TOGO VS SENEGAL: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	SENEGAL		TOGO		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Influenza and Pneumonia	1	3,399	1	5,739	- 2,339
Coronary Heart Disease	2	2,945	3	4,142	- 1,197
Diarrhoeal diseases	3	2,528	5	3,190	- 662
Stroke	4	2,528	4	3,574	- 1,046
Malaria	5	2,174	2	5,075	- 2,901
Road Traffic Accidents	6	1,813	7	2,316	- 503
Low Birth Weight	7	1,721	9	2,005	- 284
Birth Trauma	8	1,631	8	2,309	- 678
Tuberculosis	9	1,267	35	216	+ 1,052
Diabetes Mellitus	10	1,133	11	1,181	- 48
Congenital Anomalies	11	1,119	12	1,170	- 52
Kidney Disease	12	1,046	13	1,159	- 113
Liver Disease	13	1,016	10	1,517	- 501
Maternal Conditions	14	790	21	601	+ 189
Meningitis	15	771	14	941	- 171
Other Injuries	16	715	16	834	- 119
Cervical Cancer	17	665	23	421	+ 244
Lung Disease	18	639	17	823	- 184
Violence	19	590	18	723	- 133
HIV/AIDS	20	561	6	3,007	- 2,446
Hypertension	21	518	20	672	- 153
Liver Cancer	22	514	26	312	+ 203
Endocrine Disorders	23	493	15	881	- 388
Suicide	24	463	19	711	- 248
Asthma	25	443	22	587	- 144
Alzheimers & Dementia	26	416	25	328	+ 87
Breast Cancer	27	407	24	362	+ 45
Pertussis	28	365	29	282	+ 83
Prostate Cancer	29	304	39	186	+ 118
Falls	30	294	27	307	- 12
Stomach Cancer	31	264	30	280	- 16
Malnutrition	32	234	32	254	- 20
Drownings	33	234	33	225	+ 9
Fires	34	212	36	215	- 3
Peptic Ulcer Disease	35	205	28	297	- 92
Inflammatory/Heart	36	201	31	276	- 74
Colon-Rectum Cancers	37	182	34	224	- 42
Epilepsy	38	156	37	210	- 54
Lymphomas	39	149	38	190	- 41
Poisonings	40	149	42	153	- 4
Parkinson's Disease	41	129	45	111	+ 18
Ovary Cancer	42	104	49	88	+ 16
Oral Cancer	43	98	43	131	- 33
Lung Cancers	44	85	51	76	+ 9
Schistosomiasis	45	83	46	98	- 15
Rheumatic Heart Disease	46	78	44	115	- 37
Skin Disease	47	75	52	75	+ 0
Pancreas Cancer	48	75	58	40	+ 35
Measles	49	75	67	3	+ 72
Bladder Cancer	50	73	56	52	+ 21
Skin Cancers	51	70	40	159	- 90
Drug Use	52	65	41	158	- 92
Syphilis	53	58	48	94	- 36
Leukemia	54	53	59	39	+ 14
Oesophagus Cancer	55	47	47	96	- 49
Uterin Cancer	56	44	57	52	- 8
Encephalitis	57	40	55	57	- 17
Tetanus	58	40	50	80	- 40
Alcohol	59	35	54	64	- 29
Hepatitis B	60	33	53	65	- 32
Appendicitis	61	18	60	23	- 5
Other Neoplasms	62	11	62	11	+ 1
Leishmaniasis	63	10	78	0	+ 10
Multiple Sclerosis	64	9	61	13	- 3
Ascariasis	65	8	65	6	+ 2
Upper Respiratory	66	7	66	5	+ 2
Rheumatoid Arthritis	67	7	64	7	- 0
Hepatitis C	68	5	63	8	- 3
War	69	2	68	2	+ 0
Diphtheria	70	1	69	2	- 0
Chlamydia	71	1	70	1	- 0
Otitis Media	72	0	71	0	- 0
Dengue	73	0	72	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	74	0	74	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	75	0	73	0	- 0
Leprosy	76	0	79	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	77	0	75	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	76	0	- 0
Chagas disease	79	0	77	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	80	0	81	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	81	0	80	0	- 0
Oral conditions	82	0	82	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	83	0	86	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	84	0	84	0	- 0
Anemia	85	0	85	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	83	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to TOGO

Senegal

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.