FIJI VS SAO TOME: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	SAO TOME		FIJI		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Influenza and Pneumonia	1	472	5	228	+ 244
Coronary Heart Disease	2	458	2	1,481	- 1,023
Stroke	3	391	3	583	- 191
Road Traffic Accidents	4	255	11	120	+ 135
Kidney Disease	5	186	4	277	- 90
Tuberculosis	6	176	27	39	+ 136
Lung Disease	7	175	9	141	+ 34
Liver Disease	8	172	15	82	+ 91
Low Birth Weight	9	130	14	86	+ 44
Birth Trauma	10	119	28	36	+ 83
Congenital Anomalies	11	115	10	129	- 14
Diarrhoeal diseases	12	102	12	96	+ 5
Asthma	13	94	6	226	- 131
Falls	14	65	36	27	+ 39
Lung Cancers	15	62	22	48	+ 14
Stomach Cancer	16	58	37	23	+ 35
Diabetes Mellitus	17	56	1	1,628	- 1,572
Other Injuries	18	55	17	77	- 22
Violence	19	52	40	19	+ 32
Alzheimers & Dementia	20	51	19	63	- 12
Endocrine Disorders	21	41	34	28	+ 13
Liver Cancer	22	40	18	68	- 28
Cervical Cancer	23	38	13	86	- 48
Malnutrition	24	38	45	14	+ 24
Hypertension	25	29	7	170	- 141
Breast Cancer	26	25	8	162	- 137
Pertussis	27	25	48	10	+ 15
Prostate Cancer	28	25	25	41	- 16
Inflammatory/Heart	29	24	23	45	- 21
Maternal Conditions	30	23	49	9	+ 14
Meningitis	31	21	43	17	+ 4
Colon-Rectum Cancers	32	18	24	45	- 27
Rheumatic Heart Disease	33	18	20	62	- 44
Parkinson's Disease	34	17	26	40	- 23
Drownings	35	17	21	60	- 43
Bladder Cancer	36	16	50	8	+ 8
Syphilis	37	15	47	11	+ 3
Epilepsy	38	14	44	16	- 2
Suicide	39	14	16	80	- 66
Encephalitis	40	13	51	7	+ 6
Ovary Cancer	41	13	32	29	- 17
Peptic Ulcer Disease	42	11	29	34	- 23
Drug Use	43	7	52	4	+ 4
Skin Disease	44	7	41	19	- 12
Tetanus	45	7	58	1	+ 5
Alcohol	46	6	57	2	+ 4
Poisonings	47	6	56	2	+ 4
Hepatitis B	48	6	59	1	+ 5
Leukemia	49	6	30	31	- 25
Measles	50	6	63	0	+ 6
Oesophagus Cancer	51	5	42	18	- 13
Fires	52	3	33	28	- 25
Malaria	53	2	75	0	+ 2
Other Neoplasms	54	2	53	3	- 2
Appendicitis	55	1	54	3	- 2
Multiple Sclerosis	56	1	60	1	- 0
Rheumatoid Arthritis	57	1	62	0	+ 0
Lymphomas	58	1	35	27	- 27
Schistosomiasis	59	0	74	0	+ 0
Hepatitis C	60	0	65	0	+ 0
Upper Respiratory	61	0	69	0	+ 0
Ascariasis	62	0	67	0	+ 0
War	63	0	66	0	+ 0
Pancreas Cancer	64	0	38	21	- 21
Oral Cancer	65	0	46	13	- 12
Diphtheria	66	0	68	0	+ 0
Chlamydia	67	0	64	0	- 0
Dengue	68	0	55	3	- 3
Skin Cancers	69	0	61	1	- 1
Uterin Cancer	70	0	39	20	- 20
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	79	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	79	0	78	0	- 0
Leprosy	80	0	71	0	- 0
Otitis Media	81	0	70	0	- 0
HIV/AIDS	82	0	31	30	- 30
Iodine Deficiency	83	0	77	0	- 0
Chagas disease	84	0	76	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	85	0	72	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	86	0	73	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to FIJI

Sao Tome

Fiji

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.