BOTSWANA VS TOGO: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	TOGO		BOTSWANA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Influenza and Pneumonia	1	1,577	2	1,674	- 97
Malaria	2	1,395	64	1	+ 1,394
Coronary Heart Disease	3	1,138	3	1,632	- 494
Stroke	4	982	4	1,588	- 606
Diarrhoeal diseases	5	877	8	527	+ 349
HIV/AIDS	6	826	1	4,950	- 4,123
Road Traffic Accidents	7	636	7	608	+ 28
Birth Trauma	8	635	17	261	+ 373
Low Birth Weight	9	551	13	447	+ 104
Liver Disease	10	417	12	459	- 42
Diabetes Mellitus	11	325	5	1,273	- 948
Congenital Anomalies	12	322	16	287	+ 34
Kidney Disease	13	319	9	506	- 188
Meningitis	14	259	25	108	+ 150
Endocrine Disorders	15	242	27	103	+ 139
Other Injuries	16	229	19	216	+ 13
Lung Disease	17	226	10	482	- 255
Violence	18	199	14	389	- 191
Suicide	19	195	15	370	- 174
Hypertension	20	185	11	471	- 286
Maternal Conditions	21	165	24	118	+ 47
Asthma	22	161	18	232	- 71
Cervical Cancer	23	116	22	164	- 48
Breast Cancer	24	100	33	68	+ 31
Alzheimers & Dementia	25	90	23	164	- 73
Liver Cancer	26	86	35	57	+ 28
Falls	27	84	34	62	+ 23
Peptic Ulcer Disease	28	82	29	90	- 9
Pertussis	29	77	40	45	+ 33
Stomach Cancer	30	77	53	10	+ 67
Inflammatory/Heart	31	76	20	177	- 101
Malnutrition	32	70	21	171	- 101
Drownings	33	62	30	83	- 21
Colon-Rectum Cancers	34	61	47	28	+ 34
Tuberculosis	35	59	6	649	- 589
Fires	36	59	26	108	- 49
Epilepsy	37	58	36	56	+ 2
Lymphomas	38	52	31	77	- 25
Prostate Cancer	39	51	41	45	+ 6
Skin Cancers	40	44	37	52	- 8
Drug Use	41	43	48	26	+ 18
Poisonings	42	42	42	42	- 0
Oral Cancer	43	36	32	70	- 34
Rheumatic Heart Disease	44	32	43	37	- 5
Parkinson's Disease	45	31	38	47	- 17
Schistosomiasis	46	27	54	10	+ 17
Oesophagus Cancer	47	26	28	103	- 76
Syphilis	48	26	44	36	- 11
Ovary Cancer	49	24	49	19	+ 5
Tetanus	50	22	61	6	+ 16
Lung Cancers	51	21	39	45	- 24
Skin Disease	52	21	46	30	- 9
Hepatitis B	53	18	62	6	+ 12
Alcohol	54	18	45	31	- 13
Encephalitis	55	16	59	7	+ 9
Bladder Cancer	56	14	60	6	+ 8
Uterin Cancer	57	14	56	9	+ 5
Pancreas Cancer	58	11	50	16	- 5
Leukemia	59	11	51	13	- 2
Appendicitis	60	6	57	8	- 1
Multiple Sclerosis	61	4	63	3	+ 0
Other Neoplasms	62	3	55	9	- 6
Hepatitis C	63	2	66	1	+ 2
Rheumatoid Arthritis	64	2	52	11	- 9
Ascariasis	65	2	67	0	+ 1
Upper Respiratory	66	1	58	7	- 6
Measles	67	1	68	0	+ 0
War	68	1	69	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	69	0	70	0	+ 0
Chlamydia	70	0	65	1	- 0
Otitis Media	71	0	71	0	- 0
Dengue	72	0	76	0	+ 0
Hookworm Disease	73	0	74	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	74	0	75	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	75	0	73	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	76	0	78	0	- 0
Chagas disease	77	0	77	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	78	0	79	0	- 0
Leprosy	79	0	72	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	80	0	80	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	81	0	81	0	- 0
Oral conditions	82	0	82	0	- 0
Depression	83	0	85	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	84	0	83	0	- 0
Anemia	85	0	84	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	86	0	86	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to BOTSWANA

Togo

Botswana

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.