TOGO VS COSTA RICA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	COSTA RICA		TOGO		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	4,470	3	4,142	+ 328
Stroke	2	2,751	4	3,574	- 823
Kidney Disease	3	2,510	13	1,159	+ 1,351
Lung Disease	4	1,772	17	823	+ 949
Diabetes Mellitus	5	1,615	11	1,181	+ 433
Hypertension	6	1,462	20	672	+ 790
Influenza and Pneumonia	7	1,415	1	5,739	- 4,323
Alzheimers & Dementia	8	1,386	25	328	+ 1,057
Road Traffic Accidents	9	1,263	7	2,316	- 1,053
Stomach Cancer	10	1,119	30	280	+ 839
Violence	11	1,076	18	723	+ 353
Colon-Rectum Cancers	12	1,051	34	224	+ 828
Other Injuries	13	967	16	834	+ 133
Prostate Cancer	14	759	39	186	+ 573
Suicide	15	689	19	711	- 22
Breast Cancer	16	651	24	362	+ 288
Liver Cancer	17	647	26	312	+ 335
Liver Disease	18	626	10	1,517	- 891
Lymphomas	19	602	38	190	+ 412
Lung Cancers	20	582	51	76	+ 505
Congenital Anomalies	21	534	12	1,170	- 636
Pancreas Cancer	22	497	58	40	+ 457
Other Neoplasms	23	450	62	11	+ 439
Leukemia	24	443	59	39	+ 404
HIV/AIDS	25	325	6	3,007	- 2,682
Inflammatory/Heart	26	324	31	276	+ 48
Endocrine Disorders	27	310	15	881	- 570
Low Birth Weight	28	301	9	2,005	- 1,703
Cervical Cancer	29	269	23	421	- 152
Parkinson's Disease	30	234	45	111	+ 123
Skin Cancers	31	232	40	159	+ 72
Skin Disease	32	214	52	75	+ 139
Alcohol	33	214	54	64	+ 150
Epilepsy	34	197	37	210	- 13
Falls	35	197	27	307	- 110
Bladder Cancer	36	169	56	52	+ 116
Drownings	37	164	33	225	- 61
Oral Cancer	38	163	43	131	+ 32
Diarrhoeal diseases	39	148	5	3,190	- 3,042
Ovary Cancer	40	136	49	88	+ 48
Uterin Cancer	41	136	57	52	+ 84
Peptic Ulcer Disease	42	125	28	297	- 172
Drug Use	43	107	41	158	- 51
Oesophagus Cancer	44	103	47	96	+ 7
Asthma	45	102	22	587	- 484
Rheumatoid Arthritis	46	93	64	7	+ 86
Birth Trauma	47	81	8	2,309	- 2,228
Malnutrition	48	62	32	254	- 191
Rheumatic Heart Disease	49	55	44	115	- 61
Tuberculosis	50	54	35	216	- 162
Anemia	51	42	85	0	+ 42
Appendicitis	52	37	60	23	+ 13
Schizophrenia	53	35	86	0	+ 35
Meningitis	54	30	14	941	- 911
Maternal Conditions	55	29	21	601	- 572
Prostatic Hypertrophy	56	22	80	0	+ 22
Multiple Sclerosis	57	18	61	13	+ 5
Fires	58	17	36	215	- 198
Hepatitis B	59	12	53	65	- 53
Poisonings	60	9	42	153	- 144
Osteoarthritis	61	8	81	0	+ 8
Upper Respiratory	62	5	66	5	- 0
Encephalitis	63	4	55	57	- 53
Hepatitis C	64	2	63	8	- 6
Syphilis	65	2	48	94	- 92
Oral conditions	66	2	82	0	+ 2
Leprosy	67	2	79	0	+ 2
War	68	1	68	2	- 1
Pertussis	69	0	29	282	- 282
Dengue	70	0	72	0	+ 0
Ascariasis	71	0	65	6	- 6
Leishmaniasis	72	0	78	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	73	0	69	2	- 2
Tetanus	74	0	50	80	- 80
Measles	75	0	67	3	- 3
Schistosomiasis	76	0	46	98	- 98
Trypanosomiasis	77	0	76	0	- 0
Malaria	78	0	2	5,075	- 5,075
Chagas disease	79	0	77	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	80	0	73	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	81	0	74	0	- 0
Otitis Media	82	0	71	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	83	0	75	0	- 0
Chlamydia	84	0	70	1	- 1
Depression	85	0	83	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	86	0	84	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to TOGO

Costa Rica

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.