TOGO VS SAMOA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	SAMOA		TOGO		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	10,274	3	4,142	+ 6,131
Stroke	2	6,321	4	3,574	+ 2,747
Diabetes Mellitus	3	4,599	11	1,181	+ 3,418
Lung Disease	4	2,431	17	823	+ 1,608
Influenza and Pneumonia	5	2,266	1	5,739	- 3,473
Kidney Disease	6	2,241	13	1,159	+ 1,082
Hypertension	7	1,274	20	672	+ 602
Liver Disease	8	1,168	10	1,517	- 349
Lung Cancers	9	1,130	51	76	+ 1,054
Road Traffic Accidents	10	1,097	7	2,316	- 1,219
Suicide	11	1,056	19	711	+ 345
Asthma	12	887	22	587	+ 300
Breast Cancer	13	819	24	362	+ 456
Alzheimers & Dementia	14	809	25	328	+ 480
Congenital Anomalies	15	751	12	1,170	- 419
Low Birth Weight	16	699	9	2,005	- 1,306
Stomach Cancer	17	683	30	280	+ 403
Measles	18	663	67	3	+ 660
Drownings	19	564	33	225	+ 339
Other Injuries	20	548	16	834	- 285
Diarrhoeal diseases	21	509	5	3,190	- 2,681
Colon-Rectum Cancers	22	505	34	224	+ 282
Rheumatic Heart Disease	23	484	44	115	+ 369
Prostate Cancer	24	454	39	186	+ 269
Ovary Cancer	25	425	49	88	+ 337
Peptic Ulcer Disease	26	373	28	297	+ 76
Falls	27	337	27	307	+ 30
Parkinson's Disease	28	312	45	111	+ 201
Inflammatory/Heart	29	307	31	276	+ 31
Liver Cancer	30	288	26	312	- 24
Endocrine Disorders	31	257	15	881	- 624
Cervical Cancer	32	250	23	421	- 171
Lymphomas	33	239	38	190	+ 48
Violence	34	237	18	723	- 486
Birth Trauma	35	232	8	2,309	- 2,078
Uterin Cancer	36	226	57	52	+ 173
Maternal Conditions	37	224	21	601	- 377
Bladder Cancer	38	204	56	52	+ 151
Oral Cancer	39	187	43	131	+ 56
Pancreas Cancer	40	158	58	40	+ 118
Skin Disease	41	147	52	75	+ 72
Leukemia	42	135	59	39	+ 95
Malnutrition	43	120	32	254	- 133
Meningitis	44	103	14	941	- 838
Epilepsy	45	99	37	210	- 111
Alcohol	46	90	54	64	+ 27
Skin Cancers	47	84	40	159	- 76
Fires	48	76	36	215	- 139
Syphilis	49	75	48	94	- 18
Tuberculosis	50	74	35	216	- 142
Oesophagus Cancer	51	40	47	96	- 56
Poisonings	52	36	42	153	- 118
Other Neoplasms	53	28	62	11	+ 17
Encephalitis	54	25	55	57	- 33
Drug Use	55	23	41	158	- 134
Appendicitis	56	17	60	23	- 6
Hepatitis B	57	14	53	65	- 51
Pertussis	58	10	29	282	- 272
Rheumatoid Arthritis	59	9	64	7	+ 2
Multiple Sclerosis	60	7	61	13	- 5
Dengue	61	5	72	0	+ 5
Tetanus	62	2	50	80	- 78
Diphtheria	63	1	69	2	- 0
Hepatitis C	64	1	63	8	- 7
War	65	1	68	2	- 1
Ascariasis	66	1	65	6	- 6
Chlamydia	67	1	70	1	- 1
Upper Respiratory	68	0	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
HIV/AIDS	73	0	6	3,007	- 3,007
Schistosomiasis	74	0	46	98	- 98
Leishmaniasis	75	0	78	0	- 0
Malaria	76	0	2	5,075	- 5,075
Chagas disease	77	0	77	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	76	0	- 0
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
Anemia	83	0	85	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	84	0	84	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	85	0	86	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	83	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to TOGO

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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.