NORWAY VS TOGO: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	TOGO		NORWAY		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Influenza and Pneumonia	1	3,545	6	1,797	+ 1,749
Malaria	2	3,135	84	0	+ 3,135
Coronary Heart Disease	3	2,559	1	5,321	- 2,762
Stroke	4	2,208	4	2,475	- 267
Diarrhoeal diseases	5	1,971	37	128	+ 1,843
HIV/AIDS	6	1,858	61	10	+ 1,847
Road Traffic Accidents	7	1,431	42	114	+ 1,317
Birth Trauma	8	1,427	54	17	+ 1,409
Low Birth Weight	9	1,239	52	23	+ 1,215
Liver Disease	10	937	30	214	+ 724
Diabetes Mellitus	11	730	16	560	+ 170
Congenital Anomalies	12	723	34	136	+ 587
Kidney Disease	13	716	14	611	+ 105
Meningitis	14	582	58	14	+ 568
Endocrine Disorders	15	544	19	359	+ 185
Other Injuries	16	515	15	583	- 68
Lung Disease	17	509	3	2,723	- 2,214
Violence	18	447	50	32	+ 415
Suicide	19	439	13	633	- 194
Hypertension	20	415	28	230	+ 185
Maternal Conditions	21	371	66	1	+ 370
Asthma	22	363	43	85	+ 278
Cervical Cancer	23	260	39	125	+ 135
Breast Cancer	24	224	11	698	- 474
Alzheimers & Dementia	25	203	2	4,464	- 4,261
Liver Cancer	26	193	26	259	- 67
Falls	27	189	9	777	- 588
Peptic Ulcer Disease	28	183	33	160	+ 24
Pertussis	29	174	64	1	+ 173
Stomach Cancer	30	173	22	343	- 170
Inflammatory/Heart	31	170	29	221	- 51
Malnutrition	32	157	35	135	+ 22
Drownings	33	139	45	65	+ 74
Colon-Rectum Cancers	34	138	7	1,787	- 1,648
Tuberculosis	35	133	56	15	+ 118
Fires	36	133	48	45	+ 88
Epilepsy	37	130	40	119	+ 11
Lymphomas	38	117	12	646	- 528
Prostate Cancer	39	115	8	1,172	- 1,058
Skin Cancers	40	99	18	407	- 309
Drug Use	41	97	25	264	- 166
Poisonings	42	95	57	14	+ 80
Oral Cancer	43	81	32	168	- 87
Rheumatic Heart Disease	44	71	46	61	+ 10
Parkinson's Disease	45	69	17	554	- 486
Schistosomiasis	46	61	83	0	+ 61
Oesophagus Cancer	47	59	27	248	- 188
Syphilis	48	58	67	1	+ 57
Ovary Cancer	49	55	24	309	- 254
Tetanus	50	49	69	0	+ 49
Lung Cancers	51	47	5	2,320	- 2,273
Skin Disease	52	46	38	128	- 81
Hepatitis B	53	40	63	3	+ 37
Alcohol	54	39	31	205	- 165
Encephalitis	55	35	70	0	+ 35
Bladder Cancer	56	32	20	356	- 324
Uterin Cancer	57	32	36	134	- 102
Pancreas Cancer	58	25	10	770	- 745
Leukemia	59	24	21	354	- 329
Appendicitis	60	14	59	12	+ 2
Multiple Sclerosis	61	8	41	119	- 111
Other Neoplasms	62	7	23	324	- 318
Hepatitis C	63	5	55	17	- 12
Rheumatoid Arthritis	64	4	47	60	- 56
Ascariasis	65	4	76	0	+ 4
Upper Respiratory	66	3	60	12	- 8
Measles	67	2	72	0	+ 2
War	68	1	68	1	+ 1
Diphtheria	69	1	71	0	+ 1
Chlamydia	70	1	77	0	+ 1
Otitis Media	71	0	65	1	- 1
Dengue	72	0	75	0	+ 0
Hookworm Disease	73	0	74	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	74	0	73	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	75	0	79	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	76	0	82	0	- 0
Chagas disease	77	0	80	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	78	0	81	0	- 0
Leprosy	79	0	78	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	80	0	49	32	- 32
Osteoarthritis	81	0	51	27	- 27
Oral conditions	82	0	62	9	- 9
Depression	83	0	86	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	84	0	85	0	- 0
Anemia	85	0	44	75	- 75
Schizophrenia	86	0	53	23	- 23
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to NORWAY

Togo

Norway

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.