TOGO VS CAMEROON: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	CAMEROON		TOGO		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Influenza and Pneumonia	1	5,672	1	5,739	- 67
HIV/AIDS	2	4,000	6	3,007	+ 993
Diarrhoeal diseases	3	3,412	5	3,190	+ 222
Malaria	4	3,235	2	5,075	- 1,840
Stroke	5	3,225	4	3,574	- 349
Coronary Heart Disease	6	3,080	3	4,142	- 1,062
Birth Trauma	7	2,374	8	2,309	+ 64
Low Birth Weight	8	2,290	9	2,005	+ 285
Road Traffic Accidents	9	2,249	7	2,316	- 67
Tuberculosis	10	2,135	35	216	+ 1,919
Diabetes Mellitus	11	1,575	11	1,181	+ 393
Congenital Anomalies	12	1,514	12	1,170	+ 344
Kidney Disease	13	1,480	13	1,159	+ 321
Liver Disease	14	1,305	10	1,517	- 212
Meningitis	15	991	14	941	+ 50
Other Injuries	16	947	16	834	+ 113
Maternal Conditions	17	753	21	601	+ 152
Endocrine Disorders	18	713	15	881	- 168
Suicide	19	672	19	711	- 39
Lung Disease	20	665	17	823	- 158
Pertussis	21	659	29	282	+ 377
Hypertension	22	586	20	672	- 85
Breast Cancer	23	540	24	362	+ 177
Violence	24	480	18	723	- 243
Asthma	25	466	22	587	- 121
Cervical Cancer	26	456	23	421	+ 35
Falls	27	356	27	307	+ 49
Malnutrition	28	351	32	254	+ 97
Drownings	29	339	33	225	+ 115
Syphilis	30	337	48	94	+ 243
Alzheimers & Dementia	31	333	25	328	+ 5
Measles	32	296	67	3	+ 293
Inflammatory/Heart	33	284	31	276	+ 8
Prostate Cancer	34	271	39	186	+ 85
Drug Use	35	267	41	158	+ 110
Fires	36	262	36	215	+ 46
Liver Cancer	37	252	26	312	- 60
Epilepsy	38	250	37	210	+ 39
Oral Cancer	39	243	43	131	+ 112
Peptic Ulcer Disease	40	217	28	297	- 79
Poisonings	41	192	42	153	+ 38
War	42	185	68	2	+ 183
Colon-Rectum Cancers	43	164	34	224	- 60
Lymphomas	44	141	38	190	- 49
Stomach Cancer	45	132	30	280	- 148
Parkinson's Disease	46	129	45	111	+ 18
Hepatitis B	47	97	53	65	+ 32
Skin Disease	48	93	52	75	+ 18
Rheumatic Heart Disease	49	93	44	115	- 22
Ovary Cancer	50	87	49	88	- 1
Lung Cancers	51	87	51	76	+ 10
Pancreas Cancer	52	83	58	40	+ 43
Schistosomiasis	53	83	46	98	- 15
Leukemia	54	79	59	39	+ 40
Tetanus	55	64	50	80	- 16
Skin Cancers	56	59	40	159	- 101
Alcohol	57	57	54	64	- 7
Encephalitis	58	54	55	57	- 4
Oesophagus Cancer	59	39	47	96	- 57
Uterin Cancer	60	22	57	52	- 31
Appendicitis	61	21	60	23	- 2
Bladder Cancer	62	19	56	52	- 34
Other Neoplasms	63	14	62	11	+ 3
Multiple Sclerosis	64	12	61	13	- 1
Ascariasis	65	9	65	6	+ 3
Hepatitis C	66	8	63	8	- 0
Diphtheria	67	8	69	2	+ 6
Rheumatoid Arthritis	68	7	64	7	+ 0
Leishmaniasis	69	6	78	0	+ 6
Upper Respiratory	70	5	66	5	+ 0
Trypanosomiasis	71	3	76	0	+ 3
Chlamydia	72	1	70	1	+ 0
Dengue	73	0	72	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	74	0	71	0	- 0
Leprosy	75	0	79	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	76	0	74	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	77	0	73	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	78	0	75	0	- 0
Chagas disease	79	0	77	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	80	0	80	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	81	0	81	0	- 0
Oral conditions	82	0	82	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	83	0	86	0	- 0
Anemia	84	0	85	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	84	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	83	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to TOGO

Cameroon

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.