TOGO VS MICRONESIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	MICRONESIA		TOGO		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	17,301	3	4,142	+ 13,159
Diabetes Mellitus	2	10,988	11	1,181	+ 9,807
Stroke	3	10,665	4	3,574	+ 7,091
Kidney Disease	4	5,035	13	1,159	+ 3,876
Influenza and Pneumonia	5	4,636	1	5,739	- 1,103
Lung Disease	6	3,691	17	823	+ 2,868
Suicide	7	2,875	19	711	+ 2,164
Hypertension	8	2,428	20	672	+ 1,756
Liver Disease	9	2,123	10	1,517	+ 606
Lung Cancers	10	2,053	51	76	+ 1,977
Drownings	11	1,542	33	225	+ 1,317
Breast Cancer	12	1,520	24	362	+ 1,158
Asthma	13	1,424	22	587	+ 837
Low Birth Weight	14	1,340	9	2,005	- 665
Rheumatic Heart Disease	15	1,229	44	115	+ 1,113
Diarrhoeal diseases	16	1,202	5	3,190	- 1,988
Other Injuries	17	1,192	16	834	+ 358
Congenital Anomalies	18	1,189	12	1,170	+ 19
Tuberculosis	19	1,120	35	216	+ 905
Stomach Cancer	20	1,051	30	280	+ 771
Birth Trauma	21	969	8	2,309	- 1,341
Colon-Rectum Cancers	22	755	34	224	+ 531
Cervical Cancer	23	745	23	421	+ 324
Liver Cancer	24	731	26	312	+ 419
Peptic Ulcer Disease	25	592	28	297	+ 296
Alzheimers & Dementia	26	584	25	328	+ 255
Falls	27	551	27	307	+ 244
Inflammatory/Heart	28	539	31	276	+ 264
Prostate Cancer	29	493	39	186	+ 308
Endocrine Disorders	30	475	15	881	- 406
Violence	31	472	18	723	- 251
Leukemia	32	450	59	39	+ 410
Parkinson's Disease	33	418	45	111	+ 307
Maternal Conditions	34	328	21	601	- 273
Pancreas Cancer	35	325	58	40	+ 284
Lymphomas	36	322	38	190	+ 132
Pertussis	37	316	29	282	+ 34
Oral Cancer	38	302	43	131	+ 171
Meningitis	39	286	14	941	- 656
Syphilis	40	270	48	94	+ 177
Uterin Cancer	41	256	57	52	+ 204
Skin Disease	42	245	52	75	+ 170
Epilepsy	43	244	37	210	+ 34
Malnutrition	44	238	32	254	- 16
Ovary Cancer	45	207	49	88	+ 118
Alcohol	46	204	54	64	+ 140
Oesophagus Cancer	47	195	47	96	+ 99
Fires	48	180	36	215	- 35
Bladder Cancer	49	140	56	52	+ 87
Poisonings	50	91	42	153	- 62
Skin Cancers	51	81	40	159	- 78
Drug Use	52	55	41	158	- 102
Encephalitis	53	53	55	57	- 4
Appendicitis	54	40	60	23	+ 17
Other Neoplasms	55	33	62	11	+ 23
Measles	56	31	67	3	+ 28
Hepatitis B	57	27	53	65	- 38
Road Traffic Accidents	58	16	7	2,316	- 2,300
Tetanus	59	15	50	80	- 65
Rheumatoid Arthritis	60	13	64	7	+ 6
Dengue	61	12	72	0	+ 12
Multiple Sclerosis	62	12	61	13	- 0
Hepatitis C	63	3	63	8	- 5
Diphtheria	64	3	69	2	+ 2
Ascariasis	65	3	65	6	- 3
War	66	1	68	2	- 1
Chlamydia	67	1	70	1	+ 0
Upper Respiratory	68	1	66	5	- 5
Otitis Media	69	0	71	0	+ 0
Leprosy	70	0	79	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	71	0	74	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	72	0	73	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	73	0	75	0	- 0
HIV/AIDS	74	0	6	3,007	- 3,007
Leishmaniasis	75	0	78	0	- 0
Chagas disease	76	0	77	0	- 0
Malaria	77	0	2	5,075	- 5,075
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	76	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	79	0	46	98	- 98
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
Schizophrenia	84	0	86	0	- 0
Anemia	85	0	85	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	86	0	84	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to TOGO

Micronesia

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.