COSTA RICA VS SAO TOME: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	SAO TOME		COSTA RICA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Influenza and Pneumonia	1	2,614	7	836	+ 1,779
Coronary Heart Disease	2	2,537	1	2,639	- 102
Stroke	3	2,165	2	1,624	+ 540
Road Traffic Accidents	4	1,413	9	746	+ 667
Kidney Disease	5	1,032	3	1,482	- 450
Tuberculosis	6	971	50	32	+ 940
Lung Disease	7	966	4	1,046	- 81
Liver Disease	8	953	18	370	+ 583
Low Birth Weight	9	719	28	178	+ 541
Birth Trauma	10	658	47	48	+ 610
Congenital Anomalies	11	636	21	315	+ 321
Diarrhoeal diseases	12	563	39	87	+ 476
Asthma	13	523	45	60	+ 462
Falls	14	361	35	116	+ 245
Lung Cancers	15	344	20	343	+ 0
Stomach Cancer	16	320	10	661	- 340
Diabetes Mellitus	17	308	5	953	- 645
Other Injuries	18	305	13	571	- 266
Violence	19	286	11	635	- 350
Alzheimers & Dementia	20	284	8	818	- 534
Endocrine Disorders	21	225	27	183	+ 41
Liver Cancer	22	223	17	382	- 158
Cervical Cancer	23	210	29	159	+ 51
Malnutrition	24	210	48	37	+ 173
Hypertension	25	163	6	863	- 700
Breast Cancer	26	141	16	384	- 243
Pertussis	27	138	69	0	+ 138
Prostate Cancer	28	137	14	448	- 311
Inflammatory/Heart	29	132	26	191	- 59
Maternal Conditions	30	125	55	17	+ 108
Meningitis	31	119	54	18	+ 101
Colon-Rectum Cancers	32	100	12	621	- 521
Rheumatic Heart Disease	33	99	49	32	+ 67
Parkinson's Disease	34	94	30	138	- 44
Drownings	35	94	37	97	- 3
Bladder Cancer	36	91	36	100	- 9
Syphilis	37	80	65	1	+ 79
Epilepsy	38	78	34	116	- 38
Suicide	39	75	15	407	- 332
Encephalitis	40	74	63	3	+ 71
Ovary Cancer	41	69	40	80	- 11
Peptic Ulcer Disease	42	61	42	74	- 13
Drug Use	43	41	43	63	- 22
Skin Disease	44	38	32	126	- 88
Tetanus	45	37	74	0	+ 37
Alcohol	46	34	33	126	- 92
Poisonings	47	34	60	5	+ 29
Hepatitis B	48	33	59	7	+ 26
Leukemia	49	32	24	262	- 229
Measles	50	32	75	0	+ 32
Oesophagus Cancer	51	26	44	61	- 35
Fires	52	16	58	10	+ 6
Malaria	53	11	78	0	+ 11
Other Neoplasms	54	9	23	266	- 257
Appendicitis	55	5	52	22	- 16
Multiple Sclerosis	56	4	57	11	- 6
Rheumatoid Arthritis	57	4	46	55	- 51
Lymphomas	58	3	19	356	- 352
Schistosomiasis	59	3	76	0	+ 3
Hepatitis C	60	2	64	1	+ 1
Upper Respiratory	61	2	62	3	- 1
Ascariasis	62	2	71	0	+ 2
War	63	1	68	1	+ 0
Pancreas Cancer	64	0	22	294	- 293
Oral Cancer	65	0	38	96	- 96
Diphtheria	66	0	73	0	+ 0
Chlamydia	67	0	84	0	+ 0
Dengue	68	0	70	0	+ 0
Skin Cancers	69	0	31	137	- 137
Uterin Cancer	70	0	41	80	- 80
Anemia	71	0	51	25	- 25
Vitamin A Deficiency	72	0	86	0	- 0
Depression	73	0	85	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	74	0	53	21	- 21
Osteoarthritis	75	0	61	5	- 5
Prostatic Hypertrophy	76	0	56	13	- 13
Oral conditions	77	0	66	1	- 1
Trichuriasis	78	0	81	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	79	0	80	0	- 0
Leprosy	80	0	67	1	- 1
Otitis Media	81	0	82	0	- 0
HIV/AIDS	82	0	25	192	- 192
Iodine Deficiency	83	0	83	0	- 0
Chagas disease	84	0	79	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	85	0	77	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	86	0	72	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to COSTA RICA

Sao Tome

Costa Rica

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.