SENEGAL VS TOGO: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	TOGO		SENEGAL		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Influenza and Pneumonia	1	12,128	1	7,184	+ 4,944
Malaria	2	10,726	5	4,595	+ 6,131
Coronary Heart Disease	3	8,754	2	6,224	+ 2,530
Stroke	4	7,554	4	5,342	+ 2,212
Diarrhoeal diseases	5	6,742	3	5,343	+ 1,399
HIV/AIDS	6	6,355	20	1,186	+ 5,169
Road Traffic Accidents	7	4,894	6	3,832	+ 1,063
Birth Trauma	8	4,881	8	3,448	+ 1,433
Low Birth Weight	9	4,237	7	3,636	+ 601
Liver Disease	10	3,206	13	2,147	+ 1,059
Diabetes Mellitus	11	2,497	10	2,395	+ 102
Congenital Anomalies	12	2,473	11	2,364	+ 109
Kidney Disease	13	2,450	12	2,210	+ 239
Meningitis	14	1,989	15	1,628	+ 361
Endocrine Disorders	15	1,861	23	1,041	+ 820
Other Injuries	16	1,762	16	1,512	+ 251
Lung Disease	17	1,740	18	1,351	+ 389
Violence	18	1,528	19	1,247	+ 281
Suicide	19	1,502	24	978	+ 525
Hypertension	20	1,419	21	1,095	+ 324
Maternal Conditions	21	1,270	14	1,669	- 399
Asthma	22	1,240	25	936	+ 304
Cervical Cancer	23	890	17	1,405	- 515
Breast Cancer	24	766	27	861	- 95
Alzheimers & Dementia	25	694	26	879	- 185
Liver Cancer	26	659	22	1,087	- 428
Falls	27	648	30	622	+ 26
Peptic Ulcer Disease	28	627	35	433	+ 194
Pertussis	29	596	28	771	- 176
Stomach Cancer	30	591	31	557	+ 34
Inflammatory/Heart	31	583	36	426	+ 157
Malnutrition	32	536	32	494	+ 42
Drownings	33	475	33	494	- 19
Colon-Rectum Cancers	34	473	37	384	+ 88
Tuberculosis	35	456	9	2,678	- 2,222
Fires	36	455	34	448	+ 6
Epilepsy	37	444	38	330	+ 114
Lymphomas	38	402	39	315	+ 87
Prostate Cancer	39	392	29	642	- 250
Skin Cancers	40	337	51	147	+ 190
Drug Use	41	333	52	138	+ 195
Poisonings	42	324	40	315	+ 9
Oral Cancer	43	277	43	208	+ 69
Rheumatic Heart Disease	44	244	46	166	+ 78
Parkinson's Disease	45	235	41	273	- 38
Schistosomiasis	46	207	45	176	+ 31
Oesophagus Cancer	47	203	55	99	+ 104
Syphilis	48	198	53	122	+ 76
Ovary Cancer	49	187	42	220	- 33
Tetanus	50	168	58	85	+ 84
Lung Cancers	51	161	44	180	- 19
Skin Disease	52	158	47	159	- 1
Hepatitis B	53	137	60	70	+ 67
Alcohol	54	135	59	74	+ 60
Encephalitis	55	121	57	85	+ 36
Bladder Cancer	56	111	50	155	- 44
Uterin Cancer	57	111	56	94	+ 17
Pancreas Cancer	58	85	48	159	- 74
Leukemia	59	83	54	113	- 29
Appendicitis	60	49	61	38	+ 11
Multiple Sclerosis	61	27	64	20	+ 7
Other Neoplasms	62	23	62	24	- 1
Hepatitis C	63	17	68	11	+ 6
Rheumatoid Arthritis	64	15	67	15	+ 0
Ascariasis	65	13	65	18	- 5
Upper Respiratory	66	11	66	15	- 4
Measles	67	6	49	158	- 152
War	68	4	69	4	- 0
Diphtheria	69	3	70	3	+ 1
Chlamydia	70	2	71	2	+ 1
Otitis Media	71	0	72	0	+ 0
Dengue	72	0	73	0	+ 0
Hookworm Disease	73	0	75	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	74	0	74	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	75	0	77	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	76	0	78	0	- 0
Chagas disease	77	0	79	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	78	0	63	21	- 21
Leprosy	79	0	76	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	80	0	81	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	81	0	80	0	- 0
Oral conditions	82	0	82	0	- 0
Depression	83	0	86	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	84	0	84	0	- 0
Anemia	85	0	85	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	86	0	83	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to SENEGAL

Togo

Senegal

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.