TOGO VS NICARAGUA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	NICARAGUA		TOGO		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	7,805	3	4,142	+ 3,662
Kidney Disease	2	4,719	13	1,159	+ 3,560
Stroke	3	2,971	4	3,574	- 603
Diabetes Mellitus	4	2,761	11	1,181	+ 1,580
Lung Disease	5	2,096	17	823	+ 1,273
Liver Disease	6	1,607	10	1,517	+ 90
Influenza and Pneumonia	7	1,538	1	5,739	- 4,201
Road Traffic Accidents	8	1,481	7	2,316	- 835
Hypertension	9	1,473	20	672	+ 802
Violence	10	826	18	723	+ 103
Congenital Anomalies	11	762	12	1,170	- 408
Liver Cancer	12	679	26	312	+ 368
Low Birth Weight	13	654	9	2,005	- 1,351
Stomach Cancer	14	638	30	280	+ 358
Prostate Cancer	15	516	39	186	+ 330
Cervical Cancer	16	500	23	421	+ 79
Other Injuries	17	478	16	834	- 356
Colon-Rectum Cancers	18	421	34	224	+ 198
Suicide	19	380	19	711	- 331
Breast Cancer	20	378	24	362	+ 16
Alcohol	21	372	54	64	+ 308
Falls	22	369	27	307	+ 62
Lung Cancers	23	366	51	76	+ 290
Leukemia	24	303	59	39	+ 264
Birth Trauma	25	264	8	2,309	- 2,045
Other Neoplasms	26	257	62	11	+ 246
Pancreas Cancer	27	237	58	40	+ 197
Endocrine Disorders	28	219	15	881	- 662
Lymphomas	29	219	38	190	+ 28
Malnutrition	30	218	32	254	- 36
Skin Disease	31	216	52	75	+ 141
Drownings	32	210	33	225	- 15
Alzheimers & Dementia	33	199	25	328	- 129
Inflammatory/Heart	34	186	31	276	- 90
HIV/AIDS	35	186	6	3,007	- 2,821
Diarrhoeal diseases	36	163	5	3,190	- 3,027
Tuberculosis	37	153	35	216	- 63
Asthma	38	140	22	587	- 447
Maternal Conditions	39	118	21	601	- 483
Peptic Ulcer Disease	40	114	28	297	- 182
Epilepsy	41	99	37	210	- 111
Parkinson's Disease	42	89	45	111	- 22
Oral Cancer	43	86	43	131	- 45
Ovary Cancer	44	82	49	88	- 6
Skin Cancers	45	79	40	159	- 81
Drug Use	46	67	41	158	- 90
Oesophagus Cancer	47	56	47	96	- 40
Uterin Cancer	48	52	57	52	- 0
Appendicitis	49	42	60	23	+ 19
Rheumatoid Arthritis	50	41	64	7	+ 34
Meningitis	51	39	14	941	- 903
Bladder Cancer	52	37	56	52	- 15
Anemia	53	37	85	0	+ 37
Rheumatic Heart Disease	54	27	44	115	- 89
Poisonings	55	24	42	153	- 130
Prostatic Hypertrophy	56	23	80	0	+ 23
Fires	57	22	36	215	- 193
Encephalitis	58	14	55	57	- 44
Osteoarthritis	59	13	81	0	+ 13
Syphilis	60	13	48	94	- 81
Multiple Sclerosis	61	9	61	13	- 4
Hepatitis B	62	7	53	65	- 58
Oral conditions	63	6	82	0	+ 6
Dengue	64	6	72	0	+ 6
Chagas disease	65	5	77	0	+ 5
Schizophrenia	66	4	86	0	+ 4
Pertussis	67	4	29	282	- 278
Hepatitis C	68	2	63	8	- 6
Ascariasis	69	1	65	6	- 5
War	70	1	68	2	- 1
Leprosy	71	1	79	0	+ 1
Upper Respiratory	72	1	66	5	- 5
Iodine Deficiency	73	1	75	0	+ 1
Chlamydia	74	0	70	1	- 1
Otitis Media	75	0	71	0	+ 0
Leishmaniasis	76	0	78	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	77	0	69	2	- 2
Measles	78	0	67	3	- 3
Tetanus	79	0	50	80	- 80
Hookworm Disease	80	0	73	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	81	0	74	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	82	0	76	0	- 0
Malaria	83	0	2	5,075	- 5,075
Schistosomiasis	84	0	46	98	- 98
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	84	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	83	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to TOGO

Nicaragua

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.