BOTSWANA VS SAO TOME: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	SAO TOME		BOTSWANA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Influenza and Pneumonia	1	1,217	2	1,674	- 457
Coronary Heart Disease	2	1,181	3	1,632	- 451
Stroke	3	1,007	4	1,588	- 581
Road Traffic Accidents	4	658	7	608	+ 49
Kidney Disease	5	480	9	506	- 26
Tuberculosis	6	452	6	649	- 197
Lung Disease	7	449	10	482	- 32
Liver Disease	8	444	12	459	- 15
Low Birth Weight	9	335	13	447	- 112
Birth Trauma	10	306	17	261	+ 45
Congenital Anomalies	11	296	16	287	+ 9
Diarrhoeal diseases	12	262	8	527	- 265
Asthma	13	243	18	232	+ 11
Falls	14	168	34	62	+ 107
Lung Cancers	15	160	39	45	+ 115
Stomach Cancer	16	149	53	10	+ 139
Diabetes Mellitus	17	144	5	1,273	- 1,129
Other Injuries	18	142	19	216	- 74
Violence	19	133	14	389	- 256
Alzheimers & Dementia	20	132	23	164	- 31
Endocrine Disorders	21	105	27	103	+ 2
Liver Cancer	22	104	35	57	+ 47
Cervical Cancer	23	98	22	164	- 66
Malnutrition	24	98	21	171	- 73
Hypertension	25	76	11	471	- 395
Breast Cancer	26	66	33	68	- 3
Pertussis	27	64	40	45	+ 20
Prostate Cancer	28	64	41	45	+ 19
Inflammatory/Heart	29	61	20	177	- 116
Maternal Conditions	30	58	24	118	- 60
Meningitis	31	55	25	108	- 53
Colon-Rectum Cancers	32	47	47	28	+ 19
Rheumatic Heart Disease	33	46	43	37	+ 9
Parkinson's Disease	34	44	38	47	- 3
Drownings	35	44	30	83	- 39
Bladder Cancer	36	42	60	6	+ 36
Syphilis	37	37	44	36	+ 1
Epilepsy	38	36	36	56	- 20
Suicide	39	35	15	370	- 335
Encephalitis	40	34	59	7	+ 27
Ovary Cancer	41	32	49	19	+ 13
Peptic Ulcer Disease	42	28	29	90	- 62
Drug Use	43	19	48	26	- 7
Skin Disease	44	18	46	30	- 12
Tetanus	45	17	61	6	+ 11
Alcohol	46	16	45	31	- 15
Poisonings	47	16	42	42	- 26
Hepatitis B	48	15	62	6	+ 10
Leukemia	49	15	51	13	+ 2
Measles	50	15	68	0	+ 15
Oesophagus Cancer	51	12	28	103	- 91
Fires	52	8	26	108	- 101
Malaria	53	5	64	1	+ 4
Other Neoplasms	54	4	55	9	- 5
Appendicitis	55	2	57	8	- 5
Multiple Sclerosis	56	2	63	3	- 1
Rheumatoid Arthritis	57	2	52	11	- 9
Lymphomas	58	2	31	77	- 75
Schistosomiasis	59	1	54	10	- 9
Hepatitis C	60	1	66	1	+ 1
Upper Respiratory	61	1	58	7	- 7
Ascariasis	62	1	67	0	+ 0
War	63	0	69	0	- 0
Pancreas Cancer	64	0	50	16	- 16
Oral Cancer	65	0	32	70	- 70
Diphtheria	66	0	70	0	- 0
Chlamydia	67	0	65	1	- 0
Dengue	68	0	76	0	+ 0
Skin Cancers	69	0	37	52	- 52
Uterin Cancer	70	0	56	9	- 9
Anemia	71	0	84	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	72	0	83	0	- 0
Depression	73	0	85	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	74	0	86	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	75	0	81	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	76	0	80	0	- 0
Oral conditions	77	0	82	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	78	0	75	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	79	0	74	0	- 0
Leprosy	80	0	72	0	- 0
Otitis Media	81	0	71	0	- 0
HIV/AIDS	82	0	1	4,950	- 4,950
Iodine Deficiency	83	0	73	0	- 0
Chagas disease	84	0	77	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	85	0	78	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	86	0	79	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to BOTSWANA

Sao Tome

Botswana

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.