TOGO VS CUBA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	CUBA		TOGO		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	17,955	3	4,142	+ 13,813
Stroke	2	8,722	4	3,574	+ 5,148
Influenza and Pneumonia	3	6,965	1	5,739	+ 1,226
Lung Cancers	4	4,867	51	76	+ 4,791
Alzheimers & Dementia	5	4,750	25	328	+ 4,422
Lung Disease	6	4,467	17	823	+ 3,643
Hypertension	7	2,821	20	672	+ 2,149
Prostate Cancer	8	2,737	39	186	+ 2,551
Colon-Rectum Cancers	9	2,405	34	224	+ 2,182
Falls	10	2,285	27	307	+ 1,979
Liver Disease	11	1,524	10	1,517	+ 7
Other Injuries	12	1,520	16	834	+ 686
Diabetes Mellitus	13	1,457	11	1,181	+ 275
Kidney Disease	14	1,383	13	1,159	+ 223
Breast Cancer	15	1,360	24	362	+ 998
Suicide	16	1,332	19	711	+ 621
Inflammatory/Heart	17	940	31	276	+ 665
Lymphomas	18	886	38	190	+ 696
Road Traffic Accidents	19	819	7	2,316	- 1,497
Stomach Cancer	20	806	30	280	+ 526
Pancreas Cancer	21	736	58	40	+ 696
Oesophagus Cancer	22	715	47	96	+ 619
Oral Cancer	23	713	43	131	+ 582
Liver Cancer	24	663	26	312	+ 351
Other Neoplasms	25	625	62	11	+ 614
Bladder Cancer	26	597	56	52	+ 545
Parkinson's Disease	27	562	45	111	+ 451
Alcohol	28	549	54	64	+ 485
Cervical Cancer	29	541	23	421	+ 120
Leukemia	30	515	59	39	+ 476
Uterin Cancer	31	490	57	52	+ 437
Violence	32	475	18	723	- 248
Skin Cancers	33	418	40	159	+ 258
HIV/AIDS	34	383	6	3,007	- 2,624
Peptic Ulcer Disease	35	341	28	297	+ 45
Endocrine Disorders	36	335	15	881	- 545
Congenital Anomalies	37	299	12	1,170	- 871
Osteoarthritis	38	265	81	0	+ 265
Ovary Cancer	39	263	49	88	+ 174
Asthma	40	245	22	587	- 342
Skin Disease	41	210	52	75	+ 135
Drownings	42	188	33	225	- 37
Diarrhoeal diseases	43	168	5	3,190	- 3,022
Rheumatic Heart Disease	44	132	44	115	+ 16
Hepatitis C	45	91	63	8	+ 83
Epilepsy	46	88	37	210	- 122
Appendicitis	47	84	60	23	+ 61
Low Birth Weight	48	80	9	2,005	- 1,925
Rheumatoid Arthritis	49	70	64	7	+ 63
Meningitis	50	67	14	941	- 874
Drug Use	51	67	41	158	- 91
Anemia	52	63	85	0	+ 63
Prostatic Hypertrophy	53	61	80	0	+ 61
Schizophrenia	54	55	86	0	+ 55
Malnutrition	55	52	32	254	- 202
Hepatitis B	56	48	53	65	- 17
Multiple Sclerosis	57	45	61	13	+ 32
Fires	58	45	36	215	- 170
Birth Trauma	59	40	8	2,309	- 2,270
Tuberculosis	60	36	35	216	- 179
Maternal Conditions	61	35	21	601	- 566
Poisonings	62	14	42	153	- 139
Otitis Media	63	9	71	0	+ 9
Oral conditions	64	5	82	0	+ 5
Upper Respiratory	65	5	66	5	- 1
Encephalitis	66	5	55	57	- 53
Leprosy	67	1	79	0	+ 1
War	68	1	68	2	- 1
Syphilis	69	1	48	94	- 93
Ascariasis	70	1	65	6	- 6
Tetanus	71	1	50	80	- 79
Iodine Deficiency	72	0	75	0	+ 0
Pertussis	73	0	29	282	- 282
Dengue	74	0	72	0	- 0
Diphtheria	75	0	69	2	- 2
Measles	76	0	67	3	- 3
Hookworm Disease	77	0	73	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	78	0	74	0	- 0
Chagas disease	79	0	77	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	80	0	76	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	81	0	46	98	- 98
Malaria	82	0	2	5,075	- 5,075
Leishmaniasis	83	0	78	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

Cuba

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.