ESTONIA VS SAO TOME: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	SAO TOME		ESTONIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Influenza and Pneumonia	1	593	6	349	+ 244
Coronary Heart Disease	2	575	1	3,009	- 2,434
Stroke	3	491	3	1,116	- 625
Road Traffic Accidents	4	320	35	59	+ 261
Kidney Disease	5	234	17	176	+ 57
Tuberculosis	6	220	47	16	+ 204
Lung Disease	7	219	13	229	- 10
Liver Disease	8	216	7	328	- 112
Low Birth Weight	9	163	55	7	+ 156
Birth Trauma	10	149	57	5	+ 144
Congenital Anomalies	11	144	43	25	+ 119
Diarrhoeal diseases	12	128	53	8	+ 119
Asthma	13	119	44	24	+ 94
Falls	14	82	24	119	- 37
Lung Cancers	15	78	4	657	- 579
Stomach Cancer	16	73	9	290	- 217
Diabetes Mellitus	17	70	19	146	- 76
Other Injuries	18	69	20	141	- 72
Violence	19	65	42	28	+ 36
Alzheimers & Dementia	20	64	12	229	- 165
Endocrine Disorders	21	51	33	66	- 15
Liver Cancer	22	51	26	107	- 57
Cervical Cancer	23	48	32	68	- 20
Malnutrition	24	48	79	0	+ 48
Hypertension	25	37	2	2,700	- 2,663
Breast Cancer	26	32	11	260	- 228
Pertussis	27	31	83	0	+ 31
Prostate Cancer	28	31	8	298	- 267
Inflammatory/Heart	29	30	14	217	- 187
Maternal Conditions	30	28	61	1	+ 27
Meningitis	31	27	54	7	+ 20
Colon-Rectum Cancers	32	23	5	527	- 504
Rheumatic Heart Disease	33	23	45	22	+ 1
Parkinson's Disease	34	21	29	82	- 61
Drownings	35	21	40	30	- 9
Bladder Cancer	36	21	21	126	- 105
Syphilis	37	18	62	1	+ 17
Epilepsy	38	18	37	45	- 27
Suicide	39	17	16	197	- 180
Encephalitis	40	17	63	0	+ 17
Ovary Cancer	41	16	28	87	- 71
Peptic Ulcer Disease	42	14	36	55	- 41
Drug Use	43	9	31	75	- 66
Skin Disease	44	9	41	29	- 20
Tetanus	45	8	81	0	+ 8
Alcohol	46	8	18	148	- 141
Poisonings	47	8	52	8	- 1
Hepatitis B	48	7	65	0	+ 7
Leukemia	49	7	22	126	- 118
Measles	50	7	84	0	+ 7
Oesophagus Cancer	51	6	27	99	- 93
Fires	52	4	38	41	- 37
Malaria	53	2	73	0	+ 2
Other Neoplasms	54	2	23	123	- 121
Appendicitis	55	1	59	2	- 1
Multiple Sclerosis	56	1	48	16	- 15
Rheumatoid Arthritis	57	1	46	17	- 16
Lymphomas	58	1	15	213	- 212
Schistosomiasis	59	1	72	0	+ 1
Hepatitis C	60	1	58	4	- 4
Upper Respiratory	61	0	66	0	+ 0
Ascariasis	62	0	74	0	+ 0
War	63	0	64	0	+ 0
Pancreas Cancer	64	0	10	268	- 268
Oral Cancer	65	0	25	110	- 110
Diphtheria	66	0	82	0	+ 0
Chlamydia	67	0	78	0	+ 0
Dengue	68	0	75	0	+ 0
Skin Cancers	69	0	30	79	- 79
Uterin Cancer	70	0	34	60	- 60
Anemia	71	0	51	9	- 9
Vitamin A Deficiency	72	0	85	0	- 0
Depression	73	0	86	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	74	0	56	6	- 6
Osteoarthritis	75	0	50	10	- 10
Prostatic Hypertrophy	76	0	49	12	- 12
Oral conditions	77	0	60	2	- 2
Trichuriasis	78	0	77	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	79	0	76	0	- 0
Leprosy	80	0	68	0	- 0
Otitis Media	81	0	67	0	- 0
HIV/AIDS	82	0	39	40	- 40
Iodine Deficiency	83	0	80	0	- 0
Chagas disease	84	0	71	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	85	0	70	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	86	0	69	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to ESTONIA

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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.