TOGO VS SWAZILAND: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	SWAZILAND		TOGO		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
HIV/AIDS	1	18,130	6	3,007	+ 15,123
Influenza and Pneumonia	2	7,214	1	5,739	+ 1,475
Diabetes Mellitus	3	6,989	11	1,181	+ 5,808
Stroke	4	6,272	4	3,574	+ 2,698
Coronary Heart Disease	5	5,916	3	4,142	+ 1,773
Diarrhoeal diseases	6	4,052	5	3,190	+ 862
Road Traffic Accidents	7	3,011	7	2,316	+ 695
Kidney Disease	8	2,987	13	1,159	+ 1,828
Suicide	9	2,645	19	711	+ 1,934
Hypertension	10	2,289	20	672	+ 1,617
Liver Disease	11	2,144	10	1,517	+ 627
Lung Disease	12	2,072	17	823	+ 1,249
Tuberculosis	13	2,004	35	216	+ 1,789
Low Birth Weight	14	1,826	9	2,005	- 179
Cervical Cancer	15	1,684	23	421	+ 1,263
Violence	16	1,663	18	723	+ 941
Other Injuries	17	1,490	16	834	+ 656
Birth Trauma	18	1,304	8	2,309	- 1,005
Congenital Anomalies	19	1,257	12	1,170	+ 87
Asthma	20	1,172	22	587	+ 585
Maternal Conditions	21	907	21	601	+ 306
Malnutrition	22	829	32	254	+ 575
Meningitis	23	763	14	941	- 178
Inflammatory/Heart	24	734	31	276	+ 459
Drownings	25	681	33	225	+ 457
Fires	26	655	36	215	+ 440
Alzheimers & Dementia	27	600	25	328	+ 272
Endocrine Disorders	28	581	15	881	- 300
Peptic Ulcer Disease	29	398	28	297	+ 102
Epilepsy	30	358	37	210	+ 148
Prostate Cancer	31	352	39	186	+ 166
Falls	32	323	27	307	+ 17
Pertussis	33	304	29	282	+ 22
Poisonings	34	294	42	153	+ 140
Breast Cancer	35	289	24	362	- 73
Lymphomas	36	243	38	190	+ 53
Liver Cancer	37	230	26	312	- 82
Drug Use	38	210	41	158	+ 53
Rheumatic Heart Disease	39	205	44	115	+ 90
Skin Disease	40	198	52	75	+ 123
Parkinson's Disease	41	187	45	111	+ 76
Skin Cancers	42	156	40	159	- 4
Colon-Rectum Cancers	43	146	34	224	- 77
Oesophagus Cancer	44	145	47	96	+ 49
Syphilis	45	137	48	94	+ 43
Lung Cancers	46	130	51	76	+ 54
Leukemia	47	128	59	39	+ 88
Alcohol	48	126	54	64	+ 62
Schistosomiasis	49	100	46	98	+ 2
Uterin Cancer	50	90	57	52	+ 37
Oral Cancer	51	80	43	131	- 51
Ovary Cancer	52	78	49	88	- 11
Stomach Cancer	53	53	30	280	- 226
Appendicitis	54	52	60	23	+ 29
Bladder Cancer	55	47	56	52	- 5
Pancreas Cancer	56	47	58	40	+ 7
Hepatitis B	57	46	53	65	- 19
Rheumatoid Arthritis	58	38	64	7	+ 31
Encephalitis	59	38	55	57	- 19
Upper Respiratory	60	33	66	5	+ 27
Other Neoplasms	61	31	62	11	+ 20
Tetanus	62	29	50	80	- 51
Multiple Sclerosis	63	12	61	13	- 1
Measles	64	5	67	3	+ 2
Hepatitis C	65	3	63	8	- 5
Ascariasis	66	2	65	6	- 4
Malaria	67	2	2	5,075	- 5,073
Otitis Media	68	2	71	0	+ 2
Chlamydia	69	1	70	1	+ 0
Diphtheria	70	1	69	2	- 0
War	71	1	68	2	- 1
Dengue	72	0	72	0	+ 0
Hookworm Disease	73	0	73	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	74	0	74	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
Anemia	84	0	85	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	84	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	83	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to TOGO

Swaziland

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.