MALAWI VS SAO TOME: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

Click Country Link To Compare

	SAO TOME		MALAWI		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Influenza and Pneumonia	1	10,805	2	7,739	+ 3,066
Coronary Heart Disease	2	10,485	7	4,929	+ 5,556
Stroke	3	8,946	5	5,939	+ 3,007
Road Traffic Accidents	4	5,841	4	6,221	- 380
Kidney Disease	5	4,265	19	1,567	+ 2,698
Tuberculosis	6	4,015	11	2,992	+ 1,023
Lung Disease	7	3,992	21	1,340	+ 2,651
Liver Disease	8	3,939	10	3,259	+ 681
Low Birth Weight	9	2,971	8	4,339	- 1,368
Birth Trauma	10	2,719	9	3,563	- 843
Congenital Anomalies	11	2,630	13	2,509	+ 121
Diarrhoeal diseases	12	2,327	6	5,782	- 3,455
Asthma	13	2,161	26	705	+ 1,456
Falls	14	1,494	28	562	+ 932
Lung Cancers	15	1,421	51	131	+ 1,291
Stomach Cancer	16	1,323	45	206	+ 1,118
Diabetes Mellitus	17	1,275	14	2,267	- 992
Other Injuries	18	1,260	22	1,266	- 6
Violence	19	1,180	32	406	+ 774
Alzheimers & Dementia	20	1,174	25	782	+ 392
Endocrine Disorders	21	929	42	257	+ 672
Liver Cancer	22	923	38	317	+ 607
Cervical Cancer	23	869	12	2,876	- 2,007
Malnutrition	24	869	20	1,499	- 631
Hypertension	25	673	17	1,797	- 1,123
Breast Cancer	26	583	27	600	- 17
Pertussis	27	570	31	436	+ 134
Prostate Cancer	28	568	40	271	+ 297
Inflammatory/Heart	29	545	35	370	+ 174
Maternal Conditions	30	515	15	1,854	- 1,339
Meningitis	31	491	18	1,792	- 1,301
Colon-Rectum Cancers	32	413	44	234	+ 179
Rheumatic Heart Disease	33	411	49	154	+ 257
Parkinson's Disease	34	389	46	200	+ 190
Drownings	35	389	30	458	- 69
Bladder Cancer	36	377	33	388	- 11
Syphilis	37	332	29	480	- 149
Epilepsy	38	323	41	260	+ 63
Suicide	39	310	23	1,007	- 697
Encephalitis	40	305	58	48	+ 257
Ovary Cancer	41	286	48	158	+ 129
Peptic Ulcer Disease	42	252	39	280	- 27
Drug Use	43	170	59	48	+ 123
Skin Disease	44	159	53	101	+ 57
Tetanus	45	153	47	178	- 24
Alcohol	46	141	52	114	+ 27
Poisonings	47	140	37	325	- 184
Hepatitis B	48	136	55	88	+ 48
Leukemia	49	133	56	82	+ 51
Measles	50	132	67	6	+ 126
Oesophagus Cancer	51	108	16	1,842	- 1,734
Fires	52	68	34	380	- 312
Malaria	53	44	3	6,308	- 6,264
Other Neoplasms	54	36	63	17	+ 19
Appendicitis	55	22	54	94	- 72
Multiple Sclerosis	56	18	66	9	+ 10
Rheumatoid Arthritis	57	18	61	29	- 11
Lymphomas	58	14	24	839	- 825
Schistosomiasis	59	11	50	143	- 132
Hepatitis C	60	10	64	15	- 5
Upper Respiratory	61	8	57	60	- 51
Ascariasis	62	7	69	4	+ 3
War	63	3	71	2	+ 0
Pancreas Cancer	64	2	60	38	- 36
Oral Cancer	65	1	43	251	- 250
Diphtheria	66	1	72	2	- 0
Chlamydia	67	1	70	3	- 1
Dengue	68	1	65	9	- 8
Skin Cancers	69	1	36	331	- 330
Uterin Cancer	70	0	62	23	- 23
Anemia	71	0	81	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	72	0	82	0	- 0
Depression	73	0	83	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	74	0	80	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	75	0	84	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	76	0	85	0	- 0
Oral conditions	77	0	86	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	78	0	78	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	79	0	79	0	- 0
Leprosy	80	0	76	0	- 0
Otitis Media	81	0	68	5	- 5
HIV/AIDS	82	0	1	12,839	- 12,839
Iodine Deficiency	83	0	77	0	- 0
Chagas disease	84	0	75	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	85	0	73	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	86	0	74	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to MALAWI

Sao Tome

Malawi

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.