TOGO VS SRI LANKA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	SRI LANKA		TOGO		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	10,671	3	4,142	+ 6,529
Diabetes Mellitus	2	5,055	11	1,181	+ 3,873
Lung Disease	3	3,836	17	823	+ 3,013
Alzheimers & Dementia	4	2,815	25	328	+ 2,486
Kidney Disease	5	2,782	13	1,159	+ 1,623
Stroke	6	2,761	4	3,574	- 814
Asthma	7	2,625	22	587	+ 2,038
Influenza and Pneumonia	8	2,076	1	5,739	- 3,663
Road Traffic Accidents	9	1,704	7	2,316	- 612
Suicide	10	1,208	19	711	+ 497
Oral Cancer	11	1,174	43	131	+ 1,043
Lung Cancers	12	720	51	76	+ 644
Oesophagus Cancer	13	626	47	96	+ 530
Other Injuries	14	620	16	834	- 213
Breast Cancer	15	561	24	362	+ 199
Stomach Cancer	16	536	30	280	+ 256
Liver Disease	17	529	10	1,517	- 988
Leukemia	18	469	59	39	+ 429
Liver Cancer	19	442	26	312	+ 131
Hypertension	20	428	20	672	- 243
Lymphomas	21	417	38	190	+ 227
Congenital Anomalies	22	401	12	1,170	- 769
Falls	23	391	27	307	+ 85
Colon-Rectum Cancers	24	370	34	224	+ 146
Tuberculosis	25	312	35	216	+ 96
Cervical Cancer	26	309	23	421	- 112
Drownings	27	296	33	225	+ 72
Diarrhoeal diseases	28	245	5	3,190	- 2,945
Low Birth Weight	29	218	9	2,005	- 1,787
Prostate Cancer	30	206	39	186	+ 20
Violence	31	202	18	723	- 520
Endocrine Disorders	32	188	15	881	- 693
Anemia	33	181	85	0	+ 181
Bladder Cancer	34	175	56	52	+ 123
Inflammatory/Heart	35	172	31	276	- 103
Skin Disease	36	119	52	75	+ 44
Ovary Cancer	37	114	49	88	+ 26
War	38	113	68	2	+ 112
Epilepsy	39	109	37	210	- 101
Drug Use	40	104	41	158	- 53
Fires	41	97	36	215	- 118
Uterin Cancer	42	88	57	52	+ 36
Pancreas Cancer	43	87	58	40	+ 46
Birth Trauma	44	78	8	2,309	- 2,231
Parkinson's Disease	45	68	45	111	- 43
Meningitis	46	59	14	941	- 882
Dengue	47	53	72	0	+ 53
Maternal Conditions	48	39	21	601	- 562
Poisonings	49	38	42	153	- 115
Other Neoplasms	50	35	62	11	+ 24
Alcohol	51	33	54	64	- 30
Skin Cancers	52	24	40	159	- 136
Rheumatic Heart Disease	53	20	44	115	- 95
Malnutrition	54	18	32	254	- 236
HIV/AIDS	55	16	6	3,007	- 2,991
Peptic Ulcer Disease	56	15	28	297	- 281
Tetanus	57	11	50	80	- 69
Syphilis	58	6	48	94	- 88
Pertussis	59	6	29	282	- 276
Rheumatoid Arthritis	60	4	64	7	- 3
Encephalitis	61	4	55	57	- 53
Hepatitis B	62	2	53	65	- 63
Leprosy	63	2	79	0	+ 2
Appendicitis	64	2	60	23	- 21
Schizophrenia	65	2	86	0	+ 2
Upper Respiratory	66	2	66	5	- 3
Osteoarthritis	67	1	81	0	+ 1
Oral conditions	68	1	82	0	+ 1
Multiple Sclerosis	69	1	61	13	- 12
Prostatic Hypertrophy	70	1	80	0	+ 1
Hookworm Disease	71	0	73	0	+ 0
Ascariasis	72	0	65	6	- 6
Leishmaniasis	73	0	78	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	74	0	69	2	- 2
Hepatitis C	75	0	63	8	- 8
Otitis Media	76	0	71	0	- 0
Measles	77	0	67	3	- 3
Iodine Deficiency	78	0	75	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	79	0	74	0	- 0
Malaria	80	0	2	5,075	- 5,075
Schistosomiasis	81	0	46	98	- 98
Trypanosomiasis	82	0	76	0	- 0
Chagas disease	83	0	77	0	- 0
Chlamydia	84	0	70	1	- 1
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	84	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	83	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to TOGO

Sri Lanka

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.