SAO TOME VS INDIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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India INDIA SAO TOME Deaths
Cause Of Death Rnk Deaths Rnk Deaths Summary
Coronary Heart Disease 1 241 2 108 + 133
Lung Disease 2 140 7 41 + 99
Stroke 3 111 3 92 + 19
Diarrhoeal diseases 4 106 12 24 + 82
Tuberculosis 5 69 6 41 + 28
Influenza and Pneumonia 6 62 1 111 - 49
Diabetes Mellitus 7 43 17 13 + 30
Liver Disease 8 43 8 40 + 2
Low Birth Weight 9 38 9 31 + 7
Falls 10 36 14 15 + 20
Kidney Disease 11 35 5 44 - 8
Road Traffic Accidents 12 34 4 60 - 26
Asthma 13 31 13 22 + 9
Suicide 14 28 39 3 + 24
Other Injuries 15 24 18 13 + 11
Oral Cancer 16 21 65 0 + 21
Alzheimers & Dementia 17 20 20 12 + 8
Rheumatic Heart Disease 18 20 33 4 + 16
Hypertension 19 17 25 7 + 10
Birth Trauma 20 16 10 28 - 12
Lung Cancers 21 14 15 15 - 1
Breast Cancer 22 13 26 6 + 7
Congenital Anomalies 23 13 11 27 - 14
Stomach Cancer 24 13 16 14 - 1
Colon-Rectum Cancers 25 12 32 4 + 8
Peptic Ulcer Disease 26 11 42 3 + 8
Violence 27 8 19 12 - 4
Drownings 28 8 35 4 + 4
Encephalitis 29 8 40 3 + 4
Cervical Cancer 30 7 23 9 - 2
HIV/AIDS 31 7 82 0 + 7
Parkinson's Disease 32 7 34 4 + 3
Lymphomas 33 6 58 0 + 6
Oesophagus Cancer 34 6 51 1 + 5
Leukemia 35 5 49 1 + 4
Meningitis 36 5 31 5 + 0
Pancreas Cancer 37 5 64 0 + 5
Prostate Cancer 38 5 28 6 - 1
Liver Cancer 39 5 22 9 - 5
Epilepsy 40 5 38 3 + 1
Maternal Conditions 41 4 30 5 - 1
Fires 42 4 52 1 + 3
Alcohol 43 4 46 1 + 2
Ovary Cancer 44 3 41 3 + 1
Skin Disease 45 3 44 2 + 1
Dengue 46 3 68 0 + 3
Endocrine Disorders 47 2 21 10 - 7
Bladder Cancer 48 2 36 4 - 2
Inflammatory/Heart 49 2 29 6 - 4
Rheumatoid Arthritis 50 2 57 0 + 2
Measles 51 2 50 1 + 1
Drug Use 52 2 43 2 + 0
Appendicitis 53 2 55 0 + 2
Pertussis 54 2 27 6 - 4
Malnutrition 55 1 24 9 - 8
Hepatitis B 56 1 48 1 - 0
Malaria 57 1 53 0 + 1
Tetanus 58 1 45 2 - 0
Uterin Cancer 59 1 70 0 + 1
Skin Cancers 60 1 69 0 + 1
Poisonings 61 1 47 1 - 1
Other Neoplasms 62 0 54 0 + 0
Multiple Sclerosis 63 0 56 0 + 0
Syphilis 64 0 37 3 - 3
Hepatitis C 65 0 60 0 + 0
Leishmaniasis 66 0 86 0 + 0
War 67 0 63 0 + 0
Upper Respiratory 68 0 61 0 + 0
Chlamydia 69 0 67 0 + 0
Ascariasis 70 0 62 0 - 0
Otitis Media 71 0 81 0 + 0
Diphtheria 72 0 66 0 - 0
Leprosy 73 0 80 0 - 0
Trichuriasis 74 0 78 0 - 0
Hookworm Disease 75 0 79 0 - 0
Schistosomiasis 76 0 59 0 - 0
Chagas disease 77 0 84 0 - 0
Trypanosomiasis 78 0 85 0 - 0
Iodine Deficiency 79 0 83 0 - 0
Vitamin A Deficiency 80 0 72 0 - 0
Anemia 81 0 71 0 - 0
Depression 82 0 73 0 - 0
Schizophrenia 83 0 74 0 - 0
Oral conditions 84 0 77 0 - 0
Osteoarthritis 85 0 75 0 - 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy 86 0 76 0 - 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to SAO TOME

India

India

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