TOGO VS MALDIVES: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	MALDIVES		TOGO		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	6,403	3	4,142	+ 2,260
Stroke	2	3,283	4	3,574	- 291
Lung Disease	3	2,089	17	823	+ 1,266
Kidney Disease	4	1,844	13	1,159	+ 685
Alzheimers & Dementia	5	1,083	25	328	+ 755
Diabetes Mellitus	6	1,074	11	1,181	- 107
Lung Cancers	7	834	51	76	+ 757
Influenza and Pneumonia	8	757	1	5,739	- 4,981
Breast Cancer	9	642	24	362	+ 279
Liver Cancer	10	615	26	312	+ 303
Liver Disease	11	559	10	1,517	- 958
Endocrine Disorders	12	496	15	881	- 385
Cervical Cancer	13	493	23	421	+ 72
Colon-Rectum Cancers	14	481	34	224	+ 257
Congenital Anomalies	15	442	12	1,170	- 729
Falls	16	431	27	307	+ 125
Hypertension	17	376	20	672	- 296
Other Injuries	18	359	16	834	- 474
Oral Cancer	19	354	43	131	+ 223
Low Birth Weight	20	336	9	2,005	- 1,668
Suicide	21	333	19	711	- 378
Diarrhoeal diseases	22	329	5	3,190	- 2,861
Drownings	23	317	33	225	+ 93
Leukemia	24	293	59	39	+ 254
Parkinson's Disease	25	266	45	111	+ 155
Prostate Cancer	26	264	39	186	+ 78
Tuberculosis	27	259	35	216	+ 43
Violence	28	229	18	723	- 494
Asthma	29	226	22	587	- 361
Ovary Cancer	30	213	49	88	+ 124
Road Traffic Accidents	31	198	7	2,316	- 2,118
Skin Disease	32	194	52	75	+ 119
Dengue	33	173	72	0	+ 173
Lymphomas	34	170	38	190	- 21
Maternal Conditions	35	125	21	601	- 476
Inflammatory/Heart	36	123	31	276	- 153
Bladder Cancer	37	120	56	52	+ 68
Epilepsy	38	112	37	210	- 98
Birth Trauma	39	110	8	2,309	- 2,199
Pancreas Cancer	40	101	58	40	+ 61
Fires	41	90	36	215	- 125
Peptic Ulcer Disease	42	82	28	297	- 214
Rheumatic Heart Disease	43	78	44	115	- 37
Encephalitis	44	62	55	57	+ 5
Malnutrition	45	62	32	254	- 192
Other Neoplasms	46	47	62	11	+ 36
Uterin Cancer	47	45	57	52	- 7
Drug Use	48	42	41	158	- 116
Stomach Cancer	49	28	30	280	- 252
Meningitis	50	25	14	941	- 917
Alcohol	51	15	54	64	- 48
Pertussis	52	8	29	282	- 273
Rheumatoid Arthritis	53	8	64	7	+ 1
Tetanus	54	6	50	80	- 73
Poisonings	55	6	42	153	- 148
Hepatitis B	56	5	53	65	- 60
Multiple Sclerosis	57	5	61	13	- 8
Syphilis	58	3	48	94	- 90
Oesophagus Cancer	59	3	47	96	- 93
Measles	60	3	67	3	+ 0
Appendicitis	61	3	60	23	- 21
War	62	2	68	2	- 0
Skin Cancers	63	1	40	159	- 158
Hepatitis C	64	1	63	8	- 7
Ascariasis	65	1	65	6	- 5
Upper Respiratory	66	1	66	5	- 5
Chlamydia	67	0	70	1	- 1
Diphtheria	68	0	69	2	- 1
Otitis Media	69	0	71	0	- 0
Leprosy	70	0	79	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	71	0	46	98	- 98
Leishmaniasis	72	0	78	0	- 0
Chagas disease	73	0	77	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	74	0	76	0	- 0
Malaria	75	0	2	5,075	- 5,075
Hookworm Disease	76	0	73	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	77	0	74	0	- 0
HIV/AIDS	78	0	6	3,007	- 3,007
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
Depression	83	0	83	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	84	0	84	0	- 0
Anemia	85	0	85	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	86	0	86	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to TOGO

Maldives

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.