TOGO VS COLOMBIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	COLOMBIA		TOGO		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	7,745	3	4,142	+ 3,603
Violence	2	3,465	18	723	+ 2,742
Stroke	3	2,980	4	3,574	- 594
Lung Disease	4	2,865	17	823	+ 2,041
Influenza and Pneumonia	5	1,938	1	5,739	- 3,801
Road Traffic Accidents	6	1,396	7	2,316	- 919
Kidney Disease	7	1,229	13	1,159	+ 70
Hypertension	8	1,151	20	672	+ 479
Stomach Cancer	9	1,099	30	280	+ 819
Lung Cancers	10	944	51	76	+ 868
Diabetes Mellitus	11	904	11	1,181	- 277
Colon-Rectum Cancers	12	786	34	224	+ 563
Breast Cancer	13	660	24	362	+ 298
Prostate Cancer	14	645	39	186	+ 459
Other Neoplasms	15	576	62	11	+ 566
Congenital Anomalies	16	533	12	1,170	- 638
HIV/AIDS	17	483	6	3,007	- 2,524
Lymphomas	18	468	38	190	+ 278
Liver Disease	19	436	10	1,517	- 1,081
Cervical Cancer	20	408	23	421	- 13
Leukemia	21	397	59	39	+ 358
Alzheimers & Dementia	22	388	25	328	+ 60
Low Birth Weight	23	377	9	2,005	- 1,628
Liver Cancer	24	371	26	312	+ 60
Pancreas Cancer	25	364	58	40	+ 323
Suicide	26	353	19	711	- 358
Malnutrition	27	338	32	254	+ 84
Other Injuries	28	286	16	834	- 548
Falls	29	273	27	307	- 34
Endocrine Disorders	30	246	15	881	- 635
Inflammatory/Heart	31	239	31	276	- 37
Tuberculosis	32	229	35	216	+ 13
Ovary Cancer	33	202	49	88	+ 114
Skin Disease	34	198	52	75	+ 123
Skin Cancers	35	185	40	159	+ 25
Oesophagus Cancer	36	150	47	96	+ 54
Oral Cancer	37	145	43	131	+ 14
Diarrhoeal diseases	38	134	5	3,190	- 3,056
Peptic Ulcer Disease	39	126	28	297	- 171
Drownings	40	124	33	225	- 101
Birth Trauma	41	117	8	2,309	- 2,193
Bladder Cancer	42	110	56	52	+ 57
Epilepsy	43	107	37	210	- 103
Drug Use	44	88	41	158	- 69
Uterin Cancer	45	76	57	52	+ 24
Maternal Conditions	46	71	21	601	- 530
Parkinson's Disease	47	69	45	111	- 42
Prostatic Hypertrophy	48	60	80	0	+ 60
War	49	47	68	2	+ 45
Meningitis	50	44	14	941	- 897
Rheumatoid Arthritis	51	44	64	7	+ 37
Appendicitis	52	38	60	23	+ 15
Chagas disease	53	37	77	0	+ 37
Asthma	54	34	22	587	- 552
Dengue	55	24	72	0	+ 24
Fires	56	23	36	215	- 192
Anemia	57	18	85	0	+ 18
Osteoarthritis	58	12	81	0	+ 12
Hepatitis C	59	12	63	8	+ 4
Multiple Sclerosis	60	11	61	13	- 2
Poisonings	61	11	42	153	- 142
Hepatitis B	62	9	53	65	- 56
Rheumatic Heart Disease	63	7	44	115	- 108
Encephalitis	64	7	55	57	- 50
Syphilis	65	5	48	94	- 88
Upper Respiratory	66	5	66	5	- 1
Malaria	67	5	2	5,075	- 5,070
Alcohol	68	4	54	64	- 60
Pertussis	69	3	29	282	- 279
Schizophrenia	70	3	86	0	+ 3
Tetanus	71	3	50	80	- 77
Leprosy	72	1	79	0	+ 1
Otitis Media	73	1	71	0	+ 1
Leishmaniasis	74	1	78	0	+ 1
Oral conditions	75	1	82	0	+ 1
Ascariasis	76	1	65	6	- 5
Schistosomiasis	77	0	46	98	- 98
Measles	78	0	67	3	- 3
Hookworm Disease	79	0	73	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	80	0	69	2	- 2
Chlamydia	81	0	70	1	- 1
Iodine Deficiency	82	0	75	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	83	0	74	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	84	0	76	0	- 0
Depression	85	0	83	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	86	0	84	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to TOGO

Colombia

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.