TOGO VS EL SALVADOR: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	EL SALVADOR		TOGO		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	7,822	3	4,142	+ 3,679
Violence	2	7,380	18	723	+ 6,657
Kidney Disease	3	6,358	13	1,159	+ 5,198
Influenza and Pneumonia	4	3,253	1	5,739	- 2,486
Stroke	5	2,146	4	3,574	- 1,428
Lung Disease	6	2,008	17	823	+ 1,185
Diabetes Mellitus	7	1,864	11	1,181	+ 682
Road Traffic Accidents	8	1,812	7	2,316	- 504
HIV/AIDS	9	1,133	6	3,007	- 1,874
Liver Disease	10	1,072	10	1,517	- 444
Stomach Cancer	11	945	30	280	+ 665
Alcohol	12	872	54	64	+ 808
Cervical Cancer	13	607	23	421	+ 186
Congenital Anomalies	14	604	12	1,170	- 566
Suicide	15	525	19	711	- 186
Liver Cancer	16	478	26	312	+ 166
Prostate Cancer	17	442	39	186	+ 256
Alzheimers & Dementia	18	430	25	328	+ 102
Low Birth Weight	19	427	9	2,005	- 1,578
Colon-Rectum Cancers	20	423	34	224	+ 200
Leukemia	21	419	59	39	+ 380
Breast Cancer	22	392	24	362	+ 30
Lung Cancers	23	390	51	76	+ 314
Falls	24	327	27	307	+ 20
Endocrine Disorders	25	300	15	881	- 581
Malnutrition	26	288	32	254	+ 35
Diarrhoeal diseases	27	268	5	3,190	- 2,922
Lymphomas	28	251	38	190	+ 60
Pancreas Cancer	29	216	58	40	+ 176
Peptic Ulcer Disease	30	211	28	297	- 85
Hypertension	31	196	20	672	- 475
Other Neoplasms	32	195	62	11	+ 184
Drownings	33	184	33	225	- 41
Anemia	34	176	85	0	+ 176
Asthma	35	164	22	587	- 423
Skin Disease	36	162	52	75	+ 88
Birth Trauma	37	162	8	2,309	- 2,147
Other Injuries	38	128	16	834	- 706
Oral Cancer	39	126	43	131	- 5
Ovary Cancer	40	125	49	88	+ 37
Oesophagus Cancer	41	108	47	96	+ 12
Inflammatory/Heart	42	104	31	276	- 171
Drug Use	43	99	41	158	- 59
Parkinson's Disease	44	94	45	111	- 17
Prostatic Hypertrophy	45	86	80	0	+ 86
Tuberculosis	46	81	35	216	- 135
Skin Cancers	47	80	40	159	- 79
Epilepsy	48	68	37	210	- 142
Bladder Cancer	49	56	56	52	+ 4
Uterin Cancer	50	53	57	52	+ 1
Meningitis	51	48	14	941	- 894
Pertussis	52	43	29	282	- 239
Maternal Conditions	53	36	21	601	- 565
Fires	54	29	36	215	- 186
Chagas disease	55	24	77	0	+ 24
Appendicitis	56	24	60	23	+ 1
Poisonings	57	20	42	153	- 133
Syphilis	58	19	48	94	- 75
Rheumatoid Arthritis	59	19	64	7	+ 12
Tetanus	60	15	50	80	- 65
Dengue	61	12	72	0	+ 12
Upper Respiratory	62	12	66	5	+ 6
Encephalitis	63	10	55	57	- 47
Multiple Sclerosis	64	9	61	13	- 4
Rheumatic Heart Disease	65	8	44	115	- 107
Hepatitis B	66	6	53	65	- 59
Schizophrenia	67	5	86	0	+ 5
Oral conditions	68	3	82	0	+ 3
Osteoarthritis	69	2	81	0	+ 2
War	70	1	68	2	- 1
Iodine Deficiency	71	0	75	0	+ 0
Ascariasis	72	0	65	6	- 6
Leishmaniasis	73	0	78	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	74	0	69	2	- 2
Hepatitis C	75	0	63	8	- 8
Measles	76	0	67	3	- 3
Otitis Media	77	0	71	0	- 0
Leprosy	78	0	79	0	- 0
Chlamydia	79	0	70	1	- 1
Malaria	80	0	2	5,075	- 5,075
Trypanosomiasis	81	0	76	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	82	0	46	98	- 98
Hookworm Disease	83	0	73	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	84	0	74	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	84	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	83	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to TOGO

El Salvador

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.worldlifeexpectancy.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.