JAMAICA VS TOGO: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	TOGO		JAMAICA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Influenza and Pneumonia	1	1,817	15	393	+ 1,424
Malaria	2	1,607	72	0	+ 1,607
Coronary Heart Disease	3	1,312	3	1,726	- 414
Stroke	4	1,132	1	2,415	- 1,283
Diarrhoeal diseases	5	1,010	42	35	+ 975
HIV/AIDS	6	952	7	757	+ 195
Road Traffic Accidents	7	733	12	444	+ 289
Birth Trauma	8	731	37	65	+ 666
Low Birth Weight	9	635	18	241	+ 394
Liver Disease	10	480	21	155	+ 326
Diabetes Mellitus	11	374	2	2,077	- 1,703
Congenital Anomalies	12	371	23	139	+ 232
Kidney Disease	13	367	6	793	- 426
Meningitis	14	298	47	16	+ 283
Endocrine Disorders	15	279	20	176	+ 103
Other Injuries	16	264	31	91	+ 173
Lung Disease	17	261	11	452	- 191
Violence	18	229	4	1,484	- 1,255
Suicide	19	225	35	70	+ 155
Hypertension	20	213	8	651	- 438
Maternal Conditions	21	190	43	35	+ 156
Asthma	22	186	36	65	+ 121
Cervical Cancer	23	133	16	358	- 225
Breast Cancer	24	115	14	413	- 299
Alzheimers & Dementia	25	104	9	587	- 483
Liver Cancer	26	99	29	101	- 2
Falls	27	97	33	82	+ 15
Peptic Ulcer Disease	28	94	32	82	+ 12
Pertussis	29	89	67	0	+ 89
Stomach Cancer	30	89	19	231	- 142
Inflammatory/Heart	31	87	24	133	- 46
Malnutrition	32	80	40	48	+ 33
Drownings	33	71	51	10	+ 61
Colon-Rectum Cancers	34	71	13	436	- 366
Tuberculosis	35	68	54	8	+ 61
Fires	36	68	46	16	+ 53
Epilepsy	37	67	41	46	+ 21
Lymphomas	38	60	17	251	- 191
Prostate Cancer	39	59	5	883	- 825
Skin Cancers	40	51	52	10	+ 40
Drug Use	41	50	48	13	+ 37
Poisonings	42	49	57	2	+ 46
Oral Cancer	43	41	39	59	- 17
Rheumatic Heart Disease	44	36	44	27	+ 10
Parkinson's Disease	45	35	25	132	- 97
Schistosomiasis	46	31	74	0	+ 31
Oesophagus Cancer	47	30	34	74	- 43
Syphilis	48	30	60	1	+ 29
Ovary Cancer	49	28	30	97	- 69
Tetanus	50	25	63	0	+ 25
Lung Cancers	51	24	10	472	- 448
Skin Disease	52	24	22	145	- 122
Hepatitis B	53	21	59	1	+ 20
Alcohol	54	20	55	7	+ 13
Encephalitis	55	18	49	13	+ 5
Bladder Cancer	56	17	38	60	- 43
Uterin Cancer	57	17	28	106	- 89
Pancreas Cancer	58	13	27	119	- 106
Leukemia	59	12	26	129	- 116
Appendicitis	60	7	53	9	- 2
Multiple Sclerosis	61	4	56	3	+ 1
Other Neoplasms	62	3	45	19	- 15
Hepatitis C	63	3	64	0	+ 2
Rheumatoid Arthritis	64	2	50	11	- 9
Ascariasis	65	2	66	0	+ 2
Upper Respiratory	66	2	65	0	+ 2
Measles	67	1	77	0	+ 1
War	68	1	61	1	+ 0
Diphtheria	69	1	68	0	+ 1
Chlamydia	70	0	62	0	- 0
Otitis Media	71	0	69	0	+ 0
Dengue	72	0	58	1	- 1
Hookworm Disease	73	0	79	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	74	0	78	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	75	0	76	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	76	0	75	0	- 0
Chagas disease	77	0	73	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	78	0	71	0	- 0
Leprosy	79	0	70	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	80	0	81	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	81	0	82	0	- 0
Oral conditions	82	0	80	0	- 0
Depression	83	0	86	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	84	0	84	0	- 0
Anemia	85	0	83	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	86	0	85	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to JAMAICA

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Jamaica

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.