SAO TOME VS KIRIBATI: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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Kiribati KIRIBATI SAO TOME Deaths
Cause Of Death Rnk Deaths Rnk Deaths Summary
Coronary Heart Disease 1 339 2 108 + 232
Stroke 2 317 3 92 + 226
Diabetes Mellitus 3 294 17 13 + 281
Influenza and Pneumonia 4 108 1 111 - 3
Diarrhoeal diseases 5 104 12 24 + 80
Asthma 6 91 13 22 + 69
Tuberculosis 7 83 6 41 + 42
Kidney Disease 8 81 5 44 + 37
Suicide 9 64 39 3 + 61
Lung Disease 10 62 7 41 + 21
Cervical Cancer 11 58 23 9 + 49
Liver Disease 12 57 8 40 + 17
Low Birth Weight 13 53 9 31 + 22
Birth Trauma 14 44 10 28 + 16
Congenital Anomalies 15 44 11 27 + 17
Rheumatic Heart Disease 16 35 33 4 + 31
Malnutrition 17 29 24 9 + 20
Breast Cancer 18 29 26 6 + 23
Peptic Ulcer Disease 19 27 42 3 + 25
Lung Cancers 20 27 15 15 + 12
Hypertension 21 26 25 7 + 19
Meningitis 22 26 31 5 + 21
Stomach Cancer 23 22 16 14 + 9
Alzheimers & Dementia 24 21 20 12 + 9
Other Injuries 25 20 18 13 + 7
Oral Cancer 26 20 65 0 + 20
Liver Cancer 27 18 22 9 + 8
Drownings 28 18 35 4 + 14
Inflammatory/Heart 29 14 29 6 + 9
Endocrine Disorders 30 14 21 10 + 4
Colon-Rectum Cancers 31 14 32 4 + 9
Pertussis 32 12 27 6 + 6
Parkinson's Disease 33 11 34 4 + 7
Violence 34 11 19 12 - 1
Maternal Conditions 35 11 30 5 + 6
Oesophagus Cancer 36 11 51 1 + 9
Syphilis 37 9 37 3 + 5
Epilepsy 38 8 38 3 + 5
Leukemia 39 8 49 1 + 7
Skin Disease 40 8 44 2 + 6
Lymphomas 41 6 58 0 + 6
Falls 42 6 14 15 - 9
Poisonings 43 6 47 1 + 5
Prostate Cancer 44 5 28 6 - 1
Road Traffic Accidents 45 4 4 60 - 56
Uterin Cancer 46 4 70 0 + 4
Fires 47 4 52 1 + 3
Hepatitis B 48 4 48 1 + 2
Pancreas Cancer 49 4 64 0 + 4
Ovary Cancer 50 2 41 3 - 1
Bladder Cancer 51 2 36 4 - 2
Appendicitis 52 2 55 0 + 1
Encephalitis 53 1 40 3 - 2
Alcohol 54 1 46 1 - 0
Tetanus 55 1 45 2 - 1
Skin Cancers 56 1 69 0 + 1
Drug Use 57 1 43 2 - 1
Other Neoplasms 58 1 54 0 + 0
Dengue 59 1 68 0 + 1
Upper Respiratory 60 1 61 0 + 0
Multiple Sclerosis 61 0 56 0 + 0
Hepatitis C 62 0 60 0 + 0
Rheumatoid Arthritis 63 0 57 0 + 0
Ascariasis 64 0 62 0 + 0
Diphtheria 65 0 66 0 + 0
Chlamydia 66 0 67 0 + 0
War 67 0 63 0 + 0
Measles 68 0 50 1 - 1
Otitis Media 69 0 81 0 + 0
Leprosy 70 0 80 0 - 0
Trichuriasis 71 0 78 0 - 0
Hookworm Disease 72 0 79 0 - 0
HIV/AIDS 73 0 82 0 - 0
Iodine Deficiency 74 0 83 0 - 0
Leishmaniasis 75 0 86 0 - 0
Malaria 76 0 53 0 - 0
Trypanosomiasis 77 0 85 0 - 0
Chagas disease 78 0 84 0 - 0
Schistosomiasis 79 0 59 0 - 0
Depression 80 0 73 0 - 0
Schizophrenia 81 0 74 0 - 0
Anemia 82 0 71 0 - 0
Vitamin A Deficiency 83 0 72 0 - 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy 84 0 76 0 - 0
Osteoarthritis 85 0 75 0 - 0
Oral conditions 86 0 77 0 - 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to SAO TOME

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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.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