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COMOROS VS TOGO: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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Togo TOGO COMOROS Deaths
Cause Of Death Rnk Deaths Rnk Deaths Summary
Influenza and Pneumonia 1 579 1 594 - 15
Malaria 2 512 29 29 + 483
Coronary Heart Disease 3 418 4 349 + 69
Stroke 4 361 3 356 + 5
Diarrhoeal diseases 5 322 2 363 - 41
HIV/AIDS 6 304 76 0 + 304
Road Traffic Accidents 7 234 6 226 + 8
Birth Trauma 8 233 7 211 + 22
Low Birth Weight 9 202 5 328 - 126
Liver Disease 10 153 8 160 - 7
Diabetes Mellitus 11 119 9 136 - 17
Congenital Anomalies 12 118 10 131 - 13
Kidney Disease 13 117 14 101 + 16
Meningitis 14 95 11 115 - 20
Endocrine Disorders 15 89 36 19 + 69
Other Injuries 16 84 16 90 - 6
Lung Disease 17 83 17 83 - 0
Violence 18 73 20 63 + 10
Suicide 19 72 24 46 + 26
Hypertension 20 68 12 115 - 47
Maternal Conditions 21 61 22 47 + 14
Asthma 22 59 21 49 + 10
Cervical Cancer 23 42 13 104 - 62
Breast Cancer 24 37 33 23 + 14
Alzheimers & Dementia 25 33 23 46 - 13
Liver Cancer 26 31 28 29 + 2
Falls 27 31 32 26 + 5
Peptic Ulcer Disease 28 30 34 21 + 9
Pertussis 29 28 18 80 - 52
Stomach Cancer 30 28 45 11 + 17
Inflammatory/Heart 31 28 31 26 + 2
Malnutrition 32 26 15 96 - 70
Drownings 33 23 25 35 - 12
Colon-Rectum Cancers 34 23 39 19 + 4
Tuberculosis 35 22 19 79 - 57
Fires 36 22 30 27 - 5
Epilepsy 37 21 40 17 + 4
Lymphomas 38 19 37 19 - 0
Prostate Cancer 39 19 27 33 - 14
Skin Cancers 40 16 42 12 + 4
Drug Use 41 16 49 7 + 9
Poisonings 42 15 35 20 - 5
Oral Cancer 43 13 41 15 - 2
Rheumatic Heart Disease 44 12 47 10 + 1
Parkinson's Disease 45 11 44 11 - 0
Schistosomiasis 46 10 75 0 + 10
Oesophagus Cancer 47 10 26 34 - 24
Syphilis 48 9 38 19 - 10
Ovary Cancer 49 9 56 3 + 6
Tetanus 50 8 43 12 - 4
Lung Cancers 51 8 60 1 + 7
Skin Disease 52 8 48 9 - 2
Hepatitis B 53 7 52 5 + 1
Alcohol 54 6 51 6 + 1
Encephalitis 55 6 54 4 + 2
Bladder Cancer 56 5 46 10 - 5
Uterin Cancer 57 5 55 3 + 2
Pancreas Cancer 58 4 82 0 + 4
Leukemia 59 4 57 3 + 1
Appendicitis 60 2 50 6 - 4
Multiple Sclerosis 61 1 62 1 + 1
Other Neoplasms 62 1 59 1 - 0
Hepatitis C 63 1 61 1 - 0
Rheumatoid Arthritis 64 1 58 2 - 1
Ascariasis 65 1 63 0 + 0
Upper Respiratory 66 1 53 4 - 4
Measles 67 0 78 0 + 0
War 68 0 67 0 + 0
Diphtheria 69 0 65 0 - 0
Chlamydia 70 0 66 0 - 0
Otitis Media 71 0 64 0 - 0
Dengue 72 0 68 0 - 0
Hookworm Disease 73 0 69 0 - 0
Trichuriasis 74 0 70 0 - 0
Iodine Deficiency 75 0 77 0 - 0
Trypanosomiasis 76 0 73 0 - 0
Chagas disease 77 0 74 0 - 0
Leishmaniasis 78 0 72 0 - 0
Leprosy 79 0 71 0 - 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy 80 0 85 0 - 0
Osteoarthritis 81 0 84 0 - 0
Oral conditions 82 0 86 0 - 0
Depression 83 0 79 0 - 0
Vitamin A Deficiency 84 0 80 0 - 0
Anemia 85 0 81 0 - 0
Schizophrenia 86 0 83 0 - 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to COMOROS

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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.

Data rounded. Decimals affect ranking.
Data Source: WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION 2020