GUYANA VS SAO TOME: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	SAO TOME		GUYANA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Influenza and Pneumonia	1	394	6	302	+ 93
Coronary Heart Disease	2	383	1	1,335	- 952
Stroke	3	326	2	1,022	- 696
Road Traffic Accidents	4	213	11	175	+ 38
Kidney Disease	5	156	8	233	- 78
Tuberculosis	6	146	16	137	+ 10
Lung Disease	7	146	13	174	- 28
Liver Disease	8	144	9	197	- 53
Low Birth Weight	9	108	22	89	+ 19
Birth Trauma	10	99	24	64	+ 35
Congenital Anomalies	11	96	23	69	+ 27
Diarrhoeal diseases	12	85	27	48	+ 37
Asthma	13	79	36	25	+ 53
Falls	14	55	48	11	+ 43
Lung Cancers	15	52	29	38	+ 14
Stomach Cancer	16	48	31	34	+ 14
Diabetes Mellitus	17	47	3	579	- 532
Other Injuries	18	46	14	167	- 121
Violence	19	43	10	194	- 150
Alzheimers & Dementia	20	43	38	23	+ 20
Endocrine Disorders	21	34	12	174	- 141
Liver Cancer	22	34	34	29	+ 5
Cervical Cancer	23	32	21	91	- 60
Malnutrition	24	32	30	37	- 6
Hypertension	25	25	4	320	- 295
Breast Cancer	26	21	19	96	- 75
Pertussis	27	21	73	0	+ 21
Prostate Cancer	28	21	17	123	- 103
Inflammatory/Heart	29	20	20	92	- 72
Maternal Conditions	30	19	35	28	- 9
Meningitis	31	18	44	17	+ 1
Colon-Rectum Cancers	32	15	25	59	- 43
Rheumatic Heart Disease	33	15	47	13	+ 2
Parkinson's Disease	34	14	49	9	+ 5
Drownings	35	14	15	145	- 131
Bladder Cancer	36	14	50	8	+ 6
Syphilis	37	12	71	0	+ 12
Epilepsy	38	12	37	24	- 12
Suicide	39	11	5	315	- 304
Encephalitis	40	11	53	7	+ 4
Ovary Cancer	41	10	43	18	- 7
Peptic Ulcer Disease	42	9	26	54	- 45
Drug Use	43	6	45	16	- 9
Skin Disease	44	6	56	3	+ 3
Tetanus	45	6	72	0	+ 5
Alcohol	46	5	57	3	+ 2
Poisonings	47	5	65	1	+ 5
Hepatitis B	48	5	59	2	+ 3
Leukemia	49	5	39	21	- 16
Measles	50	5	77	0	+ 5
Oesophagus Cancer	51	4	51	8	- 4
Fires	52	2	41	19	- 17
Malaria	53	2	33	30	- 28
Other Neoplasms	54	1	28	40	- 39
Appendicitis	55	1	54	6	- 5
Multiple Sclerosis	56	1	61	1	- 1
Rheumatoid Arthritis	57	1	63	1	- 0
Lymphomas	58	1	32	32	- 32
Schistosomiasis	59	0	84	0	+ 0
Hepatitis C	60	0	69	0	+ 0
Upper Respiratory	61	0	66	1	- 0
Ascariasis	62	0	74	0	+ 0
War	63	0	64	1	- 1
Pancreas Cancer	64	0	42	19	- 19
Oral Cancer	65	0	40	20	- 20
Diphtheria	66	0	75	0	+ 0
Chlamydia	67	0	80	0	+ 0
Dengue	68	0	60	2	- 2
Skin Cancers	69	0	55	5	- 5
Uterin Cancer	70	0	46	13	- 13
Anemia	71	0	18	99	- 99
Vitamin A Deficiency	72	0	70	0	- 0
Depression	73	0	86	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	74	0	62	1	- 1
Osteoarthritis	75	0	58	3	- 3
Prostatic Hypertrophy	76	0	52	8	- 8
Oral conditions	77	0	67	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	78	0	78	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	79	0	79	0	- 0
Leprosy	80	0	68	0	- 0
Otitis Media	81	0	76	0	- 0
HIV/AIDS	82	0	7	256	- 256
Iodine Deficiency	83	0	85	0	- 0
Chagas disease	84	0	81	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	85	0	82	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	86	0	83	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to GUYANA

Sao Tome

Guyana

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.