TOGO VS PORTUGAL: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	PORTUGAL		TOGO		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	11,251	3	4,142	+ 7,109
Stroke	2	10,781	4	3,574	+ 7,207
Alzheimers & Dementia	3	6,283	25	328	+ 5,954
Influenza and Pneumonia	4	5,986	1	5,739	+ 247
Lung Cancers	5	3,850	51	76	+ 3,773
Colon-Rectum Cancers	6	3,835	34	224	+ 3,612
Lung Disease	7	3,745	17	823	+ 2,921
Diabetes Mellitus	8	3,146	11	1,181	+ 1,965
Kidney Disease	9	2,449	13	1,159	+ 1,290
Stomach Cancer	10	2,212	30	280	+ 1,932
Prostate Cancer	11	1,856	39	186	+ 1,670
Breast Cancer	12	1,745	24	362	+ 1,382
Other Injuries	13	1,692	16	834	+ 858
Hypertension	14	1,642	20	672	+ 971
Pancreas Cancer	15	1,458	58	40	+ 1,418
Lymphomas	16	1,404	38	190	+ 1,214
Endocrine Disorders	17	1,351	15	881	+ 471
Liver Cancer	18	1,110	26	312	+ 798
Suicide	19	1,024	19	711	+ 313
Bladder Cancer	20	1,023	56	52	+ 970
Parkinson's Disease	21	995	45	111	+ 884
Liver Disease	22	983	10	1,517	- 534
Falls	23	902	27	307	+ 596
Leukemia	24	887	59	39	+ 848
Oral Cancer	25	797	43	131	+ 666
Inflammatory/Heart	26	794	31	276	+ 518
Road Traffic Accidents	27	732	7	2,316	- 1,584
Other Neoplasms	28	570	62	11	+ 559
Oesophagus Cancer	29	544	47	96	+ 448
Skin Cancers	30	457	40	159	+ 298
Epilepsy	31	363	37	210	+ 153
Uterin Cancer	32	355	57	52	+ 302
Ovary Cancer	33	347	49	88	+ 259
Cervical Cancer	34	287	23	421	- 134
HIV/AIDS	35	279	6	3,007	- 2,728
Diarrhoeal diseases	36	201	5	3,190	- 2,989
Peptic Ulcer Disease	37	200	28	297	- 97
Tuberculosis	38	186	35	216	- 30
Skin Disease	39	177	52	75	+ 102
Congenital Anomalies	40	172	12	1,170	- 999
Rheumatic Heart Disease	41	147	44	115	+ 32
Anemia	42	132	85	0	+ 132
Asthma	43	128	22	587	- 459
Drug Use	44	112	41	158	- 45
Alcohol	45	97	54	64	+ 33
Fires	46	95	36	215	- 121
Rheumatoid Arthritis	47	86	64	7	+ 79
Violence	48	84	18	723	- 639
Hepatitis C	49	76	63	8	+ 68
Prostatic Hypertrophy	50	72	80	0	+ 72
Drownings	51	69	33	225	- 155
Low Birth Weight	52	69	9	2,005	- 1,936
Malnutrition	53	69	32	254	- 185
Multiple Sclerosis	54	49	61	13	+ 36
Schizophrenia	55	43	86	0	+ 43
Meningitis	56	37	14	941	- 904
Poisonings	57	26	42	153	- 128
Osteoarthritis	58	25	81	0	+ 25
Hepatitis B	59	23	53	65	- 42
Birth Trauma	60	21	8	2,309	- 2,289
Appendicitis	61	18	60	23	- 5
Upper Respiratory	62	13	66	5	+ 8
Maternal Conditions	63	6	21	601	- 595
Syphilis	64	3	48	94	- 91
Oral conditions	65	3	82	0	+ 3
Otitis Media	66	2	71	0	+ 2
Encephalitis	67	1	55	57	- 56
Leishmaniasis	68	1	78	0	+ 1
War	69	1	68	2	- 1
Leprosy	70	0	79	0	+ 0
Measles	71	0	67	3	- 3
Pertussis	72	0	29	282	- 282
Tetanus	73	0	50	80	- 80
Diphtheria	74	0	69	2	- 2
Iodine Deficiency	75	0	75	0	- 0
Chlamydia	76	0	70	1	- 1
Schistosomiasis	77	0	46	98	- 98
Malaria	78	0	2	5,075	- 5,075
Chagas disease	79	0	77	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	80	0	76	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	81	0	74	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	82	0	73	0	- 0
Ascariasis	83	0	65	6	- 6
Dengue	84	0	72	0	- 0
Depression	85	0	83	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	86	0	84	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to TOGO

Portugal

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.