TOGO VS SYRIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	SYRIA		TOGO		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	10,539	3	4,142	+ 6,397
Stroke	2	3,022	4	3,574	- 552
War	3	2,900	68	2	+ 2,898
Influenza and Pneumonia	4	1,105	1	5,739	- 4,633
Road Traffic Accidents	5	953	7	2,316	- 1,363
Kidney Disease	6	870	13	1,159	- 289
Diarrhoeal diseases	7	806	5	3,190	- 2,384
Congenital Anomalies	8	776	12	1,170	- 394
Lung Cancers	9	765	51	76	+ 689
Breast Cancer	10	730	24	362	+ 367
Liver Disease	11	643	10	1,517	- 874
Low Birth Weight	12	617	9	2,005	- 1,387
Lung Disease	13	598	17	823	- 225
Alzheimers & Dementia	14	579	25	328	+ 251
Diabetes Mellitus	15	573	11	1,181	- 608
Colon-Rectum Cancers	16	457	34	224	+ 234
Asthma	17	393	22	587	- 194
Lymphomas	18	309	38	190	+ 119
Leukemia	19	297	59	39	+ 258
Bladder Cancer	20	283	56	52	+ 231
Birth Trauma	21	278	8	2,309	- 2,031
Stomach Cancer	22	271	30	280	- 9
Hypertension	23	264	20	672	- 407
Other Injuries	24	195	16	834	- 639
Violence	25	166	18	723	- 557
Endocrine Disorders	26	156	15	881	- 725
Pancreas Cancer	27	154	58	40	+ 113
Prostate Cancer	28	151	39	186	- 35
Falls	29	143	27	307	- 163
Parkinson's Disease	30	137	45	111	+ 26
Liver Cancer	31	137	26	312	- 175
Inflammatory/Heart	32	126	31	276	- 150
Suicide	33	124	19	711	- 587
Ovary Cancer	34	123	49	88	+ 34
Meningitis	35	110	14	941	- 831
Oral Cancer	36	108	43	131	- 23
Pertussis	37	108	29	282	- 174
Skin Cancers	38	103	40	159	- 56
Drug Use	39	93	41	158	- 64
Drownings	40	80	33	225	- 144
Rheumatic Heart Disease	41	74	44	115	- 41
Cervical Cancer	42	70	23	421	- 351
Fires	43	67	36	215	- 148
Uterin Cancer	44	54	57	52	+ 2
Maternal Conditions	45	39	21	601	- 562
Poisonings	46	37	42	153	- 117
Oesophagus Cancer	47	36	47	96	- 60
Epilepsy	48	35	37	210	- 176
Peptic Ulcer Disease	49	30	28	297	- 267
Encephalitis	50	29	55	57	- 28
Malnutrition	51	27	32	254	- 227
Tetanus	52	21	50	80	- 58
Alcohol	53	19	54	64	- 45
Appendicitis	54	14	60	23	- 10
Syphilis	55	11	48	94	- 82
Tuberculosis	56	9	35	216	- 207
Other Neoplasms	57	8	62	11	- 3
HIV/AIDS	58	5	6	3,007	- 3,001
Multiple Sclerosis	59	5	61	13	- 8
Schistosomiasis	60	4	46	98	- 94
Skin Disease	61	3	52	75	- 72
Rheumatoid Arthritis	62	2	64	7	- 5
Hepatitis B	63	2	53	65	- 63
Diphtheria	64	2	69	2	+ 0
Leishmaniasis	65	2	78	0	+ 2
Upper Respiratory	66	1	66	5	- 4
Ascariasis	67	0	65	6	- 6
Hepatitis C	68	0	63	8	- 8
Chlamydia	69	0	70	1	- 1
Measles	70	0	67	3	- 3
Otitis Media	71	0	71	0	- 0
Dengue	72	0	72	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	73	0	73	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	74	0	74	0	- 0
Leprosy	75	0	79	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	76	0	75	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	77	0	76	0	- 0
Chagas disease	78	0	77	0	- 0
Malaria	79	0	2	5,075	- 5,075
Depression	80	0	83	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	81	0	86	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	82	0	84	0	- 0
Anemia	83	0	85	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	84	0	81	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	85	0	80	0	- 0
Oral conditions	86	0	82	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to TOGO

Syria

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.