LESOTHO VS TOGO: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	TOGO		LESOTHO		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Influenza and Pneumonia	1	1,433	2	3,214	- 1,781
Malaria	2	1,268	79	0	+ 1,268
Coronary Heart Disease	3	1,035	5	2,101	- 1,066
Stroke	4	893	3	2,817	- 1,924
Diarrhoeal diseases	5	797	4	2,354	- 1,557
HIV/AIDS	6	751	1	4,767	- 4,016
Road Traffic Accidents	7	578	16	678	- 100
Birth Trauma	8	577	15	717	- 140
Low Birth Weight	9	501	12	957	- 456
Liver Disease	10	379	14	792	- 413
Diabetes Mellitus	11	295	6	2,000	- 1,704
Congenital Anomalies	12	292	19	389	- 97
Kidney Disease	13	290	10	1,015	- 725
Meningitis	14	235	22	318	- 83
Endocrine Disorders	15	220	27	235	- 15
Other Injuries	16	208	18	533	- 325
Lung Disease	17	206	9	1,102	- 896
Violence	18	181	13	924	- 743
Suicide	19	178	7	1,539	- 1,362
Hypertension	20	168	11	990	- 822
Maternal Conditions	21	150	24	292	- 142
Asthma	22	147	17	678	- 531
Cervical Cancer	23	105	20	372	- 267
Breast Cancer	24	90	34	97	- 7
Alzheimers & Dementia	25	82	29	194	- 112
Liver Cancer	26	78	39	71	+ 7
Falls	27	77	31	128	- 51
Peptic Ulcer Disease	28	74	25	279	- 205
Pertussis	29	70	44	51	+ 19
Stomach Cancer	30	70	60	11	+ 59
Inflammatory/Heart	31	69	23	305	- 236
Malnutrition	32	63	21	357	- 294
Drownings	33	56	28	200	- 144
Colon-Rectum Cancers	34	56	48	40	+ 16
Tuberculosis	35	54	8	1,208	- 1,154
Fires	36	54	26	269	- 215
Epilepsy	37	52	30	143	- 91
Lymphomas	38	47	36	78	- 30
Prostate Cancer	39	46	35	81	- 34
Skin Cancers	40	40	46	46	- 6
Drug Use	41	39	50	32	+ 8
Poisonings	42	38	33	111	- 73
Oral Cancer	43	33	42	52	- 19
Rheumatic Heart Disease	44	29	32	126	- 97
Parkinson's Disease	45	28	41	55	- 27
Schistosomiasis	46	24	76	0	+ 24
Oesophagus Cancer	47	24	37	73	- 49
Syphilis	48	23	45	50	- 27
Ovary Cancer	49	22	53	24	- 2
Tetanus	50	20	47	45	- 25
Lung Cancers	51	19	43	51	- 32
Skin Disease	52	19	40	70	- 51
Hepatitis B	53	16	51	27	- 10
Alcohol	54	16	38	71	- 55
Encephalitis	55	14	57	14	+ 1
Bladder Cancer	56	13	61	10	+ 4
Uterin Cancer	57	13	54	23	- 10
Pancreas Cancer	58	10	58	12	- 2
Leukemia	59	10	49	39	- 29
Appendicitis	60	6	52	25	- 19
Multiple Sclerosis	61	3	63	6	- 3
Other Neoplasms	62	3	62	9	- 7
Hepatitis C	63	2	64	2	- 0
Rheumatoid Arthritis	64	2	56	18	- 16
Ascariasis	65	2	67	1	+ 1
Upper Respiratory	66	1	55	18	- 17
Measles	67	1	59	12	- 11
War	68	0	68	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	69	0	69	0	+ 0
Chlamydia	70	0	65	2	- 1
Otitis Media	71	0	66	1	- 1
Dengue	72	0	70	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	73	0	72	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	74	0	71	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	75	0	73	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	76	0	77	0	- 0
Chagas disease	77	0	78	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	78	0	75	0	- 0
Leprosy	79	0	74	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	80	0	85	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	81	0	84	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 LESOTHO

Togo

Lesotho

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.