SWAZILAND VS TOGO: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	TOGO		SWAZILAND		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Influenza and Pneumonia	1	732	2	921	- 188
Malaria	2	648	67	0	+ 647
Coronary Heart Disease	3	529	5	755	- 226
Stroke	4	456	4	800	- 344
Diarrhoeal diseases	5	407	6	517	- 110
HIV/AIDS	6	384	1	2,314	- 1,930
Road Traffic Accidents	7	296	7	384	- 89
Birth Trauma	8	295	18	166	+ 128
Low Birth Weight	9	256	14	233	+ 23
Liver Disease	10	194	11	274	- 80
Diabetes Mellitus	11	151	3	892	- 741
Congenital Anomalies	12	149	19	160	- 11
Kidney Disease	13	148	8	381	- 233
Meningitis	14	120	23	97	+ 23
Endocrine Disorders	15	112	28	74	+ 38
Other Injuries	16	106	17	190	- 84
Lung Disease	17	105	12	264	- 159
Violence	18	92	16	212	- 120
Suicide	19	91	9	338	- 247
Hypertension	20	86	10	292	- 206
Maternal Conditions	21	77	21	116	- 39
Asthma	22	75	20	150	- 75
Cervical Cancer	23	54	15	215	- 161
Breast Cancer	24	46	35	37	+ 9
Alzheimers & Dementia	25	42	27	77	- 35
Liver Cancer	26	40	37	29	+ 10
Falls	27	39	32	41	- 2
Peptic Ulcer Disease	28	38	29	51	- 13
Pertussis	29	36	33	39	- 3
Stomach Cancer	30	36	53	7	+ 29
Inflammatory/Heart	31	35	24	94	- 59
Malnutrition	32	32	22	106	- 73
Drownings	33	29	25	87	- 58
Colon-Rectum Cancers	34	29	43	19	+ 10
Tuberculosis	35	28	13	256	- 228
Fires	36	27	26	84	- 56
Epilepsy	37	27	30	46	- 19
Lymphomas	38	24	36	31	- 7
Prostate Cancer	39	24	31	45	- 21
Skin Cancers	40	20	42	20	+ 0
Drug Use	41	20	38	27	- 7
Poisonings	42	20	34	37	- 18
Oral Cancer	43	17	51	10	+ 6
Rheumatic Heart Disease	44	15	39	26	- 11
Parkinson's Disease	45	14	41	24	- 10
Schistosomiasis	46	13	49	13	- 0
Oesophagus Cancer	47	12	44	18	- 6
Syphilis	48	12	45	17	- 5
Ovary Cancer	49	11	52	10	+ 1
Tetanus	50	10	62	4	+ 6
Lung Cancers	51	10	46	17	- 7
Skin Disease	52	10	40	25	- 16
Hepatitis B	53	8	57	6	+ 2
Alcohol	54	8	48	16	- 8
Encephalitis	55	7	59	5	+ 2
Bladder Cancer	56	7	55	6	+ 1
Uterin Cancer	57	7	50	11	- 5
Pancreas Cancer	58	5	56	6	- 1
Leukemia	59	5	47	16	- 11
Appendicitis	60	3	54	7	- 4
Multiple Sclerosis	61	2	63	1	+ 0
Other Neoplasms	62	1	61	4	- 3
Hepatitis C	63	1	65	0	+ 1
Rheumatoid Arthritis	64	1	58	5	- 4
Ascariasis	65	1	66	0	+ 0
Upper Respiratory	66	1	60	4	- 3
Measles	67	0	64	1	- 0
War	68	0	71	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	69	0	70	0	+ 0
Chlamydia	70	0	69	0	- 0
Otitis Media	71	0	68	0	- 0
Dengue	72	0	72	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	73	0	73	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	74	0	74	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	75	0	75	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	76	0	78	0	- 0
Chagas disease	77	0	79	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	78	0	77	0	- 0
Leprosy	79	0	76	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	86	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	84	0	85	0	- 0
Anemia	85	0	84	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	86	0	83	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to SWAZILAND

Togo

Swaziland

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.