SOMALIA VS TOGO: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	TOGO		SOMALIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Influenza and Pneumonia	1	8,376	1	21,712	- 13,335
Malaria	2	7,408	22	1,942	+ 5,466
Coronary Heart Disease	3	6,046	7	7,233	- 1,186
Stroke	4	5,217	6	8,595	- 3,378
Diarrhoeal diseases	5	4,656	2	15,363	- 10,706
HIV/AIDS	6	4,389	33	610	+ 3,779
Road Traffic Accidents	7	3,380	11	4,231	- 851
Birth Trauma	8	3,371	5	9,573	- 6,202
Low Birth Weight	9	2,926	8	6,250	- 3,324
Liver Disease	10	2,214	13	3,917	- 1,702
Diabetes Mellitus	11	1,725	16	2,888	- 1,163
Congenital Anomalies	12	1,708	15	3,410	- 1,702
Kidney Disease	13	1,692	21	2,051	- 359
Meningitis	14	1,374	9	5,381	- 4,007
Endocrine Disorders	15	1,286	44	406	+ 879
Other Injuries	16	1,217	14	3,602	- 2,384
Lung Disease	17	1,202	19	2,442	- 1,241
Violence	18	1,055	29	828	+ 227
Suicide	19	1,038	27	1,219	- 181
Hypertension	20	980	18	2,643	- 1,663
Maternal Conditions	21	877	12	4,127	- 3,249
Asthma	22	857	23	1,878	- 1,022
Cervical Cancer	23	615	28	883	- 268
Breast Cancer	24	529	26	1,232	- 703
Alzheimers & Dementia	25	479	32	647	- 168
Liver Cancer	26	455	53	256	+ 199
Falls	27	447	37	548	- 100
Peptic Ulcer Disease	28	433	36	559	- 126
Pertussis	29	411	20	2,054	- 1,643
Stomach Cancer	30	408	49	310	+ 99
Inflammatory/Heart	31	403	39	521	- 119
Malnutrition	32	370	10	4,825	- 4,454
Drownings	33	328	25	1,272	- 944
Colon-Rectum Cancers	34	326	38	546	- 220
Tuberculosis	35	315	4	10,261	- 9,946
Fires	36	314	30	810	- 496
Epilepsy	37	307	43	419	- 112
Lymphomas	38	278	34	605	- 327
Prostate Cancer	39	271	52	285	- 14
Skin Cancers	40	233	57	164	+ 69
Drug Use	41	230	65	54	+ 176
Poisonings	42	224	31	758	- 534
Oral Cancer	43	191	46	328	- 137
Rheumatic Heart Disease	44	168	41	446	- 278
Parkinson's Disease	45	162	56	184	- 22
Schistosomiasis	46	143	42	435	- 292
Oesophagus Cancer	47	140	40	516	- 376
Syphilis	48	137	45	378	- 241
Ovary Cancer	49	129	50	295	- 166
Tetanus	50	116	17	2,648	- 2,532
Lung Cancers	51	111	54	233	- 122
Skin Disease	52	109	58	151	- 42
Hepatitis B	53	95	48	315	- 220
Alcohol	54	93	59	151	- 58
Encephalitis	55	84	63	91	- 7
Bladder Cancer	56	77	61	149	- 73
Uterin Cancer	57	77	64	78	- 1
Pancreas Cancer	58	59	62	108	- 49
Leukemia	59	57	35	562	- 504
Appendicitis	60	34	55	188	- 154
Multiple Sclerosis	61	19	71	8	+ 11
Other Neoplasms	62	16	70	12	+ 3
Hepatitis C	63	12	67	34	- 23
Rheumatoid Arthritis	64	10	66	35	- 25
Ascariasis	65	9	69	30	- 21
Upper Respiratory	66	8	47	326	- 318
Measles	67	4	3	11,576	- 11,571
War	68	3	24	1,318	- 1,315
Diphtheria	69	2	60	150	- 147
Chlamydia	70	2	72	5	- 3
Otitis Media	71	0	68	32	- 31
Dengue	72	0	73	1	- 1
Hookworm Disease	73	0	74	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	74	0	75	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	75	0	76	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	76	0	78	0	- 0
Chagas disease	77	0	79	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	78	0	51	290	- 290
Leprosy	79	0	77	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	80	0	84	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	81	0	85	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 SOMALIA

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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.