TOGO VS BAHAMAS: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	BAHAMAS		TOGO		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	7,253	3	4,142	+ 3,111
Stroke	2	4,864	4	3,574	+ 1,289
Hypertension	3	4,292	20	672	+ 3,621
Diabetes Mellitus	4	3,334	11	1,181	+ 2,152
Violence	5	3,223	18	723	+ 2,500
HIV/AIDS	6	2,914	6	3,007	- 93
Kidney Disease	7	2,600	13	1,159	+ 1,441
Influenza and Pneumonia	8	2,118	1	5,739	- 3,621
Breast Cancer	9	1,495	24	362	+ 1,133
Other Injuries	10	1,455	16	834	+ 621
Liver Disease	11	1,454	10	1,517	- 63
Prostate Cancer	12	1,420	39	186	+ 1,235
Endocrine Disorders	13	1,339	15	881	+ 458
Alzheimers & Dementia	14	1,159	25	328	+ 831
Inflammatory/Heart	15	1,018	31	276	+ 743
Colon-Rectum Cancers	16	919	34	224	+ 696
Lung Disease	17	721	17	823	- 102
Road Traffic Accidents	18	655	7	2,316	- 1,661
Lung Cancers	19	635	51	76	+ 559
Skin Disease	20	575	52	75	+ 500
Drownings	21	564	33	225	+ 339
Lymphomas	22	540	38	190	+ 350
Cervical Cancer	23	446	23	421	+ 25
Alcohol	24	436	54	64	+ 372
Stomach Cancer	25	385	30	280	+ 105
Falls	26	382	27	307	+ 75
Parkinson's Disease	27	365	45	111	+ 254
Low Birth Weight	28	358	9	2,005	- 1,647
Congenital Anomalies	29	344	12	1,170	- 826
Uterin Cancer	30	303	57	52	+ 251
Suicide	31	299	19	711	- 412
Liver Cancer	32	256	26	312	- 55
Fires	33	226	36	215	+ 11
Peptic Ulcer Disease	34	225	28	297	- 71
Leukemia	35	219	59	39	+ 180
Ovary Cancer	36	217	49	88	+ 128
Pancreas Cancer	37	212	58	40	+ 172
Oesophagus Cancer	38	189	47	96	+ 93
Asthma	39	185	22	587	- 402
Epilepsy	40	169	37	210	- 41
Maternal Conditions	41	139	21	601	- 462
Birth Trauma	42	135	8	2,309	- 2,175
Diarrhoeal diseases	43	112	5	3,190	- 3,078
Rheumatic Heart Disease	44	94	44	115	- 21
Malnutrition	45	92	32	254	- 162
Oral Cancer	46	75	43	131	- 56
Other Neoplasms	47	71	62	11	+ 60
Drug Use	48	54	41	158	- 103
Meningitis	49	54	14	941	- 888
Bladder Cancer	50	46	56	52	- 7
Encephalitis	51	40	55	57	- 17
Appendicitis	52	39	60	23	+ 16
Rheumatoid Arthritis	53	34	64	7	+ 27
Multiple Sclerosis	54	33	61	13	+ 20
Skin Cancers	55	18	40	159	- 142
Poisonings	56	14	42	153	- 139
War	57	14	68	2	+ 12
Tuberculosis	58	8	35	216	- 208
Dengue	59	6	72	0	+ 6
Hepatitis B	60	5	53	65	- 60
Upper Respiratory	61	4	66	5	- 1
Tetanus	62	2	50	80	- 78
Syphilis	63	2	48	94	- 92
Chlamydia	64	1	70	1	+ 0
Hepatitis C	65	0	63	8	- 8
Otitis Media	66	0	71	0	+ 0
Ascariasis	67	0	65	6	- 6
Pertussis	68	0	29	282	- 282
Measles	69	0	67	3	- 3
Diphtheria	70	0	69	2	- 2
Trichuriasis	71	0	74	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	72	0	73	0	- 0
Leprosy	73	0	79	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	74	0	46	98	- 98
Leishmaniasis	75	0	78	0	- 0
Chagas disease	76	0	77	0	- 0
Malaria	77	0	2	5,075	- 5,075
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	76	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	75	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	80	0	84	0	- 0
Anemia	81	0	85	0	- 0
Depression	82	0	83	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	83	0	86	0	- 0
Oral conditions	84	0	82	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	85	0	80	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	86	0	81	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to TOGO

Bahamas

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.