GUINEA-BISSAU VS TOGO: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	TOGO		GUINEA-BISSAU		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Influenza and Pneumonia	1	1,372	2	1,390	- 17
Malaria	2	1,213	9	684	+ 529
Coronary Heart Disease	3	990	5	907	+ 84
Stroke	4	855	6	829	+ 25
Diarrhoeal diseases	5	763	4	913	- 150
HIV/AIDS	6	719	1	1,445	- 726
Road Traffic Accidents	7	554	10	619	- 65
Birth Trauma	8	552	7	790	- 238
Low Birth Weight	9	479	8	705	- 225
Liver Disease	10	363	11	405	- 42
Diabetes Mellitus	11	282	14	313	- 31
Congenital Anomalies	12	280	12	373	- 93
Kidney Disease	13	277	15	268	+ 9
Meningitis	14	225	16	258	- 33
Endocrine Disorders	15	211	18	221	- 11
Other Injuries	16	199	17	234	- 35
Lung Disease	17	197	20	191	+ 6
Violence	18	173	22	173	+ 0
Suicide	19	170	26	134	+ 36
Hypertension	20	161	21	177	- 17
Maternal Conditions	21	144	13	333	- 189
Asthma	22	140	24	150	- 10
Cervical Cancer	23	101	23	154	- 54
Breast Cancer	24	87	29	93	- 6
Alzheimers & Dementia	25	79	34	69	+ 10
Liver Cancer	26	75	28	116	- 42
Falls	27	73	33	71	+ 2
Peptic Ulcer Disease	28	71	32	77	- 6
Pertussis	29	67	19	212	- 145
Stomach Cancer	30	67	36	55	+ 12
Inflammatory/Heart	31	66	37	53	+ 13
Malnutrition	32	61	27	121	- 60
Drownings	33	54	30	89	- 36
Colon-Rectum Cancers	34	53	38	50	+ 4
Tuberculosis	35	52	3	1,387	- 1,335
Fires	36	51	35	64	- 12
Epilepsy	37	50	39	48	+ 2
Lymphomas	38	45	45	28	+ 18
Prostate Cancer	39	44	42	41	+ 4
Skin Cancers	40	38	52	17	+ 21
Drug Use	41	38	55	13	+ 24
Poisonings	42	37	41	45	- 8
Oral Cancer	43	31	56	13	+ 18
Rheumatic Heart Disease	44	28	43	33	- 5
Parkinson's Disease	45	27	46	27	- 0
Schistosomiasis	46	23	44	30	- 7
Oesophagus Cancer	47	23	49	19	+ 4
Syphilis	48	22	31	85	- 63
Ovary Cancer	49	21	48	19	+ 2
Tetanus	50	19	40	48	- 29
Lung Cancers	51	18	50	18	- 0
Skin Disease	52	18	53	16	+ 2
Hepatitis B	53	16	47	20	- 5
Alcohol	54	15	57	12	+ 3
Encephalitis	55	14	58	10	+ 3
Bladder Cancer	56	13	51	17	- 5
Uterin Cancer	57	13	59	8	+ 4
Pancreas Cancer	58	10	54	14	- 4
Leukemia	59	9	61	6	+ 3
Appendicitis	60	6	60	7	- 1
Multiple Sclerosis	61	3	64	2	+ 1
Other Neoplasms	62	3	65	2	+ 0
Hepatitis C	63	2	63	3	- 1
Rheumatoid Arthritis	64	2	67	2	- 0
Ascariasis	65	1	62	4	- 3
Upper Respiratory	66	1	66	2	- 1
Measles	67	1	25	147	- 146
War	68	0	70	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	69	0	68	1	- 1
Chlamydia	70	0	69	0	- 0
Otitis Media	71	0	71	0	- 0
Dengue	72	0	72	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	73	0	74	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	74	0	73	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	75	0	76	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	76	0	78	0	- 0
Chagas disease	77	0	77	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	78	0	79	0	- 0
Leprosy	79	0	75	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	80	0	81	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	81	0	80	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	86	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	86	0	84	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to GUINEA-BISSAU

Togo

Guinea-Bissau

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.