EQU. GUINEA VS TOGO: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	TOGO		EQU. GUINEA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Influenza and Pneumonia	1	1,156	2	913	+ 243
Malaria	2	1,022	3	668	+ 354
Coronary Heart Disease	3	834	7	419	+ 415
Stroke	4	720	6	437	+ 283
Diarrhoeal diseases	5	642	9	349	+ 294
HIV/AIDS	6	606	1	1,838	- 1,233
Road Traffic Accidents	7	466	8	368	+ 98
Birth Trauma	8	465	5	441	+ 24
Low Birth Weight	9	404	4	457	- 53
Liver Disease	10	305	13	199	+ 106
Diabetes Mellitus	11	238	11	299	- 61
Congenital Anomalies	12	236	12	249	- 14
Kidney Disease	13	233	14	198	+ 35
Meningitis	14	190	19	127	+ 63
Endocrine Disorders	15	177	25	73	+ 104
Other Injuries	16	168	23	105	+ 63
Lung Disease	17	166	20	120	+ 45
Violence	18	146	33	45	+ 101
Suicide	19	143	22	107	+ 36
Hypertension	20	135	16	165	- 30
Maternal Conditions	21	121	17	139	- 18
Asthma	22	118	26	65	+ 53
Cervical Cancer	23	85	28	56	+ 29
Breast Cancer	24	73	24	84	- 11
Alzheimers & Dementia	25	66	29	55	+ 11
Liver Cancer	26	63	34	43	+ 20
Falls	27	62	32	46	+ 16
Peptic Ulcer Disease	28	60	43	22	+ 38
Pertussis	29	57	21	109	- 52
Stomach Cancer	30	56	49	16	+ 41
Inflammatory/Heart	31	56	27	63	- 8
Malnutrition	32	51	31	48	+ 3
Drownings	33	45	36	39	+ 6
Colon-Rectum Cancers	34	45	40	29	+ 16
Tuberculosis	35	43	10	321	- 277
Fires	36	43	39	30	+ 13
Epilepsy	37	42	38	32	+ 10
Lymphomas	38	38	45	19	+ 19
Prostate Cancer	39	37	35	43	- 5
Skin Cancers	40	32	48	16	+ 16
Drug Use	41	32	30	50	- 19
Poisonings	42	31	44	21	+ 10
Oral Cancer	43	26	37	35	- 8
Rheumatic Heart Disease	44	23	50	14	+ 9
Parkinson's Disease	45	22	46	18	+ 5
Schistosomiasis	46	20	60	4	+ 15
Oesophagus Cancer	47	19	54	12	+ 8
Syphilis	48	19	18	134	- 115
Ovary Cancer	49	18	52	13	+ 5
Tetanus	50	16	42	23	- 7
Lung Cancers	51	15	41	27	- 11
Skin Disease	52	15	51	13	+ 2
Hepatitis B	53	13	65	3	+ 10
Alcohol	54	13	53	12	+ 1
Encephalitis	55	12	57	8	+ 4
Bladder Cancer	56	11	56	9	+ 2
Uterin Cancer	57	11	58	8	+ 3
Pancreas Cancer	58	8	55	11	- 3
Leukemia	59	8	61	4	+ 4
Appendicitis	60	5	59	6	- 1
Multiple Sclerosis	61	3	67	1	+ 1
Other Neoplasms	62	2	63	3	- 1
Hepatitis C	63	2	69	0	+ 1
Rheumatoid Arthritis	64	1	62	4	- 2
Ascariasis	65	1	70	0	+ 1
Upper Respiratory	66	1	66	2	- 1
Measles	67	1	15	181	- 180
War	68	0	71	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	69	0	64	3	- 3
Chlamydia	70	0	68	0	- 0
Otitis Media	71	0	72	0	- 0
Dengue	72	0	73	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	73	0	74	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	74	0	75	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	75	0	79	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	76	0	47	16	- 16
Chagas disease	77	0	77	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	78	0	78	0	- 0
Leprosy	79	0	76	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	80	0	82	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	81	0	81	0	- 0
Oral conditions	82	0	80	0	- 0
Depression	83	0	83	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	84	0	84	0	- 0
Anemia	85	0	85	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	86	0	86	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to EQU. GUINEA

Togo

Equ. Guinea

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.