TOGO VS GABON: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	GABON		TOGO		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Tuberculosis	1	6,607	35	216	+ 6,391
HIV/AIDS	2	4,097	6	3,007	+ 1,090
Coronary Heart Disease	3	3,701	3	4,142	- 441
Influenza and Pneumonia	4	3,508	1	5,739	- 2,230
Stroke	5	3,256	4	3,574	- 318
Diabetes Mellitus	6	2,334	11	1,181	+ 1,153
Malaria	7	1,961	2	5,075	- 3,114
Road Traffic Accidents	8	1,883	7	2,316	- 433
Low Birth Weight	9	1,796	9	2,005	- 209
Liver Disease	10	1,513	10	1,517	- 4
Hypertension	11	1,497	20	672	+ 826
Kidney Disease	12	1,393	13	1,159	+ 234
Birth Trauma	13	1,317	8	2,309	- 993
Diarrhoeal diseases	14	1,156	5	3,190	- 2,034
Congenital Anomalies	15	1,036	12	1,170	- 134
Lung Disease	16	781	17	823	- 42
Violence	17	667	18	723	- 56
Suicide	18	663	19	711	- 48
Alzheimers & Dementia	19	550	25	328	+ 222
Measles	20	531	67	3	+ 528
Maternal Conditions	21	528	21	601	- 73
Other Injuries	22	507	16	834	- 327
Meningitis	23	411	14	941	- 531
Inflammatory/Heart	24	368	31	276	+ 92
Endocrine Disorders	25	356	15	881	- 525
Cervical Cancer	26	349	23	421	- 72
Breast Cancer	27	335	24	362	- 27
Asthma	28	328	22	587	- 258
Lung Cancers	29	317	51	76	+ 240
Falls	30	307	27	307	+ 0
Pertussis	31	295	29	282	+ 13
Prostate Cancer	32	289	39	186	+ 104
Malnutrition	33	282	32	254	+ 28
Oral Cancer	34	251	43	131	+ 121
Liver Cancer	35	191	26	312	- 120
Parkinson's Disease	36	171	45	111	+ 60
Colon-Rectum Cancers	37	156	34	224	- 67
Drownings	38	152	33	225	- 73
Fires	39	140	36	215	- 75
Epilepsy	40	135	37	210	- 75
Peptic Ulcer Disease	41	132	28	297	- 165
Trypanosomiasis	42	128	76	0	+ 128
Bladder Cancer	43	126	56	52	+ 74
Oesophagus Cancer	44	126	47	96	+ 29
Drug Use	45	123	41	158	- 35
Skin Cancers	46	123	40	159	- 37
Syphilis	47	119	48	94	+ 25
Stomach Cancer	48	118	30	280	- 162
Lymphomas	49	115	38	190	- 75
Poisonings	50	101	42	153	- 52
Ovary Cancer	51	96	49	88	+ 8
Skin Disease	52	78	52	75	+ 3
Pancreas Cancer	53	75	58	40	+ 35
Rheumatic Heart Disease	54	72	44	115	- 43
Uterin Cancer	55	70	57	52	+ 18
Alcohol	56	70	54	64	+ 6
Leukemia	57	61	59	39	+ 22
Schistosomiasis	58	50	46	98	- 48
Tetanus	59	31	50	80	- 49
Encephalitis	60	26	55	57	- 31
Appendicitis	61	24	60	23	+ 1
Hepatitis B	62	24	53	65	- 41
Rheumatoid Arthritis	63	23	64	7	+ 16
Other Neoplasms	64	19	62	11	+ 9
War	65	10	68	2	+ 8
Upper Respiratory	66	9	66	5	+ 4
Multiple Sclerosis	67	6	61	13	- 7
Hepatitis C	68	4	63	8	- 4
Diphtheria	69	1	69	2	- 0
Ascariasis	70	1	65	6	- 5
Chlamydia	71	1	70	1	- 0
Otitis Media	72	1	71	0	+ 1
Dengue	73	0	72	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	74	0	74	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	75	0	73	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	76	0	78	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
Schizophrenia	81	0	86	0	- 0
Anemia	82	0	85	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	83	0	84	0	- 0
Oral conditions	84	0	82	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	85	0	80	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	86	0	81	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to TOGO

Gabon

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.