EQU. GUINEA VS SAO TOME: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	SAO TOME		EQU. GUINEA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Influenza and Pneumonia	1	892	2	913	- 21
Coronary Heart Disease	2	865	7	419	+ 446
Stroke	3	738	6	437	+ 301
Road Traffic Accidents	4	482	8	368	+ 114
Kidney Disease	5	352	14	198	+ 154
Tuberculosis	6	331	10	321	+ 10
Lung Disease	7	329	20	120	+ 209
Liver Disease	8	325	13	199	+ 126
Low Birth Weight	9	245	4	457	- 212
Birth Trauma	10	224	5	441	- 216
Congenital Anomalies	11	217	12	249	- 32
Diarrhoeal diseases	12	192	9	349	- 157
Asthma	13	178	26	65	+ 113
Falls	14	123	32	46	+ 78
Lung Cancers	15	117	41	27	+ 91
Stomach Cancer	16	109	49	16	+ 94
Diabetes Mellitus	17	105	11	299	- 194
Other Injuries	18	104	23	105	- 1
Violence	19	97	33	45	+ 53
Alzheimers & Dementia	20	97	29	55	+ 41
Endocrine Disorders	21	77	25	73	+ 4
Liver Cancer	22	76	34	43	+ 33
Cervical Cancer	23	72	28	56	+ 16
Malnutrition	24	72	31	48	+ 24
Hypertension	25	56	16	165	- 110
Breast Cancer	26	48	24	84	- 36
Pertussis	27	47	21	109	- 62
Prostate Cancer	28	47	35	43	+ 4
Inflammatory/Heart	29	45	27	63	- 18
Maternal Conditions	30	43	17	139	- 96
Meningitis	31	41	19	127	- 86
Colon-Rectum Cancers	32	34	40	29	+ 6
Rheumatic Heart Disease	33	34	50	14	+ 20
Parkinson's Disease	34	32	46	18	+ 15
Drownings	35	32	36	39	- 7
Bladder Cancer	36	31	56	9	+ 23
Syphilis	37	27	18	134	- 106
Epilepsy	38	27	38	32	- 6
Suicide	39	26	22	107	- 82
Encephalitis	40	25	57	8	+ 17
Ovary Cancer	41	24	52	13	+ 11
Peptic Ulcer Disease	42	21	43	22	- 1
Drug Use	43	14	30	50	- 36
Skin Disease	44	13	51	13	+ 0
Tetanus	45	13	42	23	- 11
Alcohol	46	12	53	12	- 0
Poisonings	47	12	44	21	- 9
Hepatitis B	48	11	65	3	+ 8
Leukemia	49	11	61	4	+ 7
Measles	50	11	15	181	- 170
Oesophagus Cancer	51	9	54	12	- 3
Fires	52	6	39	30	- 25
Malaria	53	4	3	668	- 664
Other Neoplasms	54	3	63	3	- 0
Appendicitis	55	2	59	6	- 4
Multiple Sclerosis	56	2	67	1	+ 0
Rheumatoid Arthritis	57	1	62	4	- 2
Lymphomas	58	1	45	19	- 18
Schistosomiasis	59	1	60	4	- 3
Hepatitis C	60	1	69	0	+ 1
Upper Respiratory	61	1	66	2	- 1
Ascariasis	62	1	70	0	+ 0
War	63	0	71	0	+ 0
Pancreas Cancer	64	0	55	11	- 11
Oral Cancer	65	0	37	35	- 34
Diphtheria	66	0	64	3	- 3
Chlamydia	67	0	68	0	- 0
Dengue	68	0	73	0	+ 0
Skin Cancers	69	0	48	16	- 16
Uterin Cancer	70	0	58	8	- 8
Anemia	71	0	85	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	72	0	84	0	- 0
Depression	73	0	83	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	74	0	86	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	75	0	81	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	76	0	82	0	- 0
Oral conditions	77	0	80	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	78	0	75	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	79	0	74	0	- 0
Leprosy	80	0	76	0	- 0
Otitis Media	81	0	72	0	- 0
HIV/AIDS	82	0	1	1,838	- 1,838
Iodine Deficiency	83	0	79	0	- 0
Chagas disease	84	0	77	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	85	0	47	16	- 16
Leishmaniasis	86	0	78	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to EQU. GUINEA

Sao Tome

Equ. Guinea

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.