LATVIA VS TOGO: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	TOGO		LATVIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Influenza and Pneumonia	1	1,159	9	501	+ 658
Malaria	2	1,025	79	0	+ 1,025
Coronary Heart Disease	3	837	1	8,099	- 7,262
Stroke	4	722	2	5,893	- 5,171
Diarrhoeal diseases	5	644	54	14	+ 631
HIV/AIDS	6	607	39	74	+ 533
Road Traffic Accidents	7	468	27	154	+ 314
Birth Trauma	8	466	55	12	+ 455
Low Birth Weight	9	405	56	11	+ 394
Liver Disease	10	306	15	365	- 58
Diabetes Mellitus	11	239	8	529	- 291
Congenital Anomalies	12	236	43	46	+ 190
Kidney Disease	13	234	17	356	- 122
Meningitis	14	190	52	15	+ 175
Endocrine Disorders	15	178	41	59	+ 119
Other Injuries	16	168	16	362	- 194
Lung Disease	17	166	18	346	- 180
Violence	18	146	37	94	+ 52
Suicide	19	144	14	384	- 240
Hypertension	20	136	3	1,194	- 1,058
Maternal Conditions	21	121	60	5	+ 117
Asthma	22	119	46	42	+ 77
Cervical Cancer	23	85	33	128	- 43
Breast Cancer	24	73	10	472	- 399
Alzheimers & Dementia	25	66	7	664	- 597
Liver Cancer	26	63	26	157	- 94
Falls	27	62	23	201	- 139
Peptic Ulcer Disease	28	60	31	142	- 82
Pertussis	29	57	70	0	+ 57
Stomach Cancer	30	57	11	470	- 413
Inflammatory/Heart	31	56	5	921	- 865
Malnutrition	32	51	64	2	+ 49
Drownings	33	45	34	127	- 81
Colon-Rectum Cancers	34	45	6	722	- 677
Tuberculosis	35	44	40	71	- 28
Fires	36	43	36	103	- 60
Epilepsy	37	42	45	44	- 2
Lymphomas	38	38	19	245	- 207
Prostate Cancer	39	37	12	464	- 427
Skin Cancers	40	32	30	144	- 112
Drug Use	41	32	48	41	- 9
Poisonings	42	31	49	23	+ 8
Oral Cancer	43	26	22	214	- 188
Rheumatic Heart Disease	44	23	47	41	- 18
Parkinson's Disease	45	22	35	125	- 103
Schistosomiasis	46	20	78	0	+ 20
Oesophagus Cancer	47	19	32	131	- 112
Syphilis	48	19	65	1	+ 18
Ovary Cancer	49	18	24	196	- 179
Tetanus	50	16	71	0	+ 16
Lung Cancers	51	15	4	956	- 941
Skin Disease	52	15	38	76	- 61
Hepatitis B	53	13	63	3	+ 10
Alcohol	54	13	21	227	- 214
Encephalitis	55	12	69	0	+ 12
Bladder Cancer	56	11	20	228	- 217
Uterin Cancer	57	11	29	148	- 137
Pancreas Cancer	58	8	13	436	- 428
Leukemia	59	8	25	186	- 178
Appendicitis	60	5	59	5	- 0
Multiple Sclerosis	61	3	50	20	- 18
Other Neoplasms	62	2	28	153	- 150
Hepatitis C	63	2	42	53	- 51
Rheumatoid Arthritis	64	1	51	20	- 18
Ascariasis	65	1	84	0	+ 1
Upper Respiratory	66	1	62	4	- 2
Measles	67	1	72	0	+ 1
War	68	0	68	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	69	0	67	1	- 0
Chlamydia	70	0	75	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	71	0	66	1	- 1
Dengue	72	0	83	0	+ 0
Hookworm Disease	73	0	82	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	74	0	81	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	75	0	73	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	76	0	76	0	- 0
Chagas disease	77	0	80	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	78	0	77	0	- 0
Leprosy	79	0	74	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	80	0	44	45	- 45
Osteoarthritis	81	0	58	7	- 7
Oral conditions	82	0	61	4	- 4
Depression	83	0	86	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	84	0	85	0	- 0
Anemia	85	0	53	14	- 14
Schizophrenia	86	0	57	7	- 7
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to LATVIA

Togo

Latvia

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.