IRELAND VS SAO TOME: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	SAO TOME		IRELAND		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Influenza and Pneumonia	1	2,598	6	1,298	+ 1,300
Coronary Heart Disease	2	2,521	1	4,762	- 2,240
Stroke	3	2,151	5	1,770	+ 382
Road Traffic Accidents	4	1,405	33	153	+ 1,252
Kidney Disease	5	1,026	10	566	+ 459
Tuberculosis	6	965	50	23	+ 942
Lung Disease	7	960	4	1,915	- 956
Liver Disease	8	947	19	279	+ 668
Low Birth Weight	9	715	44	56	+ 659
Birth Trauma	10	654	56	10	+ 644
Congenital Anomalies	11	632	32	153	+ 479
Diarrhoeal diseases	12	560	45	53	+ 507
Asthma	13	520	41	58	+ 462
Falls	14	359	25	247	+ 112
Lung Cancers	15	342	3	1,916	- 1,574
Stomach Cancer	16	318	17	357	- 38
Diabetes Mellitus	17	307	16	414	- 107
Other Injuries	18	303	30	171	+ 132
Violence	19	284	47	38	+ 246
Alzheimers & Dementia	20	282	2	3,209	- 2,927
Endocrine Disorders	21	223	24	249	- 26
Liver Cancer	22	222	18	318	- 96
Cervical Cancer	23	209	35	103	+ 106
Malnutrition	24	209	63	2	+ 207
Hypertension	25	162	29	175	- 13
Breast Cancer	26	140	8	760	- 620
Pertussis	27	137	67	0	+ 137
Prostate Cancer	28	137	9	585	- 448
Inflammatory/Heart	29	131	26	240	- 109
Maternal Conditions	30	124	61	3	+ 121
Meningitis	31	118	58	7	+ 111
Colon-Rectum Cancers	32	99	7	1,095	- 996
Rheumatic Heart Disease	33	99	46	50	+ 49
Parkinson's Disease	34	94	12	530	- 436
Drownings	35	94	43	57	+ 36
Bladder Cancer	36	91	22	256	- 165
Syphilis	37	80	68	0	+ 80
Epilepsy	38	78	36	85	- 7
Suicide	39	75	14	470	- 395
Encephalitis	40	73	66	0	+ 73
Ovary Cancer	41	69	21	273	- 204
Peptic Ulcer Disease	42	61	38	67	- 6
Drug Use	43	41	31	167	- 126
Skin Disease	44	38	42	58	- 20
Tetanus	45	37	81	0	+ 37
Alcohol	46	34	39	64	- 30
Poisonings	47	34	53	14	+ 20
Hepatitis B	48	33	59	6	+ 27
Leukemia	49	32	20	274	- 242
Measles	50	32	83	0	+ 32
Oesophagus Cancer	51	26	15	419	- 393
Fires	52	16	48	30	- 14
Malaria	53	11	75	0	+ 11
Other Neoplasms	54	9	27	218	- 209
Appendicitis	55	5	60	3	+ 2
Multiple Sclerosis	56	4	37	83	- 79
Rheumatoid Arthritis	57	4	40	59	- 55
Lymphomas	58	3	13	513	- 509
Schistosomiasis	59	3	72	0	+ 3
Hepatitis C	60	2	52	19	- 17
Upper Respiratory	61	2	64	1	+ 1
Ascariasis	62	2	77	0	+ 2
War	63	1	65	0	+ 0
Pancreas Cancer	64	0	11	530	- 530
Oral Cancer	65	0	28	183	- 182
Diphtheria	66	0	82	0	+ 0
Chlamydia	67	0	69	0	+ 0
Dengue	68	0	78	0	+ 0
Skin Cancers	69	0	23	252	- 252
Uterin Cancer	70	0	34	126	- 126
Anemia	71	0	49	29	- 29
Vitamin A Deficiency	72	0	85	0	- 0
Depression	73	0	86	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	74	0	55	12	- 12
Osteoarthritis	75	0	51	20	- 20
Prostatic Hypertrophy	76	0	54	14	- 14
Oral conditions	77	0	62	2	- 2
Trichuriasis	78	0	79	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	79	0	80	0	- 0
Leprosy	80	0	70	0	- 0
Otitis Media	81	0	71	0	- 0
HIV/AIDS	82	0	57	9	- 9
Iodine Deficiency	83	0	84	0	- 0
Chagas disease	84	0	73	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	85	0	74	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	86	0	76	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to IRELAND

Sao Tome

Ireland

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.