TOGO VS LESOTHO: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	LESOTHO		TOGO		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
HIV/AIDS	1	19,086	6	3,007	+ 16,079
Influenza and Pneumonia	2	12,868	1	5,739	+ 7,130
Stroke	3	11,277	4	3,574	+ 7,703
Diarrhoeal diseases	4	9,425	5	3,190	+ 6,235
Coronary Heart Disease	5	8,411	3	4,142	+ 4,269
Diabetes Mellitus	6	8,005	11	1,181	+ 6,824
Suicide	7	6,163	19	711	+ 5,452
Tuberculosis	8	4,838	35	216	+ 4,622
Lung Disease	9	4,411	17	823	+ 3,588
Kidney Disease	10	4,062	13	1,159	+ 2,903
Hypertension	11	3,963	20	672	+ 3,292
Low Birth Weight	12	3,831	9	2,005	+ 1,826
Violence	13	3,699	18	723	+ 2,976
Liver Disease	14	3,171	10	1,517	+ 1,654
Birth Trauma	15	2,872	8	2,309	+ 562
Road Traffic Accidents	16	2,716	7	2,316	+ 400
Asthma	17	2,714	22	587	+ 2,127
Other Injuries	18	2,133	16	834	+ 1,299
Congenital Anomalies	19	1,559	12	1,170	+ 388
Cervical Cancer	20	1,491	23	421	+ 1,070
Malnutrition	21	1,430	32	254	+ 1,176
Meningitis	22	1,272	14	941	+ 331
Inflammatory/Heart	23	1,221	31	276	+ 946
Maternal Conditions	24	1,170	21	601	+ 569
Peptic Ulcer Disease	25	1,116	28	297	+ 819
Fires	26	1,076	36	215	+ 861
Endocrine Disorders	27	940	15	881	+ 60
Drownings	28	800	33	225	+ 576
Alzheimers & Dementia	29	778	25	328	+ 449
Epilepsy	30	574	37	210	+ 364
Falls	31	512	27	307	+ 205
Rheumatic Heart Disease	32	503	44	115	+ 387
Poisonings	33	445	42	153	+ 291
Breast Cancer	34	389	24	362	+ 26
Prostate Cancer	35	323	39	186	+ 137
Lymphomas	36	312	38	190	+ 121
Oesophagus Cancer	37	294	47	96	+ 198
Alcohol	38	283	54	64	+ 220
Liver Cancer	39	283	26	312	- 29
Skin Disease	40	280	52	75	+ 205
Parkinson's Disease	41	219	45	111	+ 108
Oral Cancer	42	207	43	131	+ 76
Lung Cancers	43	204	51	76	+ 128
Pertussis	44	204	29	282	- 78
Syphilis	45	202	48	94	+ 108
Skin Cancers	46	185	40	159	+ 26
Tetanus	47	181	50	80	+ 101
Colon-Rectum Cancers	48	159	34	224	- 65
Leukemia	49	156	59	39	+ 116
Drug Use	50	126	41	158	- 31
Hepatitis B	51	107	53	65	+ 42
Appendicitis	52	100	60	23	+ 76
Ovary Cancer	53	98	49	88	+ 10
Uterin Cancer	54	94	57	52	+ 41
Upper Respiratory	55	73	66	5	+ 67
Rheumatoid Arthritis	56	72	64	7	+ 65
Encephalitis	57	54	55	57	- 3
Pancreas Cancer	58	49	58	40	+ 9
Measles	59	47	67	3	+ 44
Stomach Cancer	60	43	30	280	- 237
Bladder Cancer	61	38	56	52	- 14
Other Neoplasms	62	37	62	11	+ 26
Multiple Sclerosis	63	24	61	13	+ 11
Hepatitis C	64	10	63	8	+ 2
Chlamydia	65	6	70	1	+ 5
Otitis Media	66	5	71	0	+ 5
Ascariasis	67	3	65	6	- 3
War	68	1	68	2	- 1
Diphtheria	69	1	69	2	- 1
Dengue	70	0	72	0	+ 0
Trichuriasis	71	0	74	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	72	0	73	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	73	0	75	0	- 0
Leprosy	74	0	79	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	75	0	78	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	76	0	46	98	- 98
Trypanosomiasis	77	0	76	0	- 0
Chagas disease	78	0	77	0	- 0
Malaria	79	0	2	5,075	- 5,075
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
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

Lesotho

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.