TOGO VS URUGUAY: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	URUGUAY		TOGO		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	11,103	3	4,142	+ 6,961
Stroke	2	7,420	4	3,574	+ 3,845
Alzheimers & Dementia	3	4,943	25	328	+ 4,615
Lung Disease	4	4,442	17	823	+ 3,619
Lung Cancers	5	3,808	51	76	+ 3,732
Influenza and Pneumonia	6	3,568	1	5,739	- 2,171
Colon-Rectum Cancers	7	3,241	34	224	+ 3,017
Kidney Disease	8	2,707	13	1,159	+ 1,548
Breast Cancer	9	2,208	24	362	+ 1,845
Other Injuries	10	2,015	16	834	+ 1,181
Diabetes Mellitus	11	1,946	11	1,181	+ 764
Suicide	12	1,915	19	711	+ 1,204
Prostate Cancer	13	1,841	39	186	+ 1,655
Pancreas Cancer	14	1,707	58	40	+ 1,666
Hypertension	15	1,688	20	672	+ 1,016
Road Traffic Accidents	16	1,332	7	2,316	- 984
Endocrine Disorders	17	1,268	15	881	+ 388
Stomach Cancer	18	1,250	30	280	+ 970
Other Neoplasms	19	1,207	62	11	+ 1,196
Lymphomas	20	1,191	38	190	+ 1,000
Parkinson's Disease	21	834	45	111	+ 723
Inflammatory/Heart	22	818	31	276	+ 542
Violence	23	768	18	723	+ 45
Oesophagus Cancer	24	745	47	96	+ 649
Leukemia	25	730	59	39	+ 690
Bladder Cancer	26	719	56	52	+ 666
Liver Disease	27	536	10	1,517	- 981
HIV/AIDS	28	508	6	3,007	- 2,499
Cervical Cancer	29	448	23	421	+ 27
Congenital Anomalies	30	443	12	1,170	- 727
Oral Cancer	31	435	43	131	+ 304
Ovary Cancer	32	417	49	88	+ 329
Skin Cancers	33	388	40	159	+ 229
Liver Cancer	34	384	26	312	+ 72
Diarrhoeal diseases	35	350	5	3,190	- 2,840
Skin Disease	36	338	52	75	+ 263
Asthma	37	331	22	587	- 256
Uterin Cancer	38	300	57	52	+ 248
Alcohol	39	272	54	64	+ 208
Epilepsy	40	223	37	210	+ 13
Tuberculosis	41	210	35	216	- 6
Low Birth Weight	42	191	9	2,005	- 1,814
Malnutrition	43	190	32	254	- 64
Anemia	44	184	85	0	+ 184
Drownings	45	169	33	225	- 56
Peptic Ulcer Disease	46	148	28	297	- 149
Falls	47	143	27	307	- 163
Fires	48	142	36	215	- 73
Drug Use	49	106	41	158	- 52
Rheumatic Heart Disease	50	102	44	115	- 14
Rheumatoid Arthritis	51	90	64	7	+ 83
Osteoarthritis	52	84	81	0	+ 84
Birth Trauma	53	58	8	2,309	- 2,252
Schizophrenia	54	47	86	0	+ 47
Poisonings	55	43	42	153	- 110
Multiple Sclerosis	56	34	61	13	+ 21
Prostatic Hypertrophy	57	32	80	0	+ 32
Meningitis	58	27	14	941	- 915
Appendicitis	59	24	60	23	+ 0
Maternal Conditions	60	23	21	601	- 578
Chagas disease	61	13	77	0	+ 13
Upper Respiratory	62	13	66	5	+ 7
Hepatitis B	63	11	53	65	- 54
Encephalitis	64	10	55	57	- 47
Hepatitis C	65	9	63	8	+ 1
Syphilis	66	7	48	94	- 86
Otitis Media	67	4	71	0	+ 4
Oral conditions	68	3	82	0	+ 3
Leprosy	69	1	79	0	+ 1
War	70	1	68	2	- 1
Tetanus	71	1	50	80	- 79
Pertussis	72	1	29	282	- 281
Diphtheria	73	0	69	2	- 2
Measles	74	0	67	3	- 3
Chlamydia	75	0	70	1	- 1
Trypanosomiasis	76	0	76	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	77	0	46	98	- 98
Leishmaniasis	78	0	78	0	- 0
Malaria	79	0	2	5,075	- 5,075
Ascariasis	80	0	65	6	- 6
Trichuriasis	81	0	74	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	82	0	73	0	- 0
Dengue	83	0	72	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	84	0	75	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	84	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	83	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to TOGO

Uruguay

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.