MAURITANIA VS TOGO: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	TOGO		MAURITANIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Influenza and Pneumonia	1	2,785	1	2,756	+ 29
Malaria	2	2,463	5	1,423	+ 1,040
Coronary Heart Disease	3	2,010	4	1,636	+ 375
Stroke	4	1,735	6	1,307	+ 428
Diarrhoeal diseases	5	1,548	3	1,656	- 108
HIV/AIDS	6	1,459	25	231	+ 1,229
Road Traffic Accidents	7	1,124	8	1,158	- 35
Birth Trauma	8	1,121	7	1,204	- 84
Low Birth Weight	9	973	2	2,014	- 1,041
Liver Disease	10	736	13	586	+ 151
Diabetes Mellitus	11	573	12	594	- 21
Congenital Anomalies	12	568	10	665	- 97
Kidney Disease	13	563	15	555	+ 8
Meningitis	14	457	18	357	+ 100
Endocrine Disorders	15	427	27	197	+ 230
Other Injuries	16	405	19	343	+ 61
Lung Disease	17	399	23	275	+ 125
Violence	18	351	16	491	- 141
Suicide	19	345	30	141	+ 204
Hypertension	20	326	22	286	+ 40
Maternal Conditions	21	292	11	639	- 347
Asthma	22	285	29	170	+ 115
Cervical Cancer	23	204	20	333	- 129
Breast Cancer	24	176	28	189	- 13
Alzheimers & Dementia	25	159	24	251	- 92
Liver Cancer	26	151	21	312	- 160
Falls	27	149	31	140	+ 9
Peptic Ulcer Disease	28	144	38	83	+ 61
Pertussis	29	137	14	574	- 437
Stomach Cancer	30	136	32	132	+ 4
Inflammatory/Heart	31	134	36	110	+ 24
Malnutrition	32	123	17	462	- 339
Drownings	33	109	35	116	- 7
Colon-Rectum Cancers	34	109	37	110	- 1
Tuberculosis	35	105	9	717	- 612
Fires	36	104	33	123	- 19
Epilepsy	37	102	39	75	+ 27
Lymphomas	38	92	43	65	+ 27
Prostate Cancer	39	90	34	118	- 28
Skin Cancers	40	77	46	50	+ 28
Drug Use	41	76	40	71	+ 5
Poisonings	42	74	42	67	+ 7
Oral Cancer	43	64	48	45	+ 19
Rheumatic Heart Disease	44	56	52	34	+ 22
Parkinson's Disease	45	54	41	69	- 15
Schistosomiasis	46	48	59	14	+ 34
Oesophagus Cancer	47	47	54	30	+ 17
Syphilis	48	45	26	204	- 158
Ovary Cancer	49	43	49	43	- 0
Tetanus	50	39	45	58	- 19
Lung Cancers	51	37	44	60	- 23
Skin Disease	52	36	47	47	- 11
Hepatitis B	53	32	56	22	+ 9
Alcohol	54	31	58	16	+ 15
Encephalitis	55	28	53	33	- 5
Bladder Cancer	56	25	50	42	- 17
Uterin Cancer	57	25	57	17	+ 9
Pancreas Cancer	58	20	51	39	- 19
Leukemia	59	19	55	22	- 3
Appendicitis	60	11	60	9	+ 3
Multiple Sclerosis	61	6	63	5	+ 1
Other Neoplasms	62	5	62	7	- 2
Hepatitis C	63	4	67	3	+ 1
Rheumatoid Arthritis	64	3	64	4	- 1
Ascariasis	65	3	66	3	+ 0
Upper Respiratory	66	3	68	3	+ 0
Measles	67	1	61	9	- 7
War	68	1	70	2	- 1
Diphtheria	69	1	65	3	- 2
Chlamydia	70	1	71	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	71	0	72	0	+ 0
Dengue	72	0	73	0	+ 0
Hookworm Disease	73	0	74	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	74	0	75	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	75	0	76	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	76	0	79	0	- 0
Chagas disease	77	0	78	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	78	0	69	2	- 2
Leprosy	79	0	77	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	80	0	80	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	81	0	81	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	84	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	86	0	86	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to MAURITANIA

Togo

Mauritania

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.