GUINEA-BISSAU VS SAO TOME: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	SAO TOME		GUINEA-BISSAU		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Influenza and Pneumonia	1	1,059	2	1,390	- 331
Coronary Heart Disease	2	1,027	5	907	+ 120
Stroke	3	877	6	829	+ 47
Road Traffic Accidents	4	572	10	619	- 47
Kidney Disease	5	418	15	268	+ 150
Tuberculosis	6	393	3	1,387	- 993
Lung Disease	7	391	20	191	+ 200
Liver Disease	8	386	11	405	- 19
Low Birth Weight	9	291	8	705	- 413
Birth Trauma	10	266	7	790	- 524
Congenital Anomalies	11	258	12	373	- 116
Diarrhoeal diseases	12	228	4	913	- 685
Asthma	13	212	24	150	+ 62
Falls	14	146	33	71	+ 75
Lung Cancers	15	139	50	18	+ 121
Stomach Cancer	16	130	36	55	+ 74
Diabetes Mellitus	17	125	14	313	- 189
Other Injuries	18	123	17	234	- 111
Violence	19	116	22	173	- 57
Alzheimers & Dementia	20	115	34	69	+ 46
Endocrine Disorders	21	91	18	221	- 130
Liver Cancer	22	90	28	116	- 26
Cervical Cancer	23	85	23	154	- 69
Malnutrition	24	85	27	121	- 36
Hypertension	25	66	21	177	- 111
Breast Cancer	26	57	29	93	- 36
Pertussis	27	56	19	212	- 156
Prostate Cancer	28	56	42	41	+ 15
Inflammatory/Heart	29	53	37	53	+ 1
Maternal Conditions	30	51	13	333	- 283
Meningitis	31	48	16	258	- 210
Colon-Rectum Cancers	32	40	38	50	- 9
Rheumatic Heart Disease	33	40	43	33	+ 7
Parkinson's Disease	34	38	46	27	+ 11
Drownings	35	38	30	89	- 51
Bladder Cancer	36	37	51	17	+ 20
Syphilis	37	32	31	85	- 52
Epilepsy	38	32	39	48	- 17
Suicide	39	30	26	134	- 104
Encephalitis	40	30	58	10	+ 20
Ovary Cancer	41	28	48	19	+ 9
Peptic Ulcer Disease	42	25	32	77	- 52
Drug Use	43	17	55	13	+ 3
Skin Disease	44	16	53	16	- 1
Tetanus	45	15	40	48	- 33
Alcohol	46	14	57	12	+ 2
Poisonings	47	14	41	45	- 31
Hepatitis B	48	13	47	20	- 7
Leukemia	49	13	61	6	+ 7
Measles	50	13	25	147	- 134
Oesophagus Cancer	51	11	49	19	- 8
Fires	52	7	35	64	- 57
Malaria	53	4	9	684	- 680
Other Neoplasms	54	4	65	2	+ 1
Appendicitis	55	2	60	7	- 5
Multiple Sclerosis	56	2	64	2	- 1
Rheumatoid Arthritis	57	2	67	2	+ 0
Lymphomas	58	1	45	28	- 26
Schistosomiasis	59	1	44	30	- 29
Hepatitis C	60	1	63	3	- 2
Upper Respiratory	61	1	66	2	- 1
Ascariasis	62	1	62	4	- 3
War	63	0	70	0	+ 0
Pancreas Cancer	64	0	54	14	- 14
Oral Cancer	65	0	56	13	- 13
Diphtheria	66	0	68	1	- 1
Chlamydia	67	0	69	0	- 0
Dengue	68	0	72	0	+ 0
Skin Cancers	69	0	52	17	- 17
Uterin Cancer	70	0	59	8	- 8
Anemia	71	0	86	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	72	0	85	0	- 0
Depression	73	0	83	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	74	0	84	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	75	0	80	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	76	0	81	0	- 0
Oral conditions	77	0	82	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	78	0	73	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	79	0	74	0	- 0
Leprosy	80	0	75	0	- 0
Otitis Media	81	0	71	0	- 0
HIV/AIDS	82	0	1	1,445	- 1,445
Iodine Deficiency	83	0	76	0	- 0
Chagas disease	84	0	77	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	85	0	78	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	86	0	79	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to GUINEA-BISSAU

Sao Tome

Guinea-Bissau

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.