GUINEA VS SAO TOME: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	SAO TOME		GUINEA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Influenza and Pneumonia	1	6,944	1	12,790	- 5,846
Coronary Heart Disease	2	6,738	6	5,665	+ 1,073
Stroke	3	5,749	5	5,777	- 28
Road Traffic Accidents	4	3,754	9	3,788	- 34
Kidney Disease	5	2,741	16	1,939	+ 802
Tuberculosis	6	2,580	13	2,369	+ 212
Lung Disease	7	2,565	20	1,373	+ 1,192
Liver Disease	8	2,532	12	2,550	- 18
Low Birth Weight	9	1,910	8	4,319	- 2,409
Birth Trauma	10	1,748	7	4,797	- 3,049
Congenital Anomalies	11	1,690	14	2,181	- 491
Diarrhoeal diseases	12	1,495	3	6,788	- 5,293
Asthma	13	1,388	22	1,179	+ 209
Falls	14	960	33	480	+ 481
Lung Cancers	15	913	50	128	+ 785
Stomach Cancer	16	851	41	245	+ 605
Diabetes Mellitus	17	819	15	2,138	- 1,319
Other Injuries	18	810	18	1,504	- 694
Violence	19	758	26	1,128	- 370
Alzheimers & Dementia	20	754	30	579	+ 175
Endocrine Disorders	21	597	25	1,140	- 543
Liver Cancer	22	593	23	1,167	- 574
Cervical Cancer	23	558	19	1,491	- 933
Malnutrition	24	558	28	1,032	- 474
Hypertension	25	433	21	1,348	- 915
Breast Cancer	26	374	38	345	+ 30
Pertussis	27	366	24	1,165	- 799
Prostate Cancer	28	365	32	525	- 160
Inflammatory/Heart	29	350	35	439	- 89
Maternal Conditions	30	331	17	1,793	- 1,462
Meningitis	31	316	11	2,633	- 2,317
Colon-Rectum Cancers	32	266	53	100	+ 166
Rheumatic Heart Disease	33	264	42	238	+ 26
Parkinson's Disease	34	250	44	212	+ 38
Drownings	35	250	31	528	- 279
Bladder Cancer	36	242	60	32	+ 210
Syphilis	37	213	39	328	- 115
Epilepsy	38	207	37	350	- 142
Suicide	39	199	29	892	- 693
Encephalitis	40	196	56	81	+ 115
Ovary Cancer	41	184	54	93	+ 91
Peptic Ulcer Disease	42	162	34	448	- 286
Drug Use	43	109	46	169	- 59
Skin Disease	44	102	51	127	- 25
Tetanus	45	99	45	170	- 71
Alcohol	46	91	55	83	+ 7
Poisonings	47	90	40	295	- 205
Hepatitis B	48	87	47	162	- 75
Leukemia	49	85	67	17	+ 68
Measles	50	85	4	6,025	- 5,940
Oesophagus Cancer	51	69	63	20	+ 50
Fires	52	44	36	410	- 367
Malaria	53	28	2	8,180	- 8,152
Other Neoplasms	54	23	68	16	+ 7
Appendicitis	55	14	57	41	- 27
Multiple Sclerosis	56	12	66	18	- 6
Rheumatoid Arthritis	57	11	70	13	- 1
Lymphomas	58	9	48	158	- 149
Schistosomiasis	59	7	43	232	- 225
Hepatitis C	60	6	61	22	- 16
Upper Respiratory	61	5	69	15	- 10
Ascariasis	62	5	62	22	- 18
War	63	2	64	20	- 18
Pancreas Cancer	64	1	65	19	- 18
Oral Cancer	65	1	52	122	- 121
Diphtheria	66	1	58	40	- 39
Chlamydia	67	1	71	3	- 2
Dengue	68	0	73	0	+ 0
Skin Cancers	69	0	49	152	- 152
Uterin Cancer	70	0	59	38	- 38
Anemia	71	0	83	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	72	0	82	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	74	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	79	0	75	0	- 0
Leprosy	80	0	79	0	- 0
Otitis Media	81	0	72	0	- 0
HIV/AIDS	82	0	10	3,020	- 3,020
Iodine Deficiency	83	0	76	0	- 0
Chagas disease	84	0	77	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	85	0	27	1,072	- 1,072
Leishmaniasis	86	0	78	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to GUINEA

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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.