NEW ZEALAND VS TOGO: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	TOGO		NEW ZEALAND		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Influenza and Pneumonia	1	3,321	7	920	+ 2,401
Malaria	2	2,937	78	0	+ 2,937
Coronary Heart Disease	3	2,397	1	5,095	- 2,698
Stroke	4	2,069	3	2,378	- 310
Diarrhoeal diseases	5	1,846	37	81	+ 1,765
HIV/AIDS	6	1,740	57	10	+ 1,730
Road Traffic Accidents	7	1,340	16	458	+ 882
Birth Trauma	8	1,337	54	15	+ 1,322
Low Birth Weight	9	1,160	38	78	+ 1,082
Liver Disease	10	878	32	158	+ 720
Diabetes Mellitus	11	684	8	769	- 85
Congenital Anomalies	12	677	30	176	+ 502
Kidney Disease	13	671	17	432	+ 239
Meningitis	14	545	59	9	+ 536
Endocrine Disorders	15	510	21	325	+ 185
Other Injuries	16	483	28	218	+ 265
Lung Disease	17	476	5	1,815	- 1,338
Violence	18	418	42	57	+ 361
Suicide	19	411	15	528	- 117
Hypertension	20	389	20	327	+ 62
Maternal Conditions	21	348	63	5	+ 343
Asthma	22	340	36	91	+ 249
Cervical Cancer	23	244	41	61	+ 183
Breast Cancer	24	210	10	737	- 527
Alzheimers & Dementia	25	190	2	3,032	- 2,842
Liver Cancer	26	180	24	288	- 107
Falls	27	177	11	627	- 449
Peptic Ulcer Disease	28	172	39	70	+ 101
Pertussis	29	163	65	1	+ 162
Stomach Cancer	30	162	22	323	- 161
Inflammatory/Heart	31	160	23	313	- 153
Malnutrition	32	147	55	14	+ 133
Drownings	33	130	44	54	+ 76
Colon-Rectum Cancers	34	129	6	1,495	- 1,365
Tuberculosis	35	125	52	17	+ 108
Fires	36	124	53	17	+ 108
Epilepsy	37	122	43	55	+ 67
Lymphomas	38	110	13	608	- 498
Prostate Cancer	39	107	9	739	- 631
Skin Cancers	40	92	12	612	- 519
Drug Use	41	91	40	69	+ 22
Poisonings	42	89	58	9	+ 79
Oral Cancer	43	76	31	164	- 88
Rheumatic Heart Disease	44	67	35	113	- 46
Parkinson's Disease	45	64	19	353	- 289
Schistosomiasis	46	57	77	0	+ 57
Oesophagus Cancer	47	56	25	279	- 223
Syphilis	48	54	70	0	+ 54
Ovary Cancer	49	51	29	207	- 156
Tetanus	50	46	69	0	+ 46
Lung Cancers	51	44	4	1,873	- 1,829
Skin Disease	52	43	34	118	- 75
Hepatitis B	53	38	56	14	+ 24
Alcohol	54	37	45	51	- 15
Encephalitis	55	33	66	1	+ 32
Bladder Cancer	56	30	26	267	- 236
Uterin Cancer	57	30	33	145	- 114
Pancreas Cancer	58	23	14	543	- 520
Leukemia	59	23	18	391	- 368
Appendicitis	60	13	62	6	+ 8
Multiple Sclerosis	61	7	47	43	- 36
Other Neoplasms	62	6	27	245	- 239
Hepatitis C	63	5	48	30	- 25
Rheumatoid Arthritis	64	4	46	47	- 43
Ascariasis	65	4	76	0	+ 4
Upper Respiratory	66	3	64	4	- 1
Measles	67	2	82	0	+ 2
War	68	1	68	1	+ 1
Diphtheria	69	1	83	0	+ 1
Chlamydia	70	1	71	0	+ 1
Otitis Media	71	0	67	1	- 1
Dengue	72	0	75	0	+ 0
Hookworm Disease	73	0	73	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	74	0	74	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	75	0	84	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	76	0	81	0	- 0
Chagas disease	77	0	79	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	78	0	80	0	- 0
Leprosy	79	0	72	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	80	0	50	22	- 22
Osteoarthritis	81	0	49	24	- 24
Oral conditions	82	0	61	8	- 8
Depression	83	0	86	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	84	0	85	0	- 0
Anemia	85	0	51	17	- 17
Schizophrenia	86	0	60	8	- 8
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to NEW ZEALAND

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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.