TOGO VS ETHIOPIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	ETHIOPIA		TOGO		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Influenza and Pneumonia	1	4,508	1	5,739	- 1,230
Diarrhoeal diseases	2	3,337	5	3,190	+ 147
Stroke	3	2,961	4	3,574	- 613
Coronary Heart Disease	4	2,748	3	4,142	- 1,394
Road Traffic Accidents	5	2,374	7	2,316	+ 59
Birth Trauma	6	2,340	8	2,309	+ 31
Low Birth Weight	7	2,108	9	2,005	+ 103
Liver Disease	8	2,051	10	1,517	+ 534
Tuberculosis	9	1,614	35	216	+ 1,398
Diabetes Mellitus	10	1,223	11	1,181	+ 41
Congenital Anomalies	11	1,176	12	1,170	+ 6
Hypertension	12	1,013	20	672	+ 342
Kidney Disease	13	910	13	1,159	- 249
Meningitis	14	904	14	941	- 37
Lung Disease	15	893	17	823	+ 70
Other Injuries	16	883	16	834	+ 49
HIV/AIDS	17	863	6	3,007	- 2,144
Maternal Conditions	18	668	21	601	+ 68
Malnutrition	19	650	32	254	+ 396
Breast Cancer	20	638	24	362	+ 276
Alzheimers & Dementia	21	621	25	328	+ 293
Violence	22	608	18	723	- 115
Pertussis	23	519	29	282	+ 237
Measles	24	476	67	3	+ 473
Suicide	25	454	19	711	- 257
Malaria	26	423	2	5,075	- 4,652
Cervical Cancer	27	378	23	421	- 43
Falls	28	339	27	307	+ 33
Asthma	29	337	22	587	- 250
Leukemia	30	318	59	39	+ 278
Colon-Rectum Cancers	31	282	34	224	+ 59
Poisonings	32	276	42	153	+ 123
Lymphomas	33	270	38	190	+ 80
Fires	34	245	36	215	+ 30
Drownings	35	236	33	225	+ 11
Ovary Cancer	36	182	49	88	+ 94
Tetanus	37	166	50	80	+ 86
Lung Cancers	38	166	51	76	+ 89
Inflammatory/Heart	39	163	31	276	- 113
Oesophagus Cancer	40	138	47	96	+ 42
Peptic Ulcer Disease	41	132	28	297	- 164
Liver Cancer	42	130	26	312	- 182
Syphilis	43	128	48	94	+ 34
Epilepsy	44	122	37	210	- 88
Endocrine Disorders	45	122	15	881	- 759
Parkinson's Disease	46	119	45	111	+ 8
Stomach Cancer	47	114	30	280	- 166
Oral Cancer	48	111	43	131	- 20
Rheumatic Heart Disease	49	101	44	115	- 15
Prostate Cancer	50	94	39	186	- 92
Bladder Cancer	51	81	56	52	+ 29
Skin Cancers	52	76	40	159	- 84
Skin Disease	53	68	52	75	- 7
Schistosomiasis	54	63	46	98	- 35
Alcohol	55	56	54	64	- 7
Hepatitis B	56	56	53	65	- 9
Upper Respiratory	57	53	66	5	+ 48
Appendicitis	58	51	60	23	+ 28
Leishmaniasis	59	44	78	0	+ 44
Drug Use	60	39	41	158	- 119
Pancreas Cancer	61	37	58	40	- 4
Uterin Cancer	62	32	57	52	- 21
Encephalitis	63	29	55	57	- 28
War	64	21	68	2	+ 19
Rheumatoid Arthritis	65	17	64	7	+ 10
Other Neoplasms	66	11	62	11	+ 0
Diphtheria	67	11	69	2	+ 9
Ascariasis	68	10	65	6	+ 4
Hepatitis C	69	9	63	8	+ 1
Multiple Sclerosis	70	5	61	13	- 8
Otitis Media	71	3	71	0	+ 3
Chlamydia	72	2	70	1	+ 1
Dengue	73	2	72	0	+ 1
Hookworm Disease	74	0	73	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	75	0	74	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	76	0	75	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	77	0	76	0	- 0
Chagas disease	78	0	77	0	- 0
Leprosy	79	0	79	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	80	0	81	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	81	0	80	0	- 0
Oral conditions	82	0	82	0	- 0
Anemia	83	0	85	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	84	0	84	0	- 0
Depression	85	0	83	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	86	0	86	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to TOGO

Ethiopia

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.