TOGO VS GUINEA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	GUINEA		TOGO		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Influenza and Pneumonia	1	8,155	1	5,739	+ 2,417
Malaria	2	5,216	2	5,075	+ 141
Diarrhoeal diseases	3	4,328	5	3,190	+ 1,138
Measles	4	3,842	67	3	+ 3,839
Stroke	5	3,684	4	3,574	+ 109
Coronary Heart Disease	6	3,612	3	4,142	- 530
Birth Trauma	7	3,058	8	2,309	+ 749
Low Birth Weight	8	2,754	9	2,005	+ 749
Road Traffic Accidents	9	2,415	7	2,316	+ 100
HIV/AIDS	10	1,925	6	3,007	- 1,082
Meningitis	11	1,679	14	941	+ 737
Liver Disease	12	1,626	10	1,517	+ 109
Tuberculosis	13	1,510	35	216	+ 1,294
Congenital Anomalies	14	1,391	12	1,170	+ 220
Diabetes Mellitus	15	1,363	11	1,181	+ 182
Kidney Disease	16	1,237	13	1,159	+ 77
Maternal Conditions	17	1,143	21	601	+ 542
Other Injuries	18	959	16	834	+ 125
Cervical Cancer	19	951	23	421	+ 530
Lung Disease	20	875	17	823	+ 52
Hypertension	21	860	20	672	+ 188
Asthma	22	752	22	587	+ 165
Liver Cancer	23	744	26	312	+ 433
Pertussis	24	743	29	282	+ 461
Endocrine Disorders	25	727	15	881	- 154
Violence	26	719	18	723	- 4
Trypanosomiasis	27	684	76	0	+ 684
Malnutrition	28	658	32	254	+ 404
Suicide	29	569	19	711	- 142
Alzheimers & Dementia	30	369	25	328	+ 41
Drownings	31	337	33	225	+ 112
Prostate Cancer	32	335	39	186	+ 149
Falls	33	306	27	307	- 1
Peptic Ulcer Disease	34	286	28	297	- 11
Inflammatory/Heart	35	280	31	276	+ 4
Fires	36	262	36	215	+ 46
Epilepsy	37	223	37	210	+ 13
Breast Cancer	38	220	24	362	- 142
Syphilis	39	209	48	94	+ 115
Poisonings	40	188	42	153	+ 35
Stomach Cancer	41	156	30	280	- 124
Rheumatic Heart Disease	42	152	44	115	+ 36
Schistosomiasis	43	148	46	98	+ 50
Parkinson's Disease	44	135	45	111	+ 24
Tetanus	45	108	50	80	+ 28
Drug Use	46	108	41	158	- 50
Hepatitis B	47	103	53	65	+ 38
Lymphomas	48	101	38	190	- 90
Skin Cancers	49	97	40	159	- 63
Lung Cancers	50	82	51	76	+ 5
Skin Disease	51	81	52	75	+ 6
Oral Cancer	52	78	43	131	- 53
Colon-Rectum Cancers	53	64	34	224	- 160
Ovary Cancer	54	59	49	88	- 29
Alcohol	55	53	54	64	- 11
Encephalitis	56	51	55	57	- 6
Appendicitis	57	26	60	23	+ 3
Diphtheria	58	25	69	2	+ 24
Uterin Cancer	59	24	57	52	- 28
Bladder Cancer	60	20	56	52	- 32
Hepatitis C	61	14	63	8	+ 6
Ascariasis	62	14	65	6	+ 8
Oesophagus Cancer	63	13	47	96	- 84
War	64	12	68	2	+ 11
Pancreas Cancer	65	12	58	40	- 28
Multiple Sclerosis	66	11	61	13	- 1
Leukemia	67	11	59	39	- 28
Other Neoplasms	68	10	62	11	- 1
Upper Respiratory	69	10	66	5	+ 4
Rheumatoid Arthritis	70	8	64	7	+ 1
Chlamydia	71	2	70	1	+ 1
Otitis Media	72	0	71	0	+ 0
Dengue	73	0	72	0	+ 0
Trichuriasis	74	0	74	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	75	0	73	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	76	0	75	0	- 0
Chagas disease	77	0	77	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	78	0	78	0	- 0
Leprosy	79	0	79	0	- 0
Depression	80	0	83	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	81	0	86	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	82	0	84	0	- 0
Anemia	83	0	85	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

Guinea

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.