TOGO VS BOTSWANA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	BOTSWANA		TOGO		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
HIV/AIDS	1	18,012	6	3,007	+ 15,005
Influenza and Pneumonia	2	6,090	1	5,739	+ 352
Coronary Heart Disease	3	5,939	3	4,142	+ 1,797
Stroke	4	5,779	4	3,574	+ 2,205
Diabetes Mellitus	5	4,631	11	1,181	+ 3,450
Tuberculosis	6	2,361	35	216	+ 2,145
Road Traffic Accidents	7	2,214	7	2,316	- 102
Diarrhoeal diseases	8	1,918	5	3,190	- 1,272
Kidney Disease	9	1,843	13	1,159	+ 684
Lung Disease	10	1,753	17	823	+ 930
Hypertension	11	1,713	20	672	+ 1,042
Liver Disease	12	1,669	10	1,517	+ 152
Low Birth Weight	13	1,627	9	2,005	- 378
Violence	14	1,416	18	723	+ 693
Suicide	15	1,346	19	711	+ 635
Congenital Anomalies	16	1,045	12	1,170	- 125
Birth Trauma	17	951	8	2,309	- 1,358
Asthma	18	845	22	587	+ 258
Other Injuries	19	787	16	834	- 47
Inflammatory/Heart	20	644	31	276	+ 368
Malnutrition	21	622	32	254	+ 368
Cervical Cancer	22	597	23	421	+ 176
Alzheimers & Dementia	23	596	25	328	+ 267
Maternal Conditions	24	429	21	601	- 172
Meningitis	25	394	14	941	- 547
Fires	26	394	36	215	+ 179
Endocrine Disorders	27	374	15	881	- 507
Oesophagus Cancer	28	374	47	96	+ 277
Peptic Ulcer Disease	29	328	28	297	+ 31
Drownings	30	300	33	225	+ 76
Lymphomas	31	280	38	190	+ 89
Oral Cancer	32	255	43	131	+ 124
Breast Cancer	33	249	24	362	- 114
Falls	34	224	27	307	- 82
Liver Cancer	35	208	26	312	- 103
Epilepsy	36	204	37	210	- 6
Skin Cancers	37	189	40	159	+ 29
Parkinson's Disease	38	172	45	111	+ 61
Lung Cancers	39	165	51	76	+ 89
Pertussis	40	162	29	282	- 120
Prostate Cancer	41	162	39	186	- 24
Poisonings	42	154	42	153	+ 1
Rheumatic Heart Disease	43	135	44	115	+ 20
Syphilis	44	133	48	94	+ 39
Alcohol	45	112	54	64	+ 48
Skin Disease	46	109	52	75	+ 34
Colon-Rectum Cancers	47	100	34	224	- 123
Drug Use	48	93	41	158	- 64
Ovary Cancer	49	70	49	88	- 18
Pancreas Cancer	50	59	58	40	+ 18
Leukemia	51	48	59	39	+ 8
Rheumatoid Arthritis	52	39	64	7	+ 31
Stomach Cancer	53	37	30	280	- 243
Schistosomiasis	54	36	46	98	- 62
Other Neoplasms	55	34	62	11	+ 24
Uterin Cancer	56	34	57	52	- 18
Appendicitis	57	28	60	23	+ 4
Upper Respiratory	58	27	66	5	+ 22
Encephalitis	59	25	55	57	- 32
Bladder Cancer	60	23	56	52	- 29
Tetanus	61	23	50	80	- 57
Hepatitis B	62	21	53	65	- 44
Multiple Sclerosis	63	11	61	13	- 2
Malaria	64	3	2	5,075	- 5,072
Chlamydia	65	2	70	1	+ 1
Hepatitis C	66	2	63	8	- 6
Ascariasis	67	2	65	6	- 5
Measles	68	1	67	3	- 2
War	69	1	68	2	- 1
Diphtheria	70	1	69	2	- 1
Otitis Media	71	1	71	0	+ 1
Leprosy	72	0	79	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	73	0	75	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	74	0	73	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	75	0	74	0	- 0
Dengue	76	0	72	0	- 0
Chagas disease	77	0	77	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	76	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	79	0	78	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	80	0	80	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	81	0	81	0	- 0
Oral conditions	82	0	82	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	83	0	84	0	- 0
Anemia	84	0	85	0	- 0
Depression	85	0	83	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	86	0	86	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to TOGO

Botswana

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.