GABON VS TOGO: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	TOGO		GABON		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Influenza and Pneumonia	1	1,580	4	966	+ 614
Malaria	2	1,397	7	540	+ 857
Coronary Heart Disease	3	1,140	3	1,019	+ 121
Stroke	4	984	5	896	+ 88
Diarrhoeal diseases	5	878	14	318	+ 560
HIV/AIDS	6	828	2	1,128	- 300
Road Traffic Accidents	7	638	8	518	+ 119
Birth Trauma	8	636	13	362	+ 273
Low Birth Weight	9	552	9	494	+ 57
Liver Disease	10	418	10	416	+ 1
Diabetes Mellitus	11	325	6	643	- 317
Congenital Anomalies	12	322	15	285	+ 37
Kidney Disease	13	319	12	384	- 65
Meningitis	14	259	23	113	+ 146
Endocrine Disorders	15	242	25	98	+ 144
Other Injuries	16	230	22	140	+ 90
Lung Disease	17	227	16	215	+ 12
Violence	18	199	17	184	+ 15
Suicide	19	196	18	183	+ 13
Hypertension	20	185	11	412	- 227
Maternal Conditions	21	165	21	145	+ 20
Asthma	22	162	28	90	+ 71
Cervical Cancer	23	116	26	96	+ 20
Breast Cancer	24	100	27	92	+ 7
Alzheimers & Dementia	25	90	19	152	- 61
Liver Cancer	26	86	35	53	+ 33
Falls	27	84	30	84	- 0
Peptic Ulcer Disease	28	82	41	36	+ 45
Pertussis	29	78	31	81	- 4
Stomach Cancer	30	77	48	32	+ 45
Inflammatory/Heart	31	76	24	101	- 25
Malnutrition	32	70	33	78	- 8
Drownings	33	62	38	42	+ 20
Colon-Rectum Cancers	34	62	37	43	+ 18
Tuberculosis	35	59	1	1,819	- 1,760
Fires	36	59	39	39	+ 21
Epilepsy	37	58	40	37	+ 21
Lymphomas	38	52	49	32	+ 21
Prostate Cancer	39	51	32	80	- 29
Skin Cancers	40	44	46	34	+ 10
Drug Use	41	43	45	34	+ 10
Poisonings	42	42	50	28	+ 14
Oral Cancer	43	36	34	69	- 33
Rheumatic Heart Disease	44	32	54	20	+ 12
Parkinson's Disease	45	31	36	47	- 17
Schistosomiasis	46	27	58	14	+ 13
Oesophagus Cancer	47	26	44	35	- 8
Syphilis	48	26	47	33	- 7
Ovary Cancer	49	24	51	27	- 2
Tetanus	50	22	59	8	+ 14
Lung Cancers	51	21	29	87	- 66
Skin Disease	52	21	52	22	- 1
Hepatitis B	53	18	62	7	+ 11
Alcohol	54	18	56	19	- 2
Encephalitis	55	16	60	7	+ 9
Bladder Cancer	56	14	43	35	- 20
Uterin Cancer	57	14	55	19	- 5
Pancreas Cancer	58	11	53	21	- 10
Leukemia	59	11	57	17	- 6
Appendicitis	60	6	61	7	- 0
Multiple Sclerosis	61	4	67	2	+ 2
Other Neoplasms	62	3	64	5	- 2
Hepatitis C	63	2	68	1	+ 1
Rheumatoid Arthritis	64	2	63	6	- 4
Ascariasis	65	2	70	0	+ 1
Upper Respiratory	66	1	66	3	- 1
Measles	67	1	20	146	- 145
War	68	1	65	3	- 2
Diphtheria	69	0	69	0	+ 0
Chlamydia	70	0	71	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	71	0	72	0	- 0
Dengue	72	0	73	0	+ 0
Hookworm Disease	73	0	75	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	74	0	74	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	75	0	79	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	76	0	42	35	- 35
Chagas disease	77	0	77	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	78	0	76	0	- 0
Leprosy	79	0	78	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	80	0	85	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	81	0	86	0	- 0
Oral conditions	82	0	84	0	- 0
Depression	83	0	80	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	84	0	83	0	- 0
Anemia	85	0	82	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	86	0	81	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to GABON

Togo

Gabon

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.