TOGO VS UGANDA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	UGANDA		TOGO		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
HIV/AIDS	1	3,834	6	3,007	+ 827
Influenza and Pneumonia	2	3,414	1	5,739	- 2,325
Malaria	3	2,457	2	5,075	- 2,618
Road Traffic Accidents	4	2,355	7	2,316	+ 39
Diarrhoeal diseases	5	2,190	5	3,190	- 1,000
Stroke	6	2,023	4	3,574	- 1,551
Birth Trauma	7	1,883	8	2,309	- 427
Low Birth Weight	8	1,750	9	2,005	- 254
Coronary Heart Disease	9	1,590	3	4,142	- 2,553
Tuberculosis	10	1,313	35	216	+ 1,097
Congenital Anomalies	11	1,202	12	1,170	+ 31
Violence	12	1,117	18	723	+ 394
Liver Disease	13	927	10	1,517	- 590
Diabetes Mellitus	14	868	11	1,181	- 314
Cervical Cancer	15	792	23	421	+ 371
Meningitis	16	673	14	941	- 269
Maternal Conditions	17	659	21	601	+ 58
Malnutrition	18	600	32	254	+ 346
Kidney Disease	19	573	13	1,159	- 586
Other Injuries	20	566	16	834	- 268
Hypertension	21	565	20	672	- 107
Lung Disease	22	552	17	823	- 271
Syphilis	23	405	48	94	+ 311
Suicide	24	368	19	711	- 343
Pertussis	25	345	29	282	+ 64
Lymphomas	26	319	38	190	+ 129
Asthma	27	316	22	587	- 271
Oesophagus Cancer	28	303	47	96	+ 207
Liver Cancer	29	275	26	312	- 36
Alzheimers & Dementia	30	233	25	328	- 96
Drownings	31	224	33	225	- 1
Breast Cancer	32	204	24	362	- 158
Falls	33	204	27	307	- 103
Prostate Cancer	34	172	39	186	- 14
Colon-Rectum Cancers	35	166	34	224	- 57
Fires	36	158	36	215	- 57
Inflammatory/Heart	37	155	31	276	- 120
Endocrine Disorders	38	138	15	881	- 743
Poisonings	39	135	42	153	- 18
Oral Cancer	40	132	43	131	+ 1
Peptic Ulcer Disease	41	124	28	297	- 172
Leukemia	42	108	59	39	+ 69
Epilepsy	43	108	37	210	- 102
Ovary Cancer	44	94	49	88	+ 6
Stomach Cancer	45	93	30	280	- 187
Lung Cancers	46	80	51	76	+ 4
Pancreas Cancer	47	65	58	40	+ 25
Parkinson's Disease	48	64	45	111	- 47
Skin Cancers	49	63	40	159	- 96
Rheumatic Heart Disease	50	63	44	115	- 52
Measles	51	62	67	3	+ 59
Schistosomiasis	52	52	46	98	- 46
Tetanus	53	49	50	80	- 31
Alcohol	54	46	54	64	- 17
Skin Disease	55	44	52	75	- 31
Uterin Cancer	56	42	57	52	- 10
Drug Use	57	42	41	158	- 115
Appendicitis	58	38	60	23	+ 15
Bladder Cancer	59	33	56	52	- 20
Upper Respiratory	60	26	66	5	+ 21
Hepatitis B	61	22	53	65	- 43
Encephalitis	62	22	55	57	- 35
War	63	16	68	2	+ 14
Rheumatoid Arthritis	64	10	64	7	+ 3
Trypanosomiasis	65	9	76	0	+ 9
Other Neoplasms	66	7	62	11	- 4
Hepatitis C	67	6	63	8	- 3
Leishmaniasis	68	5	78	0	+ 5
Multiple Sclerosis	69	3	61	13	- 10
Ascariasis	70	3	65	6	- 3
Otitis Media	71	2	71	0	+ 2
Diphtheria	72	2	69	2	+ 0
Chlamydia	73	1	70	1	+ 0
Dengue	74	0	72	0	+ 0
Trichuriasis	75	0	74	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	76	0	73	0	- 0
Leprosy	77	0	79	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	78	0	75	0	- 0
Chagas disease	79	0	77	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	80	0	81	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	81	0	80	0	- 0
Oral conditions	82	0	82	0	- 0
Depression	83	0	83	0	- 0
Anemia	84	0	85	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	84	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	86	0	86	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to TOGO

Uganda

Togo

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.