TOGO VS LIBYA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	LIBYA		TOGO		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	8,008	3	4,142	+ 3,866
Stroke	2	3,153	4	3,574	- 421
Road Traffic Accidents	3	1,749	7	2,316	- 567
Kidney Disease	4	1,437	13	1,159	+ 278
War	5	1,278	68	2	+ 1,276
Hypertension	6	1,108	20	672	+ 437
Tuberculosis	7	984	35	216	+ 768
Diabetes Mellitus	8	973	11	1,181	- 208
Influenza and Pneumonia	9	901	1	5,739	- 4,838
Alzheimers & Dementia	10	900	25	328	+ 572
Liver Disease	11	764	10	1,517	- 753
Lung Disease	12	735	17	823	- 88
Lung Cancers	13	717	51	76	+ 641
Congenital Anomalies	14	597	12	1,170	- 573
Other Injuries	15	524	16	834	- 310
Colon-Rectum Cancers	16	517	34	224	+ 293
Drug Use	17	449	41	158	+ 292
Low Birth Weight	18	435	9	2,005	- 1,570
Suicide	19	368	19	711	- 343
Asthma	20	360	22	587	- 227
HIV/AIDS	21	271	6	3,007	- 2,736
Leukemia	22	262	59	39	+ 223
Pancreas Cancer	23	253	58	40	+ 213
Falls	24	247	27	307	- 60
Breast Cancer	25	230	24	362	- 132
Lymphomas	26	229	38	190	+ 39
Parkinson's Disease	27	193	45	111	+ 82
Liver Cancer	28	185	26	312	- 127
Endocrine Disorders	29	185	15	881	- 696
Violence	30	176	18	723	- 547
Bladder Cancer	31	165	56	52	+ 112
Cervical Cancer	32	163	23	421	- 258
Stomach Cancer	33	162	30	280	- 118
Birth Trauma	34	160	8	2,309	- 2,149
Maternal Conditions	35	150	21	601	- 451
Fires	36	140	36	215	- 75
Inflammatory/Heart	37	130	31	276	- 146
Peptic Ulcer Disease	38	120	28	297	- 177
Prostate Cancer	39	116	39	186	- 70
Diarrhoeal diseases	40	111	5	3,190	- 3,079
Oral Cancer	41	98	43	131	- 33
Ovary Cancer	42	91	49	88	+ 3
Drownings	43	90	33	225	- 135
Epilepsy	44	81	37	210	- 130
Poisonings	45	68	42	153	- 86
Rheumatic Heart Disease	46	60	44	115	- 55
Meningitis	47	50	14	941	- 891
Hepatitis B	48	41	53	65	- 24
Oesophagus Cancer	49	40	47	96	- 56
Alcohol	50	26	54	64	- 38
Skin Cancers	51	24	40	159	- 135
Multiple Sclerosis	52	24	61	13	+ 11
Encephalitis	53	24	55	57	- 34
Skin Disease	54	21	52	75	- 54
Pertussis	55	20	29	282	- 261
Appendicitis	56	18	60	23	- 5
Malnutrition	57	13	32	254	- 241
Other Neoplasms	58	12	62	11	+ 1
Schistosomiasis	59	11	46	98	- 88
Uterin Cancer	60	10	57	52	- 42
Syphilis	61	7	48	94	- 87
Rheumatoid Arthritis	62	5	64	7	- 2
Leishmaniasis	63	2	78	0	+ 2
Tetanus	64	1	50	80	- 78
Hepatitis C	65	1	63	8	- 7
Ascariasis	66	0	65	6	- 6
Upper Respiratory	67	0	66	5	- 5
Diphtheria	68	0	69	2	- 1
Chlamydia	69	0	70	1	- 1
Otitis Media	70	0	71	0	- 0
Leprosy	71	0	79	0	- 0
Measles	72	0	67	3	- 3
Trichuriasis	73	0	74	0	- 0
Dengue	74	0	72	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	75	0	73	0	- 0
Malaria	76	0	2	5,075	- 5,075
Chagas disease	77	0	77	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	76	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	75	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	80	0	80	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	81	0	81	0	- 0
Oral conditions	82	0	82	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	83	0	84	0	- 0
Anemia	84	0	85	0	- 0
Depression	85	0	83	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	86	0	86	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to TOGO

Libya

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.