TOGO VS BARBADOS: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	BARBADOS		TOGO		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Stroke	1	11,274	4	3,574	+ 7,699
Coronary Heart Disease	2	10,489	3	4,142	+ 6,347
Diabetes Mellitus	3	7,623	11	1,181	+ 6,442
Influenza and Pneumonia	4	6,486	1	5,739	+ 747
Prostate Cancer	5	4,839	39	186	+ 4,654
Colon-Rectum Cancers	6	3,372	34	224	+ 3,148
Alzheimers & Dementia	7	3,345	25	328	+ 3,017
Breast Cancer	8	2,787	24	362	+ 2,425
Endocrine Disorders	9	2,737	15	881	+ 1,856
Kidney Disease	10	2,706	13	1,159	+ 1,547
Other Injuries	11	2,302	16	834	+ 1,468
Lung Disease	12	2,165	17	823	+ 1,342
Hypertension	13	2,111	20	672	+ 1,439
Skin Disease	14	1,830	52	75	+ 1,755
Lymphomas	15	1,488	38	190	+ 1,298
Lung Cancers	16	1,251	51	76	+ 1,175
Inflammatory/Heart	17	1,144	31	276	+ 868
Pancreas Cancer	18	1,136	58	40	+ 1,096
Violence	19	948	18	723	+ 225
Leukemia	20	853	59	39	+ 813
HIV/AIDS	21	825	6	3,007	- 2,182
Stomach Cancer	22	812	30	280	+ 532
Cervical Cancer	23	808	23	421	+ 387
Other Neoplasms	24	757	62	11	+ 746
Road Traffic Accidents	25	688	7	2,316	- 1,628
Liver Disease	26	670	10	1,517	- 847
Uterin Cancer	27	621	57	52	+ 569
Oral Cancer	28	524	43	131	+ 393
Congenital Anomalies	29	523	12	1,170	- 647
Prostatic Hypertrophy	30	508	80	0	+ 508
Parkinson's Disease	31	480	45	111	+ 369
Ovary Cancer	32	455	49	88	+ 367
Liver Cancer	33	422	26	312	+ 110
Peptic Ulcer Disease	34	416	28	297	+ 119
Asthma	35	381	22	587	- 206
Oesophagus Cancer	36	338	47	96	+ 241
Anemia	37	327	85	0	+ 327
Epilepsy	38	276	37	210	+ 66
Bladder Cancer	39	275	56	52	+ 222
Diarrhoeal diseases	40	200	5	3,190	- 2,990
Falls	41	194	27	307	- 113
Low Birth Weight	42	155	9	2,005	- 1,850
Birth Trauma	43	152	8	2,309	- 2,157
Rheumatoid Arthritis	44	136	64	7	+ 129
Meningitis	45	127	14	941	- 815
Alcohol	46	119	54	64	+ 55
Skin Cancers	47	116	40	159	- 44
Poisonings	48	60	42	153	- 93
Malnutrition	49	58	32	254	- 196
Osteoarthritis	50	57	81	0	+ 57
Suicide	51	52	19	711	- 659
Hepatitis B	52	47	53	65	- 18
Drug Use	53	43	41	158	- 114
Dengue	54	40	72	0	+ 40
Rheumatic Heart Disease	55	34	44	115	- 81
Maternal Conditions	56	34	21	601	- 567
Drownings	57	32	33	225	- 192
Upper Respiratory	58	31	66	5	+ 25
Schizophrenia	59	30	86	0	+ 30
Tuberculosis	60	30	35	216	- 186
Multiple Sclerosis	61	22	61	13	+ 9
Fires	62	16	36	215	- 199
Oral conditions	63	16	82	0	+ 16
Syphilis	64	11	48	94	- 82
Appendicitis	65	10	60	23	- 14
War	66	1	68	2	- 1
Pertussis	67	0	29	282	- 282
Measles	68	0	67	3	- 3
Diphtheria	69	0	69	2	- 2
Tetanus	70	0	50	80	- 80
Leprosy	71	0	79	0	- 0
Otitis Media	72	0	71	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	73	0	73	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	74	0	74	0	- 0
Ascariasis	75	0	65	6	- 6
Malaria	76	0	2	5,075	- 5,075
Schistosomiasis	77	0	46	98	- 98
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	76	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	79	0	78	0	- 0
Chagas disease	80	0	77	0	- 0
Chlamydia	81	0	70	1	- 1
Encephalitis	82	0	55	57	- 57
Hepatitis C	83	0	63	8	- 8
Iodine Deficiency	84	0	75	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	84	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	83	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to TOGO

Barbados

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.