TOGO VS LUXEMBOURG: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	LUXEMBOURG		TOGO		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	8,699	3	4,142	+ 4,556
Alzheimers & Dementia	2	3,958	25	328	+ 3,630
Lung Cancers	3	3,451	51	76	+ 3,375
Stroke	4	3,414	4	3,574	- 160
Lung Disease	5	3,220	17	823	+ 2,397
Colon-Rectum Cancers	6	1,741	34	224	+ 1,518
Breast Cancer	7	1,505	24	362	+ 1,143
Influenza and Pneumonia	8	1,477	1	5,739	- 4,262
Kidney Disease	9	1,208	13	1,159	+ 49
Other Injuries	10	1,174	16	834	+ 340
Pancreas Cancer	11	1,086	58	40	+ 1,046
Liver Disease	12	997	10	1,517	- 520
Suicide	13	922	19	711	+ 211
Lymphomas	14	856	38	190	+ 666
Prostate Cancer	15	845	39	186	+ 660
Parkinson's Disease	16	822	45	111	+ 711
Diabetes Mellitus	17	812	11	1,181	- 370
Falls	18	805	27	307	+ 499
Hypertension	19	712	20	672	+ 41
Leukemia	20	703	59	39	+ 664
Endocrine Disorders	21	701	15	881	- 180
Stomach Cancer	22	679	30	280	+ 400
Inflammatory/Heart	23	652	31	276	+ 376
Other Neoplasms	24	649	62	11	+ 638
Liver Cancer	25	644	26	312	+ 333
Bladder Cancer	26	582	56	52	+ 529
Ovary Cancer	27	469	49	88	+ 380
Oesophagus Cancer	28	422	47	96	+ 326
Alcohol	29	336	54	64	+ 272
Road Traffic Accidents	30	333	7	2,316	- 1,983
Skin Cancers	31	287	40	159	+ 127
Malnutrition	32	258	32	254	+ 5
Oral Cancer	33	252	43	131	+ 121
Rheumatic Heart Disease	34	251	44	115	+ 136
Epilepsy	35	224	37	210	+ 13
Uterin Cancer	36	208	57	52	+ 155
Congenital Anomalies	37	138	12	1,170	- 1,032
Cervical Cancer	38	127	23	421	- 294
Drug Use	39	123	41	158	- 34
Anemia	40	112	85	0	+ 112
Peptic Ulcer Disease	41	90	28	297	- 207
Diarrhoeal diseases	42	82	5	3,190	- 3,108
Schizophrenia	43	77	86	0	+ 77
Skin Disease	44	71	52	75	- 4
Asthma	45	61	22	587	- 526
Multiple Sclerosis	46	55	61	13	+ 42
Hepatitis C	47	49	63	8	+ 41
Violence	48	41	18	723	- 682
Low Birth Weight	49	41	9	2,005	- 1,964
Osteoarthritis	50	35	81	0	+ 35
Fires	51	34	36	215	- 182
HIV/AIDS	52	33	6	3,007	- 2,974
Rheumatoid Arthritis	53	31	64	7	+ 24
Drownings	54	26	33	225	- 199
Tuberculosis	55	25	35	216	- 191
Poisonings	56	20	42	153	- 134
Prostatic Hypertrophy	57	16	80	0	+ 16
Meningitis	58	9	14	941	- 932
Birth Trauma	59	8	8	2,309	- 2,302
Hepatitis B	60	7	53	65	- 58
Upper Respiratory	61	5	66	5	- 0
Appendicitis	62	4	60	23	- 19
Maternal Conditions	63	4	21	601	- 597
Oral conditions	64	4	82	0	+ 4
Encephalitis	65	2	55	57	- 55
Syphilis	66	2	48	94	- 92
War	67	1	68	2	- 1
Pertussis	68	0	29	282	- 282
Tetanus	69	0	50	80	- 80
Measles	70	0	67	3	- 3
Diphtheria	71	0	69	2	- 2
Chlamydia	72	0	70	1	- 1
Iodine Deficiency	73	0	75	0	- 0
Otitis Media	74	0	71	0	- 0
Leprosy	75	0	79	0	- 0
Ascariasis	76	0	65	6	- 6
Hookworm Disease	77	0	73	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	78	0	74	0	- 0
Dengue	79	0	72	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	80	0	46	98	- 98
Malaria	81	0	2	5,075	- 5,075
Chagas disease	82	0	77	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	83	0	78	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	84	0	76	0	- 0
Depression	85	0	83	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	86	0	84	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to TOGO

Luxembourg

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.