TOGO VS ZAMBIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	ZAMBIA		TOGO		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
HIV/AIDS	1	7,390	6	3,007	+ 4,383
Influenza and Pneumonia	2	4,081	1	5,739	- 1,658
Stroke	3	3,408	4	3,574	- 166
Malaria	4	3,380	2	5,075	- 1,695
Diarrhoeal diseases	5	2,691	5	3,190	- 499
Tuberculosis	6	2,547	35	216	+ 2,332
Birth Trauma	7	2,170	8	2,309	- 139
Low Birth Weight	8	2,083	9	2,005	+ 78
Liver Disease	9	1,930	10	1,517	+ 413
Coronary Heart Disease	10	1,900	3	4,142	- 2,242
Road Traffic Accidents	11	1,567	7	2,316	- 749
Congenital Anomalies	12	1,349	12	1,170	+ 178
Hypertension	13	1,122	20	672	+ 450
Diabetes Mellitus	14	1,027	11	1,181	- 155
Malnutrition	15	987	32	254	+ 734
Meningitis	16	847	14	941	- 94
Cervical Cancer	17	771	23	421	+ 350
Kidney Disease	18	755	13	1,159	- 404
Other Injuries	19	741	16	834	- 93
Suicide	20	558	19	711	- 152
Lung Disease	21	546	17	823	- 278
Maternal Conditions	22	509	21	601	- 92
Violence	23	494	18	723	- 229
Syphilis	24	379	48	94	+ 286
Pertussis	25	318	29	282	+ 37
Asthma	26	318	22	587	- 269
Drownings	27	295	33	225	+ 71
Falls	28	256	27	307	- 51
Alzheimers & Dementia	29	253	25	328	- 76
Prostate Cancer	30	241	39	186	+ 55
Lymphomas	31	235	38	190	+ 45
Fires	32	234	36	215	+ 19
Inflammatory/Heart	33	215	31	276	- 61
Poisonings	34	196	42	153	+ 42
Breast Cancer	35	157	24	362	- 205
Oesophagus Cancer	36	154	47	96	+ 58
Endocrine Disorders	37	152	15	881	- 729
Epilepsy	38	142	37	210	- 68
Leukemia	39	112	59	39	+ 73
Peptic Ulcer Disease	40	105	28	297	- 191
Lung Cancers	41	97	51	76	+ 21
Stomach Cancer	42	89	30	280	- 191
Colon-Rectum Cancers	43	87	34	224	- 137
Tetanus	44	81	50	80	+ 2
Rheumatic Heart Disease	45	81	44	115	- 34
Liver Cancer	46	76	26	312	- 236
Parkinson's Disease	47	70	45	111	- 41
Oral Cancer	48	67	43	131	- 64
Alcohol	49	60	54	64	- 4
Bladder Cancer	50	56	56	52	+ 4
Schistosomiasis	51	55	46	98	- 43
Skin Disease	52	54	52	75	- 21
Drug Use	53	53	41	158	- 105
Skin Cancers	54	46	40	159	- 113
Hepatitis B	55	45	53	65	- 20
Appendicitis	56	36	60	23	+ 13
Ovary Cancer	57	35	49	88	- 53
Leishmaniasis	58	31	78	0	+ 31
Encephalitis	59	30	55	57	- 27
Upper Respiratory	60	29	66	5	+ 24
Measles	61	21	67	3	+ 18
Pancreas Cancer	62	18	58	40	- 22
Rheumatoid Arthritis	63	13	64	7	+ 6
Uterin Cancer	64	13	57	52	- 40
Other Neoplasms	65	9	62	11	- 2
Hepatitis C	66	8	63	8	- 0
Multiple Sclerosis	67	6	61	13	- 7
Ascariasis	68	4	65	6	- 2
War	69	3	68	2	+ 1
Otitis Media	70	2	71	0	+ 2
Chlamydia	71	1	70	1	+ 0
Trypanosomiasis	72	1	76	0	+ 1
Diphtheria	73	1	69	2	- 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
Depression	80	0	83	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	81	0	86	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	82	0	84	0	- 0
Anemia	83	0	85	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	84	0	80	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	85	0	81	0	- 0
Oral conditions	86	0	82	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to TOGO

Zambia

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.