CENTRAL AFRICA VS TOGO: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	TOGO		CENTRAL AFRICA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Influenza and Pneumonia	1	3,636	1	5,231	- 1,595
Malaria	2	3,216	6	3,279	- 64
Coronary Heart Disease	3	2,625	7	2,900	- 275
Stroke	4	2,265	5	3,284	- 1,019
Diarrhoeal diseases	5	2,021	3	4,684	- 2,662
HIV/AIDS	6	1,905	4	3,753	- 1,847
Road Traffic Accidents	7	1,467	10	1,790	- 322
Birth Trauma	8	1,463	9	2,192	- 728
Low Birth Weight	9	1,270	8	2,228	- 957
Liver Disease	10	961	14	1,153	- 192
Diabetes Mellitus	11	749	15	1,141	- 393
Congenital Anomalies	12	742	19	776	- 34
Kidney Disease	13	734	21	710	+ 24
Meningitis	14	596	16	1,015	- 418
Endocrine Disorders	15	558	25	423	+ 135
Other Injuries	16	528	23	621	- 92
Lung Disease	17	522	18	956	- 434
Violence	18	458	17	1,009	- 550
Suicide	19	450	24	585	- 134
Hypertension	20	426	12	1,252	- 827
Maternal Conditions	21	381	13	1,174	- 794
Asthma	22	372	20	761	- 389
Cervical Cancer	23	267	32	230	+ 37
Breast Cancer	24	230	26	344	- 115
Alzheimers & Dementia	25	208	33	204	+ 4
Liver Cancer	26	198	44	117	+ 81
Falls	27	194	36	181	+ 13
Peptic Ulcer Disease	28	188	27	317	- 129
Pertussis	29	179	31	265	- 87
Stomach Cancer	30	177	49	65	+ 112
Inflammatory/Heart	31	175	30	270	- 95
Malnutrition	32	161	22	691	- 530
Drownings	33	142	34	202	- 60
Colon-Rectum Cancers	34	142	45	116	+ 25
Tuberculosis	35	137	2	4,704	- 4,567
Fires	36	136	39	142	- 6
Epilepsy	37	133	43	119	+ 14
Lymphomas	38	120	42	119	+ 1
Prostate Cancer	39	118	38	156	- 39
Skin Cancers	40	101	58	43	+ 58
Drug Use	41	100	57	44	+ 56
Poisonings	42	97	40	134	- 37
Oral Cancer	43	83	46	91	- 8
Rheumatic Heart Disease	44	73	35	194	- 121
Parkinson's Disease	45	70	48	67	+ 3
Schistosomiasis	46	62	37	169	- 107
Oesophagus Cancer	47	61	53	48	+ 13
Syphilis	48	59	41	120	- 61
Ovary Cancer	49	56	50	64	- 8
Tetanus	50	51	29	280	- 230
Lung Cancers	51	48	55	47	+ 1
Skin Disease	52	47	54	48	- 1
Hepatitis B	53	41	61	33	+ 8
Alcohol	54	40	52	62	- 21
Encephalitis	55	36	62	28	+ 8
Bladder Cancer	56	33	64	23	+ 10
Uterin Cancer	57	33	65	20	+ 14
Pancreas Cancer	58	25	60	37	- 11
Leukemia	59	25	47	88	- 63
Appendicitis	60	15	51	62	- 47
Multiple Sclerosis	61	8	72	4	+ 4
Other Neoplasms	62	7	70	5	+ 2
Hepatitis C	63	5	69	6	- 1
Rheumatoid Arthritis	64	4	66	15	- 11
Ascariasis	65	4	71	5	- 1
Upper Respiratory	66	3	63	24	- 21
Measles	67	2	11	1,625	- 1,623
War	68	1	28	314	- 312
Diphtheria	69	1	67	11	- 10
Chlamydia	70	1	73	2	- 1
Otitis Media	71	0	68	6	- 6
Dengue	72	0	74	0	+ 0
Hookworm Disease	73	0	76	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	74	0	75	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	75	0	77	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	76	0	59	40	- 40
Chagas disease	77	0	79	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	78	0	56	46	- 46
Leprosy	79	0	78	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	83	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	84	0	85	0	- 0
Anemia	85	0	84	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	86	0	86	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to CENTRAL AFRICA

Togo

Central Africa

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.