SAO TOME VS GRENADA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

Click Country Link To Compare
Grenada GRENADA SAO TOME Deaths
Cause Of Death Rnk Deaths Rnk Deaths Summary
Coronary Heart Disease 1 304 2 108 + 196
Stroke 2 204 3 92 + 112
Diabetes Mellitus 3 175 17 13 + 162
Influenza and Pneumonia 4 106 1 111 - 5
Prostate Cancer 5 95 28 6 + 89
Kidney Disease 6 78 5 44 + 35
Endocrine Disorders 7 55 21 10 + 45
Hypertension 8 53 25 7 + 46
Breast Cancer 9 49 26 6 + 43
Other Injuries 10 42 18 13 + 29
Colon-Rectum Cancers 11 39 32 4 + 35
Skin Disease 12 35 44 2 + 34
Lung Disease 13 31 7 41 - 10
Lung Cancers 14 29 15 15 + 15
Uterin Cancer 15 24 70 0 + 24
Pancreas Cancer 16 22 64 0 + 22
Birth Trauma 17 21 10 28 - 7
Liver Disease 18 21 8 40 - 20
Alzheimers & Dementia 19 20 20 12 + 8
Cervical Cancer 20 20 23 9 + 11
Lymphomas 21 19 58 0 + 19
Road Traffic Accidents 22 17 4 60 - 43
Stomach Cancer 23 16 16 14 + 2
Violence 24 14 19 12 + 2
Liver Cancer 25 14 22 9 + 4
Congenital Anomalies 26 13 11 27 - 14
Low Birth Weight 27 13 9 31 - 17
Oral Cancer 28 13 65 0 + 13
Other Neoplasms 29 13 54 0 + 12
Oesophagus Cancer 30 12 51 1 + 10
Alcohol 31 11 46 1 + 10
Anemia 32 11 71 0 + 11
Peptic Ulcer Disease 33 9 42 3 + 7
Falls 34 9 14 15 - 6
Ovary Cancer 35 9 41 3 + 6
Inflammatory/Heart 36 8 29 6 + 3
Prostatic Hypertrophy 37 8 76 0 + 8
Leukemia 38 8 49 1 + 7
Drownings 39 8 35 4 + 4
Malnutrition 40 7 24 9 - 2
Bladder Cancer 41 7 36 4 + 3
HIV/AIDS 42 7 82 0 + 7
Asthma 43 6 13 22 - 16
Parkinson's Disease 44 5 34 4 + 1
Epilepsy 45 4 38 3 + 1
Fires 46 4 52 1 + 3
Rheumatic Heart Disease 47 3 33 4 - 1
Diarrhoeal diseases 48 3 12 24 - 21
Drug Use 49 2 43 2 + 1
Osteoarthritis 50 2 75 0 + 2
Tuberculosis 51 2 6 41 - 39
Suicide 52 1 39 3 - 2
Appendicitis 53 1 55 0 + 1
Skin Cancers 54 1 69 0 + 1
Maternal Conditions 55 1 30 5 - 4
Rheumatoid Arthritis 56 1 57 0 + 1
Upper Respiratory 57 1 61 0 + 1
Hepatitis B 58 1 48 1 - 1
Syphilis 59 1 37 3 - 3
Poisonings 60 0 47 1 - 1
War 61 0 63 0 - 0
Pertussis 62 0 27 6 - 6
Dengue 63 0 68 0 - 0
Ascariasis 64 0 62 0 - 0
Trichuriasis 65 0 78 0 - 0
Hookworm Disease 66 0 79 0 - 0
Chlamydia 67 0 67 0 - 0
Meningitis 68 0 31 5 - 5
Hepatitis C 69 0 60 0 - 0
Encephalitis 70 0 40 3 - 3
Malaria 71 0 53 0 - 0
Trypanosomiasis 72 0 85 0 - 0
Schistosomiasis 73 0 59 0 - 0
Chagas disease 74 0 84 0 - 0
Leishmaniasis 75 0 86 0 - 0
Diphtheria 76 0 66 0 - 0
Tetanus 77 0 45 2 - 2
Measles 78 0 50 1 - 1
Iodine Deficiency 79 0 83 0 - 0
Leprosy 80 0 80 0 - 0
Otitis Media 81 0 81 0 - 0
Multiple Sclerosis 82 0 56 0 - 0
Depression 83 0 73 0 - 0
Schizophrenia 84 0 74 0 - 0
Vitamin A Deficiency 85 0 72 0 - 0
Oral conditions 86 0 77 0 - 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to SAO TOME

Grenada

Grenada

Sao Tome

Sao Tome

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.

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