.26
104
2. Tuberculosis
127.88
2
0.24
157
3. Coronary Heart Disease
126.58
69
49.69
162
4. Influenza and Pneumonia
64.49
55
11.23
153
5. Lung Disease
44.62
21
13.20
151
6. Diarrhoeal diseases
27.41
54
1.06
133
7. Kidney Disease
26.48
71
23.98
84
8. Hypertension
24.12
60
18.75
89
9. Diabetes Mellitus
22.46
104
61.66
24
10. Liver Disease
21.16
86
4.80
162
11. Asthma
16.55
32
2.02
115
12. Alzheimers & Dementia
16.52
117
15.09
133
13. Peptic Ulcer Disease
14.34
6
2.47
92
14. Road Traffic Accidents
14.12
102
14.23
101
15. Lung Cancers
11.99
95
14.66
78
16. Breast Cancer
9.95
159
25.54
24
17. Colon-Rectum Cancers
7.66
110
13.25
39
18. Falls
7.58
63
2.34
167
19. Birth Trauma
7.24
50
1.82
96
20. Cervical Cancer
6.83
109
22.18
32
21. Malnutrition
6.75
41
1.43
90
22. Liver Cancer
6.09
73
3.14
161
23. Low Birth Weight
5.99
81
6.72
67
24. Other Injuries
5.87
120
2.77
173
25. Maternal Conditions
5.83
44
1.15
81
26. Drownings
5.79
20
0.34
182
27. Oral Cancer
5.51
34
1.87
141
28. Violence
5.39
83
47.92
4
29. Congenital Anomalies
5.37
101
4.63
124
30. Prostate Cancer
4.70
163
53.37
3
31. Suicide
4.53
147
2.28
175
32. Ovary Cancer
4.50
87
5.85
38
33. Stomach Cancer
4.34
127
7.00
77
34. Parkinson's Disease
4.29
81
3.69
118
35. Inflammatory/Heart
4.22
103
4.11
112
36. Lymphomas
3.95
121
7.87
10
37. Leukemia
3.50
95
4.13
63
38. Pertussis
2.89
25
0.00
177
39. HIV/AIDS
2.66
97
25.41
38
40. Rheumatic Heart Disease
2.65
49
0.85
127
41. Endocrine Disorders
2.60
128
5.56
60
42. Uterin Cancer
2.28
95
6.42
8
43. Meningitis
2.10
60
0.49
116
44. Skin Disease
1.99
70
4.13
19
45. Pancreas Cancer
1.83
146
3.62
94
46. Bladder Cancer
1.63
118
1.77
108
47. Fires
1.29
98
0.47
145
48. Tetanus
1.17
20
0.01
126
49. Encephalitis
1.08
16
0.43
90
50. Oesophagus Cancer
0.65
173
2.28
95
TOTAL DEATHS BY CAUSE
PERCENT TOP 50 CAUSES
  Timor-Leste TIMOR-LESTE   Jamaica JAMAICA
  Deaths % Deaths %
1. Tuberculosis
1,139
16.16
8
0.05
2. Stroke
923
13.09
2,415
13.82
3. Coronary Heart Disease
814
11.55
1,726
9.88
4. Influenza and Pneumonia
651
9.24
393
2.25
5. Diarrhoeal diseases
285
4.04
35
0.20
6. Lung Disease
283
4.01
452
2.59
7. Birth Trauma
238
3.38
65
0.37
8. Kidney Disease
192
2.72
793
4.54
9. Low Birth Weight
189
2.68
241
1.38
10. Liver Disease
162
2.30
155
0.89
11. Diabetes Mellitus
156
2.21
2,077
11.88
12. Hypertension
156
2.21
651
3.73
13. Road Traffic Accidents
154
2.18
444
2.54
14. Congenital Anomalies
144
2.04
139
0.80
15. Asthma
123
1.74
65
0.37
16. Peptic Ulcer Disease
96
1.36
82
0.47
17. Lung Cancers
87
1.23
472
2.70
18. Alzheimers & Dementia
84
1.19
587
3.36
19. Drownings
84
1.19
10
0.06
20. Other Injuries
76
1.08
91
0.52
21. Falls
62
0.88
82
0.47
22. Maternal Conditions
60
0.85
35
0.20
23. Violence
60
0.85
1,484
8.49
24. Pertussis
59
0.84
0
0.00
25. Malnutrition
56
0.79
48
0.27
26. Colon-Rectum Cancers
54
0.77
436
2.49
27. Suicide
48
0.68
70
0.40
28. Liver Cancer
45
0.64
101
0.58
29. Oral Cancer
44
0.62
59
0.34
30. Meningitis
38
0.54
16
0.09
31. Breast Cancer
38
0.54
413
2.36
32. Leukemia
34
0.48
129
0.74
33. Lymphomas
32
0.45
251
1.44
34. Inflammatory/Heart
32
0.45
133
0.76
35. Stomach Cancer
31
0.44
231
1.32
36. HIV/AIDS
30
0.43
757
4.33
37. Cervical Cancer
28
0.40
358
2.05
38. Endocrine Disorders
26
0.37
176
1.01
39. Parkinson's Disease
26
0.37
132
0.76
40. Rheumatic Heart Disease
25
0.35
27
0.15
41. Ovary Cancer
18
0.26
97
0.56
42. Encephalitis
16
0.23
13
0.07
43. Fires
15
0.21
16
0.09
44. Tetanus
14
0.20
0
0.00
45. Pancreas Cancer
14
0.20
119
0.68
46. Prostate Cancer
13
0.18
883
5.05
47. Skin Disease
13
0.18
145
0.83
48. Syphilis
12
0.17
1
0.01
49. Bladder Cancer
12
0.17
60
0.34
50. Uterin Cancer
9
0.13
106
0.61
CANCER RANK BY TYPE
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Timor-Leste TIMOR-LESTE   Jamaica JAMAICA
  Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Lung Cancers
11.99
95
14.66
78
2. Breast Cancer
9.95
159
25.54
24
3. Colon-Rectum Cancers
7.66
110
13.25
39
4. Cervical Cancer
6.83
109
22.18
32
5. Liver Cancer
6.09
73
3.14
161
6. Oral Cancer
5.51
34
1.87
141
7. Prostate Cancer
4.70
163
53.37
3
8. Ovary Cancer
4.50
87
5.85
38
9. Stomach Cancer
4.34
127
7.00
77
10. Lymphomas
3.95
121
7.87
10
11. Leukemia
3.50
95
4.13
63
12. Uterin Cancer
2.28
95
6.42
8
13. Pancreas Cancer
1.83
146
3.62
94
14. Bladder Cancer
1.63
118
1.77
108
15. Oesophagus Cancer
0.65
173
2.28
95
16. Skin Cancers
0.63
156
0.29
168
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.