TOGO VS USA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	UNITED STATES		TOGO		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	13,167	3	4,142	+ 9,025
Alzheimers & Dementia	2	7,490	25	328	+ 7,161
Lung Disease	3	5,095	17	823	+ 4,272
Stroke	4	4,134	4	3,574	+ 560
Lung Cancers	5	4,056	51	76	+ 3,980
Kidney Disease	6	2,239	13	1,159	+ 1,080
Drug Use	7	1,941	41	158	+ 1,784
Hypertension	8	1,720	20	672	+ 1,049
Colon-Rectum Cancers	9	1,612	34	224	+ 1,389
Diabetes Mellitus	10	1,602	11	1,181	+ 420
Influenza and Pneumonia	11	1,573	1	5,739	- 4,166
Suicide	12	1,385	19	711	+ 674
Breast Cancer	13	1,269	24	362	+ 907
Endocrine Disorders	14	1,225	15	881	+ 345
Pancreas Cancer	15	1,155	58	40	+ 1,115
Liver Disease	16	1,132	10	1,517	- 385
Road Traffic Accidents	17	1,087	7	2,316	- 1,229
Falls	18	1,054	27	307	+ 748
Lymphomas	19	1,050	38	190	+ 860
Prostate Cancer	20	929	39	186	+ 743
Parkinson's Disease	21	899	45	111	+ 788
Inflammatory/Heart	22	848	31	276	+ 573
Liver Cancer	23	706	26	312	+ 394
Leukemia	24	703	59	39	+ 664
Other Injuries	25	678	16	834	- 156
Bladder Cancer	26	512	56	52	+ 459
Violence	27	495	18	723	- 228
Oesophagus Cancer	28	465	47	96	+ 369
Other Neoplasms	29	463	62	11	+ 452
Alcohol	30	382	54	64	+ 319
Ovary Cancer	31	381	49	88	+ 292
Skin Cancers	32	373	40	159	+ 214
Stomach Cancer	33	341	30	280	+ 61
Congenital Anomalies	34	307	12	1,170	- 864
Oral Cancer	35	301	43	131	+ 170
Uterin Cancer	36	262	57	52	+ 210
Diarrhoeal diseases	37	260	5	3,190	- 2,930
Cervical Cancer	38	182	23	421	- 239
Low Birth Weight	39	181	9	2,005	- 1,824
Malnutrition	40	176	32	254	- 77
Hepatitis C	41	148	63	8	+ 140
HIV/AIDS	42	148	6	3,007	- 2,859
Skin Disease	43	141	52	75	+ 66
Multiple Sclerosis	44	132	61	13	+ 119
Drownings	45	106	33	225	- 119
Asthma	46	100	22	587	- 487
Rheumatic Heart Disease	47	95	44	115	- 20
Peptic Ulcer Disease	48	90	28	297	- 206
Fires	49	83	36	215	- 132
Epilepsy	50	82	37	210	- 128
Anemia	51	81	85	0	+ 81
Rheumatoid Arthritis	52	64	64	7	+ 57
Poisonings	53	44	42	153	- 110
Birth Trauma	54	32	8	2,309	- 2,277
War	55	31	68	2	+ 29
Maternal Conditions	56	20	21	601	- 581
Schizophrenia	57	19	86	0	+ 19
Prostatic Hypertrophy	58	18	80	0	+ 18
Hepatitis B	59	16	53	65	- 49
Meningitis	60	16	14	941	- 926
Osteoarthritis	61	15	81	0	+ 15
Tuberculosis	62	14	35	216	- 202
Appendicitis	63	11	60	23	- 12
Oral conditions	64	7	82	0	+ 7
Upper Respiratory	65	6	66	5	+ 1
Syphilis	66	1	48	94	- 92
Otitis Media	67	1	71	0	+ 1
Encephalitis	68	1	55	57	- 57
Pertussis	69	0	29	282	- 281
Chagas disease	70	0	77	0	+ 0
Tetanus	71	0	50	80	- 80
Schistosomiasis	72	0	46	98	- 98
Iodine Deficiency	73	0	75	0	+ 0
Leprosy	74	0	79	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	75	0	69	2	- 2
Dengue	76	0	72	0	- 0
Malaria	77	0	2	5,075	- 5,075
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	76	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	79	0	78	0	- 0
Measles	80	0	67	3	- 3
Hookworm Disease	81	0	73	0	- 0
Ascariasis	82	0	65	6	- 6
Trichuriasis	83	0	74	0	- 0
Chlamydia	84	0	70	1	- 1
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	84	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	83	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to TOGO

United States

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.