CONGO VS SAO TOME: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	SAO TOME		CONGO		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Influenza and Pneumonia	1	3,027	3	2,576	+ 451
Coronary Heart Disease	2	2,938	4	2,494	+ 444
Stroke	3	2,507	5	2,267	+ 240
Road Traffic Accidents	4	1,637	7	1,598	+ 38
Kidney Disease	5	1,195	15	613	+ 582
Tuberculosis	6	1,125	2	2,781	- 1,656
Lung Disease	7	1,118	17	541	+ 578
Liver Disease	8	1,104	13	931	+ 173
Low Birth Weight	9	833	9	1,283	- 451
Birth Trauma	10	762	11	997	- 235
Congenital Anomalies	11	737	14	729	+ 8
Diarrhoeal diseases	12	652	8	1,304	- 652
Asthma	13	605	23	291	+ 315
Falls	14	419	33	149	+ 270
Lung Cancers	15	398	47	54	+ 345
Stomach Cancer	16	371	39	88	+ 283
Diabetes Mellitus	17	357	10	1,050	- 692
Other Injuries	18	353	20	333	+ 20
Violence	19	331	18	539	- 208
Alzheimers & Dementia	20	329	25	230	+ 99
Endocrine Disorders	21	260	27	208	+ 52
Liver Cancer	22	259	30	169	+ 89
Cervical Cancer	23	243	29	196	+ 47
Malnutrition	24	243	24	272	- 28
Hypertension	25	189	12	933	- 744
Breast Cancer	26	163	32	159	+ 5
Pertussis	27	160	21	329	- 169
Prostate Cancer	28	159	28	198	- 39
Inflammatory/Heart	29	153	26	220	- 67
Maternal Conditions	30	144	16	578	- 433
Meningitis	31	138	22	299	- 161
Colon-Rectum Cancers	32	116	38	89	+ 27
Rheumatic Heart Disease	33	115	43	67	+ 49
Parkinson's Disease	34	109	42	69	+ 40
Drownings	35	109	36	104	+ 5
Bladder Cancer	36	106	61	15	+ 91
Syphilis	37	93	34	107	- 14
Epilepsy	38	90	40	76	+ 14
Suicide	39	87	19	349	- 262
Encephalitis	40	86	56	20	+ 66
Ovary Cancer	41	80	48	49	+ 31
Peptic Ulcer Disease	42	71	35	105	- 34
Drug Use	43	48	44	65	- 18
Skin Disease	44	44	50	46	- 1
Tetanus	45	43	55	23	+ 20
Alcohol	46	40	49	46	- 7
Poisonings	47	39	41	71	- 31
Hepatitis B	48	38	62	14	+ 24
Leukemia	49	37	46	57	- 20
Measles	50	37	31	159	- 122
Oesophagus Cancer	51	30	57	19	+ 11
Fires	52	19	37	90	- 71
Malaria	53	12	6	1,977	- 1,965
Other Neoplasms	54	10	63	8	+ 3
Appendicitis	55	6	58	18	- 12
Multiple Sclerosis	56	5	66	4	+ 1
Rheumatoid Arthritis	57	5	59	15	- 10
Lymphomas	58	4	45	61	- 57
Schistosomiasis	59	3	51	45	- 42
Hepatitis C	60	3	67	2	+ 0
Upper Respiratory	61	2	64	7	- 4
Ascariasis	62	2	69	1	+ 1
War	63	1	72	1	+ 0
Pancreas Cancer	64	0	52	42	- 41
Oral Cancer	65	0	54	33	- 32
Diphtheria	66	0	68	2	- 1
Chlamydia	67	0	70	1	- 1
Dengue	68	0	73	0	+ 0
Skin Cancers	69	0	53	36	- 36
Uterin Cancer	70	0	60	15	- 15
Anemia	71	0	82	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	72	0	83	0	- 0
Depression	73	0	80	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	74	0	81	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	75	0	85	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	76	0	84	0	- 0
Oral conditions	77	0	86	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	78	0	75	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	79	0	74	0	- 0
Leprosy	80	0	77	0	- 0
Otitis Media	81	0	71	1	- 1
HIV/AIDS	82	0	1	4,509	- 4,509
Iodine Deficiency	83	0	76	0	- 0
Chagas disease	84	0	79	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	85	0	65	7	- 7
Leishmaniasis	86	0	78	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to CONGO

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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.