FINLAND VS SAO TOME: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	SAO TOME		FINLAND		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Influenza and Pneumonia	1	2,793	21	436	+ 2,357
Coronary Heart Disease	2	2,711	2	9,831	- 7,120
Stroke	3	2,313	3	4,115	- 1,802
Road Traffic Accidents	4	1,510	33	215	+ 1,295
Kidney Disease	5	1,103	26	342	+ 761
Tuberculosis	6	1,038	46	32	+ 1,006
Lung Disease	7	1,032	8	1,289	- 257
Liver Disease	8	1,018	10	1,068	- 50
Low Birth Weight	9	768	48	26	+ 742
Birth Trauma	10	703	56	8	+ 695
Congenital Anomalies	11	680	35	192	+ 488
Diarrhoeal diseases	12	602	52	15	+ 586
Asthma	13	559	40	85	+ 474
Falls	14	386	7	1,325	- 939
Lung Cancers	15	367	4	2,312	- 1,945
Stomach Cancer	16	342	19	447	- 105
Diabetes Mellitus	17	330	22	418	- 88
Other Injuries	18	326	20	437	- 111
Violence	19	305	43	64	+ 241
Alzheimers & Dementia	20	303	1	11,120	- 10,817
Endocrine Disorders	21	240	31	257	- 17
Liver Cancer	22	239	16	545	- 306
Cervical Cancer	23	225	44	62	+ 163
Malnutrition	24	225	57	7	+ 218
Hypertension	25	174	5	2,030	- 1,856
Breast Cancer	26	151	12	948	- 798
Pertussis	27	147	69	0	+ 147
Prostate Cancer	28	147	11	970	- 823
Inflammatory/Heart	29	141	17	518	- 377
Maternal Conditions	30	133	64	2	+ 132
Meningitis	31	127	55	9	+ 118
Colon-Rectum Cancers	32	107	6	1,433	- 1,326
Rheumatic Heart Disease	33	106	50	19	+ 87
Parkinson's Disease	34	101	13	853	- 752
Drownings	35	101	37	106	- 5
Bladder Cancer	36	97	28	308	- 211
Syphilis	37	86	67	0	+ 85
Epilepsy	38	83	38	104	- 21
Suicide	39	80	15	846	- 766
Encephalitis	40	79	66	0	+ 78
Ovary Cancer	41	74	25	344	- 270
Peptic Ulcer Disease	42	65	36	151	- 86
Drug Use	43	44	30	269	- 225
Skin Disease	44	41	47	27	+ 14
Tetanus	45	40	70	0	+ 40
Alcohol	46	36	18	464	- 428
Poisonings	47	36	49	25	+ 12
Hepatitis B	48	35	63	2	+ 33
Leukemia	49	34	24	371	- 337
Measles	50	34	72	0	+ 34
Oesophagus Cancer	51	28	27	320	- 292
Fires	52	18	45	62	- 44
Malaria	53	11	74	0	+ 11
Other Neoplasms	54	9	23	377	- 368
Appendicitis	55	6	54	10	- 4
Multiple Sclerosis	56	5	42	80	- 75
Rheumatoid Arthritis	57	5	41	83	- 78
Lymphomas	58	4	14	851	- 847
Schistosomiasis	59	3	77	0	+ 3
Hepatitis C	60	2	60	5	- 2
Upper Respiratory	61	2	62	2	+ 0
Ascariasis	62	2	81	0	+ 2
War	63	1	65	1	+ 0
Pancreas Cancer	64	0	9	1,247	- 1,247
Oral Cancer	65	0	34	207	- 207
Diphtheria	66	0	71	0	+ 0
Chlamydia	67	0	84	0	+ 0
Dengue	68	0	82	0	+ 0
Skin Cancers	69	0	29	297	- 297
Uterin Cancer	70	0	32	225	- 225
Anemia	71	0	58	6	- 6
Vitamin A Deficiency	72	0	85	0	- 0
Depression	73	0	86	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	74	0	39	93	- 93
Osteoarthritis	75	0	51	17	- 17
Prostatic Hypertrophy	76	0	53	11	- 11
Oral conditions	77	0	61	4	- 4
Trichuriasis	78	0	79	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	79	0	80	0	- 0
Leprosy	80	0	83	0	- 0
Otitis Media	81	0	68	0	- 0
HIV/AIDS	82	0	59	6	- 6
Iodine Deficiency	83	0	73	0	- 0
Chagas disease	84	0	76	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	85	0	78	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	86	0	75	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to FINLAND

Sao Tome

Finland

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.