TOGO VS AFGHANISTAN: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	AFGHANISTAN		TOGO		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	8,934	3	4,142	+ 4,792
War	2	5,695	68	2	+ 5,693
Stroke	3	4,237	4	3,574	+ 662
Influenza and Pneumonia	4	3,256	1	5,739	- 2,482
Low Birth Weight	5	2,807	9	2,005	+ 803
Birth Trauma	6	2,383	8	2,309	+ 74
Tuberculosis	7	2,187	35	216	+ 1,971
Hypertension	8	1,777	20	672	+ 1,105
Maternal Conditions	9	1,735	21	601	+ 1,134
Kidney Disease	10	1,465	13	1,159	+ 306
Road Traffic Accidents	11	1,341	7	2,316	- 975
Diabetes Mellitus	12	1,278	11	1,181	+ 96
Diarrhoeal diseases	13	1,235	5	3,190	- 1,955
Congenital Anomalies	14	1,112	12	1,170	- 59
Lung Disease	15	1,034	17	823	+ 210
Liver Disease	16	1,022	10	1,517	- 495
Asthma	17	756	22	587	+ 169
Other Injuries	18	721	16	834	- 113
Violence	19	715	18	723	- 8
Meningitis	20	584	14	941	- 358
Pertussis	21	468	29	282	+ 187
Breast Cancer	22	405	24	362	+ 43
Alzheimers & Dementia	23	392	25	328	+ 64
Suicide	24	350	19	711	- 361
Peptic Ulcer Disease	25	335	28	297	+ 38
Stomach Cancer	26	334	30	280	+ 54
Oral Cancer	27	326	43	131	+ 195
Endocrine Disorders	28	303	15	881	- 578
Oesophagus Cancer	29	292	47	96	+ 196
Tetanus	30	279	50	80	+ 199
Encephalitis	31	265	55	57	+ 207
Lung Cancers	32	239	51	76	+ 163
Rheumatic Heart Disease	33	231	44	115	+ 116
Drownings	34	221	33	225	- 3
Epilepsy	35	221	37	210	+ 11
Lymphomas	36	210	38	190	+ 20
Falls	37	201	27	307	- 105
Hepatitis B	38	192	53	65	+ 127
Colon-Rectum Cancers	39	165	34	224	- 59
Liver Cancer	40	146	26	312	- 166
Parkinson's Disease	41	139	45	111	+ 28
Leukemia	42	136	59	39	+ 96
Malnutrition	43	131	32	254	- 123
Cervical Cancer	44	120	23	421	- 301
Inflammatory/Heart	45	117	31	276	- 159
HIV/AIDS	46	103	6	3,007	- 2,904
Poisonings	47	85	42	153	- 68
Ovary Cancer	48	82	49	88	- 6
Measles	49	78	67	3	+ 75
Fires	50	77	36	215	- 138
Drug Use	51	73	41	158	- 85
Appendicitis	52	66	60	23	+ 43
Uterin Cancer	53	64	57	52	+ 12
Bladder Cancer	54	60	56	52	+ 8
Prostate Cancer	55	57	39	186	- 128
Pancreas Cancer	56	51	58	40	+ 11
Malaria	57	41	2	5,075	- 5,034
Alcohol	58	33	54	64	- 30
Skin Cancers	59	32	40	159	- 127
Syphilis	60	21	48	94	- 73
Skin Disease	61	21	52	75	- 54
Multiple Sclerosis	62	19	61	13	+ 6
Other Neoplasms	63	6	62	11	- 4
Hepatitis C	64	6	63	8	- 2
Rheumatoid Arthritis	65	6	64	7	- 1
Ascariasis	66	4	65	6	- 2
Diphtheria	67	4	69	2	+ 2
Upper Respiratory	68	2	66	5	- 3
Chlamydia	69	0	70	1	- 1
Leishmaniasis	70	0	78	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	71	0	71	0	+ 0
Dengue	72	0	72	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	73	0	73	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	74	0	74	0	- 0
Leprosy	75	0	79	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	76	0	75	0	- 0
Chagas disease	77	0	77	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	76	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	79	0	46	98	- 98
Depression	80	0	83	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	81	0	86	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	82	0	84	0	- 0
Anemia	83	0	85	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	84	0	81	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	85	0	80	0	- 0
Oral conditions	86	0	82	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to TOGO

Afghanistan

Togo

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.