TOGO VS FIJI: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	FIJI		TOGO		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Diabetes Mellitus	1	15,258	11	1,181	+ 14,076
Coronary Heart Disease	2	13,881	3	4,142	+ 9,739
Stroke	3	5,460	4	3,574	+ 1,886
Kidney Disease	4	2,595	13	1,159	+ 1,436
Influenza and Pneumonia	5	2,141	1	5,739	- 3,598
Asthma	6	2,116	22	587	+ 1,530
Hypertension	7	1,594	20	672	+ 922
Breast Cancer	8	1,522	24	362	+ 1,160
Lung Disease	9	1,318	17	823	+ 495
Congenital Anomalies	10	1,213	12	1,170	+ 43
Road Traffic Accidents	11	1,127	7	2,316	- 1,189
Diarrhoeal diseases	12	903	5	3,190	- 2,287
Cervical Cancer	13	809	23	421	+ 388
Low Birth Weight	14	805	9	2,005	- 1,200
Liver Disease	15	766	10	1,517	- 751
Suicide	16	747	19	711	+ 36
Other Injuries	17	720	16	834	- 114
Liver Cancer	18	638	26	312	+ 326
Alzheimers & Dementia	19	589	25	328	+ 261
Rheumatic Heart Disease	20	581	44	115	+ 466
Drownings	21	558	33	225	+ 333
Lung Cancers	22	448	51	76	+ 372
Inflammatory/Heart	23	424	31	276	+ 149
Colon-Rectum Cancers	24	424	34	224	+ 200
Prostate Cancer	25	380	39	186	+ 194
Parkinson's Disease	26	378	45	111	+ 267
Tuberculosis	27	367	35	216	+ 151
Birth Trauma	28	341	8	2,309	- 1,969
Peptic Ulcer Disease	29	316	28	297	+ 19
Leukemia	30	290	59	39	+ 251
HIV/AIDS	31	281	6	3,007	- 2,726
Ovary Cancer	32	272	49	88	+ 184
Fires	33	259	36	215	+ 44
Endocrine Disorders	34	258	15	881	- 622
Lymphomas	35	255	38	190	+ 65
Falls	36	250	27	307	- 56
Stomach Cancer	37	219	30	280	- 61
Pancreas Cancer	38	195	58	40	+ 155
Uterin Cancer	39	187	57	52	+ 135
Violence	40	182	18	723	- 541
Skin Disease	41	179	52	75	+ 104
Oesophagus Cancer	42	167	47	96	+ 70
Meningitis	43	161	14	941	- 780
Epilepsy	44	153	37	210	- 57
Malnutrition	45	134	32	254	- 119
Oral Cancer	46	117	43	131	- 14
Syphilis	47	104	48	94	+ 10
Pertussis	48	92	29	282	- 190
Maternal Conditions	49	81	21	601	- 520
Bladder Cancer	50	76	56	52	+ 24
Encephalitis	51	69	55	57	+ 11
Drug Use	52	36	41	158	- 121
Other Neoplasms	53	31	62	11	+ 20
Appendicitis	54	26	60	23	+ 3
Dengue	55	25	72	0	+ 25
Poisonings	56	21	42	153	- 132
Alcohol	57	16	54	64	- 47
Tetanus	58	13	50	80	- 67
Hepatitis B	59	10	53	65	- 55
Multiple Sclerosis	60	8	61	13	- 5
Skin Cancers	61	6	40	159	- 153
Rheumatoid Arthritis	62	3	64	7	- 4
Measles	63	2	67	3	- 1
Chlamydia	64	2	70	1	+ 1
Hepatitis C	65	1	63	8	- 7
War	66	1	68	2	- 1
Ascariasis	67	1	65	6	- 5
Diphtheria	68	0	69	2	- 1
Upper Respiratory	69	0	66	5	- 5
Otitis Media	70	0	71	0	- 0
Leprosy	71	0	79	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	72	0	76	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	73	0	78	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	74	0	46	98	- 98
Malaria	75	0	2	5,075	- 5,075
Chagas disease	76	0	77	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	77	0	75	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	78	0	73	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	79	0	74	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

Fiji

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.