TOGO VS RWANDA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	RWANDA		TOGO		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Influenza and Pneumonia	1	3,456	1	5,739	- 2,283
Stroke	2	3,313	4	3,574	- 262
Road Traffic Accidents	3	2,434	7	2,316	+ 118
Coronary Heart Disease	4	2,360	3	4,142	- 1,782
Malaria	5	2,159	2	5,075	- 2,916
Diarrhoeal diseases	6	2,043	5	3,190	- 1,147
HIV/AIDS	7	1,850	6	3,007	- 1,157
Liver Disease	8	1,668	10	1,517	+ 151
Low Birth Weight	9	1,435	9	2,005	- 569
Birth Trauma	10	1,236	8	2,309	- 1,073
Diabetes Mellitus	11	1,217	11	1,181	+ 35
Congenital Anomalies	12	1,163	12	1,170	- 7
Lung Disease	13	1,018	17	823	+ 194
Hypertension	14	889	20	672	+ 217
Kidney Disease	15	789	13	1,159	- 370
Malnutrition	16	765	32	254	+ 511
Other Injuries	17	618	16	834	- 216
Cervical Cancer	18	616	23	421	+ 195
Meningitis	19	555	14	941	- 387
Stomach Cancer	20	511	30	280	+ 231
Maternal Conditions	21	473	21	601	- 128
Asthma	22	469	22	587	- 117
Liver Cancer	23	462	26	312	+ 151
Suicide	24	461	19	711	- 250
Alzheimers & Dementia	25	430	25	328	+ 102
Tuberculosis	26	409	35	216	+ 193
Breast Cancer	27	393	24	362	+ 30
Colon-Rectum Cancers	28	387	34	224	+ 163
Violence	29	359	18	723	- 364
Lymphomas	30	294	38	190	+ 104
Falls	31	270	27	307	- 37
Prostate Cancer	32	259	39	186	+ 74
Peptic Ulcer Disease	33	237	28	297	- 60
Inflammatory/Heart	34	227	31	276	- 49
Leukemia	35	207	59	39	+ 168
Drownings	36	186	33	225	- 38
Oral Cancer	37	178	43	131	+ 47
Fires	38	177	36	215	- 39
Lung Cancers	39	153	51	76	+ 77
Poisonings	40	144	42	153	- 9
Endocrine Disorders	41	144	15	881	- 737
Pertussis	42	143	29	282	- 139
Pancreas Cancer	43	140	58	40	+ 100
Oesophagus Cancer	44	140	47	96	+ 43
Epilepsy	45	125	37	210	- 85
Syphilis	46	113	48	94	+ 19
Parkinson's Disease	47	96	45	111	- 15
Rheumatic Heart Disease	48	89	44	115	- 26
Alcohol	49	82	54	64	+ 18
Skin Cancers	50	74	40	159	- 86
Schistosomiasis	51	73	46	98	- 25
Skin Disease	52	67	52	75	- 8
Ovary Cancer	53	60	49	88	- 28
Appendicitis	54	46	60	23	+ 23
Hepatitis B	55	45	53	65	- 20
Uterin Cancer	56	38	57	52	- 14
Upper Respiratory	57	38	66	5	+ 33
Tetanus	58	35	50	80	- 45
Measles	59	34	67	3	+ 31
Drug Use	60	29	41	158	- 128
Encephalitis	61	25	55	57	- 32
Bladder Cancer	62	23	56	52	- 29
Rheumatoid Arthritis	63	15	64	7	+ 8
Other Neoplasms	64	11	62	11	- 0
Hepatitis C	65	8	63	8	- 0
Multiple Sclerosis	66	5	61	13	- 8
Ascariasis	67	3	65	6	- 3
Otitis Media	68	2	71	0	+ 2
War	69	2	68	2	- 0
Chlamydia	70	2	70	1	+ 0
Diphtheria	71	1	69	2	- 1
Dengue	72	0	72	0	+ 0
Trichuriasis	73	0	74	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	74	0	73	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	75	0	75	0	- 0
Leprosy	76	0	79	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	77	0	78	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	76	0	- 0
Chagas disease	79	0	77	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	80	0	80	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	81	0	81	0	- 0
Oral conditions	82	0	82	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	83	0	86	0	- 0
Depression	84	0	83	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	84	0	- 0
Anemia	86	0	85	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to TOGO

Rwanda

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.