COSTA RICA VS TOGO: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	TOGO		COSTA RICA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Influenza and Pneumonia	1	3,388	7	836	+ 2,553
Malaria	2	2,997	78	0	+ 2,997
Coronary Heart Disease	3	2,446	1	2,639	- 193
Stroke	4	2,110	2	1,624	+ 486
Diarrhoeal diseases	5	1,884	39	87	+ 1,796
HIV/AIDS	6	1,775	25	192	+ 1,584
Road Traffic Accidents	7	1,367	9	746	+ 622
Birth Trauma	8	1,364	47	48	+ 1,316
Low Birth Weight	9	1,184	28	178	+ 1,006
Liver Disease	10	896	18	370	+ 526
Diabetes Mellitus	11	698	5	953	- 256
Congenital Anomalies	12	691	21	315	+ 376
Kidney Disease	13	684	3	1,482	- 798
Meningitis	14	556	54	18	+ 538
Endocrine Disorders	15	520	27	183	+ 337
Other Injuries	16	492	13	571	- 78
Lung Disease	17	486	4	1,046	- 560
Violence	18	427	11	635	- 208
Suicide	19	420	15	407	+ 13
Hypertension	20	397	6	863	- 467
Maternal Conditions	21	355	55	17	+ 338
Asthma	22	347	45	60	+ 286
Cervical Cancer	23	249	29	159	+ 90
Breast Cancer	24	214	16	384	- 170
Alzheimers & Dementia	25	194	8	818	- 624
Liver Cancer	26	184	17	382	- 198
Falls	27	181	35	116	+ 65
Peptic Ulcer Disease	28	175	42	74	+ 102
Pertussis	29	166	69	0	+ 166
Stomach Cancer	30	165	10	661	- 495
Inflammatory/Heart	31	163	26	191	- 28
Malnutrition	32	150	48	37	+ 113
Drownings	33	133	37	97	+ 36
Colon-Rectum Cancers	34	132	12	621	- 489
Tuberculosis	35	127	50	32	+ 96
Fires	36	127	58	10	+ 117
Epilepsy	37	124	34	116	+ 8
Lymphomas	38	112	19	356	- 243
Prostate Cancer	39	110	14	448	- 339
Skin Cancers	40	94	31	137	- 43
Drug Use	41	93	43	63	+ 30
Poisonings	42	90	60	5	+ 85
Oral Cancer	43	77	38	96	- 19
Rheumatic Heart Disease	44	68	49	32	+ 36
Parkinson's Disease	45	66	30	138	- 72
Schistosomiasis	46	58	76	0	+ 58
Oesophagus Cancer	47	57	44	61	- 4
Syphilis	48	55	65	1	+ 54
Ovary Cancer	49	52	40	80	- 28
Tetanus	50	47	74	0	+ 47
Lung Cancers	51	45	20	343	- 298
Skin Disease	52	44	32	126	- 82
Hepatitis B	53	38	59	7	+ 31
Alcohol	54	38	33	126	- 89
Encephalitis	55	34	63	3	+ 31
Bladder Cancer	56	31	36	100	- 69
Uterin Cancer	57	31	41	80	- 49
Pancreas Cancer	58	24	22	294	- 270
Leukemia	59	23	24	262	- 238
Appendicitis	60	14	52	22	- 8
Multiple Sclerosis	61	8	57	11	- 3
Other Neoplasms	62	6	23	266	- 259
Hepatitis C	63	5	64	1	+ 4
Rheumatoid Arthritis	64	4	46	55	- 51
Ascariasis	65	4	71	0	+ 4
Upper Respiratory	66	3	62	3	+ 0
Measles	67	2	75	0	+ 2
War	68	1	68	1	+ 1
Diphtheria	69	1	73	0	+ 1
Chlamydia	70	1	84	0	+ 1
Otitis Media	71	0	82	0	+ 0
Dengue	72	0	70	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	73	0	80	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	74	0	81	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	75	0	83	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	76	0	77	0	- 0
Chagas disease	77	0	79	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	78	0	72	0	- 0
Leprosy	79	0	67	1	- 1
Prostatic Hypertrophy	80	0	56	13	- 13
Osteoarthritis	81	0	61	5	- 5
Oral conditions	82	0	66	1	- 1
Depression	83	0	85	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	84	0	86	0	- 0
Anemia	85	0	51	25	- 25
Schizophrenia	86	0	53	21	- 21
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to COSTA RICA

Togo

Costa Rica

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.