GUINEA VS TOGO: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	TOGO		GUINEA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Influenza and Pneumonia	1	9,000	1	12,790	- 3,790
Malaria	2	7,959	2	8,180	- 221
Coronary Heart Disease	3	6,496	6	5,665	+ 831
Stroke	4	5,606	5	5,777	- 172
Diarrhoeal diseases	5	5,003	3	6,788	- 1,785
HIV/AIDS	6	4,716	10	3,020	+ 1,696
Road Traffic Accidents	7	3,632	9	3,788	- 156
Birth Trauma	8	3,622	7	4,797	- 1,175
Low Birth Weight	9	3,144	8	4,319	- 1,175
Liver Disease	10	2,379	12	2,550	- 171
Diabetes Mellitus	11	1,853	15	2,138	- 285
Congenital Anomalies	12	1,835	14	2,181	- 345
Kidney Disease	13	1,818	16	1,939	- 121
Meningitis	14	1,476	11	2,633	- 1,157
Endocrine Disorders	15	1,381	25	1,140	+ 242
Other Injuries	16	1,308	18	1,504	- 196
Lung Disease	17	1,291	20	1,373	- 82
Violence	18	1,134	26	1,128	+ 6
Suicide	19	1,115	29	892	+ 223
Hypertension	20	1,053	21	1,348	- 295
Maternal Conditions	21	943	17	1,793	- 851
Asthma	22	920	22	1,179	- 259
Cervical Cancer	23	660	19	1,491	- 831
Breast Cancer	24	568	38	345	+ 223
Alzheimers & Dementia	25	515	30	579	- 64
Liver Cancer	26	489	23	1,167	- 678
Falls	27	481	33	480	+ 1
Peptic Ulcer Disease	28	465	34	448	+ 17
Pertussis	29	442	24	1,165	- 723
Stomach Cancer	30	439	41	245	+ 194
Inflammatory/Heart	31	432	35	439	- 7
Malnutrition	32	398	28	1,032	- 634
Drownings	33	352	31	528	- 176
Colon-Rectum Cancers	34	351	53	100	+ 251
Tuberculosis	35	338	13	2,369	- 2,030
Fires	36	337	36	410	- 73
Epilepsy	37	330	37	350	- 20
Lymphomas	38	298	48	158	+ 140
Prostate Cancer	39	291	32	525	- 234
Skin Cancers	40	250	49	152	+ 98
Drug Use	41	247	46	169	+ 78
Poisonings	42	240	40	295	- 55
Oral Cancer	43	205	52	122	+ 84
Rheumatic Heart Disease	44	181	42	238	- 57
Parkinson's Disease	45	174	44	212	- 38
Schistosomiasis	46	154	43	232	- 78
Oesophagus Cancer	47	151	63	20	+ 131
Syphilis	48	147	39	328	- 181
Ovary Cancer	49	138	54	93	+ 46
Tetanus	50	125	45	170	- 45
Lung Cancers	51	119	50	128	- 9
Skin Disease	52	118	51	127	- 10
Hepatitis B	53	102	47	162	- 60
Alcohol	54	100	55	83	+ 17
Encephalitis	55	90	56	81	+ 9
Bladder Cancer	56	82	60	32	+ 50
Uterin Cancer	57	82	59	38	+ 45
Pancreas Cancer	58	63	65	19	+ 44
Leukemia	59	62	67	17	+ 45
Appendicitis	60	36	57	41	- 5
Multiple Sclerosis	61	20	66	18	+ 2
Other Neoplasms	62	17	68	16	+ 1
Hepatitis C	63	13	61	22	- 10
Rheumatoid Arthritis	64	11	70	13	- 2
Ascariasis	65	10	62	22	- 13
Upper Respiratory	66	8	69	15	- 7
Measles	67	5	4	6,025	- 6,020
War	68	3	64	20	- 17
Diphtheria	69	3	58	40	- 37
Chlamydia	70	2	71	3	- 1
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	76	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	76	0	27	1,072	- 1,072
Chagas disease	77	0	77	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	78	0	78	0	- 0
Leprosy	79	0	79	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	80	0	84	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	81	0	85	0	- 0
Oral conditions	82	0	86	0	- 0
Depression	83	0	80	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	84	0	82	0	- 0
Anemia	85	0	83	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	86	0	81	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to GUINEA

Togo

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.