TOGO VS ERITREA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	ERITREA		TOGO		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Influenza and Pneumonia	1	4,606	1	5,739	- 1,132
Stroke	2	3,604	4	3,574	+ 30
Diarrhoeal diseases	3	3,222	5	3,190	+ 32
Coronary Heart Disease	4	3,028	3	4,142	- 1,115
Road Traffic Accidents	5	1,864	7	2,316	- 452
Liver Disease	6	1,708	10	1,517	+ 191
Diabetes Mellitus	7	1,328	11	1,181	+ 146
Hypertension	8	1,301	20	672	+ 630
Lung Disease	9	930	17	823	+ 107
Malnutrition	10	927	32	254	+ 674
Birth Trauma	11	866	8	2,309	- 1,443
Kidney Disease	12	812	13	1,159	- 347
Maternal Conditions	13	764	21	601	+ 163
Tuberculosis	14	764	35	216	+ 548
Other Injuries	15	759	16	834	- 75
Low Birth Weight	16	747	9	2,005	- 1,258
Malaria	17	614	2	5,075	- 4,461
Congenital Anomalies	18	607	12	1,170	- 563
Meningitis	19	569	14	941	- 373
Violence	20	540	18	723	- 183
Suicide	21	537	19	711	- 174
Asthma	22	458	22	587	- 128
Breast Cancer	23	438	24	362	+ 76
Alzheimers & Dementia	24	435	25	328	+ 107
HIV/AIDS	25	432	6	3,007	- 2,575
Falls	26	236	27	307	- 70
Peptic Ulcer Disease	27	207	28	297	- 90
Lymphomas	28	206	38	190	+ 16
Leukemia	29	203	59	39	+ 163
Cervical Cancer	30	186	23	421	- 235
Fires	31	185	36	215	- 30
Inflammatory/Heart	32	173	31	276	- 103
Drownings	33	165	33	225	- 59
Poisonings	34	161	42	153	+ 7
Colon-Rectum Cancers	35	159	34	224	- 65
Pertussis	36	126	29	282	- 156
Parkinson's Disease	37	119	45	111	+ 8
Epilepsy	38	115	37	210	- 96
Oesophagus Cancer	39	114	47	96	+ 18
Ovary Cancer	40	112	49	88	+ 23
Rheumatic Heart Disease	41	108	44	115	- 7
Schistosomiasis	42	102	46	98	+ 4
Endocrine Disorders	43	100	15	881	- 781
Oral Cancer	44	100	43	131	- 31
Liver Cancer	45	97	26	312	- 214
Lung Cancers	46	87	51	76	+ 11
Prostate Cancer	47	76	39	186	- 109
Stomach Cancer	48	68	30	280	- 212
Alcohol	49	64	54	64	+ 0
Skin Disease	50	63	52	75	- 12
Bladder Cancer	51	59	56	52	+ 7
Tetanus	52	53	50	80	- 27
Drug Use	53	51	41	158	- 107
Syphilis	54	49	48	94	- 45
Appendicitis	55	44	60	23	+ 21
Skin Cancers	56	42	40	159	- 118
Hepatitis B	57	39	53	65	- 26
Pancreas Cancer	58	27	58	40	- 13
Leishmaniasis	59	27	78	0	+ 27
Upper Respiratory	60	25	66	5	+ 20
Uterin Cancer	61	25	57	52	- 28
Encephalitis	62	22	55	57	- 35
Measles	63	18	67	3	+ 15
Rheumatoid Arthritis	64	17	64	7	+ 10
Hepatitis C	65	9	63	8	+ 1
Other Neoplasms	66	9	62	11	- 2
Multiple Sclerosis	67	5	61	13	- 8
Ascariasis	68	3	65	6	- 4
Otitis Media	69	2	71	0	+ 2
Chlamydia	70	1	70	1	+ 0
War	71	1	68	2	- 1
Diphtheria	72	0	69	2	- 1
Dengue	73	0	72	0	+ 0
Hookworm Disease	74	0	73	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	75	0	74	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	76	0	76	0	- 0
Chagas disease	77	0	77	0	- 0
Leprosy	78	0	79	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	75	0	- 0
Depression	80	0	83	0	- 0
Anemia	81	0	85	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	82	0	84	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	83	0	86	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

Eritrea

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.