TOGO VS ZIMBABWE: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	ZIMBABWE		TOGO		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
HIV/AIDS	1	10,394	6	3,007	+ 7,387
Influenza and Pneumonia	2	5,605	1	5,739	- 133
Coronary Heart Disease	3	4,416	3	4,142	+ 274
Road Traffic Accidents	4	3,139	7	2,316	+ 824
Stroke	5	2,665	4	3,574	- 909
Diarrhoeal diseases	6	2,389	5	3,190	- 801
Low Birth Weight	7	2,100	9	2,005	+ 95
Birth Trauma	8	1,771	8	2,309	- 539
Diabetes Mellitus	9	1,739	11	1,181	+ 557
Malnutrition	10	1,246	32	254	+ 992
Congenital Anomalies	11	1,153	12	1,170	- 17
Kidney Disease	12	1,151	13	1,159	- 8
Suicide	13	1,076	19	711	+ 365
Cervical Cancer	14	1,052	23	421	+ 631
Malaria	15	1,042	2	5,075	- 4,033
Tuberculosis	16	1,039	35	216	+ 824
Liver Disease	17	1,009	10	1,517	- 508
Violence	18	996	18	723	+ 273
Maternal Conditions	19	909	21	601	+ 309
Other Injuries	20	861	16	834	+ 27
Asthma	21	796	22	587	+ 209
Meningitis	22	689	14	941	- 252
Lung Disease	23	605	17	823	- 218
Hypertension	24	596	20	672	- 76
Inflammatory/Heart	25	545	31	276	+ 269
Lymphomas	26	499	38	190	+ 309
Drownings	27	497	33	225	+ 272
Breast Cancer	28	436	24	362	+ 74
Oesophagus Cancer	29	417	47	96	+ 321
Fires	30	412	36	215	+ 197
Alzheimers & Dementia	31	399	25	328	+ 71
Prostate Cancer	32	327	39	186	+ 141
Stomach Cancer	33	291	30	280	+ 11
Endocrine Disorders	34	288	15	881	- 593
Peptic Ulcer Disease	35	285	28	297	- 12
Rheumatic Heart Disease	36	282	44	115	+ 167
Poisonings	37	268	42	153	+ 115
Liver Cancer	38	265	26	312	- 47
Epilepsy	39	264	37	210	+ 54
Colon-Rectum Cancers	40	263	34	224	+ 39
Falls	41	242	27	307	- 65
Pertussis	42	218	29	282	- 64
Lung Cancers	43	149	51	76	+ 72
Skin Cancers	44	137	40	159	- 22
Leukemia	45	127	59	39	+ 87
Parkinson's Disease	46	117	45	111	+ 6
Pancreas Cancer	47	113	58	40	+ 72
Drug Use	48	111	41	158	- 47
Oral Cancer	49	108	43	131	- 23
Uterin Cancer	50	95	57	52	+ 42
Ovary Cancer	51	90	49	88	+ 2
Skin Disease	52	90	52	75	+ 15
Schistosomiasis	53	89	46	98	- 9
Bladder Cancer	54	65	56	52	+ 12
Syphilis	55	65	48	94	- 29
Encephalitis	56	61	55	57	+ 4
Tetanus	57	53	50	80	- 27
Appendicitis	58	34	60	23	+ 11
Upper Respiratory	59	34	66	5	+ 28
Hepatitis B	60	30	53	65	- 35
Alcohol	61	25	54	64	- 39
Other Neoplasms	62	19	62	11	+ 9
Measles	63	16	67	3	+ 13
Rheumatoid Arthritis	64	14	64	7	+ 7
War	65	14	68	2	+ 12
Hepatitis C	66	7	63	8	- 1
Multiple Sclerosis	67	7	61	13	- 6
Otitis Media	68	2	71	0	+ 2
Chlamydia	69	2	70	1	+ 1
Ascariasis	70	1	65	6	- 5
Trypanosomiasis	71	1	76	0	+ 1
Diphtheria	72	1	69	2	- 1
Dengue	73	0	72	0	+ 0
Trichuriasis	74	0	74	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	75	0	73	0	- 0
Chagas disease	76	0	77	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	77	0	78	0	- 0
Leprosy	78	0	79	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	75	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	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

Zimbabwe

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.