TOGO VS CONGO: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	CONGO		TOGO		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
HIV/AIDS	1	6,595	6	3,007	+ 3,588
Tuberculosis	2	4,067	35	216	+ 3,852
Influenza and Pneumonia	3	3,768	1	5,739	- 1,971
Coronary Heart Disease	4	3,648	3	4,142	- 494
Stroke	5	3,315	4	3,574	- 259
Malaria	6	2,891	2	5,075	- 2,184
Road Traffic Accidents	7	2,338	7	2,316	+ 22
Diarrhoeal diseases	8	1,907	5	3,190	- 1,283
Low Birth Weight	9	1,876	9	2,005	- 128
Diabetes Mellitus	10	1,535	11	1,181	+ 354
Birth Trauma	11	1,459	8	2,309	- 851
Hypertension	12	1,364	20	672	+ 692
Liver Disease	13	1,361	10	1,517	- 156
Congenital Anomalies	14	1,066	12	1,170	- 104
Kidney Disease	15	896	13	1,159	- 263
Maternal Conditions	16	845	21	601	+ 244
Lung Disease	17	791	17	823	- 32
Violence	18	788	18	723	+ 65
Suicide	19	510	19	711	- 201
Other Injuries	20	487	16	834	- 347
Pertussis	21	481	29	282	+ 199
Meningitis	22	438	14	941	- 504
Asthma	23	425	22	587	- 162
Malnutrition	24	397	32	254	+ 144
Alzheimers & Dementia	25	337	25	328	+ 8
Inflammatory/Heart	26	321	31	276	+ 45
Endocrine Disorders	27	304	15	881	- 577
Prostate Cancer	28	289	39	186	+ 104
Cervical Cancer	29	287	23	421	- 134
Liver Cancer	30	248	26	312	- 64
Measles	31	233	67	3	+ 230
Breast Cancer	32	232	24	362	- 130
Falls	33	217	27	307	- 89
Syphilis	34	156	48	94	+ 62
Peptic Ulcer Disease	35	154	28	297	- 143
Drownings	36	152	33	225	- 73
Fires	37	132	36	215	- 83
Colon-Rectum Cancers	38	130	34	224	- 94
Stomach Cancer	39	129	30	280	- 151
Epilepsy	40	111	37	210	- 99
Poisonings	41	103	42	153	- 50
Parkinson's Disease	42	101	45	111	- 10
Rheumatic Heart Disease	43	97	44	115	- 18
Drug Use	44	96	41	158	- 62
Lymphomas	45	89	38	190	- 101
Leukemia	46	84	59	39	+ 45
Lung Cancers	47	78	51	76	+ 2
Ovary Cancer	48	72	49	88	- 16
Alcohol	49	67	54	64	+ 4
Skin Disease	50	67	52	75	- 8
Schistosomiasis	51	65	46	98	- 33
Pancreas Cancer	52	61	58	40	+ 21
Skin Cancers	53	53	40	159	- 107
Oral Cancer	54	48	43	131	- 83
Tetanus	55	34	50	80	- 46
Encephalitis	56	29	55	57	- 28
Oesophagus Cancer	57	28	47	96	- 68
Appendicitis	58	27	60	23	+ 4
Rheumatoid Arthritis	59	22	64	7	+ 15
Uterin Cancer	60	21	57	52	- 31
Bladder Cancer	61	21	56	52	- 31
Hepatitis B	62	21	53	65	- 44
Other Neoplasms	63	11	62	11	+ 0
Upper Respiratory	64	10	66	5	+ 4
Trypanosomiasis	65	10	76	0	+ 10
Multiple Sclerosis	66	6	61	13	- 7
Hepatitis C	67	4	63	8	- 4
Diphtheria	68	3	69	2	+ 1
Ascariasis	69	2	65	6	- 5
Chlamydia	70	1	70	1	+ 0
Otitis Media	71	1	71	0	+ 1
War	72	1	68	2	- 1
Dengue	73	0	72	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	74	0	73	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	75	0	74	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	76	0	75	0	- 0
Leprosy	77	0	79	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	78	0	78	0	- 0
Chagas disease	79	0	77	0	- 0
Depression	80	0	83	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	81	0	86	0	- 0
Anemia	82	0	85	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	83	0	84	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	84	0	80	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	85	0	81	0	- 0
Oral conditions	86	0	82	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to TOGO

Congo

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.