ERITREA VS SAO TOME: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	SAO TOME		ERITREA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Influenza and Pneumonia	1	3,150	1	3,277	- 127
Coronary Heart Disease	2	3,056	4	2,154	+ 903
Stroke	3	2,608	2	2,564	+ 44
Road Traffic Accidents	4	1,703	5	1,326	+ 377
Kidney Disease	5	1,243	12	578	+ 666
Tuberculosis	6	1,170	14	543	+ 627
Lung Disease	7	1,164	9	662	+ 502
Liver Disease	8	1,148	6	1,215	- 66
Low Birth Weight	9	866	16	531	+ 335
Birth Trauma	10	793	11	616	+ 176
Congenital Anomalies	11	767	18	432	+ 335
Diarrhoeal diseases	12	678	3	2,292	- 1,614
Asthma	13	630	22	326	+ 304
Falls	14	436	26	168	+ 267
Lung Cancers	15	414	46	62	+ 353
Stomach Cancer	16	386	48	48	+ 337
Diabetes Mellitus	17	372	7	944	- 573
Other Injuries	18	367	15	540	- 173
Violence	19	344	20	384	- 40
Alzheimers & Dementia	20	342	24	310	+ 32
Endocrine Disorders	21	271	43	71	+ 199
Liver Cancer	22	269	45	69	+ 200
Cervical Cancer	23	253	30	132	+ 121
Malnutrition	24	253	10	660	- 406
Hypertension	25	196	8	926	- 729
Breast Cancer	26	170	23	311	- 142
Pertussis	27	166	36	90	+ 77
Prostate Cancer	28	165	47	54	+ 111
Inflammatory/Heart	29	159	32	123	+ 36
Maternal Conditions	30	150	13	544	- 393
Meningitis	31	143	19	404	- 261
Colon-Rectum Cancers	32	120	35	113	+ 7
Rheumatic Heart Disease	33	120	41	77	+ 43
Parkinson's Disease	34	114	37	85	+ 29
Drownings	35	113	33	118	- 4
Bladder Cancer	36	110	51	42	+ 68
Syphilis	37	97	54	35	+ 62
Epilepsy	38	94	38	81	+ 13
Suicide	39	90	21	382	- 291
Encephalitis	40	89	62	16	+ 73
Ovary Cancer	41	83	40	79	+ 4
Peptic Ulcer Disease	42	74	27	147	- 74
Drug Use	43	50	53	36	+ 13
Skin Disease	44	46	50	45	+ 2
Tetanus	45	45	52	37	+ 7
Alcohol	46	41	49	45	- 4
Poisonings	47	41	34	114	- 73
Hepatitis B	48	40	57	28	+ 12
Leukemia	49	39	29	144	- 105
Measles	50	39	63	13	+ 26
Oesophagus Cancer	51	31	39	81	- 50
Fires	52	20	31	132	- 112
Malaria	53	13	17	437	- 424
Other Neoplasms	54	10	66	6	+ 4
Appendicitis	55	6	55	31	- 25
Multiple Sclerosis	56	5	67	4	+ 2
Rheumatoid Arthritis	57	5	64	12	- 7
Lymphomas	58	4	28	147	- 143
Schistosomiasis	59	3	42	73	- 70
Hepatitis C	60	3	65	6	- 4
Upper Respiratory	61	2	60	18	- 15
Ascariasis	62	2	68	2	+ 0
War	63	1	71	0	+ 0
Pancreas Cancer	64	1	58	20	- 19
Oral Cancer	65	0	44	71	- 71
Diphtheria	66	0	72	0	+ 0
Chlamydia	67	0	70	1	- 1
Dengue	68	0	73	0	+ 0
Skin Cancers	69	0	56	30	- 30
Uterin Cancer	70	0	61	18	- 18
Anemia	71	0	81	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	72	0	82	0	- 0
Depression	73	0	80	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	74	0	83	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	78	0	- 0
Otitis Media	81	0	69	2	- 2
HIV/AIDS	82	0	25	308	- 308
Iodine Deficiency	83	0	79	0	- 0
Chagas disease	84	0	77	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	85	0	76	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	86	0	59	19	- 19
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to ERITREA

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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.