TOGO VS KENYA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	KENYA		TOGO		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Influenza and Pneumonia	1	3,456	1	5,739	- 2,283
HIV/AIDS	2	3,198	6	3,007	+ 191
Tuberculosis	3	3,009	35	216	+ 2,794
Stroke	4	2,434	4	3,574	- 1,141
Diarrhoeal diseases	5	2,361	5	3,190	- 829
Road Traffic Accidents	6	2,279	7	2,316	- 37
Liver Disease	7	2,052	10	1,517	+ 535
Malaria	8	1,937	2	5,075	- 3,138
Coronary Heart Disease	9	1,833	3	4,142	- 2,309
Birth Trauma	10	1,525	8	2,309	- 785
Low Birth Weight	11	1,464	9	2,005	- 541
Congenital Anomalies	12	936	12	1,170	- 234
Maternal Conditions	13	865	21	601	+ 264
Diabetes Mellitus	14	865	11	1,181	- 316
Meningitis	15	821	14	941	- 120
Kidney Disease	16	683	13	1,159	- 476
Hypertension	17	676	20	672	+ 5
Oesophagus Cancer	18	669	47	96	+ 573
Other Injuries	19	664	16	834	- 170
Lung Disease	20	655	17	823	- 168
Malnutrition	21	645	32	254	+ 391
Cervical Cancer	22	519	23	421	+ 98
Suicide	23	492	19	711	- 219
Violence	24	451	18	723	- 272
Breast Cancer	25	407	24	362	+ 45
Asthma	26	352	22	587	- 235
Tetanus	27	326	50	80	+ 246
Stomach Cancer	28	308	30	280	+ 28
Lymphomas	29	296	38	190	+ 106
Oral Cancer	30	282	43	131	+ 151
Alzheimers & Dementia	31	280	25	328	- 49
Colon-Rectum Cancers	32	226	34	224	+ 3
Falls	33	224	27	307	- 82
Liver Cancer	34	207	26	312	- 105
Leukemia	35	203	59	39	+ 164
Fires	36	202	36	215	- 14
Prostate Cancer	37	198	39	186	+ 12
Poisonings	38	194	42	153	+ 41
Drownings	39	184	33	225	- 41
Inflammatory/Heart	40	172	31	276	- 104
Peptic Ulcer Disease	41	167	28	297	- 130
Pertussis	42	155	29	282	- 127
Epilepsy	43	127	37	210	- 83
Endocrine Disorders	44	127	15	881	- 754
Ovary Cancer	45	122	49	88	+ 33
Pancreas Cancer	46	110	58	40	+ 69
Lung Cancers	47	102	51	76	+ 26
Skin Cancers	48	98	40	159	- 62
Hepatitis B	49	80	53	65	+ 15
Parkinson's Disease	50	72	45	111	- 39
Skin Disease	51	70	52	75	- 5
Syphilis	52	69	48	94	- 25
Rheumatic Heart Disease	53	62	44	115	- 53
Schistosomiasis	54	57	46	98	- 41
Alcohol	55	54	54	64	- 9
Uterin Cancer	56	49	57	52	- 3
Bladder Cancer	57	49	56	52	- 4
Appendicitis	58	37	60	23	+ 14
Leishmaniasis	59	30	78	0	+ 30
Encephalitis	60	29	55	57	- 28
Hepatitis C	61	23	63	8	+ 15
Drug Use	62	17	41	158	- 140
Measles	63	16	67	3	+ 13
Upper Respiratory	64	15	66	5	+ 9
War	65	14	68	2	+ 12
Rheumatoid Arthritis	66	13	64	7	+ 6
Other Neoplasms	67	9	62	11	- 2
Multiple Sclerosis	68	6	61	13	- 7
Diphtheria	69	2	69	2	+ 0
Chlamydia	70	2	70	1	+ 1
Ascariasis	71	1	65	6	- 5
Otitis Media	72	1	71	0	+ 1
Dengue	73	0	72	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	74	0	73	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	75	0	74	0	- 0
Leprosy	76	0	79	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	77	0	75	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	76	0	- 0
Chagas disease	79	0	77	0	- 0
Depression	80	0	83	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	81	0	84	0	- 0
Anemia	82	0	85	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	83	0	86	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	84	0	81	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	85	0	80	0	- 0
Oral conditions	86	0	82	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to TOGO

Kenya

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.