TOGO VS SOUTH AFRICA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	SOUTH AFRICA		TOGO		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
HIV/AIDS	1	10,623	6	3,007	+ 7,616
Influenza and Pneumonia	2	5,805	1	5,739	+ 66
Coronary Heart Disease	3	4,830	3	4,142	+ 688
Stroke	4	4,529	4	3,574	+ 954
Diabetes Mellitus	5	4,454	11	1,181	+ 3,273
Tuberculosis	6	3,241	35	216	+ 3,025
Violence	7	3,098	18	723	+ 2,375
Diarrhoeal diseases	8	2,338	5	3,190	- 852
Kidney Disease	9	2,258	13	1,159	+ 1,099
Suicide	10	2,032	19	711	+ 1,321
Road Traffic Accidents	11	1,920	7	2,316	- 396
Hypertension	12	1,887	20	672	+ 1,215
Lung Disease	13	1,755	17	823	+ 932
Liver Disease	14	1,330	10	1,517	- 187
Lung Cancers	15	1,137	51	76	+ 1,061
Low Birth Weight	16	922	9	2,005	- 1,083
Other Injuries	17	887	16	834	+ 53
Asthma	18	880	22	587	+ 293
Endocrine Disorders	19	869	15	881	- 12
Cervical Cancer	20	820	23	421	+ 399
Inflammatory/Heart	21	798	31	276	+ 522
Alzheimers & Dementia	22	690	25	328	+ 362
Breast Cancer	23	669	24	362	+ 307
Prostate Cancer	24	645	39	186	+ 460
Congenital Anomalies	25	642	12	1,170	- 528
Meningitis	26	540	14	941	- 401
Fires	27	534	36	215	+ 319
Colon-Rectum Cancers	28	529	34	224	+ 306
Oesophagus Cancer	29	514	47	96	+ 418
Birth Trauma	30	443	8	2,309	- 1,866
Lymphomas	31	416	38	190	+ 226
Drownings	32	355	33	225	+ 130
Liver Cancer	33	352	26	312	+ 40
Malnutrition	34	351	32	254	+ 97
Pancreas Cancer	35	296	58	40	+ 256
Peptic Ulcer Disease	36	279	28	297	- 17
Epilepsy	37	276	37	210	+ 66
Maternal Conditions	38	251	21	601	- 350
Stomach Cancer	39	226	30	280	- 53
Leukemia	40	216	59	39	+ 177
Oral Cancer	41	207	43	131	+ 76
Falls	42	206	27	307	- 100
Pertussis	43	169	29	282	- 113
Syphilis	44	167	48	94	+ 73
Skin Disease	45	163	52	75	+ 88
Parkinson's Disease	46	159	45	111	+ 48
Rheumatic Heart Disease	47	150	44	115	+ 34
Skin Cancers	48	146	40	159	- 13
Alcohol	49	146	54	64	+ 82
Poisonings	50	144	42	153	- 9
Ovary Cancer	51	140	49	88	+ 52
Bladder Cancer	52	122	56	52	+ 70
Drug Use	53	114	41	158	- 44
Uterin Cancer	54	76	57	52	+ 23
Rheumatoid Arthritis	55	55	64	7	+ 48
Appendicitis	56	40	60	23	+ 17
Measles	57	40	67	3	+ 37
Other Neoplasms	58	39	62	11	+ 29
Encephalitis	59	35	55	57	- 23
Upper Respiratory	60	33	66	5	+ 28
Hepatitis B	61	21	53	65	- 44
Multiple Sclerosis	62	17	61	13	+ 4
Malaria	63	12	2	5,075	- 5,063
War	64	10	68	2	+ 8
Tetanus	65	6	50	80	- 74
Schistosomiasis	66	5	46	98	- 93
Otitis Media	67	3	71	0	+ 3
Chlamydia	68	3	70	1	+ 2
Diphtheria	69	2	69	2	+ 1
Hepatitis C	70	1	63	8	- 7
Ascariasis	71	0	65	6	- 6
Hookworm Disease	72	0	73	0	- 0
Dengue	73	0	72	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	74	0	74	0	- 0
Leprosy	75	0	79	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	76	0	76	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	77	0	78	0	- 0
Chagas disease	78	0	77	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	75	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	80	0	86	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	81	0	84	0	- 0
Anemia	82	0	85	0	- 0
Depression	83	0	83	0	- 0
Oral conditions	84	0	82	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	85	0	81	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	86	0	80	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to TOGO

South Africa

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.