NEW ZEALAND VS SAO TOME: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	SAO TOME		NEW ZEALAND		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Influenza and Pneumonia	1	2,562	7	920	+ 1,642
Coronary Heart Disease	2	2,487	1	5,095	- 2,608
Stroke	3	2,122	3	2,378	- 257
Road Traffic Accidents	4	1,385	16	458	+ 927
Kidney Disease	5	1,011	17	432	+ 579
Tuberculosis	6	952	52	17	+ 935
Lung Disease	7	947	5	1,815	- 868
Liver Disease	8	934	32	158	+ 777
Low Birth Weight	9	705	38	78	+ 626
Birth Trauma	10	645	54	15	+ 630
Congenital Anomalies	11	624	30	176	+ 448
Diarrhoeal diseases	12	552	37	81	+ 471
Asthma	13	512	36	91	+ 422
Falls	14	354	11	627	- 272
Lung Cancers	15	337	4	1,873	- 1,536
Stomach Cancer	16	314	22	323	- 9
Diabetes Mellitus	17	302	8	769	- 466
Other Injuries	18	299	28	218	+ 81
Violence	19	280	42	57	+ 223
Alzheimers & Dementia	20	278	2	3,032	- 2,753
Endocrine Disorders	21	220	21	325	- 104
Liver Cancer	22	219	24	288	- 69
Cervical Cancer	23	206	41	61	+ 145
Malnutrition	24	206	55	14	+ 192
Hypertension	25	160	20	327	- 167
Breast Cancer	26	138	10	737	- 599
Pertussis	27	135	65	1	+ 134
Prostate Cancer	28	135	9	739	- 604
Inflammatory/Heart	29	129	23	313	- 184
Maternal Conditions	30	122	63	5	+ 117
Meningitis	31	117	59	9	+ 108
Colon-Rectum Cancers	32	98	6	1,495	- 1,397
Rheumatic Heart Disease	33	97	35	113	- 15
Parkinson's Disease	34	92	19	353	- 261
Drownings	35	92	44	54	+ 38
Bladder Cancer	36	89	26	267	- 177
Syphilis	37	79	70	0	+ 78
Epilepsy	38	77	43	55	+ 22
Suicide	39	74	15	528	- 455
Encephalitis	40	72	66	1	+ 72
Ovary Cancer	41	68	29	207	- 139
Peptic Ulcer Disease	42	60	39	70	- 10
Drug Use	43	40	40	69	- 29
Skin Disease	44	38	34	118	- 80
Tetanus	45	36	69	0	+ 36
Alcohol	46	33	45	51	- 18
Poisonings	47	33	58	9	+ 24
Hepatitis B	48	32	56	14	+ 18
Leukemia	49	31	18	391	- 360
Measles	50	31	82	0	+ 31
Oesophagus Cancer	51	26	25	279	- 253
Fires	52	16	53	17	- 1
Malaria	53	10	78	0	+ 10
Other Neoplasms	54	9	27	245	- 236
Appendicitis	55	5	62	6	- 1
Multiple Sclerosis	56	4	47	43	- 39
Rheumatoid Arthritis	57	4	46	47	- 43
Lymphomas	58	3	13	608	- 605
Schistosomiasis	59	3	77	0	+ 3
Hepatitis C	60	2	48	30	- 27
Upper Respiratory	61	2	64	4	- 2
Ascariasis	62	2	76	0	+ 2
War	63	1	68	1	+ 0
Pancreas Cancer	64	0	14	543	- 542
Oral Cancer	65	0	31	164	- 163
Diphtheria	66	0	83	0	+ 0
Chlamydia	67	0	71	0	+ 0
Dengue	68	0	75	0	+ 0
Skin Cancers	69	0	12	612	- 611
Uterin Cancer	70	0	33	145	- 145
Anemia	71	0	51	17	- 17
Vitamin A Deficiency	72	0	85	0	- 0
Depression	73	0	86	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	74	0	60	8	- 8
Osteoarthritis	75	0	49	24	- 24
Prostatic Hypertrophy	76	0	50	22	- 22
Oral conditions	77	0	61	8	- 8
Trichuriasis	78	0	74	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	79	0	73	0	- 0
Leprosy	80	0	72	0	- 0
Otitis Media	81	0	67	1	- 1
HIV/AIDS	82	0	57	10	- 10
Iodine Deficiency	83	0	84	0	- 0
Chagas disease	84	0	79	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	85	0	81	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	86	0	80	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to NEW ZEALAND

Sao Tome

New Zealand

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.