TOGO VS AUSTRALIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	AUSTRALIA		TOGO		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	7,179	3	4,142	+ 3,037
Alzheimers & Dementia	2	5,193	25	328	+ 4,865
Stroke	3	3,442	4	3,574	- 132
Lung Cancers	4	2,921	51	76	+ 2,845
Lung Disease	5	2,828	17	823	+ 2,004
Colon-Rectum Cancers	6	2,068	34	224	+ 1,845
Diabetes Mellitus	7	1,490	11	1,181	+ 308
Influenza and Pneumonia	8	1,481	1	5,739	- 4,257
Prostate Cancer	9	1,255	39	186	+ 1,069
Breast Cancer	10	1,135	24	362	+ 772
Suicide	11	1,049	19	711	+ 338
Kidney Disease	12	1,046	13	1,159	- 113
Pancreas Cancer	13	1,039	58	40	+ 998
Falls	14	1,038	27	307	+ 732
Lymphomas	15	1,012	38	190	+ 822
Endocrine Disorders	16	776	15	881	- 105
Skin Cancers	17	772	40	159	+ 613
Leukemia	18	708	59	39	+ 669
Parkinson's Disease	19	678	45	111	+ 567
Liver Cancer	20	678	26	312	+ 367
Drug Use	21	594	41	158	+ 436
Other Injuries	22	547	16	834	- 287
Hypertension	23	544	20	672	- 128
Inflammatory/Heart	24	523	31	276	+ 248
Oesophagus Cancer	25	498	47	96	+ 401
Liver Disease	26	474	10	1,517	- 1,043
Stomach Cancer	27	429	30	280	+ 149
Other Neoplasms	28	417	62	11	+ 406
Road Traffic Accidents	29	415	7	2,316	- 1,901
Bladder Cancer	30	396	56	52	+ 343
Ovary Cancer	31	334	49	88	+ 246
Oral Cancer	32	324	43	131	+ 193
Congenital Anomalies	33	237	12	1,170	- 934
Skin Disease	34	198	52	75	+ 123
Uterin Cancer	35	175	57	52	+ 122
Asthma	36	152	22	587	- 435
Alcohol	37	127	54	64	+ 63
Rheumatic Heart Disease	38	126	44	115	+ 11
Cervical Cancer	39	114	23	421	- 307
Diarrhoeal diseases	40	98	5	3,190	- 3,092
Epilepsy	41	95	37	210	- 115
Peptic Ulcer Disease	42	92	28	297	- 205
Low Birth Weight	43	83	9	2,005	- 1,922
Violence	44	81	18	723	- 642
Rheumatoid Arthritis	45	76	64	7	+ 69
Multiple Sclerosis	46	63	61	13	+ 50
Drownings	47	59	33	225	- 166
Hepatitis C	48	58	63	8	+ 50
Anemia	49	52	85	0	+ 52
Birth Trauma	50	47	8	2,309	- 2,263
Malnutrition	51	39	32	254	- 215
Osteoarthritis	52	38	81	0	+ 38
Prostatic Hypertrophy	53	24	80	0	+ 24
Schizophrenia	54	21	86	0	+ 21
Fires	55	18	36	215	- 197
Tuberculosis	56	18	35	216	- 198
HIV/AIDS	57	17	6	3,007	- 2,990
Hepatitis B	58	14	53	65	- 51
Oral conditions	59	13	82	0	+ 13
Meningitis	60	12	14	941	- 929
Poisonings	61	12	42	153	- 142
Appendicitis	62	9	60	23	- 14
Maternal Conditions	63	7	21	601	- 594
Upper Respiratory	64	6	66	5	+ 0
War	65	3	68	2	+ 1
Otitis Media	66	2	71	0	+ 2
Syphilis	67	1	48	94	- 93
Encephalitis	68	1	55	57	- 56
Pertussis	69	0	29	282	- 281
Tetanus	70	0	50	80	- 79
Diphtheria	71	0	69	2	- 2
Dengue	72	0	72	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	73	0	74	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	74	0	73	0	- 0
Ascariasis	75	0	65	6	- 6
Leprosy	76	0	79	0	- 0
Chlamydia	77	0	70	1	- 1
Measles	78	0	67	3	- 3
Schistosomiasis	79	0	46	98	- 98
Chagas disease	80	0	77	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	81	0	78	0	- 0
Malaria	82	0	2	5,075	- 5,075
Trypanosomiasis	83	0	76	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	84	0	75	0	- 0
Depression	85	0	83	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	86	0	84	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to TOGO

Australia

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.